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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1909
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner outlines carrier delivery rates and cash in advance rules for subscriptions. It raises concerns about kidnapping laws, praises local development like the Hotel Georgian, and discusses regional competition among Georgia cities while critiquing tariff plans and the impact on consumers.
Athens has spent over a hundred thousand dollars in the past eight to nine years on street improvements including property owner contributions. Granolithic sidewalks are praised as the best update and will be extended as funds allow. Visitors compliment the city on its streets and sidewalks while private hotel ventures attract attention. William Jennings Bryan states he is in the prime of life and ready for years more, though he does not indicate unwell health for another presidential bid.
Fragmented OCR compiles scattered events: Ponce de Leon era Florist and St Mary’s settlement in Maryland. Strow Bradstreet colonial governance. 1605 England death. Fort Bull fire. John Rutledge South Carolina presidency. Washington navy yard established. Horseshoe Bend victory. Arguello California governor fate. Goliad massacre. Mobile eye. Oakland powder explosion. Milwaukee fire with $1,000,000 loss.
August F Bruske born in Aachen Prussia March 27 1847 came to America as a boy. He joined the army for 300 bounty used it for education after five years on bread and butter diet finished Adrian College in 1869 studied theology then preached in Charlotte and Saginaw Michigan before becoming Alma College president in 1891.
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo endorse the remedy with a tonic testimonial from Walding Kinnan & Marvin. The cure is claimed to act internally on blood and mucous surfaces and to be sold with a testimonial service.
A Chicago rumor mill links Charles H. Sherrill to a minister post in Argentina, while Ormsby McHarg, Oscar Lawler, and William Hayward surface in other high level roles. Taft aides, party insiders, and a governor’s open primary push surface amid chatter about judgeships and diplomacy. Ex-Gov William R. Taylor of Wisconsin is honored as a reform pioneer against big corporations.
Prof H A Howell of Howell's American School Havana Cuba recounts a severe infant cold on February 3 and credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving the baby's life. He notes prompt relief and full recovery within three days and lists local druggists selling the remedy.
The New York World editor P. Fitch and Robert Wheelwright edited a playful skit aboard the Cunarder Pannonia en route from Trieste to Naples. A Pole passenger, Ritter von Lodynski, misread it as insulting him, demanded a duel, and was calmed only after translation clarified mule power joke. Wine followed the resolution.
An exchange recalls North Carolina Senator Simmons’s 1880s House term and a campaign claim that he used political leverage to secure a James City post office and a Newbern road and cemetery funding. A rival warned of overreach and said such influence could return Black residents to subjugation, delivering the decisive United States race tension message.
A white and a black man exchange a humorous courtroom remark. The white man questions lending money to a friend who spends it on drinks and cigars, while the black man says the friend repays and halves the money to him.
Various fraternal groups in Athens list meeting times and places. Mt Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M meets monthly at Mason hall Clayton Street. St Elmo Lodge No 40 K of P meets Mondays at Castle Hall Max Joseph building Clayton and Wall. Keystone Chapter No 1 RAM meets third Tuesday at Max Joseph building. O E S Lodge meets Wednesdays at Broad and Lumpkin. Glenn Lodge No 75 I O F meets Tuesdays at Carlton building Jackson Street. Davie Camp No 292 W O W meets Wednesdays at Carlton Brig Jackson Street. Athens Rebekah Lodge No 34 L O O F meets Thursdays at Sariton building Jackson Street.
Train schedules for Gainesville Midland and Southern lines list arrival and departure times for Athens and surrounding services. Details include daily and Sunday variations for mixed and passenger trains, with agent J Z Hoke cited for Gainesville and Southern operations noting regular and mixed trains across morning and afternoon slots.
Dr Clarence N Walker an osteopathic physician and graduate of the American School of Osteopathy Kirksville Missouri is listed with address 612 South Mulberry Athens Georgia Works under Dr A T Still founder of the science and president.
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