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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1907
Page
5
The Banner endorses a city carnival this fall to provide entertainment for thousands and boost merchants. A reader urges a well organized event with free attractions, daily hours, intermissions, prize floral decorations, a march, and an exhibition hall for desired products to spur civic improvement.
A farmers meeting in Westernte or Hargertam district Clarke county Buck Branch formed a Southern Cotton Association club with thirty members. Officers named include President William Eberhart and Vice President George O Kelley. Delegates set for county meetings in Athens and Lexington with a county hall gathering on March 15. The Banner pledges support for ventures to boost Athens commerce and entertain locals, favoring a carnival as preferred amusement.
Past Grand Sachem James L. Mayson of Atlanta has appointed Col. M. G. Michael and others to organize the reception and entertainment for the upcoming Red Men great council session in Athens. The committee will meet soon to map plans for hosting several hundred representatives and ensuring a memorable event.
The city druggists will close from 11 a m to 1 p m on Sundays starting next Sunday. They explain long weekday hours and aim to give clerks and proprietors time for church. The move is for public convenience, not business gain, and is expected to be endorsed by good citizens.
A writer compares evangelical and evangelistic terms amid church notices in two daily papers. The piece covers a planned April evangelistic campaign led by Evangelist W. E Harlow and son R Clyde Harlow, with ministers from other churches invited and women organized into evangelistic groups to reach the unconverted. The aim is a great awakening and many souls to Christ.
A compiled list documents maritime disasters from 1904 to 1907. Entries name ships such as the General Slocum, GorinJe, Tosch, Swan, Leyte, British King, and other steamers, with dates and drowning counts, noting losses near New York, Bona, Algiers, Lake Superior, the Philippine waters, Vancouver coast, Sable Island, Hainan, and Block Island.
H R Palmer & Son tout Hyomel as nature based cure for catarrh and bronchial trouble. They offer an absolute guarantee: if the remedy fails to cure, money back. Complete outfit costs 1 with extra bottles at 50 cents. Also mentions Senator McCumber's Philippine policy and Chamber of Commerce schedule talks.
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