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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1907
Page
5
A large barn with an entire fenced lot is up for sale. Readily valued items include a splendid black mare at 175 dollars a fine cow at 57 dollars a good buggy and wagon and farm implements. The owner plans to sell everything, with total property worth about 500 dollars.
Local listing shows Athens Hardware Co. at 243 and 250 Broad Street offering hardware, cutlery, guns, woodenware and garden hoses with lawn mowers and ice cream free ers in the ad era.
Arrival and departure times listed for Southern Railroad services with mixed trains and multiple connections. Timetables include Seaboard Airline north and south bound trains, Gainesville Midland, Athens, Sundays and weekdays adjustments, and Central of Georgia lines.
A roundup of lodge activities lists Mt. Vernon items including Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 22 F and A M meeting on second Thursdays at Masonic Hall along Clayton Street led by H R Palmer and A B Harper. St Elmo Lodge No. 40 Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at Castle Hall Clayton and Wall streets with H P Lawrence C C T H Nickerson. Keystone Chapter No. 1 Royal Arch Masons meets third Tuesdays at Max Joseph building with J T Trussell and G E Stone. Athens Lodge No. 790 B P C E meets Wednesdays at Broad and Lumpkin with E Brancroft and Geo H Palmer. Soquee Tribe No. 54 I O R M meets monthly at Knights of Pythias Hall with A H Tuck and J G Trussell. Glenn Lodge No. 75 I O O F meets Tuesdays at Jackson Street Carlton building with G A Boone.
Surveying corps of the Savannah Augusta and Northern railroad surveyed through Commerce this week and praised the route via Commerce as superior. The chamber of commerce committee reports strong progress in subscriptions for the line and predicts Commerce will secure the S. and S. A. and Northern. Local firms expect to enter wholesale trade if the road is built, boosting Commerce’s retail and wholesale competition with Athens and Gainesville.
Abraham Brown of Winterton NY recounts five doctors misdiagnosing his ailment as heart disease kidney trouble mood poison and stomach and liver trouble yet Electric Bitters restored his health. The remedy promises to cure blood poison and all stomach liver and kidney complaints and is sold by W J Smith & Bro and WR Palmer & Sons at 50 cents.
Garbine Oklahoma December 6 By 4 to 10 with four absent the house passed the so called Jim Crow measure creating separate coaches and waiting rooms for races A demonstrative session followed the vote Nearly every member explained his vote A banking bill based on the governors recommendations was introduced for action Friday
Athens resident Mrs. T. P. Oliver testifies Dean's Kidney Pills eased long standing backache and kidney troubles after trying physicians and remedies. The ad promotes purchases at H. R. Palmer & Sons with price 50 cents and notes Foster Milburn Co. as sole U.S. agents.
James M. Smith of Smithonia urges Georgia legislators to exempt cotton from taxation to aid farmers in holding cotton for better prices. He argues current taxes punish farmers for storage, while marketing plans push selling from September to August. He calls for legislative action to align taxation with agricultural practices.
Not the amount eaten but digestion and absorption matter. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets invigorate stomach and liver to improve function, yield food relish, increased strength and weight, endurance, and clear head. Price 25 cents, samples free. Sold by H.R. Palmer & Sons and others in Athens, Georgia.
The Chicago Tribune portrays Senator Kean of New Jersey as an ever seeking investigator amid the railroad rate war. Once close to the Roosevelt White House, he drifted from the president as the fight intensified and the White House visits ended.
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh a constitutional disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and urges sending for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio. Also promotes Hall's family pills for constipation.
In Plainfield New Jersey Bob Fitzsimmons told police students that he favors open straightforward boxing and wrestling over feints. He cited a beggar story about reading a sign as a lesson against tricks.
Morton L. Hill of Lebanon Indiana reports his wife suffered inflammatory rheumatism in every muscle and joint with severe swelling and bed rest for six weeks. After using Dr Detchons Relief for Rheumatism she walked in three days and credits it with saving her life. Sold by H R Palmer and Sons.
The Jackson Herald heavily backs Hon. R. E. Davison for prison commissioner citing eight years in the house and a clean record. Greene county citizens praised his work and expressed strong support aligning with his brother A U H Davison of Davison Nicholson Co. Athens Georgia.
John Burroughs argues against canine reasoning in Outing Magazine. He notes dogs show less wit than wild canines after thousands of years with humans and explains training and domestication do not raise their inherent intelligence.
Sufferers report agreeable surprise at prompt relief from rheumatism after applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It aids sleep and rest. Available from H.R. Palmer & Sons W. J. Smith & Bro L. P. Canning E. C. McEvoy Orr Drug Co Athens Ga.
The piece argues Athens should value and patronize local manufacturers such as cement rocks from Trail Creek and a nearby mattress factory. It cites existing enterprises including the Southern Manufacturing Company and Columbus show cases, noting payrolls, regional trade, and the need for more jobs to attract workers from elsewhere.
Promotes Kodol as a scientific preparation of natural digestants and vegetable acids, containing the same stomach juices found in a healthy stomach. Guaranteed relief and pleasant to take, it helps digest what you eat. Sold by all druggists.
A Maaras Times report notes that certain noises lure snakes and cites a grass farm in India where the mowing machine has killed up to 120 cobras in six months. The piece flags the danger of machine noise to snakes and the unusual wildlife impacts on agricultural settings.
Note recommends Ely's Cream Balm for nasal catarrh hay fever or cold in head. Purifying soothing to the nasal membrane and made to cure disease not provide deceptive relief. No cocaine or mercury. Sold by druggists 50 cents mailed by Ely Bros 66 Warren Street New York.
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