Athens Banner notes growth and local concerns
The Athens Banner reports notable growth for the city from the real estate assessor. It highlights editorials on politicians Jerome Tillman Hoke Smith and President prospects, plus local church revival by Dr Belk and Judge Brand’s strong performance in Clarke County. It urges parents to keep boys at home at night citing safety and moral concerns.
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Athens
Express
Post Office
Belk
Augusta
First Methodist Church
Lefore
Dorsey
Ife
Chicago votes bonds to buy street railways but city to operate uncertain
Chicago voters approved bonds to purchase the city street railways but rejected a law authorizing city operation. Mayor Dunne calls it a municipal ownership victory yet regrets the operation clause failed. Bonds to be issued and railways acquired, with future voter authorization for operation. Chicago begins an experimental path unseen elsewhere. The piece notes a separate line urging keeping boys at home amid the page’s filler.
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Chicago
Dunne
Army embraces electric aid in warfare at Fort Leavenworth
The Augusta Herald notes Russo-Japanese War electric advances reshaped battle with field telephones and telegraphs. The U S Army signals corps plans extensive study of buzzer automotive wireless telegraphy and fire control. Fort Leavenworth hosts the United States Signal School joining other posts under Brigadier General J Franklin Bell praised by Seventh Cavalry colleagues.
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Augusta Herald
United States Army
Signal Corps
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
United States Signal School
Infantry and Cavalry School
Staff College
J. Franklin Bill
Bell
West Point
Seventh Cavalry
Railroads Aid Farmers with Education Drives in West
The article notes western railroads launching farmer education programs to boost prosperity along lines. Lectures and lantern trains, led by state agricultural college experts, inform about profitable crops and new farming practices. The Macon Telegraph cites success and urges Georgia to adopt similar schemes for regional growth.
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Georgia
West
Macon Telegraph
Western Railroads
State Agricultural Colleges
Railroad Companies of
America
New Hampshire
Vermont
Planning to Save Niagara From Commercial Destruction
The piece argues for US Canada cooperation to preserve Niagara Falls from damming and overuse. It cites water diversions from Lake Superior, urges a US law to limit Niagara tributary discharges, and anticipates parallel Canadian action via treaty to restrict water volume. The goal is a unified, legally backed conservation plan.
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Niagara
Great Falls
United States
Canada
Lake Superior
Sault St Marie
International Waterways Commission
Niagara Falls
Andersonville and Wirz articles urged for posterity
The Banner highlights Andersonville and Capt. Henry Wirz with a proposed Confederate monument, urging readers to study the included articles to counter southern slanders. It stresses presenting facts, preserving the true record, regardless of grim details about the prison and its treatment of Federal prisoners.
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Andersonville
Henry Wirz
Daughters of the Confederacy
South
Banner
Ateung Z
Plan to limit canal power projects to protect Niagara Falls
The text argues for restricting power project development that could raise water levels in the Great Lakes and lower Niagara Falls. It notes existing investments, potential river level impacts, and the need for congressional action and cross border restrictions with Canada to avoid scenic damage and ensure the Falls’ preservation.
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Great Lakes
Chicago Drainage Canal
Erie Canal
Niagara River
Falls
Congress
Canada
The Chinese Boycott and Its Broad Impacts
The article argues the Chinese boycott hurts American manufacturers especially in the south. It cites Savannah News noting Congress has taken no action to lift it. It uses Mr. Bryan’s interviews in Hong Kong to outline China’s ten demands, including how labor definitions affect exclusions and the lure of skilled clerks. It warns that open doors would invite mass Chinese migration, lowering wages and hurting native workers.
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Savannah News
Congress
China
Bryan
Hong Kong
Mr. Bryan
Bell's district to name primary date Gainesville meeting
The Ninth Congressional District executive committee met in Gainesville to set the primary date and align election timing with county primaries. A resolution praised Thomas M. Bell for his zeal and work in Congress and urged his re election to the 60th Congress.
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Ninth Congressional District
Gainesville
Thos
M. Bell
Col. Bell
Frank and
Mark Bell
Bell Bros. Marble Company
Thomas M. Bell
Congress
Dean's Kidney Pills Promised Cure for Kidney Pain
An Athens citizen urges cures for backache and urinary trouble with Dean's Kidney Pills. Testimonial from P. G. Robinson details long suffering, relief within forty eight hours, and renewed strength. Ads for Foster Milburn Co. and Dean's name cited. Ends with brief critique of press and politicians.
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Athens
Dean
P. G. Robinson
Barberville
H. R. Palmer & Bons Drug Store
Dever
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Judge Foster Enters Eighth District Congress Race
Judge Frederick C Foster of Madison announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination in Georgia's Eighth District. He confirms a three way race with incumbent W M Howard and J B Park of Greensboro. Foster thanks Jasper County citizens for urging him to run and pledges a platform to be announced shortly.
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Fred Foster
Madison
W. M. Howard
J. B. Park
Greensboro
Monticello
Foster
Messrs
C. T. Ezell
Florence
J. W. Davis
O. G. Roberts
Benton
D. J. Blasingame
Jasper Co
Eighth
Frederick C, Foster
Teacher Aided in Negro Escape at Meridian College
Meridian Miss April 9 A crowd of about one hundred mobbed the college where a Negro worker had been found after shooting Branscomb Farmer, a street car conductor. Prof J W Beeson of Meridian Female College talked the mob into dispersing by promising to hand the man to police Monday. The shooting followed the refusal to pay fare for a 12 year old boy aboard the car.
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Meridian
Miss
J. W. Beeson
Branscomb
Beeson
Postmistress Praises Dr King New Life Pills
Mrs Alexander of Cary Maine says Dr King s New Life Pills keep stomach liver and bowels in perfect order. The purifiers promise new life and are guaranteed by W J Smith Bro and H R Palmer Sons druggists.
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Alexander
Cary, Me
Dr. King
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Receipts and shipments for wool season shown in Benin data
The article tracks fleecy wool receipts in Benin with waning bales as shipments and wagon and railroad receipts are tallied. It presents season to date figures for stock on hand September 1, wagon and rail receipts, total stock, and shipments, noting the season 1904-05 figures and local spinner activity.
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Benin
Ee Ae
ZEISS
Funeral for A C Rucker Held at Dearing Street
Sunday afternoon a funeral for Mr. A C Rucker was held at his Dearing street home. Rev. Troy Beatty, rector of Emmanuel church, led the service with the Episcipal rites. The choir sang Lead Kindly Light and Nearer My God to Thee before interment at Oconee cemetery.
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A/C. Rucker
Dearing Street
Troy Beatty
Emmanuel Church
J.W. Brumby
Ellen Mell
T. 5S
Mell
C. M. Strahan
Episcopal Church
Oconee
Beatty
Rucker
Tenier
Vesuvius Erupts Again In Naples Area Causing Panic
Naples suffers renewed volcanic activity as Vesuvius erupts with shocks shattering windows and cracking walls. Thousands flee Torre Annunziata and surrounding towns as lava invades settlements and residents fear the end of the world.
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Naples
Uni Torre Annunziata
Gulf of Naples
Ita
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Vesuvius Threat
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from Toledo druggists Walding Kinnan Marvin and notes the cure is taken internally. The note ends with a claim about a volcano threat to Pompeii.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
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Democratic Party
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Clarke County
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