Local Athens paper page with ads and glossary quiz items
The fragment shows a daily Athens Georgia paper with subscription rates and boilerplate. It includes a glossary section defining Hobson’s choice spire spiral and notes on Milton and salt states, followed by a 10 question general knowledge quiz about consignees pyramids dictographs crabs Jack Robinson retina retinue lariat Wendell Phillips and lobster colors.
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John Milton
Michigan
New York
Wendell Phillips
Thomas W. Hardwick Nominated for Georgia Governor
The second primary result shows a majority chose Thomas W. Hardwick for governor of Georgia. The Banner opposed the nomination, arguing his wartime and postwar Senate record disqualified him, but now supports the Democratic ticket and pledges allegiance to the party.
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Thomas W. Hardwick
State of
Georgia
Hardwick
United States
Acion
Democratic Party
Georgi
Cotton Jumped Yesterday As predicted by the Banner
The article notes a temporary drop in cotton prices with yesterday closing at 253-4 and predicts a gradual recovery to around forty cents per pound. It argues speculators drive short-term declines, urges hold of cotton, storage in warehouses, and prudent borrowing to meet obligations, citing Federal Reserve policy aids.
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Orbj
Federal Reserve ‘Banking System
Kwiz Riddles and Scientific Snippets from Yesterday
The fragment lists various science curiosities: the moon’s diameter 2166 miles is 1/49 of Earth. the term giraffe once called camelopard. petrifaction as turning life into stone. a siphon defined as a bent tube with unequal ends. and X rays named by Roentgen, the discoverer, for reasons implied.
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Wilhelm Conrad_ Roentgen
A Good Morning to You Verses and a Vignette
A reflective verse by 0. G. Sicker explores universal fellowship and civic duty. The speaker declares Universalist loyalties to family, city, state, and nation while embracing broader fraternity and unselfish service to all mankind.
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Sicker
The Folly of Waiting for Opportunity
A short fable notes that Opportunity hides until one seeks it. Experience prowls the town, checks with neighbors, and searches directories until it finds a chance, then demands a first shot at success. The piece stresses proactive effort over passive waiting.
Sermons to Live By The Model Prayer
A brief sermon on Matthew 6 5 15 highlighting that prayer offered as directed by Jesus will be answered and emphasizing forgiveness as a condition for divine forgiveness. It calls for sincere spirit toward others and reconciliation, citing Romans 5 8 to urge bringing offenders back to the right mind.
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Christendom
Christ
New Orleans Cotton Prices and Allied Market Quotations
Market notes show steady spot prices in several cities with New Orleans at 22.25 cents and New York around 25.25 cents. Futures in cotton and grains display mixed moves with Dec wheat near 199 1/4, corn about 92, and oats around 55 to 60. Pork and lard futures stage modest gains with Oct hogs at 21.60 and Oct lard near 19.17.
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New Orleans
Atlanta
New York
Norfolk
Savannah
Memphis
Augusta
Mobile
Charleston
Purity of Blood Cited in Medical Health Appeal
A fragmented piece urges absolute purity of blood to prevent disorders and mentions diseases like eczema and erysipelas. It references health warnings and proposes bleeding as a remedy, reflecting old medical rhetoric.
Advertise Georgia Enterprise Meeting With Much Success
Atlanta October 6 subscriptions to the $300000 Advertise Georgia Enterprise fund are pouring in. Charles B Lewis treasurer reports many from Georgia banks showing banker support. Governor Dorsey leads as general chairman sending 20000 pledge cards to citizens statewide for county credit.
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Atlanta
Georgia Enterprise
Charles ‘B. Lewis
Fourth National Bank of
Macon
Enterprise
Georgia Bank
Dorsey
Georgia‘ Enterprise
Georgia National Bank
Athens
Booth
Manor
American State Bank
Churchwell Bros
Waycross
D. H. Min
H. J. Benton Co
Martin J. Abney Visits Savannah
Special to The Banner. Savannah Georgia October 6 Martin J Abney visited Savannah for the weekend staying at a seaside lodge with Henry J Atwood and Glenn Bond both formerly of Athens. Atwood is Savannah territory representative of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company. Abney set a record for the company years ago for the entire United States.
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The
Banner
Savannah
Martin J. Abney
Bannon Lodge
Navy Recruiting Officer Sick
Chief Simmons of the local navy recruiting office is confined to his bed at his N Jackson Street home with an attack of acute tonsillitis. He is under the care of two doctors and friends hope for a quick recovery.
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Chief Simmons
Navy
N. Jackson Street
Mr. Simmons
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Banner Publishing, Company
Lumpkin Street
H. J. Rowe
Thens Banner
Associated Press
Sly ‘Han Aloways
Hobson
Chicago
Liverpool
J. B. Wright
Cairo
Sessom Land & Securities Co
Cogdell
Pres. C
Ga. Ry
Naomi Investment O
Ely R. Callaway
LaGrange
J. L. Edwards
He Walters
Pres. A. C. L
National City Bank
Rome
Orville A. Park
C. W- Fowler
Marietta
Seaman Investment Co
E. F. McRae
McRae
Realty Saving & Trust Co
International Agricultural Corp
J. O. Jones
Banner Office
Reid Drug CO
C. O. Slee
Shippers Compress Co
Hoover
Ras
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