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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1909
Page
4
The Athens Banner outlines carrier and mail subscription rates for daily and Weekly or Sunday editions and urges prompt reporting of delivery issues. It also comments on Taft Roosevelt era politics, Athens hotel progress, and plans for a union passenger station, praising local conservatism and eventual achievement.
The piece presents a cautious editorial view on William H. Taft becoming president and guiding a conservative administration. It notes possible doubts about his political alignment with southern readers and urges loyal yet critical support. It also mentions a concurrent push for a new union depot in Athens and a brief historical date list.
Brand Whitlock was born in Urbana Ohio on March 4 1869 and later moved to Toledo where he worked as a reporter editor and lawyer. He supported reform politics and became mayor of Toledo in 1905 after previous journalistic and political roles in Chicago Springfield and Toledo.
A brief medical note from Swenson in Watertown Wisconsin describes a dramatic torso in which a patient feared losing a leg but survived. The account highlights medical care and a positive outcome.
Washington prepares for taft inauguration with record crowds and South representation. Decorated avenues glow with electric displays as 30 000 to 35 000 marchers including troops governors and cadets prepare for the parade led by Major General J Franklin Bell.
Mr Izen to attend a smoker in honor of the first graduate elected to the presidency as alumni of Washington hold a celebratory function at the Willard Hotel. Taft not listed but expected to be asked. Prof H A Howell of Havana praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy after a Cuban baby recovers from a severe cold. Names of local druggists and stores list sales outlets.
The New York Press notes a Lucy Jim mines operation near Colorado where 40 puddle ducks are fed little then released to dive in shallow pools. Ducks reportedly yield about three-eighths of a pound of gold per craw with a drake pulling as much as three quarters of a pound.
Rev Joseph H Fesperman of Salisbury North Carolina describes years of kidney trouble and a severe winter attack. He says after starting Foley's Kidney Remedy his pain eased, urine returned to normal, and he recommends the product. Sold by all druggists.
A London Tit-Bits piece describes a lavish Egyptian harem feast dish a lamb roasted whole. The lamb is stuffed with a turkey, which holds a chicken, which conceals a pigeon, then a quail, and finally a bessa fico the smallest bird, with the lamb slow roasted until nearly tender.
The ad promotes Chamberlain's Lintment for lame shoulders whether from sprain or rheumatic pains. It recommends applying freely and rubbing vigorously each time, claiming a quick cure. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons Orr Drug Co W. J. Smith and Brey Br Mekivoy Lx Canning.
Athens residents are invited as Miss Minnie Tuck and Miss Maud Nichols note regular lodge meetings at the Carlton Building Jackson Street. Train schedules for Gainesville Midland Seaboard Air Line Central of Georgia and Southern lines shown with arrival and departure times. Bell Telephone advertises long distance calls for visiting friends in Toccoa with a 9 minute talk for forty cents.
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