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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1903
Page
2
The Banner urges readers to mail or handwrite notices for publication, requiring real names and promising confidentiality if requested. It notes the Clarksville Advertiser’s improved appearance and comments on publishers, politics, and local journalism culture through quotes from multiple Georgia papers.
A Tennessee businessman threatened to shift his printing elsewhere after an editor printed a local news item. The tale ends with the editor refusing to suppress legitimate news, noting he printed the daughter’s wedding, wife’s reception, obituary, and speech that the man disliked. The piece defends fair, impartial reporting as the newspaper’s mission.
The text claims humors are impure substances the skin liver kidneys and otter organs cannot handle without aid. It describes accumulation as littering the system causing pimples boils eczema loss of appetite fatigue bilious turns indigestion fits of indiges tion dull headaches and many troubles.
Announcement of the United Conteneaste Veterans Reunion in New Orleans with low Southern Railway fares from Athens Georgia. Tickets on sale May 16 to 21 1903 with return by May 24 and possible extension to June 15 1903. Includes side trips, Pullman and dining car service and schedules via Special Agent in New Orleans. Contact Geneva Agent R W Str 106 Clayton St Athens Ga. Also includes an eczema cure advertisement for Botanic Blood Balm with free sample offer.
A Clever sales pitch promises a 60 inch towel with a 48 pound sack Clifton flour. Wingfield Cash Grocery advertises the combo while touting the vest flour made and the towel added. The X Rays section promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy for indigestion and catarrh of the stomach, claiming it aids digestion and cures related conditions.
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