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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1904
Page
2
The Athens Daily Banner outlines carrier and mail delivery options with yearly, half year, and three month rates. Readers are urged to report late or missing deliveries to the business office, with phone numbers provided for business and editorial contacts.
The Banner invites notices from readers but cannot accept meeting announcements by telephone. Send written notices with real name to the editor or office. Names will be kept only if requested. editor must know the sender. No deviations to these rules in the future.
The Banner endorses Charles H. Brand for the Superior court bench should Judge Hassell join the Supreme court. Brand is praised as fearless incorruptible and a diligent advocate likely to dispatch business swiftly. His advocates foresee him wearing the ermine on the western circuit bench.
The Banner endorses Joseph S. Turner for re election as chairman of the Georgia Prison Commission citing years of effective leadership and cost savings. The piece notes Turner's administration improved convicts handling, with the commission praised for fiscal efficiency and stable operation at the state capitol.
The county democratic executive committee plans to provide the Australian ballot for the April 20 primary. The Banner notes the 1903 convention instructed use of the system and argues the cost is modest. It urges adequate voting time and booths to handle a long ballot.
An archaic patent medicine claim describes a remedy that purports to purify blood and balance humors. It promises radical cures of eruptions and systemic weakness, claiming to strengthen and restore the entire body.
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as unrivaled and highly effective, detailing a user who recovered vision and strength after consuming multiple bottles. The copy touts dramatic health restoration with minimal cost and urges trust in the remedy.
Telegraphic brevities cover riots at the University of Vienna between Zech and German students, a Georgia man hanged for murder, bank and power-house robberies, veteran memorial protests, and political appointments. Also notes ballots, bonds, strikes, and a Virginia cough remedy testimonial.
Forces begin partial pullback as seven regiments stay briefly at their posts while broader withdrawals continue. Police report no protests or unrest expected and the Payne Road area awaits a small additional contingent before full redeployment completes.
Mrs W Watkins of Pleasant City Ohio reports her little boy was saved from pneumonia after a terrible cough. Doctors failed to help but Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption cured him. Now he is sound and well. It is advertised as the sure cure for coughs colds and all lung diseases. Guaranteed by H R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Bro Drugists.
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