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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates for The Athens Daily Banner and The Weekly or Sunday Banner. Prices are $5.00 per year, $2.50 for six months, $1.25 for three months, or 10 cents a week. The Weekly or Sunday Banner is $1.00 per year or 50 cents for six months. All payments in advance by cash, or remittance by express, post office money order, or registered letter.
The committee in Athens announces no Fourth of July celebration this year but plans to revive and expand the event next year. Urges patriotic conduct and observance, seeks to curb dangerous firework use, and aims to restore nationwide spirit with a grand holiday display.
The piece argues Secretary Taft cannot win the labor vote by a Chicago plank. It reproaches the Republican stance on government by injunction as unchanged law, portraying Bryan's analysis as exposing the plank as hollow rhetoric and a sop to labor.
A editorial urges Athens to unite for rapid development and growth. It praises the city’s resources and potential, calls for building numerous small homes and apartments near the business district, and highlights the planned hotels and office building as key steps. It argues new industries and citizen investment will follow and stresses organized effort for a grand future.
In this Benner issue the publication presents a series of interviews with representative business men discussing economic recovery prospects. The piece highlights optimism, sector aims, and anticipated growth trends affecting local commerce.
Viewpoints praise Athens civic leaders for fueling growth and progress through education and public improvements. The piece cites generosity toward the State University and urges continued effort to develop the city, while weighing Democratic platform choices and the impact on national politics and Bryan’s prospects.
The piece urges Democrats to unite behind William Jennings Bryan as the party’s strongest standard bearer. It argues opponents should set aside minor issues and back Bryan, noting many states support him and Georgia may send an uninstructed delegation. The Banner endorses Bryan for nomination and leadership.
The Democrats in Denver urge a short clear platform free of equivocation. They insist on emphasizing a few key issues, avoiding pitfalls, and presenting a simple, easily understood message to the people. The goal is a plain language platform that plainly advocates democratic principles.
The Goebel assassination verdicts and eight year pursuit end as Caleb Powers receives a gubernatorial pardon. The case linked to Governor Taylor and Republican politics, with claims of guilt seen in the pardon and the state’s political shifts. Critics say the pardon erases a notorious crime from public record and justice.
The article argues South farmers and cotton growers push to organize to curb production and improve income. It cites Farmers Union actions like plowing up 10 percent of planted cotton, notes Northern press outrage, and defends farmers rights to curtail acreage as a tit-for-tat response to Northern trusts.
In Iowa the new Merry Widow hat sparks strong reaction as Dunkards expel women wearing the style, signaling sharp local tensions over fashion and modesty within the community.
An advertisement extols the human body as a supreme machine and promotes Stuart's Buchu and Juniper as a cure for numerous ailments including kidney issues bladder catarrh diabetes dropsy and neuralgia. The text claims the tonic relieves many conditions and offers a free sample with a purchase price of one dollar per bottle from Stuart Drug Manufacturing Co Atlanta Ga.
The article discusses a shift in Argentine wheat exports from a peak scramble to 2.5 million bushels weekly after opening the Buenos Ayres grain exchange, highlighting benefits to farmers, price stabilization, and the influence of speculation as explained by Yale's H. C. Emery. It compares international exchanges, notes German restrictions, and defends market systems as essential for farmers and global suppliers amid evolving shipping and price dynamics.
The University will include French as part of the regular Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science courses starting next September. Students may choose French as one of the two languages required for the diploma, likely expanding class sizes beyond previous history of the university.
About 200 members gathered in Detroit for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers semiannual meeting with 100 more expected before business begins. The society numbers near 3000 across the United States and Canada. The three day convention features a symposium on machinery for conveying materials and papers by several authorities. The Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education and the Society of Automobile Engineers also meet in Detroit this week, enabling cross participation.
A fragmented advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from Walden Kinnan & Mursit Wholesale Druggists and mentions testimonials, price per bottle, and a tip to take Half a Family Pills for constipation.
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