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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1903
Page
2
Published daily Sunday and weekly. Rates: $5.00 yearly, $2.50 six months, $1.25 three months for The Athens Daily Banner. Weekly or Sunday Banner $1.00 yearly, 50 cents six months. Remittances by money order or registered letter. Prompt notices of delivery issues help ensure on time service. Business office contact via telephone.
The piece reviews ongoing Athens initiatives including a push for a new hotel, Chamber of Commerce plans, and Georgia Fair outcomes. It notes Clarke county's Clarke County exhibit not going to Macon, critiques in Harper’s Greater Georgia edition, and debates between educators and road builders about convict labor versus road improvements. It highlights Athens post office’s strong year financials versus Rome.
Athens prepares to host six to eight hundred Baptist messengers for the Georgia Baptist Convention. The large gathering will be the city’s biggest yet and requires broad hospitality from all citizens and denominations. Local committees will coordinate lodging meals and entertainment, with support from across the community.
Humors are vitiated body fluids driving many skin eruptions such as salt rheum pimples and boils and can cause general debility. They are expelled by Hood's Sarsaparilla, which builds up the system that has suffered from them and is claimed to be the best medicine for all humors.
Local notices list candidates for mayor and aldermen in Athens. W F Dorsey and J Rhodes announce mayoral bids subject to Democratic primary. W C Weatherford and W Vonderau seek Fourth Ward bids. F Lipscombe and H J Rowe declare alderman runs in various wards. filings indicate party primary constraint.
A Chicago man says kindness matters more than deeds of property and urges acts of sympathy. He notes people respond to encouragement and cites trusted remedies like Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as helpful, claiming it cures colds without danger of pneumonia. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Son and W. J. Saith & Bro.
A reward of twenty five dollars is offered for the arrest with sufficient evidence to convict any person guilty of painting on private property or church property in the city. J F Rhodes Mayor.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for rheumatism and catarrh, claiming it purifies the blood, provides lasting relief, and offers a free sample by mail. Also included are farm tips on turnips and a pitch for Clifton patent flour with a money-back guarantee.
A letter from Henry Lamont in Toronto requests one dozen bottles of Comet Expectorant cough syrup, praising its quality while claiming the product as the best in America and asking for shipment by first express. He notes being 2,000 miles from the laboratory but expresses appreciation for the remedy.
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