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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1907
Page
5
Winterville items detail a flurry of visits and gatherings across nearby towns. Mentions include Athens residents Walter and Tommy Ea huts visiting, Mrs L. M. Arnold hosting, and a Halloween bazaar at the academy drawing crowds with lanterns and witches.
A liniment named Chamberlain's Pain Balm is advertised as reliable for rheumatic pain and aiding sleep. Sold by H.R. Palmerarr en Smith & Bro to E. C. McEvoy, Orr Drug.
A late 19th or early 20th century editorial urges optimism and leadership to restore confidence and business activity. It condemns demagogues and misdiagnosed crises, notes the impact on cotton, wheat, and banks, and champions faith in American resilience, stronger currency reform, and steady labor across industries.
A fragment discusses the number and timing of national political conventions in New York Chicago Cincinnati Minneapolis and Kansas City. It notes Wisconsin Republicans backing La Follette for president and Taft agreeing to speak at a Boston Merchants Association banquet on December 26. Oklahoma statehood action anticipated next Saturday with early governor appointments likely.
A reader notes a distinction between gambling and speculation, quoting the Chicago Record Herald. A gambler is said to have a fixed chance of winning out of a thousand, highlighting uncertainty versus calculated risk in wagering.
A bemused elder spinster greets a returning suitor near the post office tuning the town’s social gaze. He recalls her as a landmark while she asks if he recalls her, a flirtatious exchange noted by the Washington Star. An amusing aside from another column narrates a husband planning to spend his salary to fund a prank or spend on a needed line.
Washington November 6 trial to open Monday before Justice Stafford in the District of Columbia criminal court. Mrs Annie M Stradley faces murder charges in the death of former Senator Arthur M Brown of Utah shot at the Raleigh hotel in December. Defense argues homicidal insanity linked to cruel treatment and hereditary insanity. Utah witnesses to testify. Judge Powers leading defense.
Atlanta readers hear a suggestion from the Birmingham Age-Herald that Tech should meet Georgia and Auburn should face Alabama on Thanksgiving Day. The plan aims to boost crowds, improve quality, and restore regional football prominence with the two state powerhouses clashing in Atlanta. It urges contracts to realign rival games on Turkey Day, linking Alabama with Auburn and Georgia with Tech, while noting past attendance declines when games moved away from major football belts.
Washington officials prep for the AFL convention in Norfolk as disaffection flares over Gompers leadership. Critics, including German unions and Brewery Workers sympathizers, threaten to seek his scalp, but insiders see him firmly entrenched after twenty years as AFL president.
At a Birmingham Pastors Union meeting Rev. Dr. W Stagg and colleagues clashed after Culver questioned Stagg about a remark calling Birmingham ministers who met with the mayor “a lot of asses” The exchange sparked confusion before the president ruled it out of order.
A Negro baby born Saturday night in Meridian, Mississippi, had two well formed heads on one pair of shoulders with two vertebrae observed. The infant died shortly after and was brought to Meridian by physicians. An advertisement for DeWitt’s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve claims benefits for piles and is sold by druggists.
Advertises Botanic Blood Balm as a permanent cure for pains in bones and joints, itching, skin eruptions, ulcers, hair loss, and other conditions. Claims 30 years of testing, blood purification, kidney and stomach support, with a $1 per bottle price and free sample by mail from Atlanta, Ga.
Ten leading restaurant operators and soda fountain managers appeared at the Georgia Department of Agriculture to answer charges of violating the pure food law. They admitted guilt but claimed ignorance of the rule banning metallic stoppers on condiments. They promised to stop using metal closures. further infractions could bring up to a $500 fine and a year in jail.
Montgomery, Nov. 5. Absolute prohibition spreads as 41 of Alabama’s 67 counties will ban liquor sales after January 1. Nine more counties with elections likely follow this trend, leaving 17 counties allowing sales. Only four small counties resisted agitating the local option law. Madison Perry Barbour and Colbert retain dispensary rights for two years. A state prohibition bill seems likely in the upcoming session.
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