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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
2
The Athens Banner announces daily and weekly subscription rates with cash in advance and delivery policies. It clarifies that no carrier is authorized to collect payments, urging subscribers to pay regular collectors or visit the office for payments.
The article notes a revived movement in Athens with a plan to erect a hotel building and start work before the city grows old. It urges merchants to advertise in The Banner during the dull season, arguing ads bring trade and citing Prov. Urich B Phillips on slavery’s role in industrial progress.
The editorial urges Georgia to grant funds to establish a modern agricultural college at the university. It argues decades of state support merit sustained aid to build a strong agricultural program, aiding education, research, and opportunities across the state.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and promises one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Claims nine of ten cases caused by catarrh and urges sending for circulars. mentions Toledo firm F. J. Cheney & Co and Druggists selling the cure at 75 cents.
A patient from Cherokee Indiana reports severe kidney disease disabling backache and fatigue improved by Electric Bitters. He credits the tonic with restoring perfect health and endorses it for weak kidneys liver or stomach. Sold by H R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Bro druggists at 50 cents.
Georgia legislators may face tough races as Atlanta papers cast doubt on outsiders and name Hoke Smith as a likely Atlanta focal point. The Savannah Press hints at shifts in candidates while Georgia voters watch at the depot and in Nashville linked editorials.
Reverend Gray a Methodist minister from Pottsville escaped a mob at a schoolhouse as a crowd gathered to threaten him during a sermon. Women and children clung to the minister and pulpit attendants helped him reach safety, then he departed under cover of darkness with his young daughter. The incident ended with Gray leaving town this morning.
Sprained ankle stiff neck and strained shoulder are listed as common ailments Chamberlain's Pain Balm treats. The ad claims prompt application saves time money and suffering and notes outlets H R Palmer Sons and W J Smith Bro carry the product along with Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for sick headaches.
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