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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
3
A campus meeting discussed student enrollment and the ambitious study program. Faculty outlined the eight five allotted units and the planned schedule while addressing concerns about the unusual activities and the role of a fraternity in the campus life.
The Chamber of Commerce announces a meeting for Tuesday afternoon at city hall. Key matters will be discussed as members are urged to attend. absence could raise costs and slow city building efforts. Members should join officers and business leaders to support the organization’s work.
Min Marvin Davis enters Athens Business College as part of Clarke county's progressive family. His father N B Davis notes the bright prospect for Marvin and cites his brother's success at Southern Business College and a position in First National Bank. In Port Byron New York Amos King recalls Bucklen's Arica Salve curing a leg sore after 80 years. 25 cents.
An article recalls the tribute to Chancellor David Barrow, detailing student celebrations in Athens and on the University of Georgia campus. It highlights Barrow's kindness, leadership, and impact as a mentor, noting the student body’s enthusiasm and the college’s public display of support.
Progress shows committees active along the proposed line with substantial subscriptions. Anderson and Hartwell lead enthusiasm, each citizen acting as a committee of one to push the project forward. The chosen route remains undecided among Hartwell Royston Danielsville or Athens.
Fire erupts near Macontad town injuring Alderman Griffith area residents report a quiet night disrupted by a small blaze at 370 Main Street. Fire department responds quickly, extinguishing flames with help from local women using pillows to shield equipment.
Georgia legislators in a joint session completed separate votes in the house and senate. Senator Bacon received forty-one votes in the senate, and Speaker Bacon received 168 votes in the house, making him the unanimous choice of both bodies. A joint session will convene to consolidate the votes and hear his address.
Mr. F. M. Hamilton of Cherryvale Indiana runs a post office plus general merchandise and patent medicines. He touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as standard and indispensable for customers. Sold by H R Palmer Sons Warren J Smith & Co L P Canning Ge C McEvoy Orr Drug Co Athens.
A severe thunderstorm in Atlanta interrupts the Beth- Clark streets church cornerstone ceremony. Attendees seek shelter in a basement as wind damages framing and a portion of the structure collapses. One person is reported seriously injured. overall damage estimated at a large sum.
Washington reports that Will Loeb will give up his post as secretary to President Roosevelt by December and be succeeded by Frank Hitchcock. The move, linked to a potential Washington street railway presidency, may hinge on the election of Loeb to that traction firm’s top job, with New York bankers guiding his future role. Hitchcock’s appointment is viewed as tactically valuable for the White House ahead of the 1908 Republican national convention.
Lon Moore, a county convict, escaped from the county gang yesterday morning and was spotted by a citizen in the northern part of the city. Police were notified and pursued him, capturing him near the barn on T. A. Smith's Boulev ard place and returning him to the county gang last night.
A nostalgic note presents Dr King’s New Life Pills as painless purifiers that cure headache and biliousness and keep bowels right. Available for 25 cents at L. J. Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer.
An advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm cures aches in bones joints itchy scabby skin hot or thin blood swollen glands rising bumps on shins mucus patches in mouth sore throat pimples and hair loss. It touts safety and a free sample, with price one dollar per bottle and nationwide delivery from Atlanta.
Judge Cobb of this city was reappointed by Gov Hoke Smith to the position of judge of the Cis County Athens bench, a role he has held. The petition to reappoint was highly praised, listing the voters and signatures with few exceptions. The unanimous support underscores Cobb as one of the state’s most esteemed jurists.
Mio W.S. Johns resigns after four years as auditor of the Miia Late Pudaettial Association of Geo a.tos tendered lis resignation. The transfer of Foets ce lim i mens gheeanuts en the minuet Mer delne has been with this com sated Godmee to flega dis Veas beginning. His plats te the future have not antererd. Piis many friends Niet his business affairs ei de eran so that le will reHai a ediden a Athens.
An old likely patent remedy ad touts a “New Discovery” by Dawes that allegedly cures weak throats, colds, and related ailments. It cites Mrs. Dla Ryser of Truro Massachusetts and claims universal support, with guarantees from W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Sons druggists. Prices listed 50 cents and 1 dollar, trial bottle free.
The remark ponders how Japan may view sending warships to the Pacific without imperial sanction. It contemplates potential offense to Japanese pride and the stance of the Mikado as a constitutional symbol in such actions.
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