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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1908
Page
9
The Athens Daily Banner lists postal rates for subscriptions and urges prompt payment by cash, money order, or registered letter. It warns carriers must not collect payments and notes various political commentaries on Bryan, Taft, and local races, including Atlanta mayoral prospects and the New Orleans warehouse plan, with editorials on Bryan’s presidential prospects.
Readers rally to keep Tallulah Falls property from becoming a commercial waterpower site. The Macon Evening News lauds the Banner position for opposing park conversion, highlighting conservation, natural beauty, and resistance to materialism. Charles M. Dickinson birth and career noted.
Lemuel Herbert Murlin, new president of De Pauw University at Greencastle Indiana, was born in Mercer County Ohio on November 16 1861. He studied at De Pauw, Clark College, University of Pennsylvania and several European universities. He served as a Methodist pastor in Vincennes Indiana before becoming Baker University president in 1894 and gaining prominence as a church writer and educator. In 1901 he went to London as a delegate to the Methodist Ecumenical conference.
Monday lists the annual meeting of the Ama teur Athletic Union in New York City. The schedule previews other events including the International Field Trials Club meet in Ruthven Ontario and boxing matches featuring Joe Walcott versus Larry Temple in Boston plus Jim Bonner vs George Memate in Reading.
Election shifts place William H Taft in the national executive marking Yale as a new representative seat. Spooner of Winconsin named Yale Law School commencement orator. Lattauer a former New York congressman seeks the U S Senate. Sherman spent 2800 dollars to win vice presidency per New York State filing. Lindsey of Denver re elected despite opposition. Hill announces bid for Senate seat now held by Brandegree. Taft noted as likely the only president with a middle name since Arthur.
The text surveys potential successors to Senate openings across several states. It highlights figures like Beryl F. Carroll in Iowa, Eve Rett Colby and rivals in New Jersey, and Roosevelt era leaders in New York. It notes rosters of politicians, governors, and party leaders shaping upcoming Senate and governor race outcomes.
Mr Bryan overturns the saying that a prophet is without honor in his own country. He argues against the common belief and asserts recognition should come from merit rather than origin. The remarks reflect his stance on bias and meritocracy in public life.
Glau and his overweight Aeroplane chorus return to New York in reduced circumstances not financially but in weight. The fat ladies of the front and rear rows are trimmed by a new rule in the avensing rooms, each under five foot seven and over 150 pounds given a daily teaspoon of Marmola Cascara Aromatic and peppermint water, averaging a pound loss per day.
An advertisement promises cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or a refund. The product costs 50 cents and is marketed as a guaranteed remedy.
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