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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1905
Page
2
The Athens Banner reports university events and local concerns. It notes commencement week chapel exercises with Judge Wilson and calls for present civic topics including Roosevelt naming and the McKinley monument fund repurposing for an aged women’s home.
The University of Georgia alumni society discusses extending the campus to over five hundred acres as part of a fundraising push. They have already contributed forty thousand dollars to support the upbuilding, while plans for a bond issue or similar funding are debated to fund buildings and improvements on the southern expansion.
The Washington Post cites Navy Department statistics showing the majority of the 20521 enlisted are native born with 0-1 percent foreign born, 74 percent of petty officers native born, and 74 percent of the 20000 enlisted born in the United States. Apprentices show 95 percent born in this country. The piece argues American recruitment and pay.
An advertisement asserts deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and cannot be healed by local applications. It offers one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure, with a circular available free. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
An advertisement claims Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cure sick headaches. It notes sale through H. R. Palmer & Bros and W. J. Smith London.
Newspapers quote a patchwork of opinions on gubernatorial prospects. The Augusta Chronicle, Savannah Press, and other papers discuss possible candidates including Joe Hill Mall and Walter Th TUL, with regional loyalties split between North and South Georgia. The notices hint at a tense political season ahead.
The McDuffie Progress from Athenia reports John Th. West will oppose Thomas Hardwick for Congress but West now states he will not run. The Warrenton Reporter notes the claim lacks foundation and West previously declined the race, reaffirming his position.
Unclaimed letters remain at the Ath ens post office with an extra one cent fee required for delivery. The list includes males C. Carter L R Carter W F Chaffee C C Clender Jim Cobb L C Daniel Frank Dicksworth S J Freeman R K Galloway J B Griffeth M Hayes Bearl Jones S S Pool Austen Proctor J B Rivlers F J Roberts Jim Thomas E J Wallace Robert Wood C W Females Barnhill Mrs E W Briggs Mrs Flossie Brown Mrs Mantley Butler Miss Cornelia Dean Mrs Hoyt Edwards Miss Sue Hale Mrs Nellie Hugart Miss Marion Kimbrough Miss Laura McThirsty Mrs Lula Prather Mrs Cora Smith Miss Bessie Stephens Miss Cozie Turner Miss Mary J Walker Violet Williams Mrs George Wilson Mrs HL Foreign Herrn Moris Kopel W Fleming P M
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