The Athens Banner and city plans and notices
The Athens Daily Banner outlines delivery options rates and payment terms. It notes office relocation to Petrie Building on Lumpkin near Clayton and calls for public figures to advocate for Athens including a union depot and city hall improvements. It urges support for a summer school auditorium and mass meetings, mentions the fair and regional interest, and discusses the potential for an Athens auditorium to attract conventions.
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Athens Banner Dots and Dull Days in Athens
The Athens Banner discusses dot counting contests, advertising drives, and local civic notes. It mentions Mr A K Childs, Oglethorpe County influence, and Athens merchants urged to advertise. references political discourse, primary plans, and manufacturing prospects for Athens with regional names and places throughout.
Newspaperman Creed Promises Rise of American Genius
A prominent weekly journal unveils a creed declaring Americans will dominate world literature art science finance commerce and Christianity within readers' lifetimes. The publication asserts the nation's intelligence industry and conscience position it to lead progress and civilization, urging journalists to uphold this mission.
We Must Have an Auditorium for Athens Visitors
The speaker urges immediate construction of a large Athens auditorium after the fair to host a spring race meeting a cha ta uqua and a summer school bringing Georgia teachers and many visitors. Once built the hall would enable conventions and steady traffic of visitors throughout the year.
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Athens
Georgia
Newlands Critiques President on Anti Trust Blast
Nevada Congressman Newlands says the president’s anti trust push comes too late after seven months of Congress activity. He notes anti trust bills were introduced and rejected by Republicans with no protest from the president, and argues regulation requires interstate commerce laws and federal action, not a sudden campaign season proposal.
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Newlands
Nevada
Congressad
Republican Party
Mr. Newlands
State Republican platform critiqued for Monopolies critique
A fragment from this year’s State Republican conventions quotes a platform line calling for cooperation to meet new industrial conditions while opposing cartels that stifle competition and raise prices. The text accuses Republicans of empty declarations and failing to repress giant monopolies during two years of Congress control.
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Republican Party
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The GOP and Big Corporations Unite Against Reform
The text attacks Republicans and large corporations as colluding to keep power and profits. It argues that corporate boards direct party policy and senator votes, making reform impossible. The accusation portrays Republicans as manipulators pleasing business interests while exploiting the public.
Atlanta Spirit Promotes Excursions and Growth
The Atlanta business community plans fixed price train excursions for August visitors to Atlanta to boost trade and showcase the city. The article urges Athens to adopt a similar spirit to attract crowds, foster cordial relations with surrounding regions, and support projects like a new auditorium and summer events to draw thousands.
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Atlanta
Georgia
South
Athens
Viaitora
Athena
That Tired Feeling Signals Spring Health Cautions
The text links fatigue to blood vitality and mentions pimples as signs of impure blood. It frames fatigue as a warning many ignore and notes springtime health concerns tied to bodily balance.
Hood's Sarsaparilla ad promising cure and vitality
An old advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills claiming to remove fatigue, improve sleep, cleanse the blood and clear the complexion. A testimonial from a user in Gilead Conn says it revived energy and cured scrofula, asserting the medicine keeps its promise.
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Gilead
Conn
Open Georgia Soldiers Home Ready For Veterans in August
Confederate veterans and Georgia’s old soldiers will welcome news that the Soldiers' Home rebuilt after a fire in Atlanta is to open around August 15. The facility will be larger and better, serving forty eight inmates now with a total of 104 since opening, and twenty one deaths among residents to date.
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Athena
Atlanta
South
Georgia
Grady
Dot Counting Contest Captures Athens Readers
The Banner’s dot contest draws wide interest as locals mail in counts with payments of one to five dollars. Participants vary greatly in estimates, though few are within two hundred of each other, and prizes go to the first correct or nearest correct submission.
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Athens
Banner
Delegates Leave for Warm Springs Convention
Messrs T L Abney D A Vonder Lieth and F K Freeman departed Athens for Warm Springs to attend the third annual Retail Grocers Association of Georgia convention. VonderLieth state secretary, Freeman prepared a paper, and Abney, a noted businessman, will take part. they regret Athens lacks an auditorium for next year’s meeting. George Schaub, German reader of the Dayton Volkszeitung, praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm after his wife’s back pain vanished with use, urging locals to try it.
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T.L Abney
D. A Vonder Lieth
F K Freeman
Tada
Warm Springs
Util Pridsy
Freeman
Abney
Yestrdiy
Athens
George Schaub
New Lebanon
Ohio
Dayton
Indemnity Sought for Civil War Property Loss of Georgia Stage Owner
Athens area residents recall Kit Addison, a famed stage line owner, who lost property to Shermans invasion. His heirs in Habersham County seek government indemnification from a civil war relief fund. the Banner asks for proof of loss to aid the claim.
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Kit Addison
Addison
Athens
Clarksville
Habersham County
Georgia
Outlaw Harry Tracey Sends Self Incriminating Letter
An Athens friend received a letter purportedly from Harry Tracey, alias Allas Bill the Outlaw, boasting of killings, robberies, and mockery of posses and photographers. The missive mocks authorities, hints at guns and food loans, and ends with a plea for reading material while awaiting pursuit.
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Athens
Harry Tracey
Dontoareacuss
State of Bravado
Posses
Posse
Webb Elected to Congress in North Carolina District
Hon E. Webb, a Shelby resident and senator, was nominated by the Democrats of North Carolina's Eighth District to represent the district in Congress for the upcoming term. He is noted as a prominent local figure aged about 90, with a prosecuting attorney brother, and has visited the city during the campaign, contributing to the victory.
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J.A. Darwin
North Carolina
Shelby
Senate
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