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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1904
Page
2
The Athens Banner lists delivery options rates and payment terms, requests prompt reporting of late or missing papers, and states that all notices for publication must include the writer’s full name. It covers postal methods, telephones, and editorial practices, plus campaign topics and local issues in Athens Georg ia.
The article argues few congressmen gain real power before three terms. Experience yields influence, with Payne, Richardson, Livingston cited as examples. Georgia’s Eighth district backs Howard for multiple terms, noting his efficiency and ongoing benefit to the district with no opposition this year.
The people of Georgia including Athens are urged to fund the Georgia building at the St Louis Exposition. Hon H V Washington of Macon addresses Athens praising the project as a statewide advertising and public benefit. Subscriptions should be made promptly to supply the money for construction and equipment of the building.
Mississippi Governor Varadaman argues against classical schooling for African Americans, urging education of heart and hands tailored to farming and practical work. He dismisses literary education as ineffective and harmful, calling it a forlorn hope in the nation's social order. The notice ends with an unrelated medical advertisement for Chamberlain's tablets.
Paul du Chailla recounts a dramatic Equatorial Africa meeting with a lone male gorilla. As the beast charges, du Chailla hesitates, guided by Ma laonen who warns not to fire yet. At eight yards the gorilla advances further. three musket shots drop him, ending the threat in a thunderous moment.
An advertising piece extols spring health benefits of Hood’s Sarsaparilla to purify blood and restore vitality with testimonials from Miss Bevin Boyce of Stowe Vermont. It blends a medical claim with consumer endorsement and ends with a humorous quote from Yonkers Statesman about obedience in marriage.
A brief, humorous dialogue from a St Louis Post Dispatch item shows a tramp claiming a past life as a second story worker and porch climber. A doctor jokes about diagnosis while a patient worries aloud about an autopsy.
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