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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1893
Page
4
The Board of Education approves a normal training department in the public schools under Supt. Bond. It will allow all who wish to become teachers to receive thorough normal training. The department will cost the city nothing and aims to benefit the schools, teachers, and pupils overall.
The Georgia legislature should study the State Normal School report and appropriate funds. The Rock College institution deserves state support, with modest costs yielding great returns and sparing Georgians the consequences of false economy. It will gain public approval if the normal school prospers.
A correspondent urges support for Sapleton’s Sumter bill to raise Supreme Court judges’ pay to twenty five hundred dollars a year. He argues judges are underpaid, that Georgia has strong jurists, and that the modest raise will strengthen the state’s judicial system and compensate public servants fairly.
The Savannah News argues sensational Chicago newspapers helped shape the mind of the killer who murdered Mayor Carter Harrison. It notes Harrison faced harsh editorial attacks during the campaign and speculates whether such coverage eroded respect for law in a weak-minded individual like Pendergast.
A discussion on the danger posed by homicidal cranks and the link between suicidal and homicidal mania. It argues that a deluded, mad impulse can lead to murder and self-destruction, warning that no lunatic is harmless.
The Senate passed the Voorhees bill signaling unconditional repeal of the Sherman law and awaits House concurrence. Democracy laments the defeat of monometallism yet notes that many Democratic Senators opposed the measure. Georgia’s Mr. Gordon reportedly broke from the pro repeal vote among nineteen Southern Senators. The piece lists affirmative senators and urges continued effort for free coinage.
A collage of Georgia editorials endorses candidates and cautions farmers about cotton dependence. Figures discussed include H Turner, George T Barnes, W A Huff, T B Cabaniss, and state officials Uncle Bob and W A Wright. Notices on liquor licenses and charity drives appear amid election chatter.
In the Louisiana congressmen list Voorhees Washburn and White led for the affirmative, while a large group including Allen Berry Black burn Butler Call Cameron Cockrell Yoke Daniel Dubois George Harris Irby Jones of Arkansas Jones of Nevada Kyle Martin Pasco Peffer Perkins Pettigrew Power Pugh Roach Shoup Stewart Tellery-Vance West Walthall Walcott joined in negation. Pairs announced show Allison with Mitchell of Oregon and Chandler with White of California aligning affirmative, while Wilson with Coquitt Gordon with Morgan Palmer with Hansbrough cross the line.
The approach of winter ushers hardship for thousands who raced to the Cherokee strip and lost their stakes. About 15,000 who entered the run did not secure land, leaving many homeless and moneyless. with limited medical care, mortality may rise. A congressional inquiry into the opening is likely.
A public appeal from a city minister and community supporters calls for an end to the universal quarantine, urging relief from the imposed burden and a return to normal sentiment. The piece cites local sentiment and a push for faster action to ease the hardship on Brunswick.
A Columbus Ohio preacher argues foreigners control unions while a Missouri man is jailed for fraud after returning from Europe. A Norfolk Virginia wreck kills two. a bank swindle hits Geneva Nebraska for eighty five dollars. Dalton gang robs in Oklahoma Territory. World’s Fair prep and Masons convene in Macon.
An 19th century advertisement claims ea Halls Catarrh Care is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers testimonials and directs readers to J. Chenny & Co in Toledo for free samples, with druggists selling the product for 75 cents.
The October honor rolls showcase top students across Washington Street, Baxter Street, Oconee Street, Meigs Street, and more. Students from ninth grade through first grade are listed with names in each class, reflecting strong performance by both scholars and teachers.
The notice claims Syeur of Figs offers a lasting solution to habitual constipation, criticizing temporary laxatives that act briefly and harm the system. It presents the remedy as a permanent benefit, urging informed readers to choose it over quicker but harmful options.
Mr. John H. Bailey, respected citizen of East Athena, died at home after a long illness, aged about 69. A veteran of the inn company from Jackson county, he later farmed in Madison county near Dowdy, and was known for his devout Methodist faith and public moral stance. He leaves a wife and two sons D. W. and O. F. Bailey, with funeral at 10 o'clock this morning from East Athens Methodist Church.
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