Athens Banner news and misc items from 1900 era
The Athens Banner discusses subscription rates and delivery notes, warns carriers against collecting payments, and notes several local items. It mentions Envoy Lind in Mexico, Hureta’s possible stance, and Wilson’s representative, plus debates on kissing on capitol steps and rising meat prices. The State Normal School is praised for attendance and calls for funding and faculty housing. Mayor Woodward opposes dictagraphs and stool pigeons and resisted related bills.
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Woodward Ever
Anon
Atlanta
Misrepresentation Is Expensive and Harmful Advertising
A column arguing that truthful advertising is essential for consumer trust. The author contrasts deceitful practices with honest ads, noting misrepresentation harms both buyers and advertisers. Readers are urged to buy from merchants who advertise truthfully and maintain reputation.
China and the Opium Trade Moves Toward Abolition
The piece traces opium as a historic Chinese scourge and notes a rising domestic push to end cultivation. It discusses Britain's shift to halt India opium exports to China, citing a speech by E S Montague pledging no further opium sales and a treaty revision to support China’s anti opium policy.
Apple Culture in North Carolina Gains Ground
Experts say Northeast Georgia can rival traditional apple regions with large orchards growing in the area. The industry shows promise despite yearly fluctuations, with several Athenians investing and aiming to expand apple trees, hoping Georgia becomes a leading apple producer.
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North Georgia
Georgia
Uiat
Fall Note Poem Fragment From 1913
A fragmentary note announces a dated line from September 20, 1913. The brief verse mentions falling dew and a concurrent note about falling due, attributed to D. G. B. with playful repetition.
This Date In History September 20 highlights
On September 20 events span from 1643 when Lucius Cary died, to 1881 when Chester A. Arthur took office, through 1900 era notes. The column recalls battles, launches, inaugurations, academic milestones at Michigan, and public notices including Librarian Herbert Putnam’s age and a mayoral cost-cutting proposal in Atlanta.
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Lucius Cary
Fallland
Charles T
Burford
Dobro
U. S
Constitution
Toston
Spain
America
Floridas
University of Michigan
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Philadelphia
Prince of
Birthday Honoring Hedley C Taylor 40th Celebration
Hedley C. Taylor marked his 40th birthday with well wishes as Hon. Hedley Clarence Tastor, a longtime District Judge of Alberta since November 21, 1907, presiding over Edmonton. Born September 20, 1864 in Sheffield New Brunswick, he earned BA in 1887 and MA in 1890 from Mt. Allison University, then studied law at St John.
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Hedley Clarence Tastor
Province of
Alberta
Edmonton
Alta
Sheffield
N. B
Mt. Allison University
St. John
How to Cure Cholera Morbus in Summer
Many cases of this disease prove fatal before medicine or a physician can be obtained. It is easily cured when the proper remedy is at hand. Mrs Charles Stewart of Mt Collins New York says her husband was cured promptly by Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy last summer. Every family should keep this remedy at hand. It only costs a quarter. For sale by all dealers.
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Charles Stewart
Mt. Collins
N. Y
Radical church education proposal sparks two church idea test
An unnamed speaker suggests church members matriculate for a religious degree, with exams and diplomas, then graduate and continue in daily religious life. He envisions multi church affiliation, similar to dual memberships in fraternal orders, plus a call to practical living after graduation.
Cardui touted as life changing for Mrs Bratcher
Mrs Laura Bratcher of Ready Kentucky praises Cardui the woman's tonic after six months of illness and three months bedridden. She credits eleven bottles with restoring health, weight gain, and ability to work. The Chattanooga Medicine Co advertises Cardui for women and urges readers to buy locally.
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Laura Bratcher
Cardus
Inside Japan's Imperial Court A Modernizing Palace Life
An article notes how public access to the Japanese court at Chiyoda is limited, even as reforms emerge after Emperor Meiji's death and the new emperor and Empress align with liberal ideas. It describes palace life, strict female-dominated service, rare male access, ritual purity, and the hush around repairs and maintenance amid the changing era.
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Chiyoda Palace
Matsuhito
Meiji Tenno
Tokudaiji
Sadeko
Chiyoda
Japan
Imperial Tokyo Palace Life Strict Rules And Oddities
A detailed description of the Tokyo Imperial Palace showing the outer and inner courts with Western style rooms lit by electricity while inner areas remain purely Japanese. Notes on fire precautions strict etiquette for attendants and physicians, and a story of a coolie punished for touching the empress dowager’s hand.
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Toklo
Imperial Cabinet
Privy Council
Ministry of the Household
Tokio
Tragedies Told In Headlines From Grim Gazette
Headlines recount bizarre misfortunes and social sharpness under old press tone. A man boasts of his dog’s fighting prowess then faces the aftermath. A bridegroom visits a reporter dressed in black. A masher meets the sister of a young woman and suffers injuries. A man recalls a dollar borrowed four decades ago. Six daughters of an old fashioned father become outspoken suffragists with forceful resolve.
Woman Recovers Using Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Windom Kansas woman recounts relief from bladder troubles bearing down pains and weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the remedy and urges others with female troubles to seek the product with confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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Windom
Kansas
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mary A. Horner
Box 41
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Will Study Condes Tons at Other Institutions
The X Z Committee of the Gridiron Club at the University of Georgia held its first meeting of the new term. It laid plans for 1913 14, aiming to investigate and compare conditions at other institutions with those in Athens while noting the club operates largely in secrecy to benefit the university’s reputation.
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Gridiron Club
University of Georgia
Athens
Athens Boy S22 Is Afar Off
Audrey Harbin reports his son J A Harbin now in Los Angeles on duty in the marine hospital service. He served three years in the naval service and is currently among the TB patients.
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Audrey Harbin
J. A. Harbin
Los Angeles
Marine Hospital Service
Naval Service
T. B
Y W C A Classes Begin For Young Members
The YWCA opens its swimming and gymnastics classes this morning at 10:30 for children aged five to twelve. All interested boys and girls are invited to join the first class to see the program and character of the work.
Assistant Pastor Returns From Southern Trip
Rev John Bomar, assistant pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle, comes back after a monthlong tour of North and South Carolina visiting Asheville Flat Rock Spartanburg and other points with his wife and children He shares experiences and notes on routine ministry along the way Also included is an advertisement for Chamberlains Tablets claiming relief for sick headache and constipation with Fresno California professional endorsement and a general sales pitch from the advertiser
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John Bomar
North Carolina
South Carolina
Asheville
The
Flat Rock
Spartanburg
Baptist Tabernacle
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. J. Rowe
Athens Daily Banner
Lind
Mexico
Hureta
Wilson
Capitol
State Normal School
Holland
BP Tranias
China
Great Britain
India
Great Briain
East India
E. S. Montague
House of Commons
Stedfast
Notth Carolina
Samuel P. Matheson
Rupert's Land
All Canada
Upton Sinclaar
Herbert Putnam
Congress
Woodward
Uncle Jim
Hedley C. Taylor
Ke Dee
Odd Fellows
Knghts of
Pythias
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Beeman
Princes of the Blood
Miura
Aoyama
Namazu
Tabernacle
Dc. E. Mustoe
Fresno
California
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