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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1891
Page
4
The Athens Banner urges citywide support for a forthcoming midsummer festival, highlighting improved rail service and local business participation. It defends the Farmers Alliance against Republican slander and discusses speakership views and local political dynamics with emphasis on loyalty to the Democratic banner.
The Farm erg Alliance shows notable interest in the speakership contest. It reflects organized engagement and expectations around leadership outcomes within the agricultural sector.
A Banner report notes rising summer visitors to Athens from Lucy Cobb Institute and the University of Georgia. Parents plan for commencement weeks and many would stay longer if an uptown hotel existed, with boarding houses already full. Little capital is needed to start a summer hotel venture.
The AtuEns Ranger contests Guy Northen’s slighting of the Alliance over an invitation. The case notes that Geo. T. Morrell of Clark County was invited, questioned as to whether he was invited as a Governor’s Colonel rather than in a civilian capacity.
The Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youths will open in Athens on June 1 for a three month summer term. Chancellor Boggs, Richard R. Wright, and local leaders organize classrooms in Baxter Street School with free tuition. The plan aims to secure permanent location in Americus or Savannah and to obtain federal Morrill funds, pending settlement with Interior.
Mr Stockton Axson former Georgia graduate and editor traveler for the Review of Reviews visits Athens after stints with The Banner and editorial work in Atlanta Auburn and Emory He plans several days of calling on friends and promoting the monthly Review of Reviews publication.
In Atlanta on May 20 special notes report Cannady the hypnotist failing to impress a crowd. Three unknown boys were claimed to be hypnotized while physicians questioned the act and a sharp staged prank triggered a heated crowd reaction.
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