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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1905
Page
3
A local ad lists discounted waists and suits with prices ranging from 50 cents to 20 dollars. The sale includes multiple waist options and a broad suit selection with varied price points, highlighting dramatic discounts.
Clarke county Farmers Club meeting July 1905 endorses creating an up to date agricultural college with the University of Georgia. They thank George Foster Peabody of New York for interest and pledge aid to secure the addition to the university. Athens news notes the resolutions sent to Peabody.
Mr Choate reports on a Macon freight rate convention that aims to form a state-wide federation of commercial groups. The push seeks coordinated action on freights and public utilities, fostering cooperation among cities like Atlanta and Savannah, and addressing injunctive and rate disputes while highlighting the need for organized state effort. Invitations extend to Athens for the next convention.
Dr Arnold Tompkins of Chicago, a renowned platform lecturer, will headline a five day Summer School next week in Athens. Attendance surpasses prior years with nearly four hundred participants including out of town students. Lectures follow a schedule with Tompkins speaking Monday and Wednesday at 10 35 a m and Tuesday and Thursday at 8 45 p m plus Friday 10 35 a m Glenn lectures Friday at 9 45 am. In Toledo Ohio Frank J Cheney & Co offers a one hundred dollar reward for each untreatable catarrh case with Hall's Catarrh Cure. The note ends with a formal notary affirmation by A W Gleason and a separate public assurance of Druggist sales.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kiss New Life Pills as a quick remedy for headache dizziness and constipation. It promotes relief for stomach and liver discomfort and lists H R Palmer & Sons drug stores in Wyoming as sellers and J Baulth & Ways.
Manager David Belasco returns from London after detailing the fight against the theatrical trust and Klaw & Erlanger. He predicts the syndicate will be strangled and discusses Frohman and others’ ties, while noting civil suit delays and plans for criminal action. The piece also mentions Annie Hunter’s recovery with Electric Bitters and a comic line about moving residences.
The Athens alumni club and Chamber of Commerce meet at The Banner office tomorrow at 10 am to finish canvassing the campus extension fund. Several thousand dollars remain to be secured and the matter must close promptly for the legislature proposal. Citizens without subscriptions should promptly see a committee member.
Professor F C Brown of Emory College spoke for the South at a University of Chicago event on Independence Day. He outlined efforts to improve rural schools and roads, expand rural manufacturing, and reduce dependence on raw material exports, praising northern aid after the war and urging continued partnership for industrial supremacy.
July 8 Roumania Kustenji A mutinous crew aboard the battleship Kniaz Potemkine surrendered after talks with Romanian authorities. Officers on arrival urged surrender as deserters or departure from the port. The crew chose to accept Romanian terms and give themselves up.
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