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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1908
Page
8
Local notes advertise Our Drug Company with three pharmacists and delivery, Weatherly & Son selling hens and wood, rental and sale notices for rooms, dry pine wood, and a carriage. Insurance services offered by Jefferson Standard policy agent A L Deadwyler and Campbell-E Realty Co. Sewing machines from Singer and Wheeler & Wilson promoted, with Clifton's Xmas photo appointment and a George Weatherly contact.
The London Daily Mail notes the autumn bird exodus is near completion with species from cuckoos to nightingales passing through. Birds avoid direct sea crossing, instead following land routes via Northern Germany then split into four paths toward Gibraltar, the Gulf of Genoa, the Straits of Sicily, and along Italy to Crete before turning east to Africa. They prefer land travel to minimize Channel and Mediterranean crossings, a behavior dating to ancient times.
Lincoln Nebr November 27 in the forthcoming issue of his Commoner William J Bryan explains why he cannot become an evangelist. He emphasizes reform work over preaching and notes his three presidential campaigns earned him six to seven million votes. He says the war of reform continues while abuses exist and that public life requires applying Christian principles to current problems. He asserts his life work is studying government and discussing public questions for the common people.
Spartanburg, S C Nov 27 Dr J B Henneman dean of the University of the South at Sewanee died suddenly at St Luke's Hospital in Richmond Virginia He was born in Spartanburg in 1864 and earned a Ph D from Berlin in 1889 He taught English and history at Hampden Sydney Tennessee and later joined Sewanee as professor of English and editor of Sewanee Review He was recently named dean of the university
New York Nov 27 The Associated Press announces Frank H Hitchcock has been offered and accepted the position of Postmaster General in President Tafts cabinet This is the first cabinet post to be filled Hitchcock a prominent national political figure who managed Tafts campaign and rose in the party leadership He will succeed Postmaster General Meyer who served with Roosevelt administration with satisfaction and success
Paris reports a sensational claim that Mme Steinheil, jailed for murder, also poisoned President Faure. Magistrate Seydett withdraws from the case amid accusations of bias and ties to Steinheil, transferring papers to Judge Boucard. Public curiosity soars as opposition presses for full exposure of the Faure death years ago.
An advertisement promises a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. The box carries E. W. Grove’s signature and is priced at 25 cents.
In Zebulon Georgia on November 27 a jury convicted B F Perdue of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced him to 15 years hard labor. He allegedly killed Marshal Porch of Barnesville after an arrest for drunk and disorderly conduct and a later release led him to fetch a shotgun and shoot the officer on a street corner.
A West Virginia visitor recalls a New York company’s pay routine as workers descend to the twentieth floor for payroll exits. The tale highlights a curious miscue about floor numbering and the phrase down to the twentieth floor.
A repentant thief appeared before a famed tender hearted Down East judge. The judge asked if he had prior prison time and the man said no, crying. The judge replied that he would now receive imprisonment, offering a consoling remark.
In The Gentlewoman piece, German girls at 17 or 18 are sent far from home to live as exchanges with other families. For about three years they endure all household tasks as servants while being styled Fraulein. They have little leisure for sports and endure strong judgments of English habits. The German mistress performs cooking and mending, often with one servant. Market trips show her capable bargaining, while Sundays bring Kaffee klatsch and Kaffee gardens as small comforts.
A Chicago News tale recounts an old colonel chastising his colored stable boy for a sharp remark. The colonel teases that the boy would have eaten his words, prompting the boy to reflect he would have chosen milder terms like chicken and pound cake.
A vintage ad urges readers to take Dr King's New Life Pills to prevent biliousness malaria and jaundice. It touts relief and urges purchase at W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer & Sons drug stores for 25 cents.
New York market shows tone barely steady with middling cotton at 9 1/4 to 10 cents. Liverpool prices steady with sales around 8,000 bales and middling at 58 1/100 pence. Chicago quotations note ruling prices on the exchange for today.
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