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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1907
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner lists annual and short-term subscription prices and payment methods, notes delivery complaints should be reported to the business office, and warns carriers are not authorized to collect or sell papers. The item also includes telephones and a brief, dated editorial column remarking on the year end and politics.
The column surveys potential candidates and policy ideas from Tom Law son and others, notes international power signals with Venezuela, laments immigrant flows, and hints at prohibition moves in Athens. It criticizes proposals by Hobson and questions railroad free freight for a state college exhibit, touching on farmer finances.
The piece criticizes Richmond Pearson Hobson’s proposal for a billion dollar defense build up. It argues the US should focus on internal improvements, waterways, merchant marine, and industrial development rather than a large navy or standing army. It urges readiness through prosperity and lawful action. The article also discusses the new prohibition law and calls for fair enforcement and impartial trial of its effects on Georgia communities.
The community backs strict liquor laws and officials pledge to enforce prohibition. Mayor Dorsey Judge Cobb and Judge Brand will push for swift justice, and peace officers are instructed to arrest all violators. The aim is to reduce whiskey sales and suppress illegal drinking dens.
A Holly Spring North Carolina parent recalls searching eight stores for a remedy during a pneumonia like bronchitis outbreak in a infant. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy provided relief and the child recovered, with praise for its safety and palatability.
This date marks figures and milestones such as 1348 John Wycliffe death, 1600 chartering of the East India Company, 1720 Charles Edward Stuart born, 1781 Bank of North America chartered, and notable deaths including Horatio Allen and Francis Spinner. Also noting Amelia Bloomer born 1818 and Henry of Guise born earlier.
Harry New born in Indianapolis on December 31 1858 is the son of John C New a former US treasury official and consul general in London He rose from Indianapolis Journal employee to Indiana state senator in 1896 and served as adjutant general of volunteers during the Spanish American War The piece notes his later role as chairman of the Republican National Committee and traces his early life and education in Indiana.
In the present year Mr. New was named to succeed George B Oney as chairman. He was offered the post of first assistant postmaster general by President Roosevelt but declined for business reasons.
A Georgia postmaster and widow of Confederate general Longstreet sent a possum to the president for Christmas. The animal died after fattening on recommended feed, prompting a local ad seeking another possum and observers noting Georgian traditions and Christmas gaiety.
A Gainesville Herald note recounts Mrs. Longstreet pursuing posts and also securing two possums for an American prince's Christmas dinner. The tale blends political maneuvering with humorous regional in-jokes about the post office, a casket inscription, and a North Georgia comparison of possums sent from the Wren's Nest between Atlanta and Roswell.
An old ad touts Tutt's Pills as a cure for dyspepsia constipation sick headache biliousness and liver digestion problems. It also promotes Ely's Cream Balm for nasal catarrh hay fever and related breathing issues with various forms and prices.
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