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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1909

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Clarke County Health Rules Seek Contagious Disease Controls

Statewide Georgia Clarke County adopts infectious disease rules to quarantine cases, appoint a medical officer, enforce vaccination and fumigation, and require notices and flags at affected premises. Quarantine powers include removal to pest house, with penalties for noncompliance. hearings scheduled for February 1909.

State OF Georgia Clarke County State of Georgia Board of Commissioners State Board of Health

Clarke County notices and legal ads from 1909

Clarke County notices announce administration petitions for Evaline Hull and J T Johnson Jr. estates, road change citations for Athens Winterville Road, corporate charter for The Standard Lumber Manufacturing Company, property levies on E P Taylor, and various probate appraisals and support claims with dates set for February and March 1909.

Cuban Inauguration Set With Diplomatic Attendance

Havana reports readiness for Jose Miguel Gomez inauguration at the palace at noon with diplomatic envoys and international representatives. A military parade will feature departing American troops, as streets and public buildings glow with decorations and visitors from across the republic arrive, including many American tourists.

Havana Jose Miguel Gomez The Republic

Relief for Women Back Pain Kidney Trouble Ad Card

An advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as relief for women suffering from back pain urinary and bladder issues and kidney trouble claiming pleasant, certain relief. The line text sounds like an early 20th century period ad with medical claims aimed at female readers.

Mother Gray

Lively trading in real estate in Georgia and Alabama

The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index notes a warm real estate week with springlike activity across Georgia and Alabama. Notable deals include a $35,000 Muscogee County sale and a $40,000 Isa County sale in Georgia, plus new investments in Savannah and Birmingham and plans for multiple apartment and industrial projects.

Columbus Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index Georgia Alabama South Muscogee County Isa County Savannah Birmingham Ala Atlanta Macon Hancock County Missouri Albany Maconia Woodlawn Social Circle Atlant Manufacture Auto Mat Florence Dothan Manchester Astacous Ga

Indictments Returned Against Five Young Men in Beach Shooting

Waycross Ga Jan 27 Fifteen indictments by Ware county grand jury accuse five young men of riot and assault with intent to murder over the Beach shooting spree in which 14 year old Maggie Taylor was critically wounded. Leonard P Taylor acted as prosecutor. Not under arrest yet, the defendants allegedly rode into Beach at night firing over 500 bullets into houses and crowds creating terror.

Waycross Ware County Beach Maggie Taylor Dimeanor Leonard P. Taylor

Daylight Saving Bill to be reintroduced in Parliament

London reports the Daylight Saving Bill will be reintroduced next session in a revised form. The select committee favors moving the clock by one hour on two Sundays in April and September, replacing the original plan of a 20 minute shift on four Sundays each month.

London Select Committee Willett London Stock Exchange Liverpool Cotton Exchange England

Indiana Counties Vote Dry In Local Option Elections

Indianapolis January 27 Fifty eight saloons were shut in four Indiana counties Hamilton Putnam Decatur and Tipton with large margins against the wet faction. Dry victors rang church bells and held meetings with hymns and speeches as wins were celebrated. Three more counties Pike Wabash and Lawrence had already joined the dry column, with ten more counties slated to vote within ten days on saloons.

Indianapolis Ind Indiana Hiamilton Putnam Decatur Tipton Pike Wabasa Lawrence

Kansas State Bar Association Opens Twenty Sixth Meeting

Eminent bench and bar figures fill the Supreme Court room in Topeka for the Kansas State Bar association’s twenty sixth annual meeting. Topics include civil code revision probate practice and procedure inter state commerce Torrens land law and criminal law administration. Distinguished speakers include S Gregory Gordon L Finley Arthur Jackson Whitcomb J D Houston and W Higgins as the session runs through tomorrow evening’s banquet.

Kansas State Bar Asociation Topeka Kas Supreme Court Room Kansas State Bar Association Inter-State Commerce Commission Torrens Land Law 8. S. Gregory Chicago Gordon L. Finley Dodge City Arthur M. Jackson Leavenworth George H. Whitcomb J. D. Houston Wichita W. E. Higgins Lawrence

Fruit Growers In Session At Rochester Meeting

Rochester New York January 27 The Western New York Horticultural Society opened its fifty fourth annual convention in Convention Hall Rochester with a strong turnout. Initial talks covered committee and officers reports followed by addresses from Professor F Stewart of the State Agricultural Experiment Station and Dr L L Van Slyke of the same institution. The society will continue session two with further program items and reports.

