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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1901
Page
4
Publication details for the Athens Daily Banner include daily, Sunday, and weekly editions with mail rates of 5.00 per year, 2.50 for six months, and 1.26 for three months. Weekly and Sunday Banner cost 1.00 per year or 0.50 for six months, with cash in advance policy and office at 18 N. Jackson Street for advertising inquiries.
The Banner refuses to fund a McKinley monument, arguing that southern funds should honor local figures first. It questions why the south should pursue a national tribute while unmarked graves and neglected memorials to Crawford, Crawford Long, and Stephens remain. The piece labels it rank sectionalism or simple preservation of self-respect.
A compact critique traces American party history from 1512 to late 19th century, listing multiple parties with birth and death years. It notes repeated short lifespans and mentions anti Masonic, free soil, temperance, greenback, labor reform, prohibition, and other movements as fleeting forces in politics.
A Baltimore woman recalls Edward R. Still's poem about public mourning for President McKinley. The piece contrasts initial tributes with later fading praise, noting how even kind acts were repurposed to question his character and memory.
The Virginia claim as mother of presidents rests on seven chiefs born or living there including Washington Jefferson Madison Monroe Tyler Taylor and Harrison. New York also contributed five presidents Roosevelt Fillmore Arthur Cleveland and Roosevelt. Tyler alone rose by accidence. New York’s were promoted after others' deaths.
A fragmented report recalls Theodore Roosevelt as a unique president while noting President McKinley’s burial on September 10. The piece hints at a British syndicate courting markets and includes garbled phrases about Roosevelt as writer, banter, rough rider, reformer, and statesman.
The 1900 1901 North Pole quest reports Lieutenant Peary reached modest latitudes but circumnavigated islands north of Greenland, mapping the north Greenland island coast and noting the sea’s dangers. He concludes Greenland is a poor base and pivots to Grinnell Land as his polar starting point.
Athens is in good condition with climate health schools and facilities yet requires more manufacturing interests. A new candy and related goods plant has opened and an ice plant is planned, but the community must expand payrolls employment and building for lasting success.
The Savannah News accuses the New York Saw and New York Press of violent denunciation toward Gene Sapien and blames them for bias in assassinations of McKinley and Cleveland alike. It argues public outrage at such newspapers reflects narrow-mindedness and vindictiveness.
Hon. John D. Little speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives will retire with the approaching session. He plans a law partnership with Hon. Chariton Battle and will devote himself to practice. At thirty he is regarded as a bright young Georgian with growing reputation.
A tribute notes foreign rulers seek American securities. Nicholas II holds six million dollars in U.S. investments, Edward VII five million, Beppold three and a half million, the German Emperor three million, and Isabella nearly two million, highlighting broad foreign confidence in the American economy.
Advertorial notices hail Mosley’s Lemon Elixir as a liver stomach and kidney regulator for indigestion and nervous debility. Endorsements claim cures after years of suffering from indigestion biliousness and neuralgia with testimonials from Rev. C. C. Davis Elid Memphis and H. A. Beall Randolph County Georgia.
The Athens Street Railway Company intends to start a regular schedule on the new Wash ington street to Seaboard Air Line line next Monday morning. Citizens hail the completion as a welcome improvement for local transit and mobility.
Prof Charles H Herty returns home to lead University classes after a field study near Statesboro Ga on turpentine manufacture He aims to develop better timber cutting rates in South Georgia to extend turpentine belt tree lifespans and curb wasteful destruction He seeks a thorough distillation method and has earned broad support from industry leaders for the work.
A lavish gift from Mr Palmer includes Eaocyclo-Paedia and a fine book case. The Normal School praises the donation as highly elevated and says the money could not be better used.
A partial, unclear OCR fragment mentions nervous debility memory issues and an oath or price claim. The readable content is sparse and lacks verifiable details such as names, dates, places, or organizations.
Arrest records and confessions tie Sastig to the McKinley plot with claims he aided Czolgoss and Harrigan involvement. Emma Goldman is freed after court dismisses charges for want of prosecution amid mixed domestic reaction and public mourning notes from New York to London.
The university reports a record registration on campus with the regular collegiate department up by five students from last year at the same date while the law class shows a decline. A personal testimonial touts Chamberlain's Dolia Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as curing long standing diarrhoea, with local outlets named.
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