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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1909
Page
7
The article notes Memorial Day events in Athens with remarks by visiting figures including Congressman Howard and Norman E. Mack as editor of The Democrat. It also details plans for a union passenger station, with Chamber of Commerce input and Bondurant leading information gathering, amid divided sentiment but no major clashes anticipated.
The Athens chamber of commerce has brought residents together and improved business understanding. From now on concerts will be provided to all entrants, and everyone will shoulder the wheel to aid the city’s growth and development.
Georgia marks Confederate Memorial Day with statewide tributes to fallen soldiers and veterans sharing war-time stories. Athens hosts a convention week with notable gatherings, aiming to educate youth through veteran anecdotes and historical recollections.
John F. Stevens born April 2 1852 in West Gardiner Maine served as chief engineer of the Panama Canal project after a long career shaping major railroads and engineering departments. He held top posts with Great Northern Rock Island and other lines before guiding canal construction.
A compact timeline lists events and figures from 1837 to 1908. Includes Danbury burning by British under Tryon, birth of Edward Maynard in Madison New York, NY imprisonment law reforms in New York, governor George M. Troup’s death, Henry Damien Juncker’s consecration, Johnston’s surrender to Sherman, the Virginius blockade incident, McKeizle’s Liberal leadership resignation in Canada, and a Notre Dame de Salette landslide kills thirty.
Objections to strong medicines for rheumatism noted. Most muscular or chronic rheumatism cases need no internal treatment. When fever and swelling are absent, apply Chamberlain's Ointment for quick relief. Price 25 cents small, 50 cents large. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons and others.
Coverage of multiple baseball results with teams Atlanta Montgomery Nashville New Orleans Little Rock Memphis and Mobile. Batteries and umpires listed for each game with final scores and notes on weather darkness ending the Mobile Memphis game. Pitchers include Castlet on McMurray Guese Shannon Tanner Moran Cefalu Schriver Connelly Casey Shultz Hardy Jer Ludwig and others.
A historical milestone marks the 1607 arrival of English colonists at Cape Henry, Virginia, establishing the early Jamestown venture and prompting future settlement efforts along the Chesapeake Bay.
James T Powers, a famed comedian, was born in New York City on April 26 1862. He began vaudeville in 1878 at Long Branch New Jersey and later toured London playing at the London Avenue Theatre Drury Lane and later returned to the United States to appear in farces and comedies.
Foley's Honey and Tar guards against serious spring colds that may inflame lungs and cause pneumonia. Counterfeits should be avoided. insist on the genuine product in a yellow package. For sale by all druggists, with Mr Archie Griggs visiting Danville and Prof E L Griggs.
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