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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1893
Page
6
Athens publisher proclaims Democratic fidelity and bold leadership under Grover Cleveland. It condemns factionalism, urges supporters to uphold platform promises, and stresses united effort to advance the party’s record over the next four years.
The Augusta Chronicle argues that city merchants and farmers share stakes in prosperity. It rebuts the idea of constant merchant plotting against farmers, noting merchants seek solid cotton prices and overall town prosperity, while acknowledging mutual dependencies between rural and urban economies.
The article proclaims a Democratic triumph with Grover Cleveland's inauguration marking brighter times and discrediting Republican misdeeds. It rails at Republican corruption and taxes, claiming the people now reign supreme and will avoid further discord or prosperity threats.
The Tribune of Rome reports Prof H C White's talk on village farming and a proposed stock company to buy 10 000 to 20 000 acres and split into 100 to 200 acre farms. A central village would offer social and educational advantages while maintaining country life, with farmers using local exchange stores and schools.
The Boston Herald comments on lynching in the South noting alarming indifference to human life among some younger Black people. It cites murders-for-money by intoxicated youths who kill for a few dollars, a depravity Southern papers frequently report and which demands serious attention as a vice problem for Southern society.
The Kansas cranks pursue utopia ideas at Medicine Lodge and other sites in the state. The Industrial Council proposes a token currency plan backed by gold and silver while allowing barter with commodities like turnips and cordwood. Farmers would haul produce to town and store it in labor exchanges.
A collage of clippings discusses President Cleveland's inaugural topics on currency tariff reform and pensions, a Georgia district attorney hopeful, Taine's death as a major critic, Ward McAllister remarks, Governor hopeful Howell, Toledo catarrh cure ads, and Paderewski's rumored romance with a New York debutante.
Historical notes describe crimson clover as suited to light cotton belt soils, yielding one to two tons per acre per cutting and rivaling red clover in hay quality. It promotes nitrogen uptake, tolerates brief freezes, and can be grazed or cut for hay or green manure, with sowing guidance for cotton, corn, wheat, oats, and rye.
Dissolution notice announces Carithers and Whitehead ending partnership with W J Whitehead assuming all liabilities. He will collect debts and run mercantile business with Osrithers Whitehead while customers are thanked for patronage. March 8, 1892.
A reflective piece laments the cruel social intrusions by feminine friends who encroach on a mother’s time, citing a rich idle wife and a clergyman’s wife as case studies. It contrasts domestic demands with men’s work rhythms and recalls Faraday’s inquest anecdotes and other brief vignettes on language, deformity, and healing quackery.
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