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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jun 27, 1908

Page

3

Flood of New Bills By House Members

The session opens with a rush of measures from multiple counties. Bills propose fertilizer analysis, university funding, health boards, life insurance writing, city charters, dormitory construction, architecture schools, witness rules, hotel bar bans, veterans pensions, occupancy limits, and county governance reforms.

House of Reresentatives Burkhalter Tattnall McMahan Clarke University of Georgia Normal School State Normal School Board of Health Athens Barksdale Wilkes Pullbright Burke Midville Messrs Flannigan Holder Jackson Center

Court Vote to Change Corporate Residence

A court votes to alter its corporate residence by majority of its stockholders. The action moves the charter from its current county to a new location within Wathts County. Officials note the change affects governance and jurisdiction.

Great Regatta on Mudson's Great Regatta on the Hudson

Poughkeepsie June 26 crowds forecast a record intercollegiate regatta on the Hudson tomorrow with visitors arriving and trains on ready. The program mirrors prior years with freshman eights and varsity events led by Syracuse Cornell and Pennsylvania. The field for the big varsity race is reduced by withdrawals leaving Wisconsin Columbia Pennsylvania Syracuse and Cornell as contenders amid optimism and uncertainty about the outcome.

Poughkeepsie Jie Poughker Hudson America Syracuse Wiston Cornell Pennsyl Colubia sSyracuse Columbia Pennsylvania Wisconsin Sperts Ithacans Georgetown Naval Academy Lgyracuse Harvard Midshipmen Annapolis Badgers Intercollegiate Rowing Association Pennania Yale Sul Crimson New Haven The New London Saratoga Lake Navy

DASTARDLY CRIME WILL BE AVENGED

Cuero Texas June 26 The tale of one of the most sensational crimes in Texas history ends tomorrow as Monk Gibson faces the gallows for the Conditt family murders at the Edna farm in October 1905 The husband bale of the Conditt family was summoned home to find five hacked bodies and Gibson's later escape and trials led to a death sentence and two years of delays before execution of his accomplice was reported previously

Cuero Texas Monk Gibson Conditt Jackson County A. J. Conditt Edna Gibson Boy Conditt Familly

Students' Conference Opens at Northfield Summer Gatherings

East Northfield Mass June 26 The first annual Moody era students conference opens with college men from many Eastern states and Canada. Participants will study religion and hear noted speakers. The program includes tennis and baseball daily as serious study runs alongside recreation. The event lasts ten days before the Women’s Home Missionary Summer School sessions begin.

East Northfield Mass Dwight L. Moody Canada Women’s Home Missionary Summer School Women's Foreign Missionary Societies

Kennedy Laxative Cough Syrup Widely Liked by Children

A historic newspaper note describes Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as children’s preferred remedy with a maple sugar flavor. It is praised for gentle but effective bowel action and claiming to drive the cold out of the system, marketed through all druggists.

Kennedy

Duke of Connaught’s Cairo encounter Ends With Veteran’s Plain Word

In Cairo the Duke of Connaught met an old Englishman wearing an Indian Mutiny ribbon. They spoke about military service, and the veteran bluntly advised that success in the army today requires brains or great influence, adding a final blunt tip to the Duke.

Duke of Connaught Egypt London T. O Cairo

Traveling Men Meet at Sioux Falls Convention

Sioux Falls South Dakota hosts the fourth annual convention of the South Dakota Traveling Men's Association with record attendance and ample entertainment for delegates. The event runs today and tomorrow, marking strong growth for the group.

Sioux Falls South Dakota Traveling Men's Association

Newport dinner yields humble boast from Chinese ambassador

Wu Ting-Fang, the Chinese ambassador, joked at a Newport dinner that honors are due to his office not himself. A Rhode Island farmer shouted for his hog’s pedigree, insisting reporters get his name right as the crowd pressed in at awarding time.

Wu Ting-Fang Newport Washington Star Rhode Island

B Y P U Meeting in Gainesville

Gainesville Ga June 26 Hundreds of delegates from across the state converge in Gainesville for the fourteenth state convention of the Baptist Young People's Union. Dr John F Purser of Atlanta opened the first session at First Baptist church. Lectures by W D Upshaw and Hon Clifford Walker drew large audiences. The program includes devotional sessions and talks on home and foreign missions, Georgia B Y P U achievements, and conditions in mission fields with stereopticon illustrations.

Gainesville Baptist Young People’s Union First Baptist Church John F. Purser Atlanta O. J. Copeland TL A. m W.D. Upshaw Clifford Walker Monroe R. J. Willingham Brenau Monary Cour Willingham South B.D. Gra Foreign Missions J. D. Chapman Valdosta W. W. Brooks Rome Georgia Baptist Young People’s Union Robert van Deryenter Mission Fields Richmond

Medlock Falls to Elevator Shaft in Atlanta Fatal

R O Medlock a real estate agent with offices on the Empire building fourth floor fell an entire four stories through an elevator shaft landing on his head and shoulders. He died minutes after being taken to Wesley hospital. A former Norcross resident his wife and three children remain there. He was about 45 and a cousin of Dave Yarbrough and Alderman James L Key.

Atlanta R. O. Medlock J Real Empire Building Wesley Hospital Medlock Norcross Dave Yarbrough James L. Key

Dr Shoop Pink Pain Tablets Offer Quick Relief

An advertisement promises instant relief from pain by taking one Pink Pain Tablet. It claims to ease congestion and lower blood pressure near pain centers, with claimed benefits for headaches neuralgia and menstrual pain. The 20 tab pack is sold for 25 cents by H R Palmer & Sons.

Dr. Shoop

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House Blackburn and Bell Fulton Georgia School of Technology School of Architecture Terrell Grady Shaw Clay Messrs. Crawford Price Bartow Gibson Glascock Board of County Commissioners Glascock County Glascock Superior Court McIntyre Thomas and Messrs. Orr Coach Coweta Haralson Williams Dodge Persons Monroe County Fowler Bibb—Torncoteeny Corporation Natonal Biscuit Company Northfield Chuck It, Duke B. Y. P. U. Meeting Death U.S. Pat Chalmers Knitting CO Amsterdam N.Y William Ernest Spink Title Guarantee Birmingham Alabama E. N. Cobb Hodison-Shackelford E. C. Kinnebrew Corner Lumpkin and Washington Peninsular Paint Bondurant Hd’w. Co Gentral Georgia Central Time Macon Madison Yeorgia H. R. McLean D. A. Nolan Athens Electric Railway Fie A. T. Conway Georgia National Bank
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