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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1910
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner lists subscription costs and payment methods, notes carrier responsibilities, and warns against collectors. It also covers political mentions in Savannah and Athens, with remarks on elections, public figures, poultry farming interest, and local events.
A Lexington speech frames Mr. Tribble as running with Thomas E. Watson's support. It argues Tribble refused a new Democratic primary and denounces his “white primary” claim. The piece warns voters that casting for Tribble aids Watson against democracy and urges Democrats to vote for Howard.
Report says New York Mayor William J. Gaynor and President Taft dined last Saturday and discussed imminent Supreme Court vacancies. The talk centered on possible Democrat appointees, with Gaynor noted as a top legal figure and potential candidate or adviser. Sensational speculation followed the long discussion of who may fill the seats.
Events on this date include British bombardment of Hampton Virginia, the first steamboat voyage from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, the opening of rail links between Toronto and Montreal, the 1847 Atlantic Monthly debut, Theodore Roosevelt birth in 1858, Union troops at Hatcher's Run in 1864, Newfoundland storms in 1868, Marshal Bazaine's Metz surrender in 1870, and 1891 quake shocks felt in Columbia South Carolina.
Viola Allen, Huntsville Alabama born October 27 1869, rose from child actor to leading lady. She debuted at fifteen in Esmeralda, joined John McCulloughs company after replacement for Annie Russell, and later starred with Tommaso Salvini Lawrence Barrett Joseph Jefferson and William Florence. She led at the Boston Museum and Empire Theater and achieved fame in The Christian The Eternal City The Palace of the King The White Sister and other revivals.
London Oct 26. A conference of home authorities and colonial representatives discussed establishing British Empire trade marks. The subject is planned for the next parliamentary session.
Delegates from nearly every county gather in Aberdeen to organize a statewide campaign for good roads. Governor Vessey and prominent officials including former Governor Herried and state engineers S. H. Lea and Geo W. Cooley will address the two day conference and propel the movement.
A Miss Minnie Pickard of Altamaham North Carolina praises D D D for clearing eczema and skin blemishes after three years. The ad claims D D D penetrates to the root of skin troubles with soothing wintergreen thymol oils and other ingredients, noting its safety and reliability. A 25 cent bottle is advertised as proof of effectiveness by H R Palmers Sons Clayton Street.
New York observers report a General Education Board decision granting 5,000 in conditional gifts to six institutions. Baylor University receives 200,000. Trinity College 150,000. University of Chattanooga 150,000. Meredith College 100,000. Wesleyan Female College 100,000. Amherst College 75,000. J. D. Rockefeller Jr. and Starr Murphy attended the meeting.
An evening of rare enjoyment as the Lyceum announces seats for Monday October 31. Orchestra prices range from $1.50 to $1.00, Balcony from 75c to 50c, Gallery from 50c to 25c.
Toronto today saw the advance guard of delegates and visitors for the thirty-seventh international convention of the Young Men's Christian Associations of North America. Preliminary meetings are set for tomorrow, with the opening on Friday. Organizers forecast nearly 2,000 delegates from city, college and railroad branches across the United States and Canada. Several well known speakers are to address the gathering.
Messages of congratulations were received at the Roosevelt home in Oyster Bay as the ex president, born October 27, 1858 in New York, marks his fifty second birthday. He is immersed in the state campaign and has no plans for a celebration, ending the day with speeches across the state and a Republican rally in Utica.
An advertisement claims Eeld ric Bitters strengthens stomach liver kidneys and blood to withstand daily wear. It quotes W. M. Sherman of Cushing Maine saying three bottles restored health after kidney trouble. Available for 50 cents at H. Sayanae.
Cadet Frank B. Clay son of Senator Clay of Georgia was court-martialed and sentenced to dismissal without pay until August 28, 1911, then to join the first class. President Taft commuted the sentence to confinement in barracks until May 31, 1911 with disciplinary tours on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Clay was found guilty on two charges of misconduct for tent absence and leaving cadet lines. he was acquitted on other counts.
Minneapolis couple Miss Hilda Sandberg and S. G. Mooney plan a novel honeymoon trip down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico and on to Cuba. They will travel in a 35 foot motor boat built by the bridegroom, a University of Minnesota electrical engineering graduate, with two friends joining the voyage.
An advertisement touts Foley Kidney Pills as a remedy for kidney and bladder disease, promising prompt cure and comfort for elderly people, emphasizing ease and strength through relief.
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