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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1902
Page
2
Subscribers urged to inform the business office about late delivery or missed papers and to report any irregular carrier service. The notice states this is the only way to identify delivery issues and requests prompt calls to Business Office or Editorial Rooms at phone 75.
The Banner invites readers to mail in notices and satirical items since telephone submissions are not accepted. All communications must include the writer's real name, which may be withheld on request only if the editor knows the author. The editor promises no future deviations from these rules.
The Augusta Chronicle cites safety by bears and traste remarks while Birmingham’s Barrett questions Grover Cleveland’s presidency. Athens hosts an international doll exhibition for Winnie Davis Memorial Hall as new dormitory planned at Lucy Cobb Institute. The Banner backs the dorm project. Several bills will carry over to next session and debate grows on Pullman matters.
The Banner promotes its second dot contest to run Monday and announces cash prizes up to 25 dollars for the top entry. It urges readers to pay subscription money to qualify, noting large outstanding balances and premiums for early payment before the contest ends.
The Athens community is asked to back a fundraising movement initiated by Mrs. Hoke Smith of Atlanta and other state women to build a new dormitory for the Lucy Cobb Institute. The Banner pledges support, noting over seventy students reside there and urging Georgians to aid the project.
A humorous jab at absentminded characters contrasts with an advertisement for Botanic Blood Balm claiming to cure blood poison and cancer related conditions. The blistering medical claims promise healing of eruptions ulcers rashes and tumors with Botanic Blood Balm produced in Atlanta and offered by mail order.
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