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Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1911

Page

5

Waterways terminals key to national progress say Rep Small

Representative John H. Small urges a national policy for waterways improvements stressing education and public will. He argues for expansive water terminals linking waterways with rail and road transport, funded by public authorities and supported by cooperative legislation.

Washington, D. C John H. Small North Carolina Rivers and Harbors Committee Fuuther Small Congress National Rivers and Harbors Congress United States Comeresa

Chamberlains Ointment Promises Quick Sprain Cure

An article claims that a sprained ankle can be healed in two to four days by using Chamberlains ointment immediately and following directions. It notes typical recovery is three to four weeks without such treatment.

Five Million Dollars in Thirty Weeks for Music in New York

New York officials warn of a typhoid fever surge tied to vacation camps and unsanitary conditions as cases rise weekly. Police adopt portrait parle to speed crime detection, while Broadway seethes with music investment. promoters expect five million dollars for a thirty week season with huge patron receipts.

N. Y New York Mores Health Department Gotham Ulkman

Great Meat Rate Inquiry Begun In Interstate Hearing

Oklahoma City on September 11 marks the start of a major Interstate Commerce Commission investigation into freight rates for five stock and meat products. The aim is to set reasonable, non discriminatory rates and apply them nationwide beyond the Central West. Hearings will move to Fort Worth, Kansas City, and Chicago with a final ruling not expected until spring.

Oklahoma City Okla Interstate Commerce Tve Central West Chicago Denver Interstate Commeme Commission Railroad Commission of Oklahoma Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association American National Live Stock Association Fort Worth Kansas City Pring

King’s New Discovery Promises Home Lung Cure

An advertisement promotes Dr King's New Discovery as a remedy for lung and throat troubles. It claims many sufferers can avoid costly climate changes by curing lung disease at home and guarantees relief for coughs colds lagrippe asthma and croup. Trial bottle offered free by local merchants.

Dr. King W. R. Nelson Calamine Ark W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer & Sons

Penning of New Idaho Track Opens LargeMeeting

Coeur d Alene Idaho Sept 11 The biggest event of the year in Western turf circles opened a new 75000 plant for a thirty six days meeting at the Coeur d Alene fair and racing association track near Post Falls with easy access to Coeur d Alene and Spokane. The inaugural program features seven big races with upwards of 250 stake horses entered.

Coeur d'Alene Idaho Coeur d'Alene Fair and Racing Assertion Post Falls Spokane

Summon Colds Must Be Taken Geni ngly

Colds risk vitality and resistance, prompt use of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is advised for coughs colds croup whooping cough bronchitis and throat chest and lung issues. Sold by all druggists.

Foley Drogsista

Pension fund plan outlined for brewery workers

Cincinnati news notes an executive committee meeting of the United Brewery Workers of America where an accident fund and a nationwide pension system for brewery workers are proposed. The plan, endorsed by major brewers, would be funded by employer and employee contributions.

Cincinnati Ohio Brewery Workers of America America

Arch bishop Ireland marks seventy third birthday in St Paul

Arch bishop Ireland reached his seventy third birthday today and received congratulatory messages from friends worldwide. No formal celebration occurred, but a grand event is planned later this year to honor the prelate’s ordination as a priest. A reader testimony promotes Foley Kidney Pills, claiming relief from kidney and bladder troubles.

St. Paul, Minn Ireland St. Paul

Buckeye State Tennis Tourney Features Strong Ohio Talent

Cleveland Ohio September 11 The state championship tennis tournament lineup in Cleveland this week showcases top Ohio talent. Five events are on the card the men’s singles and doubles the women’s singles and doubles and mixed doubles.

Cleveland Ohio

Electric Bitters promised to aid ailing workers

Doctor orders rest but many must work while weak and waning health. Electric Bitters are advertised to restore tone and vigor from the first dose with guaranteed satisfaction. Sold by W. J. Smith & Bro and H. Palmer & Sons for 50 cents a bottle.

W. J. Smith & Bro H. BR. Palmer & Sona

Finances and court fines tallied after mayor pro tem ruling

Yesterday two hundred dollars was added to the city treasury from fines issued by mayor pro tem Ben F Woods in the mayor's court at city hall. One man named Will Cooper paid a hundred dollars for resisting an officer and injuring him. Twenty two cases were filed by police from Saturday to Monday, with many small fines imposed.

