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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1905
Page
2
The Athens Daily Banner carries a long reader column noting editorials and opinions. Topics include national figures such as Roosevelt and Brantley and local items like the Athens and Jefferson railroad subscription lift and editorial takes on Swayne, Morris, and Delaware politics. The piece surveys current events and public figures with satirical and critical tone.
The piece argues Republicans mislead the South about arbitration treaties with foreign powers. It cites John W. Foster, who says the United States cannot coerce states or force sovereign debts via foreign tribunals. The author insists Southern senators will block ratification unless treaties are amended to prevent bond collection during Reconstruction.
The New York World notes a winter surge in pneumonia and links it to damp cold and injurious exposure. The article urges proper hygiene, exposed skin, and timely care, warning that any breach of health laws can trigger lung infections in susceptible people.
W H Howard of Husband Pennsylvania says his mother suffered rheumatism for years. After using Chamberlains Pain Balm she can walk with ease. He notes an occasional application keeps the pain away. Sold by H R Palmer and Sons and W PROB ested.
In Denver a joint legislature session extended the deadline to answer charges in James H. Peabody's contest of Governor Adams. A five member committee will draft contest rules while Waldron defends Peabody and Bissell represents Adams. Brown urges acreage cuts, and an ad appears from Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
Columbia, S C January 18 manager Gray of the Western Union Telegraph Company announced after a trial of over a year he would replace the Black messengers with white boys. The Columbia office adopted Black boys in step with similar moves elsewhere which mostly shifted back to white messengers.
In a humorous Washington Star snippet Miss Miami Brown jokes that young men need her scientific education. She recalls standing under a mistletoe for half an hour and compares it to a cabbage leaf, quipping about botany knowledge.
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