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Newspaper

Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1899

Page

4

Political hub at Mark Hanna's Thomasville home

The text describes Thomasville becoming a political center as Mark Hanna, McKinley’s chief ally, invites national leaders including the president and key senators to a gathering at his home. It portrays the event as a strategy meeting of party power brokers aimed at shaping future presidential politics.

Thomasville Georgia United States Mark Hanna McKinley Tom Platt Cullom Burrows Quay United State

Mixed opinions on international affairs and domestic notes

A collage of editorials and notices cites opinions on Cuban and Spanish war topics, electoral figures, and public figures. It references Wheeler and Bailey in Senate races, Dewey and Sampson near Manila, a new lighthouse at Cape Grisnez, and adult drinking links to pauperism and mortality in Europe, with scattered state and local updates.

Cape Grisnez British Channel

Little Pimples Turn to Cancer Warning From Doctor

BR F Williams of Gillsburg Mississippi recalls a cancer started as a few blotches that seemed minor, then grew malignant. He notes a decade later the disease returned and credits a cure he claims reaches deep within. warns that cancer resists physicians.

Sease BR. F. Williams Gillsburg Miss

King makers and politics stir Thomasville chatter

A cobbled assemblage of editorials and opinions discusses King makers power in Thomasville Georgia and national reactions. The piece notes press attention from major papers, mockingly references licensing whiskey plans, and touches on army lieutenants and Ignatius Donnelly in a chorus of contemporary political banter.

Condemned Not Burned Meat Carload Contested

Jacksonville March 14 Lieu tenant Colonel Curtis Guild testified before the beef committee that a carload of canned beef was condemned and ordered burned in the city crematory. Armour's agents later reclaimed the meat and removed it, leaving only a few cans destroyed. Gold is of no value when health is in danger. Pratt's up-to-date Tablets are advertised for cold relief and other ailments.

Jacksonville Fla Curtis Guild Beef Committee Earle Armour Pratt Pratt Medicine Co Station B Chicago India

Muster Out Volunteers

The War Department will muster out all volunteers in Cuba except engineers and immunes due to quarantine rules near May. Troops will return to U S camps nearest home for fumigation. northern troops to Camp Meade, others to Savannah Galveston or Old Point Comfort as assigned. Ireland and its many historic names are traced from various sources, with debate on when Ireland became the common term.

Aguinaldo Gomez Spain Porto Rico J. H. Wilson Henry United States Black Hand Macon News Washington War Department Cuba War, Department Pal Montauk Wikoff Meade Pennsylvania North Carolina South Carolina Louisiana Georgia Savannah Texas Galveston Tennessee Kentucky Virginia Old Point Comfort

A Queer Examination of Civil Service Tests in China

An Indian paper cites extreme laws for Chinese mail service applicants demanding endurance through mountanous treks, weight-bearing trials, night drills, and dangerous travel past bandits. It details a brutal exam involving heavy sacks swung from a beam and dodging blows as officials supervise. It also notes curious journalism practices abroad like blank columns and announced holidays.

China

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