Ben. F. Woods Will Cooper

Appalachian Exposition Opens in Knoxville

The Appalachian exposition opened in Knoxville Tennessee to run through September showcasing resources and industry of the region. Gov Hooper and staff attended with speakers schedule including Taft Harmon Bryan and Champ Clark.

Knoxville Tenn Hooper Taft Harmon Ohio William J. Bryan Champ Clark

State Fair Opens at Syracuse With Emphasis on Agricultural Education

Syracuse N Y Sept 11 The value of agricultural education is the chief point for visitors to the New York state fair opened today One hundred boys from principal agricultural counties will attend the fair at state expense The fair offers unusually attractive departments President Taft is scheduled to deliver an address at the fair grounds next Saturday.

Syracuse N. Y New York

Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Heals With Scarless Cure

A Freeville man credits Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with ending years of fever sores. He reports complete healing with scarcely a scar. The ad claims it also treats burns boils eczema cuts bruises swellings piles and is sold for 25 cents at local druggists W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R Palmer & Sons.

H. J. Barnum Freeville N. Y W. J. Smith & Bro H. R Palmer & Sons

Largest vaudeville theater opens in Bushwick Brooklyn

The Bushwick Theater in New York opened with a matinee today claimed as the largest vaudeville theater in the country. It cost $250,000 to build and seats 2,600, with interiors and equipment rivaling the finest. The house joins the Percy C. Williams circuit.

New York

Oregon State Fair Opens in Salem with Splendid Exhibits

The Oregon state fair opened in Salem with a display of remarkable farm and orchard products. All departments are well filled and the speed program began this afternoon, continuing through the fair's Saturday close. Demands for remedies like Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy are noted in ads.

Oregon

Not a Word of Scandal In Neighbor Testimony

Neighbor from Manville Wyoming recounts Mrs W Spaugh crediting Dr King’s New Life Pills with curing obstinate kidney trouble and making her feel renewed. Ad lists price 26 cents at W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons as a digestive and kidney remedy.

W. ¥. Spaugh Manville Wyo

Athens to Become Labor Union City by Labor Day

Athens plans to strengthen labor unions with printers, musicians, painters, carpenters, and brick masons organizing and visiting from Atlanta to discuss growth and leadership, aiming to place Athens on the regional labor map by the next Labor Day.

Athens Atlanta Atlania Pit

Belcher Died in Tennessee After Typhoid Attack

The remains of R. L. Belcher, a young man from here, were sent to Morrison Tennessee for funeral arrangements after his death Sunday at St Marys Hospital from a hemorrhage following a severe typhoid attack. He worked at the Southern Manufacturing Company cotton mill and lodged at the mill village.

R. L. Belcher Morrison Tennessee Mr. Belcher St. Mary's Hospital Southern Manufacturing Company Mill Village

Comer Mourns James Alexander Death

Mr James Alexander a prominent citizen of Comer Georgia died at his home after a paralysis attack. He was about forty two years old and leaves a wife and several children. Athens physicians and nurses attended him. The funeral and burial will be held here today. He was a brother in law of B F Wooda Athens councilman and mayor pro tem.

Tuestey Comer James Alexander Athens Alexander B. F. Wooda

Five Year Old Neola Schubert Buried After Illness

Yesterday on the Southern train the casket of Neola Schubert five daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Schubert was conveyed for funeral and burial at Clarkesville Habersham county. She died Sunday at the home 155 Chase street after several days fever illness.

Neola Will Schubert Clarkesville Habersham County Chase Street

National Park Bureau to Overhaul Administration

Supervisors of the national parks gather in Yellowstone with Secretary Fisher and Assistant Secretary Thompson for a six day conference. They plan to create a separate bureau to administer the reservations with a commissioner at its head.

Livingston, Mont Fisher Thompson Department of the Interior Yellowstone National Park

Digestive health booster claim featured in tablet ad

An advertisement states that digestion and assimilation matter more than food quantity. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are advertised to invigorate the stomach and liver and help them function naturally. Sold by all dealers.

