This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1909
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner lists subscription rates and payment rules, noting prompt reports of delivery issues. It comments on Georgia crops, Georgia roads movement spreading, and remarks on Thaw, Rockefeller, Senator Bacon, the University commencement, and governor-elect Brown.
Governor Smith plans a broad exercise of pardoning power at the end of his term revealing several inmates at the state prison will gain freedom. He has reviewed conditions at the state farm and issued pardons to five white men and twenty negroes serving varied terms. They will be released immediately. Immigration crackdown intensifies at Ellis Island with officials reporting trouble screening entrants. Worthy European immigrants pass, while many potential citizens are sent back as undesirable. The United States wealth and opportunity attract large numbers of immigrants, but strict enforcement is urged for those not meeting requirements.
A compact list notes key events and figures tied to June 6. Nathan Hale's birth in Coventry Connecticut and his execution date September 22, 1776 are listed alongside battles, political deaths, and milestones such as Memph is surrender to Union forces in 1862 and the 1872 Republican convention nominating Grant and Wilson.
A compact list recounts historical dates and figures, including Jamaica's 1692 earthquake and tidal wave, Captain John Derby’s birth and death, Richard Henry Lee's 1776 independence resolution, the 1832 Reform Bill, the 1848 Whig nomination of Zachary Taylor, the 1864 Staunton Civil War engagement, John Broughton’s death in 1880, and Fargo fire of 1893.
The narrative outlines Dr Dickie's 1851 emigration with parents to the United States, education at Albion College in Albion Michigan, a decade as professor of astronomy, shift to business, and rise in public life as Albion mayor in 1896. It notes his strong Prohibition ties, leadership of the national Prohibitionists committee, candidacy for Michigan governor in 1886, and his presidency of Albion College since 1901.
Samuel M Crothers born in Oswego on June 7 1857. noted clergyman and author known as the Oliver Wendell Holmes of today. He studied at Springfield Ohio Princeton College Union Theological Seminary and served pastorates in California Nevada Minnesota. Since 1894 he has led First Parish Church Cambridge and preached at Harvard University.
On June 10 at eleven A. M. at the office of referee in Bankruptcy F L Upson in Athens Georgia J L Hull trustee will offer for sale to the highest bidder subject to court confirmation property of V Petropol bankrupt including soda fountain carbonator cash registers ice cream tables chairs show cases and all cafe fixtures stock and stock in the restaurant department plus hotel furniture fixtures and furnishings Bids may be made on all lots separately cash or three days after court confirmation inspection at the Athens Athenaeum on Clayton street
A brief notice records Samuel Dickie born in Oxford County Ontario with June birth detail. The item emphasizes a milestone birthday turning fifty eight and notes local interest in the family.
A promotional note touts Electric Bitters as a cure for pimples, skin eruptions, and pale complexions caused by constipation or kidney poisons. It claims the tonic purifies blood, steadies nerves, and improves skin and breath, urging purchases at W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Sons.
A Gardiner Maine woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with curing her organic troubles and severe female weakness avoiding surgery. The ad praises the product as a thirty year proven tonic and invites women to write Mrs Pinkham for free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
Information on minor league baseball results with multiple city matchups and umpire assignments followed by an advert for Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming constitutional treatment and a money back guarantee. Includes company address in Toledo and product pitches for Hall's pills.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.