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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1909
Page
8
The Columbia Fire Insurance Company with a capital and surplus of 200000.00 offers every possible security to its policy holders. It also gives business men the chance to keep their insurance premiums in Athens, a benefit business men recognize as highly valuable for the city.
A mixed column of local notices and small advertisements. Items mention rental wants and offers, plumbing, fire insurance, hotel openings, room for rent, produce and groceries, job ads for railway mail clerks and barbers, antique furniture for sale, and medical testimonial. Includes a note on Mr C A Lambert improving at home and a rheumatism cure endorsement. Names include Jester, Davis, Franklin Institute, Rich location Athens, and Barbers College.
The Alabama team retains an unscored-on sealine after beating Georgia, remaining the sole southern eleven without an opponent crossing their line. Pollard’s coaching skills and aggressive play highlight Alabama as a strong, evolving program. Georgia learns a tough lesson, while Clemson faced a similar fate earlier.
A.M. Wilkinson presents Wilkinson's Practical Agriculture a complete treatise covering agriculture horticulture forestry landscape gardening animal husbandry stock feeding roads and country life conveniences. Cloth 2 12mo 382 pages with illustrations priced 1 00 six dollars in New York Cincinnati and Chicago.
The federal court yesterday heard about thirty five moonshine cases with pleas of guilty and acquittals. Today forty seven MICIT distilling cases are set for trial as the court adjourns at two. Judge Newman and friends visited CampMerc e to greet New York to Atlantic Teams automobilists. The grand jury nears adjournment.
New York reports indicate Samuel Gompers plans to appeal the district court decision. He defends constitutional rights and signals possible further action, including a potential appeal to the US Supreme Court. Gompers notes he and two others may attend the AFL convention in Toronto next week.
Patent medicine ad promises to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. Brand bearing E. W. Grove's signature on each box, priced at 25 cents.
An immense cypress tree in El Tule near Oaxaca Mexico is cited as possibly the world s largest by circumference. The trunk measures 104 feet around at 130 feet high and 27 people can encircle it with linked hands. The tree has stood for centuries and shows decay in its aging trunk. One observer estimates its weight at about 1300 tons based on size and branches.
Bill Lang KO'd Bill Squires to become heavyweight champion of Australia. Vernon Austin, Northwest middleweight champ, signed to appear at the Armory A. A. of Boston. Freddie Weeks versus Monte Dale set for Victor Colorado on Thanksgiving. Sam Fitzpatrick ends association with Jack Johnson after another row. Billy Brady rates Al Kaufman as superior to Jeffries or Johnson.
Atlanta notes the puzzling departure of baseball manager Billy Smith from Atlanta after two pennants. Reports say clashes with the Nilinta management and a dispute over player conduct led to his exit, with Smith moving to Buffalo to manage there while Otto Jordan succeeded him in Atlanta.
Berlin reports textile scientists explore kapok seed fiber as a cheaper cotton substitute. A Chamnitz spinning company demonstrates spinnable kapok yarn after Professor Goldberg’s treatment, noted for its soft silky feel. Use and wear qualities of kapok fabrics remain unreported.
A sudden and very painful back ache due to rheumatic muscle disease is relieved quickly by applying Cham berlain's Liniment. Sold by all dealers.
A dry town status is questioned by residents challenging restrictions. Local officials consider lifting ordinances as debate intensifies over alcohol control and community standards.
In Cedartown Georgia on Sunday morning C J Turner died and Robert Duke was stabbed after a card game quarrel. Duke fired three shots wounding Turner in the forehead and chest causing instant death. Duke, an engineer for Central of Georgia railway, is under arrest with Turner’s death leaving a family.
Secretary Ballinger lauds the Northwest Opportunity League exposition in Chicago as a powerful educational tool to attract settlers by showing irrigation, crop prospects, and living conditions in arid lands. The event, tied to the Chicago Tribune, aims to reveal exact local conditions to prospective homeseekers. A unrelated consumer notice promotes Buck Jen's Arnica Salve for burns and skin ailments.
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