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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1909
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner issue lists subscription prices and payment methods, with warnings about delivery reliability and carrier collection. The remainder includes garbled text with political commentary and scattered phrases about Naples and tariff debates, lacking clear coherence.
The column surveys rising prohibition sentiment across northern states and notes fears England may prepare for war with Germany. It urges Georgia to pursue sober methods, push criminal prosecutions, and questions Mississippi honoring Jefferson Davis with silverware while debating a statue in the national capitol.
The Macon Telegraph discusses how appointments to the Supreme Court might shift regional balance without harming the court's integrity. It notes retirements, age caps, and the long service of justices, with speculation on which regions and parties may gain future vacancies and the likelihood of Southern representation increasing.
An advertising note touts a 50 ct bottle of Dr Howard's Specific for Dyspepsia and Constipation offering 60 doses for 25 cents. It promises money back if not the best remedy for stomach and bowels.
A fragmentary history note mentions Fort Duquesne surrender at the site of Pittsburgh, Wordsworth birth and death dates, Marietta Ohio settlement by Rufus Putnam, a Saybrook raid, Andrew Jackson’s fort action at St Marks, and other scattered events including political and military items with uncertain OCR clarity.
Grace Filkins poses for a Justice figure for a Tiffany window in Cincinnati Court House. Wallace Eddinger, debuting in The Third Degree, reveals a large letter collection from admirers. Mark Smith once rode a minstrel troupe, later dressing windows to return home. Kate McLaurin began as a schoolteacher. Frank McIntyre writes songs with popularity. Hedwig Reicher speaks German with little accent after study. George Barnum, Dr Bernstein in The Third Degree, was a baseball umpire in 1887 and 1891 and is publishing a thirty five year record.
A partial obituary notes Jacques Loeb’s 50th birthday and outlines his career. It traces his early life in Berlin and Strasbourg, then Bryn Mawr College, the University of Chicago, and since 1902 a physiology professor at the University of California. It cites honors from major scientific societies in America and Europe for his work in physiology and artificial investigations.
The Bessie Mell Industrial Home held its regular monthly meeting Monday afternoon at 4 o clock. Reports were read by the president in Mrs Flanigen and Mrs Thomas absence. Receipts included balances from March 1 and income from garment sales rent dues interest donations and a note. Expenditures covered workers material for garments and other disbursements. The group discussed waitlist items for shoes and expressed hope the summer would ease needs for children. The quarterly memory tribute to Mrs Leyden was approved and the president granted permission to publish the tribute as the executive note. The cottage rental issue received partial receptives. The group invites new members to support charitable work for the needy.
Readers are told relief from catarrh coughs colds hay fever asthma and bronchitis comes in five minutes by breathing Hyamet air from pine and eucalyptus. H yomel sold by H R Palmer & Sons with a money back guarantee. A testimonial from Lodwick Edwards of Columbus Ohio supports cure claims. Complete outfit priced at $1 with no cure no pay plan offered.
St Vernon Lodge F and A M Mount Vernon Lodge and other orders meet weekly or monthly at the Max Joseph building Clayton street and Carlton building Jackson Street in Athens. Members invited. officers named include W CAPPS J M CRANE M J ABNEY T H NICKERSON J G TRUSSELL G B STONE M G MICHAEL GEO B DAVIS C C J C CARTLEDGE MISS MINNIE TUCK MISS MAUD NICHOLS.
A fragment lists multiple train numbers such as B2 32 38 41 and 33 53 with corresponding times and an agent named J. Z. Hoke. The text includes scattered digits like 66.15 am and 2 545 p.m and appears as OCR noise from a timetable.
An advertisement extols Perry Davis Painkiller as a universal cure for dyspepsia and various cold related pains. It warns against alarming symptoms and recommends taking the medicine in warm sweetened water at the first sign of cramps or discomfort, noting two bottle sizes 35c and 56c.
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