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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1909
Page
5
The Athens Banner outlines delivery and payment terms including five dollar yearly rates and weekly options, warns carriers must not solicit subscriptions, and invites complaints only through delivery notification. It also curates a string of assorted items from national events to local sports, politics, and a San Francisco divorce case, reflecting a broad, period newspaper mix.
A regional call urges residents to buy locally to support Athens merchants and the city’s economy. The piece argues local shops offer quality stocks at competitive prices and that spending abroad diverts money, hurts subscriptions, and weakens the circulating medium. It emphasizes civic pride and suggests patronizing local businesses to advance Athens in all sectors.
Advocates claim ship subsidies bolster naval power and merchant marine, but critics argue the United States already has a capable fleet and inland waterways wealth. They suggest increasing sailors’ pay and promotions instead of subsidizing private merchant ships, noting substantial U S coastwise trade and Great Lakes commerce with strong ship counts and vessel values.
Notable events include the birth of English poet William Cowper and George Egleston, Grant's Mississippi expedition start, Queen Maud of Norway birth, a major Lynn, Massachusetts fire, a British victory over the Boers, Roosevelt at the St. Louis exposition, and jurist Judge McClain's career milestones.
Iowa Supreme Court jurist Emlin McClain born in Salem Ohio in 1848 or 1850s era. He graduated from a Salem institution in 1872 and practiced law in Des Moines from 1873 to 1881 before becoming a law professor.
Ralph Calloway, the California boxer, has found steady work in and around Boston. Charley Harvey, who guides Harry Thomas, struggles to place his bantam in good bouts. Bobby Wilson, the Canadian light weight champion, will face Dave Deshler in a ten rounder at Utica next week. Battling Nelson says his dates will keep him busy until spring and he will not accept challenges then. Bill Papke sidesteps Jack Sullivan while ready to fight Stanley Ketchel.
Theodor Ditmars of the Bronx Zoo staged a reptilian concert using phonograph records of Hindoo snake charms. As the record played, cobras danced and rattlesnakes hissed. after a climactic clash two rattlesnakes, a gopher snake, a kingsnake and a turtle died. Ditmars suspects a harmful substitution by the Hindoo performers.
Contents list for December issue includes The Round of Life by Richard Wightman The Unjust Judge Part One by John Luther Long The Christmas Miracle full page picture The Power Behind the Republic by Charles Edward Russell The Double Barreled Author to stor y Gouveneur Morris The New Blood in the Senate I. C4 Welliver Romance verse Edna Valentine Trapnell A Five Thousand Dollar Christmas story by George Fitch The Singers verse Mabel Harts ridge Wilson Dreams and the Future Life H. Addington Bruce The Price of Prima Donna Fame William Armstrong Age and Youth verse John Kendrick Bangs One Woman Or Two Leroy Scott The Third instalment of The Shears of Destiny The Good Will Habit Orison Swett Marden The Sky Man serial story Henry Kitchell Webster Caring for Your Securities Montgomery Rollins.
The Buffalo Times notes a condition that sugar trust may soon dominate the sentiment it creates. The Brunswick News warns that Nicaragua could discover that executing innocent citizens for fun could prove a costly amusement.
A historical discussion notes that alcohol serves as the best known preservative in medicines with typical proprietary preparations ranging from 15 to 22 percent and doctors prescriptions from 25 to 50 percent. It cites Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at 18 percent and mentions tablet forms for those avoiding alcohol.
Legal notices from Clarke County Georgia detailing William J Hale estate stock sale at public outcry and multiple requests for letters of administration. Includes notices for R L Pittman and Miss Katie Platt Porter estates, discharge petitions for guardian Ida Streckfuss heirs, Horace Martin admin bid, and incorporation petition for Sanitary Plumbing Company with capital stock details.
A 1909 Athens Georgia legal notice details the petition to form the Sanitary Plumbing Company with rights to hold property borrow and contract. The document names Cobb and Erwin as attorneys, J. E. Crawford as Clerk, and cites Clarke County authorities. Also included are a sheriff sale of land in Clarke County to satisfy a city court judgment, an application to appoint a permanent administrator for George Eberhart, and various court notices including an adoption petition for Cora Josephine Hicks. Local officials and dates are referenced, with multiple legal actions and a public sale scheduled.
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