Prohibition votes shift in Southern campaign
The Athens Banner discusses election dynamics with focus on prohibition sentiment and party shifts. It notes potential Republican defection in the Middle West and Lloyd’s Insurance odds on Bryan, while predicting prohibition gains may dilute Taft’s support in key states. The piece reflects restless campaign wagering and voter turbulence.
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Prohibition Party
Middle West
Bryan
Jill the Stiles
Gioblers
Lloyd's
Bruins
Taft
Siites
State Normal School Needs More Funding, Says Editor
Editor George D. Rucker argues Georgia must double State Normal School support to expand training and output of teachers at Ath ens. He contends current funding underprepares the system, wastes money on untrained staff, and urges a statewide tax rise and local levies to fund a three to five hundred annual graduates.
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State Normal School
Georgia
Sehool Sytem
Lta
George D. Rucker
Alpharetta Free Press
Guy
The
Free Press
Athens
Normal College
Branson
State Normal College
Legislator
Prohibition National Vote Sees Rising Campaign Interest
Prohibitionists project a sizeable national impact this year aiming to more than double their 1904 vote. They expect at least six hundred thousand votes, driven mainly by the Middle West, while the South leans toward local votes with national alignment to the Democrats.
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Prohibition
United States
Prohibition Party
Progressive Athens Citizens Back Cotton Compress Venture
Athens honors its progressive business men for organizing a cotton compress company in the city. The project will ease congested freight stations during fall and winter, enable prompt handling of shipments, and add about fifty thousand bales of cotton annually, boosting local commerce and prosperity.
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Athens
Georgia to Abolish Convict Lease System in Time
The article argues convicts deserve humane treatment but must be compelled to work as punishment. It urges Georgia to end private convict leasing, keep convicts under state contracts, and consider county road labor as a transition while financing and legislation move toward a state-run penitentiary system.
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Georgia
Georgi
Bryan and the South Upholding Bryan's Stand on Negro Suffrage
The article recalls William Jennings Bryan's April 21 New York remarks on disfranchising Black voters. He argued that whites in both regions would impose qualifications to curb the Black vote, citing the South's "carpetbaggers" as past examples and urging readers to heed his stance.
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Bryan
New York
Hewis
Mason and Dixon
South
Mr. Bryan
North
Banner lauded by Macon News as Athens booster
The Athens Banner thanks the Macon News for praising its work toward Athens upbuilding. The Macon paper calls the Banner a model booster always on the job with patriotism and push, noting its daily drive for school betterment and city extensions and prosperity.
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Macon News
Georgia
Athens
The Convict Question in Georgia Policy Debates
The Banner weighs the convicts issue as Georgia faces a serious problem and debates humane treatment versus punishment. It argues convicts deserve humane, non-brutal conditions while recognizing their probationary status as offenders against public order.
Glenns Boomerang Measure Provokes House Scorn
Atlanta July 27. A House resolution against George Glenn of Whitfield for frills and furbelows prompts ridicule as a committee on hygiene and sanitation is asked to investigate whether Glenn himself adorns his person beyond natural limits. The satirical bill targets high boots, socks, collars, silk neckties, and scented powder.
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Atlanta
Joseph D. Boyd
Spalding
Glenn
Whitfield County
Ilon
George Glenn
Whitfield
Hoyt
House
Weaker, Weary Women Find Quick Kidney Relief
Athens Georgia woman Mrs W H Shy testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured her excruciating back pains and restless sleep. She reports rapid relief after using the product and keeps it on hand for kidney symptoms. Sold by dealers nationwide with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as the agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Dean
Athens
W. H. Shy
South
Lumpkin Street
Doan
Foster Mulburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
McCarren Fights for Recognition in Kings County Fight
New York July 27 Justice Kelly refused a mandamus forcing the board of elections to accept McCarren faction inspectors. The Appellate Division sits to decide if a state political convention may overturn recorded primary results. The McCarren delegates were unsealed by Murphy-Connera, while the board had certified them. The case tests the power of a state convention to set aside primary results and the regularity ruling. DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills are advertised.
