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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1909
Page
5
A provocative New York piece riffing on the Black Hand, extortion laws, and a string of social quips. It lampoons legal penalties, vanity lawsuits, absurd readers, a Mount Vernon rooster case, a complex marriage, medals, and New Jersey mosquitoes compared to Bowery whisky.
Baltimore May 31 a plan for reorganizing the Seaboard Air Line railway has been practically agreed upon, awaiting exact details. The plan calls for no foreclosure, preserves the first mortgage to secure 4 percent bonds, raises funds to pay receivers certificates, and aims to reduce fixed charges by about 25 percent. The holding Seaboard Company would be dissolved and the railroad stock distributed to Seaboard Company holders.
A historical ad style note promotes Chamberlain's Ointment for rheumatism relief and possible cure. It claims sleep and rest are restored, urges trial despite long-standing cases, and lists local sellers including H. R. Palmer & Sons and Orr Drug Co in Warren.
Mr John Doherty of the Southern Bell Telephone Company visits Athens to promote the cooperative farmer owned phone lines in Clarke County He explains that rural service can be cheaper than city service when lines and equipment are farmer owned and installed The Bell System will provide service with rates under 70 cents monthly for six or more connected parties Residents may contact Doherty or H C Conway Athens manager for details Also included is an ad for Foley s Honey and Tar noting its effectiveness for lingering colds and urging use by readers.
Count Zeppelin completed a 456 mile nonlanding flight from Friedrichshafen to Bitterfield in about twenty two hours, marking the most striking feat of his career. He is believed to be returning to Friedrichshafen, having already surpassed all dirigible records and poised for further improvements.
Spokane May 31 Officers of Excelsior Camp No 5174 Modern Woodmen prepare ceremonies to initiate President Taft during his Spokane visit in August at the seventeenth National Irrigation Congress. Taft will speak at a banquet, with 5000 to 6000 in attendance at the state armory. Drawings open August 9 for over 700000 acres across the Spokane Coeur d Alene and Flathead reservations with registration July 15 to August 5.
A May 31 ceremony on the Gettysburg battlefield honored the first memorial for regular army units in the 1863 campaign. President Taft attended with cabinet members and veterans, as a 21-gun salute greeted his arrival and the granite shaft stands nine and a half feet tall, costing $75,000. The event featured a flag-draped platform, a Taft address, and a trumpet salute, with troops from multiple artillery and infantry regiments present.
Several hundred Wisconsin Rural Carrier Association members gathered in Manitowoc for the annual convention at the Y M C A auditorium. President R K Kearney of Milwaukee opened the meeting and reports were read while discussions covered rural delivery and betterment. The event included questions and the ousting of trouble makers among attendees.
A tract of white pine left intact on this continent holds promise with quarter section timber valued by lumbermen from not less than 16000 to portions worth 200 to 500 dollars per acre under intensive cultivation. The region south of Coeur d Alene is famed as a summer resort with lumber mills hotels and fine residences.
In Atlanta on May 31 the talks to resolve the Georgia railroad strike collapsed in conference. A board of arbitration under the Erdman act will hear the dispute. arbitrators will be named today and the process move swiftly. Knapp and Neill led U.S. efforts to reconcile railroad and workers but neither side yielded.
Olympia May 11 a batch of laws from the last Washington legislature goes into effect tomorrow among them a marriage measure requiring physician certificates and affidavits attesting physical and mental fitness for healthy children. Women must reach eighteen or twenty one, and parental consent applies only if the girl is over fourteen. Penalties include fines up to 1000 or up to three years imprisonment. A new criminal code declares misdemeanors for saloon owners permitting intoxication entry by females and other provisions. Clarke County debates good roads amid automobile era and public interest in progress.
An early 20th century pharmaceutical ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes for tired feet. It claims relief for aching, swollen, hot and sweating feet and for corns and bunions, promising rest and comfort. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 2 cents.
The body of Jet Hl, a white man, was discovered in a house near Oconee stream in East Athena Sunday morning. Coroner Weatherly empanelled a jury. heart trouble listed as the cause. Hl had run Klein & Martins saw mills and was praised by his employers before interment yesterday.
Johnstown Pennsylvania May 31 commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the 1889 flood that devastated the Conemaugh Valley and the city. The disaster killed 2205 people, with over six hundred unknown burials and many bodies never recovered.
In Beaton Massachusetts on May 31 a memorial tablet for James Jeffrey Roche, the noted writer who died a year ago in Berne Switzerland while serving as an American consul, was unveiled today. Ceremonies were conducted by the John Boyle O Rielly club of Berton.
Mr Ed F Bond a long time resident of this place was appointed by Governor Smith to the Georgia state board of embalmers. Bond is regarded as a capable professional and his selection meets with wide approval across the state. Count Zeppelin sets new airship record by covering over nine hundred miles through the air without land for miles.
Sprained ankles typically disable for a month or more, but Cham Berlain’s liniment is claimed to cure in many cases within a week when used as directed. The advertisement notes its effectiveness for sprains, bruises, chronic or muscular rheumatism, urging purchase from R. Palmer & Sons and other local druggists.
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