Memorial Day Exercises Honor Southern Veterans
Memorial Day services at the University chapel drew a large crowd. Veterans from the Col Delaney camp shared war reminiscences and a Cross of Honor distribution closed the program.
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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
5
Memorial Day services at the University chapel drew a large crowd. Veterans from the Col Delaney camp shared war reminiscences and a Cross of Honor distribution closed the program.
Georgia could not make its week trip due to conflicts with top teams in North Carolina and Virginia. A Louisiana swing including Tulane was canceled after Tulane quit their game, ending the trip. Manager Newton hopes to book North Carolina games to salvage the schedule though profits are already hurt by the Louis iana leg.
Elder John op Ongley of Rootville Pennsylvania reports relief from years of skin itching after using a salve since December 1906. The ad lists multiple merchants including HOR Palmer & Sons and Drew Company in Athens Georgia. It also mentions an unrelated Georgia baseball championship admission by Mr Heisman with hedging on numbers.
A two-headed calf was born dead at the Grayson farm of J. S. Robinson. Local observer WH Peek witnessed the animal and noted two perfectly formed heads with dual spinal columns. Peek urged preservation as a scientific curiosity, and Robinson promised to keep it for study.
London authorities say two bags from New York containing securities worth about 500000 were stolen in transit in March. One bag headed for St Louis aboard the Majestic arrived New York March 26. the other for Brooklyn aboard the Philadelphia arrived March 29. Both bags disappeared between the steamers and the post office.
The University cadets begin a weeklong encampment at Chattahoochee Park near Gainesville with Maj. Kimbrough overseeing. A ahead squad prepared the site and the Y M C A tent run by Romer will supply reading material and stationery. Students expect to return to Athens next Saturday.
Special correspondence from New York reports a $40 million Pennsylvania Railroad bond issue with $20 million allocated to the U S and $20 million sold in London. Standard Oil stock jumps 40 points, indicating renewed optimism. Wall Street braces for bucket shop regulation and a major brokerage failure.
A long Athens Georgia relic story describes a double barreled cannon made in 1863 by William A Gilleland and others and later cited for accuracy. The article includes a controversial account by George Doolittle about hosting a convention party and a humorous reply from A S Parker.
Medicines that aid nature are always most effectual. Chamberlains Cough Remedy acts on the lung plan, lays the cough, relieves the lungs, aids expectoration, opens secretions, and restores the system to health. Thousands testify to its superior excellence. For sale by H. R. Palmer & Sons and others in Athens, Ga.
George Doolittle writes from South Ga about visiting relatives and potential housing options near Prince Avenue and Misa Cobb's Institute. He and Mrs Doolittle may stay until Wednesday while a joke by John Moss allegedly aimed at Chairman Parker is revealed.
Albertville Alabama reports three more deaths from the tornado bringing total fatalities to thirteen whites and two Negroes within a 15 mile radius. Martial law is in effect with troops on duty from Gadsden and Albertville to maintain order as relief efforts surge.
The Macon Telegraph attacks a new Georgia primary rule under Gov. Smith, arguing it erodes county voices, concentrates power in population centers, and undermines the American system of representative government. It warns the measure mirrors centralization trends and opposes mob democracy.
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