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New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
McCarren Democratic Organization
Kelly
Kings Couny
Murphy-Connera
McCarren
Kings County
Board of Elections
Lst
Justice Kelly
Financial markets rise after Standard Oil ruling reversal
Special Correspondence from New York reports the U S appeals court in Chicago reversed Judge Landis and nullified a 29 million dollar fine on Standard Oil over rebates. The decision boosts stock prices, restores confidence abroad, and signals continued prosperity amid rising bond demand, steel and copper output, and optimistic crop outlooks led by James J. Hill.
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New York
United States Court of Appeals
Chicago
Landis
Standard Oil Company
Chicago & Alton Railroad
New York Stock
Consolidated Stock Exchanges
London
Roosevelt
United States
James J. Hill
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claim Adverts Deafness Cure
An old advertisement asserts deafness arises from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh. It promises one hundred dollars for any deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, urging readers to obtain the free circular from F. J. Cheney & Co. and to buy Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Human Machinery and a Universal Fix Lose to Stuart's Buchy and Juniper
An advertiser extols the human body as a machine needing constant care and promotes Stuart's Buchy and Juniper as a remedy. The elixir is claimed to relieve kidney diseases bladder issues diabetes dropsy gravel headaches dyspepsia back pain appetite loss debility neuralgia sleeplessness rheumatism and nervousness. Available at stores for 1.00 a bottle with free samples offered by Stuart Drug Manufacturing Co. Atlanta Georgia.
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Stuart
Buchy and
Juniper
Stuart Drug Manufacturing Co
Atlanta
Millions of Indian Lands Sell in Eastern Oklahoma Midnight
At midnight laws lifting restrictions on nine million acres of eastern Oklahoma Indian lands took effect in Muskogee. Real estate offices filled with buyers and sellers as cash changed hands rapidly, while agents corralled allottees from captivity for early deals. The sale area spans forty counties, part formerly Indian territory.
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Oklahoma
Muskogee
Okla
Indian Territory
Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers With Foley’s Remedy
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar gives immediate relief to asthma sufferers in severe stages and, if taken in time, will effect a cure. Bold display by the drug maker highlights Vista brand presence.
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Foley
Vista
State Senator Introduces Bill to Raise Borrowing Limit
Atlanta July 27 Special Senator Crittenden introduced a bill to allow the governor to borrow one million dollars to cover casual deficiencies. The current borrowing limit stands at two hundred thousand dollars.
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Atlanta
Crittenden
Great Peace Congress Opens in Caxton Hall London
London July 27 Advocates of peace gather for the seventeenth International Peace Congress opening in Caxton Hall tomorrow. Delegations from the American Peace Society and continental nations attend a preliminary conference on Christianity and International Peace. Bishop of Hereford chairs. Dr Francis H Riley of Boston speaks.
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London
Worlt
Caxton Hall
American Peace Society
Hereford
Francis H Riley
Boston
Lincoln Democrats Aim to Remove Taft Banner
In Lincoln Nebraska Democrats plan to remove a Taft banner hung over Main Street the day Bryan is formally notified. The banner has angered Democrats since its debut and was burned and rebuilt. Bryan’s August 12 notification event is being organized with speeches on the capitol rounds at 2 PM followed by a parade and Bryan lawn reception at Fairview.
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Taft
Lincoln
Neb
Main Street
Bryan i
Nebraska
Dryan
Democrata Gay
Bryan
State Capitol
Fairview
Bryan Lawn
Won the smiles of Italian girl at Bridgeville ball
Frank Skelton, 27, American, was attacked by rivals for Angelina Rosso’s smiles during a Bridgeville Italian ball. He was cut by a athlettos and left outside. A passerby found him and he was taken to Dr C H Mcalliteer. Four neck arteries severed, twenty one stitches. Suspects Giovanni, Bonda, Butte jailed without bail awaiting Skelton’s condition when reported today in serious candor.
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Chicago
Bridgeville
Frank Skelter
Angelina Rosso
C. H. Mcallleter
Skelton
William Gioganni
Frank Bonda
Edward Butte
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Athens Daily Banner
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E. C. DeWitt & Co
C. N. Cornell
Roding, Ga
Mr. Glenn
McArren
DeWitt
Standard Oil
Erie
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Tae and Water Co
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