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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1914

Page

5

School Book Probe Progresses In Georgia

Special to the Banner Atlanta April 3 The legislative investigating committee on school books met to review reports and hear witnesses. The panel compared costs in 22 states with uniform texts and California, noting Ontario prices and a Canadian offer to publish Georgia texts at about one quarter current costs if manuscripts and plates are supplied by the state.

Atlanta Legislative Investigating Committee C. R. McCrory Schley County Capitol M. L. Bellain California Cist Mecrory Ontario Canada Brittain McCrory J. E. Sheppard Americus H. S. Bowden Blakely J. H. P. Beck Bowden E. T. Moon LaGrange J. C. Harris Rome George M. Morang Toronto Thomas E. Watson Thomson I. L. McNair Macon Merang J. A. Branham American Book Company United States Morang Georgia Alabama Arizona

Hyomei offers fast relief for catarrh and chest woes

An advertising inch shows Hyomei as a direct to the spot remedy for catarrh head colds bronchitis and sniffles. It claims medicated air reaches the affected membranes for immediate relief that lasts and offers a money back guarantee from H R Palmer & Sons with a $1.00 complete outfit sold by druggists.

H. R. Palmer & Sons Ihyomei

Prof Curtis’s Father Dies in Iowa

Word reached Prof. R. H. Curtis of the University School of Commerce that his father died yesterday afternoon at 5:50. He left for Perry to attend the funeral, after recently returning from his father’s bedside and feeling some improvement. Faculty and city friends extend sympathy.

R. H. Curtis School of Commerce

Grove's Old Standard Tonic Promised Benefits and Prices

General tonic claims include quinine and iron aiding liver function malaria resistance blood enrichment and whole body strengthening. Prices listed show Florida 19.10 Idaho 10.09 Indiana 3.85 with notes on state education texts and wholesale book purchases by boards of education.

Grove Florida Idaho Indiana Boards of Education

Detective Burns predicts Leo Frank won’t hang on April seventeenth

Chicago dispatch reports Detective William J. Burns states he knows the pharaoh killer's identity in the Mary Phagan case but will not reveal the murderer. He hints Frank may not be executed April 17 and says the supreme court must consider the evidence collected. No report has been received by Leo M. Frank’s counsel.

Burns Frank Associated Press Chicago Mary Phagan Atlanta Leo M. Prank William J. Burns Supreme Court Leo M. Frank

Uncle Richard Holbrook Dies After Long Illness

Last night at his Strong street home passed away Richard Holbrook a highly esteemed colored man. For over twenty five years he janitored the Southern Mutual Company offices in Athens and was known for honesty and steadiness. His death prompts sorrow from leaders of the company and Col Morton who praised him as a gentleman in heart. Funeral arrangements to be announced.

Strong Street Richard Holbrook Insurance Southern Mutual Clayton and College Athens Electric Company Southern Manufacturing Company noTy Puilding Thomas Col Sterhia Pillups Phinizy Southern Mutual Company Darkey Col. Morton

America for Americans urged by Admiral Chester speech

Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester urged a concert of action among American republics to defend the Monroe Doctrine principles. He argued for self defense and South American protection, proposing a policy called America for Americans, and warned against United States overreach in Latin America while supporting Caribbean and Gulf region security.

Associated Press Philadelphia United States Colby M. Chester American Academy of Political and Social Science Secord Monroe Congress Argentina Brazil James Monroe Latin-America Europe America South Spe Caribbean Sea Gulf of Mexico

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