Rochester N. Y Western New York Horticultural Society F. ©. Stewart State Agricultural Experiment Station L. L. van Slyke

Harriman Seeks Georgia Growth at Augusta Banquet

At a Country Club banquet in Augusta on January 27, E. H. Harriman outlined railroad policy for Georgia. He pledged ten million dollars to the Central of Georgia if the state ceases resistance to railroads and warned other lines will follow if property is improved. Harriman praised Governor-elect Joseph M. Brown and said health prompts his return north after Florence. Over a hundred local leaders attended as toasts were given by Judge E. H. Callaway Colonel D. B. Dyer and William E. Bush.

Standard Lumber & Manufacturing Company Athens Augusta Augusta Chamber of Commerce Country Club E. H. Harriman State of Georgia Central of Georgia Joseph M. Brown Harriman Florence Coast Line E. H. Callaway D. B. Dyer William E. Bush

Senate panel kills Texas statutory prohibition bill

Austin Jan 27 the senate judiciary committee No 2 voted 6 to 1 to kill the senate bill establishing a statutory prohibition in Texas. The move ends the statewide prohibition submission measure and follows ongoing debate on a separate bill banning liquor within 10 miles of any schoolhouse now before the house.

Austin Texas Senate Senate Judiciary Committee

Witness Threats Highlight Sherman Thomas Trial in Floyd

Rome Ga Jan 27. State versus Sherman Thomas resumes in Floyd superior court with six witnesses placing him near the wreck and Miranda Ward testifying Thomas admitted involvement. Ward says detectives coerced her to connect Thomas with the wreck. Defense seeks alibi and accuses railroad detectives of pressuring her. Frank Gotch returns home from London after unsuccessful bid for a rematch with Hackenschmidt and may seek a bout with Mammoth in City.

Rome Sherman Thomas Floyd Superior Court Miranda Ward Thomas Cedartown G. Thomas Oth Southern Railway Frank Gotch London England Hackenschmidt Mahmout

Liverpool cotton market quotations reported in New York

New York lists the day's quotations for Liverpool cotton with Spots at 5.34, Sales 6,000. Open for March 44.4, Close 9.60, May 9.65, and a tone described as barely steady amid fluctuating prices.

Liverpool New York Mar

Floyd County Bonds Move to Improve Roads

Floyd County grand jury urged a bond issue of 200000 to upgrade roads and bridges. Bonds would pay 5 percent interest and be retired in blocks from ten to thirty five years, with funds allocated countywide. A road engineer and assistants would supervise all road and bridge contracts and work via the county chain gang.

Rome Floyd County Grand Jury Chain Gang

Woman Declares She Killed Baby in Texas Palace Row

In New Orleans on January 27 Mrs. Alice Thompson of Fort Worth Texas told Recorder Fogarty she killed her five month old adopted child. She said she did so because of a bad temper and that the child cried for milk. She attempted suicide by river plunge yesterday.

New Orleans Alice Thompson Fort Worth Texas Fogarty

Sloan's Liniment praised by horse owners nationwide

Advertised veterinary remedies claim Dr. Sloan's Liniment cures sweeney and removes spavins, with testimonials from G T Roberts of Resaca and H M Gibbs of Lawrence praising its effectiveness. It offers a free treatise and urges prompt use for kidney or bladder trouble to prevent serious disease.

Sweeney Sloan G. T. Roberts Resaca Foley Bright

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Sait Hospital Hmits Samuel C. Heber Isham H. Goss James C. Bloo Board of Health F. H. Mathews W. H. Mathews My . m Ss. B. Feild Ordinary Clarke Co Ples Hull Evaline Hull B.gfield, SR Ordi Clarke Co. Gay Clarke Petit Winterville C. M. Strahan Jas. B. Williams W. H. Hale F. L. Johnson Board of Commissioners of Roads Southern Mutual Bus Board of Comm!ts John B.gamble Hull Jos. L. Hull E. J. Crawford Clarke Co Bimer Crawford Said County County Court House College Avenue E. P. Taylor City Court of Taylor T. A. Burke F. M. Laxton Southern States Electrical Company Western Electrical Company W. E. Jackson Elizabeth Eldson Joseph E. Eldson S. B. Wingfield J. H. Shelton J T. Johnson, Jr J. T. Johnson, Jr Court of Ordinary T. J. Scott Sarah C. Scott S. B. Wingfield, SR E. J T. R. Crawford John R. Crawford Lou Jefferson Robt. Jefferson Appalachian Washington White Mountains New England House Committee On Agriculture House Appalachians Weeks Massachusetts Currier New Hampshire Lever South Carolina Secretary of Agriculture United States National Forest Reservation Commission Secretary of the Interior Clerelana Central of Texas Senate Committee Evermnoor’s Bach Evermoor’s Cigar
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