This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
4
The Athens Banner lists annual and short term subscription prices for daily, weekly, and Sunday editions. Rates include $5.00 per year for daily, $2.50 for six months, $1.25 for three months, and 10 cents weekly. weekly or Sunday at $1.00 per year or 50 cents for six months. Cash in advance. remittances by express, money order, or registered letter.
A broad survey covers insurance public trust, Georgia school expansion, and industrial growth. It notes high premiums, solvent providers, rising schoolhouses, increased teaching staff, and local taxation aiding long term schools, with strategies on immigration and labor in the south alongside debates on a US maritime bill and its costly subsidies.
The New York state census shows 5,060 Indians living on reservations, with 1,472 at Cattaraugus, 1,200 at St. Regis, and 625 at Onondaga near Syracuse. Annuities from state and federal governments support many, while Tonawanda and St. Regis lands involve wood taxes and salt payments. Another item notes a separate violent case of Hoch defying a sheriff before execution.
An editorial argues that the United States consular service is deeply inefficient and must be reformed. It opposes creating a cabinet office, blaming patronage by politicians for poor appointments and urging bipartisan leadership to improve the State Department’s handling of consuls without political meddling.
The Manufactors' Record outlines dramatic gains across sectors with figures in capital investment, factory output, cotton mills, cotton crop value, cotton bale usage, timber production, pig iron, and exports. Investments rise from 257 million to 1.5 billion. factory output from 457 million to 1.75 billion. cotton mills from 21 million to 225 million. crop value from 313 million to 680 million. cotton bales used from 25,000 to 2,163,000. timber output from 39 million to 250 million. pig iron from 397,000 tons to 3.1 million tons. exports abroad from 201 million to 555 million.
Hon. Charles Scott of Rosendale Miss speaks at the New Orleans Southern Cotton Association convention. He argues the south must change its labor base to develop, noting plantation Negroes will fade as a work force and urging attraction of immigrant labor due to native shortages and the inefficiency of local Black workers. He suggests white immigration from other regions as a possible solution.
A short editorial urging prudent health protection. It notes insurance as wise for both family and individual, and that guarding health helps prevent disease often beginning in the liver and presenting in many forms. The piece emphasizes early attention to health as a guard against illness.
The Banner reports broad endorsements for Col James M Smith from Hart Lincoln Glascock Jenkins Clay and Oconee counties. Citizens and business leaders praise his farming and business background, urging supporters across Georgia to back his candidacy for governor.
Advertises free medical books by Dr J Newton Hathaway of Atlanta Georgia on diseases of the urinary tract and other conditions. Urges readers to request titles such as Diseases of the Urinary Tract Manliness Vigor Health Varicocele Stricture and more with confidential free advice and Inman Building address. Includes political commentary about Senator Tillman and Senator Aldrich and a rate fight context.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.