Athens Daily Banner keeps city readers in touch
The Athens Daily Banner is a daily weekly and Sunday publication by TAR Athens Publishing Co. with Remsen Crawford as managing editor and D. Flanigex as business manager. It lists carrier and mail rates for ads and notices, including transient ads at one dollar per square and local notices at fifty cents per line per insertion.
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Midsummer festival urged to crown Athens celebration
Athens should sustain the midsummer festival started along the Georgia Carolina and Northern railroad route. The city faces praise for hosting a grand event with Georgia Agricultural Society delegates in August. Citizens urged to unite for a week of pleasure and pride, marking a new era of prosperity for Athens.
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Georgia Carolina and Northern Railroad
Athens
Elberton
Abbeville
Georgia Agricultural Society
Andrew J Cobb praised for constitutional support of Georgia exposition funds
Athens citizen Andrew J Cobb is lauded for legal work and advocacy that convinced Georgia lawmakers to consider a 100000 dollar appropriation for a Columbian Exposition exhibit. His opinion influenced a convention in Atlanta and drew praise from the Atlanta Journal and Augusta Chronicle.
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Andrew J. Cobb
General Assembly
Augusta
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Georgia
Thomas Jefferson's Views and the Protection Debate
A Brooklyn correspondent cites the Boston Herald in examining Jefferson's stance on protectionism. The piece notes historical debates and the recurring pattern of protective policy in American political history.
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomasfferson
Brooklyn
Boston Herald
Jeffersonian View on Protection Sparks Debate
The writer argues that Jefferson opposed modern extreme protection for a privileged class and that selective extracts misrepresent his stance. They accuse some public figures and newspapers of ignoring his true legacy and warn readers not to be deceived by mischaracterizations.
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Jefferson
Arp editor warns of war fears and civic mobilization
The Boss urges Arp residents to prepare for possible conflict with Italy, warning how an invasion could strike Savannah and Arp. The piece blends wartime anxiety with local politics and remarks on Asa Pratt and Brooklyn philanthropy.
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Arp
Georgia
Italy
United States
Union
Savannah
Broad
Hudson
Martins Bridge
Boss
Martine Bridge
Lepanto
Duello
Mr. Brooks
Editorial staff gains strength and local officials move
The Herald Journal sees editorial staff expansion and Greene County support. W G Williams arrives from Houston to lead as physical instructor for the Macon Y M C A. E L Tucker’s bar admission is refused over lack of character certificate. Col John E Jones is confirmed as former Covington and Macon road president. successor election planned.
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W.G. Williams
Macon Young Men’s Christian Association
Houston
Texas
Tucker
E. L. Tucker
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John .E. Jones
Covington and Macon Road
Shortcake and oyster soup quips tease beliefs and ghosts
A lively exchange riffs on missing ingredients in a strawberry shortcake and oyster soup. A Texas editor questions sense before belief, while warnings about ghost fears and a jab at Scott Thornton highlight a satirical local debate.
Newspaper Snippets and Advertorial Quips From The Era
A collage of quips and notes including jokes about butter landlords and ghostly debar, plus a medical testimonial dated 1887 praising Hall's Catarrh Cure. The fragment also includes comic exchanges and a Toledo doctor’s letter offering a $100 cure guarantee.
Advertising Necessary to Success in Retail Trade
Advertising drives sales and profits for merchants and manufacturers. The Plain Dealer notes that top advertisers in cities earn high salaries to craft ads, and those with the best stores and assortments succeed by advertising. Buyers seek bargains at merchants who advertise and offer reasonable prices.
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Plain Dealer
A Love Song in M Fiat and a Curious Patent Remedy
A young man serenades his love with a fanciful verse about melodious midnight moans and modulated monotones. The piece then shifts to an advertisement for a “catarrhal” medicine priced at 50 cents, with a bold $500 reward for a case it cannot cure.
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Madeline
Beneau
Fier
Precocious questions spark mock orthodoxy note
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a five year old asking about eternal life after a bedtime story, joking about orthodoxy. It also mentions Japanese land boomers advertising a wide avenue and facing government pressure, plus a Philadelphia surgeon claiming three lancet strokes could calm a mad man into a smile.
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Heaven
Detroit
Philadelphia
Detroit Free Press
Marvels of the age in oil skin care ad
Leau rulle oil advertised as a skin preserving product claiming wrinkle prevention and anti aging effects. Priced 50c to 1.00 at Orage Wells Jersey City NJ. plus a marketing note urging optimistic ad campaigns and patience in results.
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Wells
Jersey City
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