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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1909
Page
4
The Athens Banner notes Athens rising as a convention city with T P A activities and a planned union passenger station. It urges chamber of commerce action, small industries, and hotel expansion while praising Mayor Dorsey and Judge Picquet for advocating wife beating punishment by preferred whipping.
Pennsylvania state authorities announce a fifteen thousand dollar reward for capture of Willie Whit In kidnappers. The plea urges doubling the bounty if needed and calls for severe penalties to deter future abductions, stressing protection for all children regardless of class and urging swift, decisive action by the state.
March 24 marks several historical events and notable deaths including Elizabeth I born 1533 died 1603. Canada celebrates its first marriage in Quebec. Rhode Island purchases land from Indians in 1638. Albermarle Colony NC founded in 1663. John Harrison chronometer creator died 177? Spain recognizes US independence 1783. Slavery abolished in Venezuela 1854. National Theatre Boston fire 1863. A Kentucky cyclone kills twelve in 1884. Theodore Baer dies 1897. aided Monitor. Sir Edwin Arnold dies 1904. Duke of Devonshire dies 1908.
Chester Dutton born March 24, 1814 in New York is the oldest living Yale 1838 graduate. He taught, then farmed in New York before moving in 1868 to Riverside Homestead near Concordia Kansas where he has lived since. He received his diploma 40 years before Taft’s graduation.
Kate O Dwyer, convicted in Clarke Superior Court of keeping a lewd house, had twelve months in the chain gang suspended with a condition to leave the Western circuit. She returned to Athens and was ordered to the convict camp. Col. John R. Cooper petitions for release. Judge Brand set a hearing for March 29 at city hall to rule on the habeas corpus petition.
Elizabeth Cremond of Boston recounts recovery from extreme weakness and organ failure after using Vinci tonic iron and cod liver oil blend. She credits rapid sleep, appetite return, and renewed health to Vinci, urging patients to try it with a money back guarantee from H. R. Palmer & Sons, Athens.
Harpers Weekly cites a Western boniface recounting a St Louis hotel owner who chased a departed guest for payment. Months later the debtor replied with a note stating the bill was 17 dollars and 50 cents.
La grippe coughs are dangerous and can develop into pneumonia. Foley's Honey and Tar stops cough and heals and strengthens the lungs, preventing serious outcomes. The genuine product has no harmful drugs and comes in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes. Sold by all druggists.
Bob Lucy recalls in Cornhill installments his link to Sir Ff Burhang and the Punch staff. He recounts a Queen’s birthday night at the Foreign Office where a uniformed guest greeted him with I see you don’t know me from Adam, prompting a humorous exchange about not knowing Adem.
A humorous collage from the New York Press and Chicago News features a faux sailor exchange about nautical terms and a bachelor’s reflections. It mocks intellect versus happiness and comments on marriage, money, and self-perception with wit.
A Cleveland Leader quote collection cites a worker saying his boss guides him in making money but forbids the worker from executing the method himself. The exchange highlights workplace control and sly bragging about illicit gain.
Mt Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M meets every second Thursday at Max Joseph building Clayton Street. Keystone Chapter R A M meets every third Tuesday at Max Joseph building. Athens No 790 meets Wednesdays at lodge quarters Broad and Lumpkin. Lenn Lodge No 75 I C F meets Tuesdays at Carlton building Jackson Street. Davis Camp No 292 W O W meets at Carlton Building. Athens Rebekah Lodge No 34 L O O F meets Thursdays at Carlton building Jackson Street.
A clipped railway notice lists trains numbers 62 32 88 and 41 with times 6.15 and references to agent J Z Hoke. The fragment shows station codes and partial annotations, indicating a timetable or agent note.
North Oregon notice details Clarence N. Walker an osteopathic physician graduate of the American School of Osteopathy Kirksville Missouri and founder Dr A T Still with an address at 612 South Mutual Building Athens Georgia
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