27 Oct 1891
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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1891
Page
1
Athens has entered an era of prosperity with electric lights and street railways, a new Northeast trunk line, free mail delivery, a fire alarm system, and a paid fire department. The city council plans $75,000 in bonds to fund sewers and street paving as Captain Talmadge predicts further growth and stronger development ahead.
An old advertisement calls for women aged fifteen to forty five with pale sallow complexion loss of appetite and fatigue to use Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It promises cures for nervous prostration and debility with written guarantee and directs readers to obtain the remedy from the distributor.
The banner supports Johnston's History SHOULD NOT BE TAUGHT at the University of Georgia. The position is endorsed by Georgia Answers and echoed across the state, reflecting a wide-sphere opposition to the curriculum proposal.
Endorsements pour in from editors and ministers in Athens and Georgia condemning Johnston's History of the United States used at the State University. Readers urge removal and attribute bias and inaccuracy, citing professor McPherson and urging boycott if the book remains.
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