Athens Daily Banner ad and city notes
The Athens Daily Banner lists subscription rates and delivery notices, alongside a mosaic of local items. It mentions the Georgia baseball team, politics, the Mississippi flood affecting New Orleans, life insurance tied to the Titanic disaster, and the Macon veterans' reunion with remarks on candidates. It notes the University of Georgia Peabody Hall project and suffragette demonstrations, plus Athens civic plans and the looming courthouse site.
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Peabody
University of Georgia
Institution of Learning
A Big Job for Engineers in Mississippi Flood Control
The nation faces a vast flood control task along the Mississippi. Deforestation worsens floods from eastern tributaries, urging careful forest management and stronger levees. Public funds likely to be appropriated as engineers design measures to resist future, larger floods.
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Mississippi River
Mississippi
United States
Indifference of Voters in Presidential Primaries Questioned
The piece notes a trend of low turnout in many states for presidential primaries, with Georgia showing a relatively strong vote due to county elections and a lively national question. It asks whether voter indifference would persist under referendum proposals and constitutional amendments, suggesting turnout may not reflect true public will.
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Georgia
Agricultural strides lift Georgia to fourth in farm value
The Macon Telegraph reports rapid U S farm advancement with Georgia rising to fourth in total farm product value. Between 1850 and 1910 farm land area and improvements grew, average farm size shrinking then recovering, and farm property values expanding manyfold driven by rail and ranch incorporations.
Georgia backs Underwood for presidential nomination
Georgia Democrats declare in favor of Oscar W. Underwood for the presidential nomination and expect Southern states with Alabama Florida and others plus New York to rally. The forecast sees Underwood heading to Baltimore with around two hundred delegates and a multi ballot race likely with no candidate near a two thirds majority on the first ballot.
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Georgia
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Florida
New York
Underwood
Baltimore
Underwood Seen Likeliest Democratic Nominee And President
The article argues that Mr Underwood has the strongest chance for Democratic nomination over rivals due to his democratic credentials and freedom from factional ties. Georgia and Alabama praise his candidacy, believing he would win the presidency if nominated and carry party victory at the polls.
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Underwood
Georgia
Alaama
Alabama
Times
Thaw Case Worries New York Readers
Repeated efforts to declare Harry K. Thaw sane provoke public spending concerns. The New York World editorial notes the $150,000 cost to prosecute and imprison Thaw for Stanford White's murder and questions future taxpayer burden and justice for a man with ample resources.
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Ever
Anow
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
New York
New York World
County of York
Stanford White
Matteawan
Britain to Run Its Own Inquiry After Titanic Probe
British officials plan a sweeping independent investigation into the Titanic disaster after the U S Senate inquiry. Parliament shows some rebuke but agrees Britain will scrutinize the corporation and people involved. London will rely on its own reports and expects reforms in ocean travel laws.
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United States Senate
Great Britain
Senate Committee
London
An Undignified Way of Campaigning
A historical piece criticizes modern presidential campaigning for its extensive stump speeches. It argues that past campaigns were more dignified with brief home addresses and decries current personal attacks between Roosevelt and Taft. The author urges a simple dignified campaign without nationwide campaigning tours.
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Grover Cleveland
Tipping Evil Prompts State Laws and Foe to Silly Extent
A magazine recounts a comical yet pointed tale of tipping everywhere from hotel bellhops to barbers, illustrating how Americans tip for every service and prompting calls for laws against accepting tips. The anecdote ends with a consumer exhausted by the relentless nickel and dime pressure.
Morning at the Hotel Ends with Tip Trouble
A guest recalls waking at 5 a m to a garbage can rattle and seeking hot water. After a quarrel with a bellhop about meeting a tall man, he faced humiliation as seven flights were run and he faced a charge of seventy five cents for breakfast with only a dime returned. Three bellhops seized his belongings and tied his coat, a whisk broom drove him out, and he leaves without tipping. He tallies a one sixty tip total though upset.
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Europe
Commercial Travelers’ Magazine
Madison House
Nother
Control of the Wireless Laws Likely After Titanic Inquiry
The Titanic disaster spurs debate on radio law reforms. Proposals demand mandatory disclosure of distress news by wireless operators, arguing current power concentrated in carriers delays vital information during emergencies. Lawmakers may enact measures to force candor and public access to消息.
Robert Lincoln Rebukes Roosevelt Over Lincoln Pose
Robert Lincoln, son of the former president, denounces Theodore Roosevelt for trying to resemble Lincoln and pushing an unchecked democracy. He argues Lincoln’s era used constitutional checks and representative government, contrasting it with Roosevelt’s approach and warning that mass democracy leads to chaos in large cities and states.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Roosevelt
Robert Lincoln
Newngland
Gubernatorial Race Opens in Georgia Primary
Georgia enters a three candidate gubernatorial contest with Slaton Hadson and Hall pledging to campaign free of factional ties. All three bring long political experience and broad networks as campaigns heat up toward the August primary and looming November elections.
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Georgia
Messrs. Slaton
Hadson
Hall
Federal aid for good roads could reach Georgia
The Shackelford amendment to the post office bill proposes federal aid to states for road work, paying counties via roads used by rural carriers. It could total at least fifty million dollars annually and would push counties to improve roads to qualify. Georgia has eighty two thousand miles of rural routes, with only twelve thousand currently improved. The Senate's fate is uncertain, but support is growing for passage and presidential approval.
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United States
House of Representatives
Shackelford
Post Office
Georgia
Senate
Georgia Crops Seen Strong This Year Across Principal Fruits
Reports from the State College of Agriculture indicate robust peach output in Georgia with hopeful prospects for watermelons and blackberries. About twelve thousand corn club boys are cultivating prize crops, and the overall tone is optimistic if sections remain propitious.
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State College of Agriculture
Corn Club
Pearsons and Carnegie Wealth as Legacy Questioned
The report notes Dr Daniel Kimball Pearsons of Miinola did not die disgraced per Andrew Carnegies standard. Pearsons reached the ace of mine-two and gave away millions to educational institutions while keeping enough for old age and burial. It suggests Carnegie could also give away his money without disgrace if he acted earnestly.
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Daniel Kimball Pearsons
Miinola
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
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