Athens Daily Banner Carriage Rates and Local Notes Review
The Athens Daily Banner lists mail and delivery rates with weekly options and urges prompt carrier notifications for delivery issues. It notes that carriers cannot collect subscriptions, mentions telephone contact, and covers varied local topics from government form debates to Diaz and Madero, road dust, university visits, amusements, strikes in Mammoth Cave, tariff debates, and Clarke county bond considerations.
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Athens Fire Department Demonstrates Efficiency in Large blaze
The Athens fire department under Chief McDorman halted a rapidly burning fire in the L. P. Canning building on Clayton street. Fire risk was immense with drugs oils and paints in reach and the savings prevented far greater losses. The Banner lauds the department for saving property valued far beyond the actual damage.
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L. P. Canning
Clayton Street
McDorman
Chamber of Commerce Meeting Urges Citywide Public Spirit
The Chamber of Commerce convenes tonight in Athens urging business and professional leaders to join and work for the public good. The piece stresses altruism, city progress, and broader vision beyond private interests, calling for active participation at the upcoming gathering.
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Athens
Chamber of Commerce
June 9 History Notes and Political Snippets
On June 9 historic events include France declaring war on Britain in 1756, Louisburg landing in 1758, John Howard Payne born in 1792, and Charles Dickens dying in 1870. The clipping also notes senate abolition talk, piracy in Boston, and later political party history with Andrew Jackson's nomination and early conventions.
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Birthday Chronicle of John F. Shafroth Governor of Colorado
John F. Shafroth born Fayette Missouri June 1854 educated at the University of Michigan. He practiced law in Fayette then Denver and entered public life as Denver city attorney in 1887. He served in Congress from 1895 to 1904 with multiple re elections. He became Democratic governor in 1908 and was re elected for a second term last year.
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Fayette
University of Michigan
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Congress
Life Encasement in Ice Reflects on Misfortune
Orison Swett Marden writes in Success Magazine about the burden of living encased in ice as a metaphor for stagnation and misfortune, noting how one’s path can be blocked by frozen, unchanging circumstances.
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Orison Swett Marden
Success Magazine
Two Clever Sketches by Athens Girls in Lucy Cobb Issue
Two sketches from Lucy Cobb Institute. The Banner Night chapter shows rehearsals for The Importance of Being Earnest and banner gifting with wit and nerves on stage. The Bachelor's Dream follows a bachelor’s dream sequence with a parade of former sweethearts ending with a wedding march.
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Becks
Lucy Cobb Institute
Lucy Cobb
Ethel
Merry Christman
Mildred
Nina
Clyde
Lucile
Elizabeth Lyndon
Bachelor
Katherine
Kathryn
Mendelssohn
Miss Gerdine
Moselle Scudder
Postum Cited As Help To Wis Creamery Manager
A Wis creamery manager credits Postum with restoring digestion and easing heart palpitations caused by coffee. He notes improved mental sharpness and easier, more accurate work after switching to Postum, following wife’s guidance and package directions. The letter praises Postum as the great table drink of the times.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Langford Jeannette Bout Signed for New York Clash
Sam Langford and Joe Jeannette have signed for a New York bout later this month. Willie Lewis cancels his planned New York match with Jimmy Clabby due to a bad hand. Jim Flynn rejects London clash with Sam McVey and instead meets Carl Morris in Tulsa on July 4.
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Sam Langford
Joe Jeannette
New York
Willie Lewis
Jimmy Clabby
Jim Flynn
London
Sam McVey
Flynn
Carl Morris
Tulsa
Okla
North Carolina Senate Race Heats Up for 1913
A competitive contest emerges for the U S Senate seat of Simmons of North Carolina whose term ends March 4 1913. Simmons seeks reelection with an opposition including former Governor Aycock Governor Kitcbn and Chief Justice Walter Clark. A state wide primary likely to decide the nomination.
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United States
Simmons
North Carolina
Charles R. Aycock
W. W. Kitcbin
Walter Clark
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Grand Trunk Railway Half-Year Loss From Strikes
The Grand Trunk Railway reports a half year loss of 700000 dollars due to strikes. The figure reflects damages and disrupted operations affecting the company’s finances.
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Grand Trunk Railway
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