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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1907
Page
2
Georgia apple growers receive guidance on Codling Moth control with arsenical sprays Bordeaux mixture and timing. The article outlines life history two broods and recommends two forceful sprays after petal fall to target first brood and reduce losses. It urges readiness and notes future reports on further results.
Mrs N F Rowan of Mc Donough Ga credits Electric Bitters with curing chronic liver and stomach trouble and blood issues that reddened her skin. She says she is now about 20 years younger and can work easily. Sold by W J Smith and H R Palmer and Sons drug stores for 50 cents.
The Athens post office is slated to be upgraded to first class after April 1 for March receipts surpassing prior months. Officials say this change will raise employee salaries and enable a larger staff, with improvements more likely to be approved.
The owner and maker of pludwine, Mr. H C Anderson, moves headquarters from Atlanta to Athens. He has secured the Rucker building, installing machinery for a large bottling plant with capacity 600 to 1000 dozen bottles daily and a lab for elixirs and syrups. Current output is about 200 dozen daily, far short of demand, with several bottling contracts and new applications from four parties for rights.
Mr Thomas M Osborne of Auburn New York spoke at the University chapel on the George Junior Republic reform school idea. The Banner notes the speech made a strong impression and urges reform leaders to study the New York republic at Freeville before acting on Georgia reform measures.
Carrollton native Mr B R B Thomasson was offered an assistant librarianship at Yale Law Library. In return he would receive tuition and fees at Yale University, with the offer coming from Yale Law Dean after a recommendation by Whitman, formerly in Yale Law School.
The document notes no affidavits by property owners to take less than assessed values and describes Athens securing better railroad schedules. A Chamber of Commerce committee led by A. N. Davison and others pushed for improved lines with Georgia Road. General Passenger Agent Jackson endorsed a schedule adding an extra daily train benefiting Athens merchants.
A crowd watched a spirited mare on Broad Street calm after a tense display with passing trolleys. The trainer used firm lines and steady hands to keep the buggy, with the negro boy on board, safe as the horse resumed a calm trot past two more cars. The scene concluded with no gear broken and the mare deemed safer after the ordeal.
Yesterday J F Cousar purchased the stock of furniture and house furnishing goods of the E M Andrews Co. D H Blair, trustee for the Andrews firm, conducted the sale. Cousar will open immediately in the same building and expand the stock. He is an experienced furniture man and will be welcomed by the city.
A rambling reminiscence unfolds with memories of a moonlit evening on the city hall porch and a chorus of detective sagas. Officers recount echoes of childhood encounters with a wandering patent medicine peddler and a tale of possum hunting that ends with a dramatic capture.
Yesterday afternoon at 1 30 the funeral of Professor Don Q Abbott took place in the University chapel. A large turnout of students from the State Normal School and hundreds of University students filled the chapel to honor the beloved educator. Floral offerings from the faculty classes and friends testified to his popularity and kindness. Pallbearers carried the casket while the choir and clergy led solemn hymns and prayers. The services at the grave were conducted by Athens Lodge No 7 BP OL BK and paid tribute to a devoted member.
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