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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
5
The Athens Banner highlights readers to support city progress through organized effort. It notes improvements in finances and business, praises donor impact on the State University, and calls Democrats to focus on practical political work to advance Athens and its institutions.
A garbled list recalls events tied to June 19 across centuries, including Magna Carta 1215, deaths of James Pooborn 1825 and Richard Henry Lee, early Maine separation in 1820, Dalhousie as Canada governor, 1858 Gwalior capture, 1864 Alabama sinking, and the Baltic canal opening under Emperor William.
Max Pemberton born in Birmingham England June 19. He attended top preparatory schools and Cambridge University. He wrote The Diary of a Scoundrel published in 1891 and more than twenty novels and adventure stories. He has been editor of a major London magazine for years and gained fame in America and England.
A lady customer troubled with tetter for two to three years was unable to work until using one box of Chamberlains Salve. The medicine is praised by M. H. Rodney & Co in Almond Alabama and sold by H. R. Palmer Sons and others in Athens Georgia.
A collage of Georgia campaign chatter from Augusta Chronicle Rome Tribune-Herald Valdosta Times and others notes growing hat sizes for heads of opinion amid Joe Brown’s prospects. Campaign manager J R Smith shuns further politics. Discussion touches on Governor Hoke Smith reform measures and Davison’s decision not to run against Wilkins in the second primary.
The article extols Mr. Joseph M. Tertell as a notably large and capable man whose intellect and character earn him admiration. It asserts Georgians foresee greater honors for him due to his stature and popularity.
The Clarkesville Advertiser reports an unusual political note noting that a son has followed his father into the governor's chair with Brown occupying the home of former governor Charles McDonald. It argues Brown remains a lifelong prohibitionist and asserts prohibition was not defeated by his election, despite opponent headlines. It also mentions DeWitts Kinney and Bladder Pills advertised locally.
Reports cover the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada in Halifax this September, wage increases for British postal workers, union labor in Cedar Rapids building contracts, major conventions in Salt Lake City Detroit and more, plus strikes, arbitration, and child labor crackdowns across the US and Europe.
An old ad offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from Walden Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists in Toledo and notes the product acts on the mood and mucous surfaces. It mentions price 75 cents per bottle and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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