The Athens Daily Banner Notes and Odd Bits
The Athens Daily Banner outlines payment options for remittances and warns subscribers that no carrier may collect from others. It mentions a late notice for tax collection closing at six, a Y M C A mass meeting on Associated Charities, and political commentary on Taft, the GOP, and party leadership. An odd Harper’s Weekly item describes flames from marsh gas bubbles seen on a Western skating lake.
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Harper's Weekly
Bryan to forsake politics for religious ministry claims
The article reports William Jennings Bryan plans to leave politics for a non denominational religious vocation after returning from South America. It notes his Presbyterian faith, elder status, and views his future pulpit influence as potentially unmatched, despite his three presidential nominations.
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William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
South America
Sale
Bryan
America
Dixie song sparks ban and cultural debate across America
The clue about Dixie suggests rising popularity prompts a ban in Denver Hofbrau where patrons overturned chairs to the tune. The St Paul Dispatch argues the song reveals shifting American Puritan and Gallic impulses, with Dixie possibly becoming a national air as North and South unite.
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Denver
Hofbrau
St. Paul
New England
Dixie
American National Air
Roosevelt’s Foreign Speech Stirring Egyptian Politics
A critical view of Theodore Roosevelt’s pro British remarks in Khartoum and Cairo. The piece argues his comments anger Egyptian nationalists and please some English, predicting further Rowevelt flare ups once he returns home. It mocks the ex president as unpredictable and dangerous to foreign relations.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Khartoum
Cairo
England
Teddy
Notable April 5 events and Lord Lister birthday note
History dated April 5 lists events from 1621 to 1901 including John Carver’s death, Danton’s execution, Napoleons abdication, and William W Vanderbilt Jr. marriage. It highlights Lord Lister born April 5 1827, his surgical reforms, positions, and honors in Britain.
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John Carver
Massachusetts
Danton
Emanuel Liza
Nebraska
Napoleon Bonapnarte
France
Georgia
Macon
Yorktown
Virginia
William Kk. Vanderbilt, Jr
Mies
Newport
Wilfrid Laurier
Constaton
House of Commons
Macdonald Engineering
McGilt Uniby
Whlam A- Poynter
Lord Lister
London
University College
Liston
Edinburgh
Syme
Regius
University of Glasgow
King’s College
Oxford
Cambridge
Dublin
Glasgow
Digestible 5 Lard Reform Seeks Safer Cooking Fat
Doctors and cooking experts report lard digestion problems and recommend Cotolene oil as a purer, more economical alternative. Studies show only a portion of lard digests naturally while the rest clogs digestive areas, prompting Mrs. Rover and Marion to endorse Cotolene.
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Rover
Marion
Prison commission denies pardon for Will Mitchell
Atlanta April 4. The prison commission refused to grant a pardon to Will Mitchell who faces twelve months in the chain gang for assault and battery on Lucille Linton of Thomasville. They ruled the evidence justified the sentence and noted health considerations could allow additional medical care if needed.
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Atlanta
Prison Commission
Will Mitchell
Mies Lucille Linton
Thomasville
Mitchel
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