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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1903

Page

4

Athens fair promises bigger event with Roddy Walthour presence

Georgia State Agricultural Society president Dudley M Hughes discusses the Northeast Georgia Fair and plans for a larger Athens fair this fall. Roddy Walthour is featured as a leading attraction with potential race challenges and extended activities at the Athens event, tying to state fairs in Macon and Athens, with broader regional excitement.

Dudley M. Hughes Giorgia State Agreultural Society Georgia Athens Hughes Macon Robin Walthoor Walthour Ariens Athena Maun Mercer Roddy Walthour

Best Baseball Game Of Season Ends In Darkness Tie

The Clothiers and Grocers battled for the league title with a scoreless tie after five innings as darkness halted play. Erwin and Sevens pitched for the Clothiers while Barch and Hant er worked for the Grocers, leaving the teams tied for first place and unable to replay. Also a local ad touts Dr E Detchon’s Anti Diarrhetic contraception.

Clothiers Grocers The Erwin Sevens Barch and Hanter

Cardinal Sarto Named Pope Pius X in Holy Papal Event

Rome reports Cardinal Sarto elected pope as Pius X. Troops presented arms, he appeared on St. Peter's balcony blessing the crowd. The conclave’s master and officials aided him, while bells rang and thousands cheered as the new pontiff received the papal blessing.

St. Peters Rome Cardinal Macchi Apostolic Briefs Bt. L'Churs Sarto Ted Pope Pius K Pope Pius X Trax X Pius X Mgr Merry de] Val Popsio Merry del Val Sacred College Camerlingo Oregila Fluzger Lise Cardinal Cescons Joseph Sirto Vatican Pontifical Cross Cardinal Roellieri Wii Stoo Pope Pope Leo Simonien Doemin Mer. Bislett

Sketch of Sarto Cardinal Guiseppe Sarto Vita and Rank

Rom August 4 Cardinal Guiseppe Sarto born in Riese July 2 18. He became cardinal and patriarch of Venice June 12 1833. Known for learning modesty energy and administrative skill. a patron of the arts and famed for upright life.

Rom Guiseppe Sarto Riese Venice Povetico Father Perosi Cardinal Sarto Cardinal Sarta Gord Italy Episcopate and Sacred College Leo XIII Sarto Rampolla

Soy Cured of Colic After Physician's Treatment 14 Failed

A Shell Lake Wisconsin father recalls his four year old son suffering colic and cramps until a remedy from Chamberlain cures the child in half an hour. He mentions reliance on morphine by a doctor before using the remedy and notes local availability through H. R. Palmer & Son and W. J Smith & Bro.

Chamberlain F. L. Wilkins Shell Like Wis Mr. Wilkins Shell Lake Lumber Co H. R. Palmer & Son W. J Smith & Bro H.R. Palmer & Son W. J. Smith & Bro

The March of Progress and Clifton Flour Ad

An advertisement argues progress requires modern utilities and promotes Bransford's Clifton flour. It claims inferior flours produce inferior bread and cakes and urges readers to try Clifton for better baking results.

Telephone Bransford Clifton Wingfield Cash

Builders' League Lockout Hits 24000 in Pittsburg

Pittsburg reports 8000 workers out at noon with lockout growing to about 24000 in the building trades as painters hangers and decorators stay at work. All ongoing city construction halted except contracts with George A Fuller and a few outside nonmember firms. Stock issue planned at Berry New York to raise 6000000 for a Long Island plant to serve Manhattan and replace scattered plants.

Pittsberg League Building Trade Council George A. Fuller Company Builders’ League Berry N. Y Cryedlam Consolidated Gas Company of Long Island Manhattan Bcatterol Consolidated Company

Telegraphic Brevities and Public Notices

Brief items from the era cover military camps in Alabama and North Carolina rail rulings, cotton mill closings in Cleveland area, a wartime glove contract inquiry, Gomez listing Cuban revolutionary troops, large federal payments, a cure advertisement for a blood balm, a fatal chair assault near Greenville, a promotion for DeWitt’s Little Early Risers pills, and a note on a national redemption deadline with government receipts data.

Alabama Regi Montgomery North Carolina Corporation Camp Mission Neveland War Root Army Canardsman Littamer Genera Knox Gomez

Relief In Six Hours from Great South American Kidney Cure

Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by New Great South American Kidney Cure. Quick relief for pain, retention of water, and backache in both sexes. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Sors in Athens, Ga. Ootonial Weddings describe Arabian, Persian, and Moroccan wedding customs with veiling, decoration, and arranged marriage norms.

H. R. Palmer & Sors Athens

Death Penalty for Minor Wounds Endorsed in Ad

An old advertisement extols Bucklen's Arnica Salve as preventing death from minor injuries. It claims scratches, cuts, boils and ulcers can become fatal without the salve and promotes purchase at H. R. Palmer & Son and W. J. Smith & Bro. druggists for 25 cents.

H. R. Palmer & Son W. J. Smith & Bro

Georgia Legislature Passes Various Bills in General Assembly

The Georgia House approved a game law update, a register for post lands, and a transfer of pension funds, plus a resolution to fund colonial records. Senate action included abolishing days of grace and a bill recognizing verbal contracts. a cyclone cellar gag is referenced in a separate ad.

General Assembly Atlanta Georgia London Stovall Chatham Alford Worth Isabella Worth Nty Mitchell Thomas Boston Thomas County Renauchamp Stutts Board of Commissioners of Roads Butts County Senate House George Morgan Atkinson

Notice of dissolution and rivalries cited in old prose collage

A fragmentary notice quotes scattered opinions on dissolution and misfortune with references to rivalries over possessions and heirs. It juxtaposes lines from London Queen and Boston Transcript about alarms and neighbors, creating a reflective, literary mood rather than a clear event.

London

Puts an End to it All by Dr King’s New Life Pills

An advertisement promises relief from dizziness backache liver complaint and constipation. It claims the pills are gentle but thorough and offer a fix for unbearable pain, urging readers to try them for 250 with guarantees from H. R. Palmer & Son and W. J. Smith & Bro.

Dr. King H. R. Palmer & Son W. J. Smith & Bro

Life in English Villages Exposes Dire Sanitation

A London Mall piece by AL Montefiore-Bruce laments crowded cottages lacking water and sewage access across Suffolk Essex and other counties. It highlights families sharing rooms, open ditches, foul walls, and the need for basic sanitation with broader rural neglect.

AL Montefiore-Bruce London Mall Vilage Suffolk Essex Bedford Cambridgeshire Wiltshire Dorset Somerset

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