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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1905
Page
2
The Athens Banner lists subscription prices for daily and weekly editions and urges timely payment. It warns carriers not to collect payments and asks readers to report delivery issues. The paper notes local events, appointments, and political figures, including hospital fundraising and Mercer University leadership changes.
The United States Department of Commerce and Labor reports comparative consumption patterns for tea coffee whisky beer and wine. Britain leads tea drinkers while the US tops coffee consumption and Russia leads whisky and spirits. France dominates wine with Italy and Spain following.
A vintage advertisement promises a hundred dollar reward for an incurable catarrh case using Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and others asserting F J Cheney Co honesty and solvency. The copy notes internal action and blood purification claims, with pills for relief.
Georgia governors race rumors surface with Col Jim Smith and Dick Russell in discussion while Georgians debate reform, negro disfranchisement, and political alliances. The piece notes Comptroller General William A Wright as a reformer and highlights calls to drop disenfranchisement debates. A separate India hospital anecdote shows gratitude letters from husbands to a maternity ward.
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