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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1912
Page
6
Poor quality OCR lists partial train times and numbers including 60 and 66 with sporadic details. Mentions Athens and a 4:05 p.m. entry but lacks complete context or readable meanings for full events.
In Atlanta the Men and Religion Forward Movement divides over political involvement as candidates address the vice crusade led by Chief Beavers. Ads favored Woodward prompt Chambers to reject MRFM support, fracturing clergy into pro and anti Woodward camps while unity remains on anti vice efforts.
Atlanta November forecast from state chairman W J Harris after eastern state trip. He declares Woodrow Wilson will win, citing public sentiment for the Democratic platform, trust disclosures harming Republicans, and expected Democratic margins in New York New Jersey Maine and Massachusetts. He also predicts Georgia will deliver a strong vote for Democrats.
Georgia's giant baby Gargatuan faces a rival in North Carolina as Mr and Mrs W H Crawford of Montgomery county announce their eleven month old son weighs sixty pounds and measures thirty eight inches in chest. his mother weighs under one hundred pounds, highlighting the push for the region's largest infant title.
Alph Whitehead, a young farmer, traveled from home to see Atlanta’s circus parade but stood on the wrong corner. After missing the parade he slashed his throat with a pocketknife, received stitches, and was bandaged. He had only visited Atlanta once before, five years ago. He cried, saying life was no longer worth living.
Cambridge reports Harvard graduate known as the best-looking student met Miss Catherine E. Quirk of Roxbury at the 1910 Harvard Yale game in New Haven. He proposed daily for nearly two years. They were married September 27 in Chicago after a long letter of acceptance.
A druggist lauds Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as excellent for young children’s stomach ailments. The ad notes the product is easy to take and mild. A pharmacist, Enos Lollar of Saratoga Indiana, says Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is the best on the market after fifteen years of sales.
Appeal from the Democratic National Committee urges progressive voters to donate to the Wilson and Marshall campaign fund. It calls for quick contributions of $1 to $20 to fund advertising and education of the public about Wilson, Marshall, and their platform.
Citizens are urged to sign a contribution coupon and mail it to C. R Crane, Chairman Finance Committee Democratic National Committee, 900 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Send checks or money orders, attach your MP coupon, and include your name and address as a contributor. A lithographed Souvenir Receipt will be sent, and a letter stating your support may accompany the donation.
Atlanta October 8 Henry R Towne says harnessing the vast electric power at Tallulah Falls will spur Georgia industry and improve working conditions in mills and factories He notes electric power and lighting lift burdens for workers many of them women and increase efficiency and earnings He adds electric lighting reduces eye strain and air vitiation compared with direct combustion lighting.
An advertisement from H. R. Palmer & Sons markets Parisian Sage claiming it stops hair fall and baldness with a money back guarantee. It touts benefits like preserving natural hair color and adding gloss, with a 50 cent large bottle offered at dealers nationwide and a girl with Auburn hair pictured.
The Northwestern branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened its annual session in La Crosse Wisconsin with delegates from Michigan Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin in attendance. Sessions run through Friday featuring speakers Warne Oldham and Dr Isaac Headland of the University of Peking.
In Athens Georgia trustee Frank C Shackelford auctions all Webb and Crawford Company property by Oct 19 1912. Bids for stock notes and accounts and store house priced separately with appraisals 30984.15 31221.82 and 78000.00. Cash terms, freight costs, and bid rejection rights noted. Facilities on Central of Georgia Railway with transfer of lease and goodwill.
More than 100 delegates from 35 local chapters attended the twelfth annual Indiana D A R meeting in Lafayette, opening with a welcome demonstration and slated to conclude with Thursday's officers election. Mrs Matthew Tv was among the guests.
Major Claude C. Smith of Atlanta calls the Georgia National Guard Association annual meeting for October 19 at 12 noon in the Macon Volunteers armory. Officers statewide urged to attend. pay bill discussed. speakers include Brig. Gen. R. K. Evans General Clifford L. Anderson and Rep. Dudley M. Hughes. Reduced rail rates offered during the state fair in Macon.
H R Palmer & Sons stands behind its complete outfit for $1.00 with an extra bottle available for 60 cents and promises a refund of the purchase price to any customer who is not satisfied.
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