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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1909
Page
5
Athens faces tariff contention and regional development while public life includes hotel upgrades and a new union passenger station. The article notes Southern resistance to protective tariffs, local civic improvements, and historical events dated March 26 in history.
United States Senator Anselm Joseph McLaurin was born March 26 1848 in Brandon Mississippi. He grew up on a Mississippi farm and joined the Confederate army at sixteen before studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1863.
The text notes a sequence where an individual served as United States for one year beginning in 1894 to fill an unexpired term and, in 1895, was elected governor of Mississippi upon the expiration of a prior term.
Mechanicsburg reader Elizabeth B Anderson credits Parisian Sage with removing dandruff after 15 years and starting new hair growth. The ad promises 50 cent bottles from H R Palmer & Sons with money back if unsatisfied and touts the product as dye free and non greasy.
Sir Edwin Landseer recalls a boyhood dog fight between two canines. One dog belonged to an Irishman, a retired prizefighter, whose dog was beaten but boasted a hidden victory. The painter explains the winner was the dog under the other, gnawing away at the opponent.
A. Potterfield of Charleston West Virginia and J F Bradley of New Brunswick New Jersey praise Vinol cod liver oil as effective for families and as a tonic for strength and lung issues. The ad promises a money back offer if satisfaction is not achieved. H R Palmer and Sons, Athens Georgia.
A Chicago Tribune report describes two hard looking men arrested for stealing an umbrella. Police justice asks guilt or innocence while the pair claim to be guilty. The umbrella bore the name J Thompson on the handle and G H Brickley on the cover, with a Quimby owner noted. Ida and Alice exchange quips on a properly furnished house over a card laden jest.
March 25. The ruling shows prices on the ex factory lead with a swing from 9 70 to 100 cents. Market notes indicate steady demand amid small shifts in the range as traders gauge new guidance.
New York reports ruling prices for today with steady market and 6000 sales. Spot cotton across cities from Atlanta to Memphis shows steady to firm quotes with slight variations in quotes and regional activity.
A Washington Herald tale recalls Mr Taft visiting Augusta to see a planter whose old cook Martha mistook him for a regular guest. Local banter follows with a Junkville philosopher and a quip about life’s value. A separate panel sketches Mr Mildew the undertaker denying a death in a barn, noting he did not cut Swilks down.
Keystone Chapter No 1 Royal Arch Masons meets on the third Tuesday at 8 pm in the lodge room at 300 B Davis Camp 292 W O W meets Wednesdays at Carlton Building Jackson Street lodge rooms All visiting Sovereigns invited Athens Rebekah Lodge No 4 LO O F meets Thursdays at 8 30 Miss Maud Nichols Rec Sec
Fragmentary OCR shows names and codes with A. G. Hoke as agent. Readable elements include numbers 42 53 and stray letters. No coherent event or full details emerge from the fragment.
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