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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1905
Page
2
The Athens Banner rates and carrier policies are listed with annual and partial subscriptions and prepaid terms. Amid local commentary, editorials rail at political figures, discuss prohibition, Roosevelt, Stoessel, and South Carolina matters, while noting labor and transportation issues and the impact on federal representation.
Hon Martin V Calvin advocates farm reforms with four practical suggestions for the coming season. He urges planting less cotton and more home supplies, using fewer mules, lowering production costs with liberal fertilizers, planting corn cane and sweet potatoes with oats and peas, and raising hogs for home and market.
Edward Atkinson presents a circular calculating eight years of war costs to June 30, 1905 at 1.531 billion dollars with over 231 million in excess expenditures for overseas expansion in the year ending June 30, 1905. He argues the Philippines possession cost the US dearly and critiques party accountability. Bryan circuits Roosevelt and Parker, implying prior knowledge of events.
Ad copy touts bulk sale of Black Diamond Coal at 5.25 dollars per ton with a bold guarantee claim. The message includes scattered, unclear text suggesting product promotion and contact prompts.
A second consignment of religious relics arrives for Rev Dr William E Burton including a bronze signet ring once worn by Pharaoh Khuen Aten. The artifact, taken from the pharaoh’s tomb by Rev Chauncey Murch, is joined by icons from the Holy Sepulcher and mosque of Omar.
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