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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
7
A Washington Herald story describes Solomon, a Black man, buying a second hand coat claimed to have belonged to Senator Bailey. The shopkeeper, using folklore about luck and marriage, persuades him to purchase the Bailey coat, slouch hat, and white string tie, amid a comic rat interruption.
A plea to mobilize local search and support for mistreated and destitute children in Decatur Hopeville Macon and surrounding Orphan Homes. The message urges public action to provide shelter food and opportunity and frames cold hungry children as a shared pitiful duty and call to love and help.
A pleasant tale from Lippincott's recounts King Edward easing a tailor Poole’s anxiety at a social gathering. Poole laments the guest mix of tea magnates, American millionaires, upstart politicians and nobodies. The king responds with a composed remark about inclusion.
A satirical sketch notes the quirks of inheriting money and brains, compares choosing pleasures like a dentist visit or wife's kin, and mocks a woman’s view of a man’s spending. It hints at social foibles and quirks of marriageable manners with biting wit.
The New York World notes Charles Dana Gibson abandons oils to resume black and white. He returns to New York to depict the American girl anew, influenced by Irish beauty Miss Camille Langhorne of Dublin, as Gibson reflects on his artistic shift and aims to capture human nature in detail.
A Chicago Tribune passage notes travelers and a western Kansas farmer debating prairie dogs. The farmer claims the animals are not useless, recounting that his boys earned about 35 dollars each in bounties for killing them.
The Supreme Court of the United States upheld a Texas court decree fining Waters-Pierce Oil Company 1 623 900 dollars and ousting it from Texas for antitrust law violations. The penalty accrued daily from May 31, 1900, to April 24, 1907, with later rates applied, amid claims of interstate business and conspiracy with Standard Oil.
In Austin the Texas legislature saw heated debate on the prohibition submission, with Representative Fitzhugh speaking against it. After a full afternoon no vote occurred as opponents failed to reach the required 89 votes. the tally stood 44 for prohibitionists and 81 against. The fight resumes tomorrow with debate likely to continue for several days.
New York marks the 100th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe by unveiling a commemorative tablet at his Fordham cottage where he lived with his wife and wrote The Raven. Observances are led by New York University Columbia University and literary societies with speakers including Thomas Nelson Page Brander Matthews Hamilton Wright Mabie and Henry Noble McCracken.
The annual meeting in Minneapolis attracts nearly 2,000 lumber yards from Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and the Dakotas. The convention runs three days with focus on the code of trade ethics and the parcel post.
Do not let a cough or cold become chronic bronchitis or trigger pneumonia. Use Chamberlains Cough Remedy for prompt relief. Its growing popularity spans the United States and many foreign countries, sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons Orr Drug Co Warren J. Smith & Bro B. C. McEvoy L. P. Canning.
Guthrie January 19. Scott MacReynolds Hearst special agent arrested on a governor sworn warrant for conspiracy to defame. Rooms at Ione hotel searched by Sheriff Mahoney and Gov. Haskell's private counsel, papers seized related to a $600,000 libel suit. MacReynolds claims items kept in confidence. officials say arrest aims to expose information and identify sources. Governor says more conspirators will face trial.
In Birmingham on February 16 18 the Laymen's Missionary Movement led by W J Bryan and J Campbell White draws attention as a premier regional effort. Delegates from one to two thousand are anticipated from Southern and Northern Presbyterian churches with Catholic groups showing growing organization for missions. The report highlights Ellis plans a spring book and notes strong cross denomination presence at the Birmingham gathering. A separate item jokes about a divorce due to ill temper and bad breath, followed by an ad for Dr King’s New Life Pills.
At yesterday's session the Georgia Forest Association passed a fire prevention resolution urging the governor to push legislators to study and improve Georgia's forest fire laws after noting multi million dollar losses. The group also endorsed federal efforts to preserve Appalachian forests to protect water power and flood control along southern streams.
Article discusses society's gatekeeping in New York and London, noting how wealth cannot guarantee entry to polite society. It recalls a steel magnate who divorced his wife to marry an actress, and observes that the so-called smart set often behaves with folly.
An advertisement touts Foley's Oring Laxative as a positive cure for chronic constipation and sluggish liver. It promises regular bowels without constant purgatives and notes availability from all druggists.
Commerce Ga Jan 19 Special The Lee birthday observance united Confederate veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy in Commerce with ceremonies in the college auditorium. Hy Morgan Camp and J. E. B. Stuart Chapter led songs prayers and papers on the organizations object. Veterans read roll of deceased 22 names and shared brief talks. A large repast followed and the group reflected on dwindling veteran ranks.
Caution against mercury based catarrh ointments and praise for Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Cure is taken internally, claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, sold by Crurgists. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation and price per bottle.
Savannah Georgia January 19 Mayor George W Tiedeman presents his annual message on prohibition praising local enforcement while criticizing federal and state policy He defends a city ordinance directing fines to the treasury noting numerous cases and urging local authority to manage affairs without outside interference He touts reductions in gambling Sunday alcohol sales and other crime and asserts the city is capable of enforcing the law.
An old advertisement extolls Chamberlains Salve for fever sores, chapped skin, burns, and sores, claiming superior results and urging purchase from H. R. Palmer & Sons and Warren J. Smith & Bro among others while noting a reminder about the union passenger station this year.
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