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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1908

Page

2

Athens Business School Adverts and Political Primary News

Mrs Reed promotes the Athens Business School at 161 1 2 Clayton St offering short methods in shorthand typewriting and book keeping with strict individual instruction and low terms. The political brief covers Vermont nominations Taft Bryan and Stevenson speaking plans and Wisconsin primary debates with Senatorial candidates and the evolving direct vote experiment.

Athens Business School Clayton St

Warn Against Net Consumption Plague Promoted Cure

Fragmentary note urges action against the consumption epidemic known as the white plague. Claims Foley’s Honey cures coughs and consumption and warns against unknown remedies. Text is garbled but presents a promotional tone for a specific remedy.

Foley Hongy

Everglades drainage plan backed by Broward advances Florida sugar future

Governor Broward outlines a 1906 started program to drain the Everglades using canals and dredges. The system would lower water levels, protect Lake Okeechobee, and create 5,000,000 acres of fertile land for sugar cane, fruit, and settlement, funded by a per acre tax and growing canal network.

N. B. Broward Independent Florida Everglades Internal Improvement Fund Lake Okeechobee New River Miami United States United Se H. W. Wiley United States Bureau of Chemistry Persee Union Connecticut Rhode Island Delaware England Holland Europe Tyale Ata Americas Jacksonville Fila

It Can t Be Beat Best Of All Teachers Is Experience

Cy M Harden of Silver City New Mexico proclaims Electric Bitters unmatched for stomach liver and kidney troubles. He says it does all that is claimed and he has tried it, calling it an excellent medicine without equal.

Cy M. Harden Silver City N. G

Hulley Delivers Series on American Civics and Kipling

Yesterday morning Dr. Lincoln Hulley gave a second lecture on American Civics to a large enthusiastic audience. Last night he presented Tennyson and his Beautiful Life and Message as one of the campus’s most scholarly talks. This morning at 11 50 he lectures on Kipling and Tommy Atkins and tomorrow he would have spoken on Methods of Teaching but will discuss Robert Burns instead.

Lincoln Hulley

Little Babe Brought From California to Athens for Burial

Mr. W H Cole of Oakland California arrived with the remains of his infant for interment in Oconee cemetery Athens. Mrs Cole died recently leaving the child with the father. The babe fell ill on the train and died en route. Cole thanks locals for kindness during bereavement.

W. H.cole Oakland Cal Oconee Mr. Cole Athens

Short Notes of Interest from Local Advertisements

A compact notice page lists varied items from prescriptions and drugstore services to loans groceries and housing. Includes Georgia loan offers, contact numbers, a Prince avenue house for sale with easy terms, rental listings, a request for a second hand cigar show vase, and a Bucklen's Arnica Salve testimonial.

Wright declines prohibition party presidential bid

Hon Seaborn Wright of Rome a leading Georgia prohibition figure declined the national party's bid to nominating him for president. He announced his decision in a telegram to Alonzo E Wilson and in an Associated Press interview, citing duty to southern prohibitionists. The Ohio convention precedes the national gathering in Columbus.

Atlasta Seaborn Wright Rome Prohibition Georgia United States National Prohibition Party Alonzo E. Wilson Illinois Prohibition Executive Committee Associated Press Wilson Wright Chicago Ill Care House of Representatives Atlanta Southern Hotel Columbus Alonzo E . Wilson Mr. Wright South Ohio State Prohibition Party

Purchase Aimed For Uncle Remus Home In Atlanta

The Joel Chandler Harris Memorial Association met in Atlanta to decide on buying the Snap Bean Farm in West End the home and workshop of Uncle Remus. They will organize to ensure a lasting memorial and begin steps to complete the purchase for permanent preservation.

Atlanta Joel Chandler Harris

Work Progresses On New Building In City

Construction on the Strong Street School rises toward the second story with Captain Barnett overseeing and a roof target early August. Plans for East Athens School place it opposite Oconee Street Church, start within two weeks. High school site undecided with court house square favored by many, while county offers land for free rural tuition, sparking board dissent over proximity to fire hall and jail.

Strong Street Capt. Barnett East Athens Oconee Street Church Court House Square Board of Education

Just Exactly Right New Life Pills Endorsement

Mr A A Felton of Harrisville endorses Dr Kings New Life Pills claiming they work just exactly right. The pills relieve without discomfort and are touted as a remedy for constipation biliousness and malaria. Available for 25 cents at local drug stores including W J Smith & Bro H R Palmer & Sons.

Dr. King A. A. Felton Harrisville W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer. & Sons

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