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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1906
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows names and titles including Stern as President, Dixon as Secretary, Brooks as Vice President, with Dorsey Hulme Smith Davison Talmage and others partially present. No clear event or outcome. record is a partial roster.
The Baraca Bible Class meets every Sunday morning at 245 in their classroom for the Sunday School lesson. Members are urged to attend with cordial welcomes. The notice includes Bible passages and a medical ad for Kodol for dyspepsia.
A Washington Star captioned exchange notes that scientists admit uncertainty, while a professor argues using six syllable terms preserves the aura of expertise. The dialogue highlights public perception of scientific authority and communication.
About four years ago a man from Cing visited Berlin seeking medical help. He was described as a nervous wreck with sleep loss and constipation and had lost about 40 pounds from his normal weight.
Washington June 15 A wave of democratic enthusiasm for William Jennings Bryan dominates political chatter. Southern Democrats back him, urging a middle course between conservatism and radicalism, while Republicans fear his broad appeal. Analysts weigh nominating chances of Fairbanks, Shaw, Cannon, Root, La Follette, Taft, Roosevelt, and others as the 1908 race shapes up.
A list shows thirty two companies resisting a proposed 25 per cent cut and 75 cent on the dollar policy settlement. Names include Aetna California Mercantile American Central St Paul Manchester Atlas Kings County Springfield New Zealand North British and Mercantile London and Globe Sun Northern Assurance Phoenix Pelican Continental London Continental New York Underwriters Teutonai London and Lancashire English American Underwriters Orient Hartford State Liverpool Hartford Hartford Citizen Home New York Connecticut New Hampshire Queen Royal Liverpool Industrial Underwriters. Another insurer signed a sixty day extension for proofs of loss. Three companies Continental Austin Texas Scottish Union filed policy descriptions with Insurance Commissioner Wolf. Also tips on Electric Bitters as a remedy for various ailments.
A comic ribbon of misunderstanding unfolds as a Leeds shop clerk struggles with a customer named Kirby Jepson, repeatedly mishearing Oh and O. K. and finally writing the initials as O. Jepson amid a flurry of corrections. An unrelated medical ad follows about bowels and liver.
A fully controlled airship flew from Virginia three miles from Washington to the Capitol and White House sightseers. After a brief landing near the monument, it resumed, circling the Capitol piazza then returned toward Virginia while crowds and government officials watched in astonishment.
Summer excursion tickets to seashore mountain and lake resorts in all regions are on sale now at all coupon ticket offices. Tickets include rail and east via Savannah and steamship lines to New York Boston Baltimore Philadelphia and points in the east. For rates schedules and more details contact any Central of Georgia Railway agent or representative L B Poley Athens agent.
Chicago June 14 Dowie says he witnessed pyrotechnic displays and heard music from the divine during his Zion City trial testimony before Judge Landis. Cross examiner Newman seeks to prove mental unfitness and question his leadership of Zion City and the Christian Catholic Apostle church.
The Very Best Remary for Rawel hoe Mr. M. ee i for H. R. Palmer and Sons, and W. J. Smith Bro.
A National Editorial Association committee urged altering postal rules to ensure due process before denying second class mail. The report favors publication rights and lawful hearings, with remarks by Jasper Collins and a telegram from Senator Beveridge. Governor Hoch of Kansas was expected to deliver a paper. Also included are product ads for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills.
In Americus on June 15 the body of a 61 year old Negro murder victim Holloway was exhumed after burial several days as a court of inquiry investigates alleged beating. Physicians examined for wounds and a verdict is due tomorrow amid local upheaval. Also instructions on breaking up a cold tout Chamberlain's cough remedy with local druggists selling it.
Colonel Alonzo A. Dozier of Columbus aged 60 died this morning. A prominent Columbus lawyer and a gallant Confederate veteran he organized and served as the first commander of Camp Benning, United Confederate Veterans, in Columbus.
Portland Maine June 15 The battleship Georgia made an official speed trial record of 19.26 knots, exceeding contract speed and making her the fastest battleship in the US Navy. The run averaged 122.28 propeller revolutions, with coal supply issues affecting the last hour. John S. Hyde of Bath Iron Works sent congratulations to Governor Terrell. The ship heads to Bath for completion and will be commissioned within two months.
In Reidsville North Carolina two rival church factions with brass bands have long fought. A church was leveled by a storm and the rival band marched through the ruins playing ragtime to gloat. Fights followed and tensions deepened as the feud persisted.
Willis T. Morgan recalls two wartime deployments in Cuba and the Philippines and touts Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption as the best medicine for coughs colds and lung diseases. The ad quotes health claims and guarantees from local New Hampshire shops W J Smith and Co and H R Palmer & Sons. The piece ends with a humorous exchange about wasteful talk from a Chicago News attribution.
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