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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner offers mail rates of 5.00 yearly, 2.50 half-year, 1.25 quarterly, or 0.10 weekly, with Savannah Press and national clippings included. reminders urge prompt payment, delivery reliability, and proper carrier conduct. Rotary-lit content covers editorials about Rockefeller, Roosevelt, Hearst, Carmack, and local Atlanta politics, plus a note on Duncan C. Cooper and Woodward.
A commission on country life tours the nation and sparrows debate over North Carolina farmers and child anemia. Governor Glenn counters a claim that NC children are predominantly anemic, arguing instead that such issues exist broadly but that NC is robust and progressive in industry, education, and health.
Entries mark events on November 19 including the 1794 Jay’s treaty with Britain, birth of Ferdinand de Lesseps, 1868 New England Woman Suffrage Association formation with Julia Ward Howe, 1873 Boss Tweed fraud conviction, 1891 William J. Florence death, 1898 Don Carlos Buell death, and 1899 British troops at Cape Town.
Ralph Peters born November 19 1858 in Atlanta Georgia. He became president and general manager of the Long Island Rail Road and a prominent U S railroad official after graduating from the University of Georgia at age 20. His career spanned the railroad industry.
The Augusta Herald remarks that Cooper who killed Editor Carmack is like Czologos, noting such figures gain fame as assassins. Macon News questions whether John Temple Graves’s name is recently absent from major papers, implying doubt about a political figure losing his job.
A digest of Georgia political observations from multiple papers noting Graves jest about Georgia voters and Brown’s tour, plus debate on Democratic losses and a Times-Union remark on convict labor demand in Georgia. Also mentions Athens Woman's Press Association and quotes on fashion stockings.
John Kinney of Indianapolis reports Vincl as a genuine tonic and body builder that rebuilt his strength after a grippe. The advertisement touts Vinci as a peptonate iron formula with cod liver oil elements, improving appetite and digestion to create rich blood and muscle tissue with a money back guarantee.
A labor world roundup reports union conventions set for December 7 in New Orleans Brooklyn and Denver with laws affecting school books union labels in Oklahoma and compulsory workers compensation rules. It notes court rulings on contracts with unions and factory resumption in Pascoag Iver Johnson works and Akela mill activity plus anti boycott and anti blacklisting laws across multiple states and a push to remove political discussion clauses from union constitutions.
A period ad extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a trusted cold cure. It claims quick relief, lung aid, and safe use for babies and adults, noting no narcotics. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons and several local druggists.
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