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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
3
A fragmentary report outlines a Hood's Texas Brigade reunion with veterans and attendees led by President W T. and Chetan A Bruen. The text is garbled yet indicates a gathering of Civil War era veterans and planned activities before an expected adjournment.
Oberlin Ohio June 21 The seventy fifth anniversary celebration at Oberlin College closed with commencement exercises. Secretary Taft delivered the principal address to the graduates and President Cyrus Northrop of the University of Minnesota also participated in the ceremonies.
New York gossip notes Miss Elsie H Mainzer to wed Marquis Fernando del Fierro in Rome. The 68 year old nobleman, a Vatican chamberlain, has ties to Spanish history. The Mainzers, bankers in Berlin and New York, have spent years in Europe.
The Illinois State Bar Association opened its thirty second annual meeting in Chicago with a large turnout at the Chicago Beach Hotel. President James H. Matheny of Springfield delivered the principal address. The gathering continues tomorrow as Congressman Charles E. Littlefield of Maine is slated to give the annual address on the Worth of the Lawyer in the Halls of Legislation.
A young society woman, proud of her husband, discovers letters from another woman among his papers. She pastes four letters onto her fan and attends a dinner with the rival. The fan circulates among guests, causing the rival to blush and withdraw in embarrassment.
A New York press piece argues about marriage, money, truth, and family dynamics with satirical lines. It praises Electric Bitters as a grand family medicine for dyspepsia, liver issues, and weak kidneys, claiming benefits for both sexes and recommending W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer & Sons drugstores at 60 cents under guarantee.
The Indiana Christian Endeavor Union holds a three day convention at Evansville with hundreds of delegates and visitors from across the state. Notable speakers include Attorney General James Hamblin on Duties of Citizenship Professor Elbert Russell on The Making of a Man Charles Hatin on The Boy Problem and Rev Stephen J Cory of the Foreign Christian Mission Society on The Evangelization of the World.
Tonight take Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets for an agreeable laxative effect and clearer head. Cleanses the stomach. Price 25 cents. Free samples at H. R. Palmer & Sons W. J. Smith & Bro L. P. Canning E. C McEvoy Orr Drug Co Athens Ga.
New York marks the second anniversary of Stanford White's killing by Harry Thaw. Thaw remains jailed as courts decide if he returns to Matteawan prison for the criminal insane or is moved to a private institution.
A lady customer suffered from tetter for two to three years and could not tend to her duties. One box of Chamberlain's Salve cured her. The medicine has given splendid satisfaction in this community. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons and others in Athens Georgia.
An advertisment touts Fo ley's Kidney Cure as strengthening the whole system and able to cure all forms of kidney and bladder diseases by improving kidney filtration of impurities. Sold by all druggists.
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