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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1906
Page
2
A garbled local column notes subscriptions, office actions, and boycotts while discussing cotton prices, population growth, and political concerns. It mentions Governor salaries, county changes, and Roosevelts peacemaking efforts, alongside city crime trends and a Chicago burial cited to illustrate thrift in death.
The article discusses Senate hearings on Reed Smoot and the claim that the Mormon church functions as a temporal power shaping laws. It cites editorials from New Orleans States and Pittsburgh Gazette, notes fears of religious persecution, and outlines political risk for the Republican Party tied to Mormon influence in Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. It also mentions Senator Pettus, Mayor Dorsey, and a railroad bill amendment, plus a Rheumatism cure claim from J. C. Bayne.
In a Berkshire hills gorge near Boston Corners, three trains have derailed from the track due to hurricane winds. Veteran engineer Old Joe Gonzales recalls the 1 November incident where a light train toppled from a thirty-foot embankment, one dead and six injured. earlier crashes involved a lad and a freight train. The piece frames weather risky rail travel and a century-old hazard risk.
Local notices reveal several Clarke county officials announcing candidacies for re election or election to sheriff clerk tax collector tax receiver treasurer coroner and state representative subject to Democratic primary action. Among names J W Wier M D Brow Elmer J Crawford H H Linton J Dorsey E I Smith J A Pitner C N Weatherly and J J C McMatian.
Four vacant lots on Gardy Avenue between Prince and Boulevard are offered for sale. Each lot measures 70 by 216 feet on the west side and includes access to sewer gas electric light and water. Owner will sell all or one and invites prospective buyers to inquire.
The Cincinnati Enquirer offers a free up to date wall chart three sheets wide 28 by 36 inches featuring a new Ohio map with towns railroads rural routes governors portraits plus US map Panama Russia Japan war data world rulers flags and ships routes with an index aid for home school or library subscribers who remit one dollar for a subscription or renewal.
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