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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
2
The piece discusses inviting lawmakers to see state supplied youth education equipment in Athens, notes a campus heating plant issue, and urges preservation of the University of Georgia’s physical plant. It mentions hydraulic energy taxes, the W. and A railroad value, and student efforts shaping the campus future.
An open letter from this year senior days to UGA alumni asks state lawmakers for urgent funding of heating, hot water, dormitories, and dining facilities. It warns growth will outpace current equipment, detailing essential improvements needed this year and next. The appeal declares the request is for others, not self.
An alumni bureau is urged for the University of Georgia to maintain contact with more than five thousand alumni nationwide. Proposals include publishing an alumni catalogue, regular communications, and county level alumni clubs to strengthen ties and promote university outreach.
The Florida Times Union notes the Underwood tariff bill would raise duties on cheap foreign goods but the Senate finance committee proposes removing this. It argues consumers may benefit but the effect is uncertain as undervaluation and smuggling could occur. It contends foreign makers rarely sell cheaper with high tariffs and trusts shape prices.
Dr Franz Schneider Jr of MIT investigated a Back Bay Boston home famed as haunted. Strange sleep disturbances in residents and sickly children prompted an inspection revealing a defective hot air furnace releasing diluted smoke and carbon monoxide gases. Journal of the American Medical Association notes such flue gases can poison occupants in many homes.
The article notes oppression sensations and mental disturbances in acute carbon monoxide poisoning. It explains delusions of inmates in a haunted house, walking spirits fed by noises, and how tainted air during sleep can induce apparitions. It warns hot air furnaces, if misused, may threaten health and create "ghosts."
Representative Pickett of Terrell County proposes a rotation system for Georgia superior court judges to reduce politics in justice. He argues rotation would improve the system, justify higher pay, and free judges from local or partisan pressures, with aims to seat judges in all counties removed from home influences.
An article argues for stronger city country ties via better telephone service roads and rural free delivery. It notes proposed interurban electric lines from Atlanta through Athens to Anderson and Augusta, predicting closer farm city links. Expert Clyde Lyndon King envisions trolley freight expanding markets and boosting cooperation between urban and rural communities.
A 1900s voice warns against recall and initiative, urging reverence for republican foundations. Prominent figures including Judge Cobb and Chief Justice White criticize radical reforms and stress restraining government power to preserve liberty, life, and property.
Athens invites Georgia lawmakers to visit the city each summer to see the University Agricultural College and State Normal Schools, urging expansion and funding. The plan seeks to boost state education, local commerce, and construction while making the visit a yearly civic tradition.
A discussion on handicaps as aids cites a blind law student at a university and Edward McMains of Louisville, a twenty two year old blind machinist who builds and operates a motor boat. The piece praises focus and precision born from limitation and recounts Eddie Mac driving, repairing, and racing his handmade craft Flo in a Labor Day regatta.
A fragmentary message mentions checkers matches and a casual remark about Atlants marbles and segregating taxis. The content is unclear and lacks concrete events, participants, or places to form a complete news item.
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