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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
6
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A published statement from the Democratic National Committee at Fairview on July 14 urges reforms including tariff revision by producers, popular vote for U S Senators, national bank deposit guarantees, end to private monopolies, and pre election disclosure of campaign contributions. It also supports an income tax and strict penalties for stock manipulation with fair railroad practices. The committee pledges to accept corporate contributions but caps individual donations at 10,000 and discloses all contributions above 100 before specified dates.
A clipped coupon accompanies a Democratic campaign fund donation to Governor C N Haskell via the Democratic National Committee in Guthrie Oklahoma. The note mocks Yancey Carter’s gubernatorial bid and forecasts Joe Brown’s easy statewide victory by two hundred thousand votes.
The article reports that Mr. Bryan denies making remarks attributed by Bishop Walters to advocate Negro protection by Southern whites and assignment of national political support to the Democrats, contrasting with Walters’ claimed view on race and politics. It notes Walters’ stature among Black ministers and references an editor, Henry Watterson, in Louisville.
Trials and births and treaties mark August 7 history from 1746 English victory at Cressy to 1907 Lords bill legalizing deceased wife's sister marriage. Notable items include Sir Robert Walpole birth, Boston Stamp Act riot, Lord Germain death, Buffalo and Niagara railroad opening, Canada census, Gobin G A R election, and Salta marriage bill passage.
H J Palmer born August 26 1851 in Charlotte Town to Hon Edward Palmer chief justice. Educated at Prince of Wales College and King's College Windsor Nova Scotia he became a lawyer in 1876. Made Queen's Counsel in 1898, elected to the legislature in 1900 and served as attorney general during Peters illness.
The advertisement states Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup guarantees relief from constipation sick headache stomach trouble or indigestion. If it fails the manufacturers refund your money. Sold by all druggists.
Gar den City residents recall a Cleveland Leader report where two bishops discuss a supposed Oxford hood worn by Bishop Burgess. One bishop claims Burgess earned an Oxford degree, while Burgess and others dispute the claim noting no such degree exists. The exchange grows tense amid the service.
The piece surveys Georgia and national politics with figures such as Yancey Carter tied to Randolph Hearst, Texas Governor candidate Colonel John N Simpson, and county option debates in Swath Nakota. It notes John A Johnson and C A Johnson as gubernatorial hopefuls in Minnesota and North Dakota, and previews Governor Hughes opening the Ohio campaign path. It also covers Iowa Congressman race tensions between Judge S F Prouty and Captain J A T Hull amid party pressure.
Georgia legislators face questions on tax dodging and reform as opinion pages urge clear budgeting. Editorials from Greensboro to Cordele discuss convict labor, panics, and political stances affecting the state’s finances and elections.
The article notes ex Senator George L. Wellington of Maryland endorsing Taft after supporting Bryant in 1900. Lawton T. Hemans emerges as the sole Democrat in Michigan for September gubernatorial primary. Speaker Cannon planned for a nationwide tour in September to energize doubtful districts. Vermont politics set to elect a new legislature and possibly a U S senator to replace Redfield Proctor with favor toward ex Governor Page. Arkansas Republicans rally in Little Rock to finish the campaign. Oklahoma Democrats meet in Tulsa September 1 to ratify nominations and shape a platform.
John H. Zirkle of Chillippi West Virginia reports his father suffered chronic diarrhoea for years until Cham berlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was tried. One bottle cured him and eighteen months later he remains sound and well at sixty, able to work as a much younger man. Sold by local druggists and sellers in Warren.
The piece debates how a newspaper is judged for jokes, selections, churchgoing, appearance, and effort. It concludes that readers will claim theft from exchange regardless, asserting the paper did borrow ideas. The tone mocks the impossibility of satisfying all critics.
M. T. Lynch, editor of the Phillipsburg Daily Post, endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as a superior medicine for coughs and colds. He notes his own family’s use and praises its effectiveness, recommending it as a reliable remedy sold by all druggists.
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