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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1907
Page
8
Secretary of State Root writes to Secretary Hiatusom regarding removal of pest-control barriers on cotton seed oil exports. He proposes sending a competent expert to canvass the Turkish market, highlighting Turkey as a potential consumer and noting religious dietary practices and olive oil dependence. He urges a thorough Turkish canvassing mission.
In New York a Sicilian girl, Philomena Casino, fatally stabs Charles McCarty after he jostled her on a street. Theresa Christopher is a witness. the wounded man and two others are being held at a station. McCarthy is said to be near death at the hospital.
A ceremony marked the formal inauguration of a monumental aqueduct intended to supply New York City with water from the Catskill watershed. Officials described it as one of the greatest undertakings in history, with a projected cost around 20 million dollars and a capacity far exceeding the ancient Roman systems. The project will involve vast tunnels, reservoirs, and a buried river course under Storm King, with hundreds of miles of construction and deep-water storage to meet future needs.
Judge Isaac Howard of the Isabella district Worth county has served as a justice of the peace for fifty seven years. He arrived in Tifton for a few hours and is believed to be the oldest living JP in the state, having been magistrate since shortly after Worth county formed. He remains hale at about 57 years of service, living on the farm where he settled the year he arrived. The note urges attention to infant diarrhea and recommends Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by castor oil, with several local Athens druggists carrying it.
Sewanee Tenn June 20 During the ensuing seven days the University of the South will be en fete for its semicentennial anniversary Alumni and friends have arrived for reunions and events A schedule includes Sophomore exercises Parsonage Hall demotion contests trustees meeting a semicentennial sermon by the Bishop of Louisville cornerstone ceremonies for a Phi Delta Theta lodge senior class exercises and a notable address lineup featuring presidents and professors from Johns Hopkins Columbia Virginia Vanderbilt and others.
An antiseptic liniment claimed to prevent flood poisoning from accident bruise or burn and speed healing without scarring. It allegedly relieves burn pain instantly and shortens recovery time. Sold by H R Palmer & Sons Warren J Smith & Bro J P Canning E C McEvoy Orr Drag Co Athens Ga.
Berlin reports that North German Lloyd and Hamburg American lines refuse to back a Southern immigration congress resolution, delaying New Orleans immigrant development. Agents say Southern employers’ harsh treatment of whites deters labor, Austrians and Germans already in the region complain, while a New Orleans meeting to coordinate agents and officials is planned to press action. The United States Commission and immigrant groups deny mistreatment and seek cooperation in a proposed investigation. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup advertises a prompt remedy for coughs and colds suitable for babies and children.
At the Georgia Technological School meeting, changes in the faculty were announced. Professor A B Morton was elected dean of the apprentice class, with W L Kell named head of mining engineering. Several resignations and new appointments followed among mathematics, chemistry, physics, and electrical engineering staff.
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