Chamberlain

Maine Goes Wet After Prohibition Vote Surprises State

Special to the Banner from Portland reports Maine's September 11 election upheld statewide Prohibition by a slim margin of 1,500 to 2,000. Maine, the first state to adopt a constitutional prohibition, has faced repeated challenges to the law and enforcement issues amid interstate trade debates.

Portland Maine United States

Domestic turmoil ends in fatal stabbing and jailings

In New York Brooklyn Thomas Tullie 38 stabbed his wife seven times after a dispute over a negligee skirt. Neighbors intervened as he raised the blade for an eighth strike. Police quote him wishing for a gun to fire bullets. In Petersburg Indiana Mrs William Grubb 75 was jailed for assaulting her sick husband 77 with a hot skillet and chasing a daughter with a butcher knife. Their son Fred Grubb aided by beating the father after a log incident.

New York Thomas Tullie Brooklyn Tuille Tullie Petersburg Ind Willam’ Grubb Here Fred Grubb

Death by own action shocks Berkeley community

G W Steidman, 30, a respected Berkeley resident and farmer who also ran a mercantile business, died suddenly from an overdose of Laudanum. Investigators deem it self inflicted, with motive unknown. He leaves a wife and several small children. Funeral planned for tomorrow.

Berkeley G. W. Steidman

Mr R K Pridgeon Dies in Atlanta Home

Mr R K Pridgeon aged about eighty died yesterday at the State Soldier's Home in Atlanta after illness. His body will be taken to Athens this afternoon on the 8 A S vestibuled train from Avanta. Funeral and burial are planned at Oconee cemetery. He served for many years as a faithful attache of Athens city hall and was widely known and loved. He leaves relatives in Athens.

R. K. Pridgeon Atlanta Athens

Trades and Labor Congress of Canada opens in Calgary

Calgary hosts the twenty seventh annual Trades and Labor Congress of Canada with delegates from across the Dominion present. Key topics include immigration laws the eight hour bill Chinese tax fair wage clauses and imperial labor exchange. The Gompers case US Supreme Court ruling and Los Angeles labor leaders trial are also set for discussion.

Calgary Alta America Trades and Labor Congress of Canada Dominion Imperial Labor Exchange United States Supreme Court Gompers Labo Los Angeles

Nathan Straus At Berlin Congress

Nathan Straus of New York arrives in Berlin as the official United States representative at the third International Congress for the Protection of Infants. Delegates from many countries attend the formal opening, and sessions run a week to study infant feeding in all its phases.

Berlin Nathan Straus New York United States

Georgia Leads Stronger Football Prospect After Breakneck Drill

Football notes from Atlanta describe Georgia with the strongest returning lineup led by Woodruff and Hatcher while Creekmore Parrish and Tuck become eligible. Tech faces a lean returning group, with only Patterson Elmer and Johnson back. Mercer shows hopes improving as most players return for another campaign.

Atlanta Georgia Tech Mercer Franklin End Hatcher Woodruff Creekmore Tuck Parrish

World Congress Against Alcoholism Opens in The Hague

The thirteenth International Congress Against Alcoholism opened in The Hague with physicians scientists jurists and delegates from leading nations attending. Sessions run for a week and will cover educational scientific social economic and remedial aspects of the alcohol question. Among U S delegates are Edith Smith Davis Wisconsin Judge William J Pollard Missouri F H Sherrington Ohio Prof Beanlap Pittsburgh Prof P J Lennox Washington D C and Rev Peter J O Cban Chicago president of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union.

Hague United States Edith Smith Davis Wisconsin William J. Pollard St. Louis F. H. Sherrington Ohio Beanlap Pittsburg P. J. Lemnox Washel D. C Peter J. Ocban Chicago Catholic Total Abstinence Union

National Association of Stationary Engineers Opens Session

Three thousand delegates and visitors from across the country attend the annual convention opening in Music Hall as the National Association of Stationary Engineers begins its sessions.

Cincinnati Natonal Association of Stationary Engineers Music Hall

Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Holds Top Household Remedy

Foley's Honey and Tar Compound retains its place as the leading household remedy for adults. It protects against coughs and colds and is promoted as the best option for grown persons seeking relief.

Foley

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