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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1906
Page
2
The High School Conference proceeds with attentive teachers, yielding valuable points from discussions on Latin Greek Mathematics and related subjects. Thursday schedule includes Algebra Plane Geometry Arithmetic Solid Geometry Trigonometry and history segments plus library and teaching history topics.
Dr Preston W Search delivered one of the great campus lectures on The Differences in Children. He argued parents and teachers must tailor training to each child and study these differences as essential to teaching success. He announced a follow up lecture A Ramble with Sir Walter Scott to occur this morning.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only proven remedy for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers 100 dollars to prove a failure. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and notes William J. Bryan's recent London speech linking to British cousins and the Glorious Fourth.
Yesterday afternoon Athens fell to Royston 8 to 2 in a lively contest. Brown and Watson pitched hard, Royston hit well, and fielding favored the visitors. Royston pulled away with five runs in the second, Athens answered with six in the fourth, but Royston finished strong and Athens could not score again. Players: Athens Erwin Foster J Brown Kellogg W Brown Hodgson Eppes Beusse Daniel. Royston Landrum Brooks Brown Stouch Holbrook Cunningham Bond Crews Watson. Brown struck out five, Watson nine. walks: Brown three, Watson two. hits: Landrum and Foster two-base hits, Kellogg three-bagger.
While returning from the Grand Army Encampment in Washington City a comrade from Elgin Illinois fell ill with cholera morbus and was in a critical condition. J B Houghland of Eldon Iowa says Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved his life. He is in immigration work and carries this remedy for travelers and home use. For sale by H R Palmer Son Athens and W J Smith Bro Athens.
Southern Railway announces weekend through September 9 1906 with round trips from Athens to Asheville Hot Springs Arden Fletchers Hendersonville Flat Rock Brevard Lake Toxaway Tallulah Falls Mt Airy Lincolnton Newton and other points. Final weekend sale limit Monday after sale. Ticket prices listed and contact R W Sizer for details. A commentary on reducing negro school attendance references a Georgia paper proposing a seasonal ripening blackberry.
A YMCA group of about forty youths and staff describe a delightful camp experience in the Nacoochee Valley mountains. They note mountain trips, fishing, bathing, daily religious meetings, and plan to return home Monday afternoon. Secretary Forbes and Director Pope oversee the group during the camp’s run.
The Milledge avenue street railway line will extend its track to a J udge Hamilton McWhorter residence area and adjust schedules accordingly. Athens contemplates issuing fifty thousand dollars in bonds for two new school buildings, urged for approval by residents.
Mrs. E I Brunson of Dublin Georgia extols Electric Bitters claiming it keeps the old young and the weak strong. The tonic is said to cure dyspepsia liver issues kidney inflammation and chronic constipation after a reasonable period. Sold by W J Smith Co and H R Palmer Sons at 50 cents.
The passage describes increasing hostility toward Black people as they move north, noting that former allies now treat them coldly and face discriminatory behavior from those who previously professed friendship.
A trusted medicine for bowel complaints sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons in Athens and W. J. Smith & Bro in Athens. The ad asserts reliability even in severe cases and promotes its sale in the area.
London July 4 William J Bryan and Mrs Bryan arrived from Norway and stayed at the Hotel Cecil amid calls from John Burns and Mrs Stead. He dictated a statement saying no endorsement is implied by party convention reception and that he does not intend to announce a candidacy soon. He plans a European tour including Italy Scotland France and Spain and will return to America after a parliamentary conference. DeWitts Little Early Risers ad appears at end.
The foundation for the new two story Episcopal rectory behind the shared building on Prince Avenue is set to begin. H J Lamar Jr and wife returned to Macon from a North Georgia automobile trip via Athens Danielsville Royston and several mountain communities. The trip covered about 210 miles in 10 hours with no breakdowns. Martha Foster arrives today as guest of Mrs Rob Hale. The article also notes auto import and export figures for the US and remarks on travel and commerce.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as the pleasantest cure for constipation, claiming they prevent appendicitis, tone the system, aid digestion, and restore energy. Sold by Orr Drug Co and at local stores with brief testimonials and farm stakeholder references.
Central of Georgia Railway offers hot weather excursion rates to New York Boston Baltimore Philadelphia and other eastern points via Savannah. Tickets on sale at all ticket offices and through agents. Also a Savannah shooting case listed as potentially justifiable given extreme heat and surrounding circumstances.
The fragmentary input references diabetes treatment and a product named Stuart's Gin TM Buchu, with unclear context or outcome. No coherent events, dates, or entities to confirm a full news item.
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