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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1903
Page
4
Athens readers receive a broad mix of editorials and notices highlighting local advertising value, Chamber of Commerce activity, university promotion, and political commentary. The column references The Banner, Athens Advertisers, Lawrenceville papers, and neighboring papers, urging unity, growth, and civic engagement.
A clipping from an advertising journal cited by The Banner discusses Los Angeles merchants warning against fake schemes and urges Athens merchants to report such propositions. The commentary from a local reader praises The Banner as an effective medium and cautions against wasting money on advertising novelties rather than newspaper ads seen by all readers.
A critical account traces President Roosevelts shift from backing the Littlefield anti trust bill to supporting the Elkins measure. It cites White House pressure from corporate interests, cites Knox discussions, and argues the president sacrificed anti trust principles, harming his standing with supporters and advisors.
The University of Georgia Summer School faculty for July 1 to August 9 includes leaders from across the nation. Otis Ashmore, Sarah Louise Arnold, Austin O Apgar, J W Abercrombie, George F Atkinson, D Q Abbott, E O Branson, W H Booook, G G Bond, J H Chappell, Ida Hood Clark, J P Campbell, Stella Center, Lucy L Davis, A H Davenport, W N Doubleday, Lawton B Evans, D L Earnest, Evertrude Ford, H R Fulton, E L Griggs, W S Hill, Emily Harrison, F M Harper, James L Hughes, Beasie Holt, J M Johnson, Joseph Loutrat, F H Lyon, Margaret Murphy, Fred Mutchler, Kathryne Mulligan, P H Mell, K G Mathewson, John Morris, J H T McPherson, John D Mell, F J Orr, Susan Newton, U S Parrish, J E Rascoll, Alexander Rhodes, M Snelling, J S Stewart, E Saith, W L Reynolds.
A roster of Miss Lollie M Smith Miss Jessie N Snyder Mrs Jesaie E Southwick Miss Jane E Taylor Prof W L Weber Prof Wooster Prof J C Woodward and others from Athens Milledgeville Oxford College Park and Savannah will participate alongside distinguished citizens including Governor Chas Aycock Superintendent M L Brittian and President J L Dickey. Railroads extend round trip fare to encourage wide attendance as the session opens.
Athens hosts an upcoming Knights Templar commandery to serve several lodges beyond Athens with over fifty members already signed up. Charter expected within two weeks and degrees to begin around the 15th. uniformed body plans to include Watkinsville Madison Comer and other area lodges, with aim for nearly two hundred members. A printer, Henry T Cook, reports quick relief from rheumatism after using Chamberlains Pain Balm.
The Kentucky School of Medicine class mourns John A. Dearing who died in Louisville. Students vote one day of class dismissal, accompany his remains to the station, drape his casket in college colors for ten days, have students wear crepe, and dispatch a floral tribute and notice to his home paper.
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