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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1909
Page
7
A partial OCR reads a liabilities figure with scattered letters and numbers, showing totals around 4 180 60032 but missing full context or labels. The readable bits suggest a balance sheet snapshot or financial note with unclear headings.
A New York gossip page laments school seating shortages forcing part time attendance for about seventy thousand children. It mocks cartoonist scarcity and cites Davenport as a rare talent tied to Arabian horses. It notes a dangerous bug fumigation inventor killed by his own fumes and discusses tunnels fare politics amid Jersey City merchants. An Italian applicant for citizenship misreads Lincoln and geography, prompting the judge to send him home to study.
Reginald Burton reports on September 1 agricultural figures showing corn at 74.6 percent yield near 2.65 billion bushels, below early hopes. Wheat and oats look stronger with favorable September weather. Stock market weakness and steel demand shape 1909 outlook, while cotton remains uncertain and financing tight.
A Fort Edward man climbs Bald Mountain to aid a neighbor with asthma using Dr. King s New Discovery. The medicine quickly relieves the neighbor and later cures his son s wife of a severe lung trouble. Claims of its lung healing power are presented with price and trial bottle information.
Representatives of Canadian business interests from all provinces gather in Hamilton Ont for the thirty eighth annual Canadian Manufacturers Association convention. Several important matters are listed for consideration during the three day session.
A historical account notes the United States official naming places including New Jersey New York Boston West Hoboken Union AIM and Hoboken as part of a geographic designation effort.
New York fashion writers note unsettled styles with overskirts, separate bodices, high crown hats, and long waists. Colors include smoky grays browns with hints of rose red, blue and green mixtures, and smoky yellows. gowns feature shorter skirts while very wide skirts reappear. Luxurious buttons, braiding, and passementerie shape coats and gowns. gingering couture items for college girls and versatile guimps replace some shirtwaists.
Advert shows Dr King s New Life Pills promise swift relief for sour stomach constipation indigestion biliousness jaundice and malaria with doctors and druggists endorsing the remedy at a price of 26 cents.
The Yeomen of America begins its annual national convention in Springfield on September 14 with several hundred delegates, mainly from Illinois and neighboring states, in attendance. The fraternal group, formed in 1898, reports about 16 000 members.
In New York on September 14, debates raged between Peary and Cook supporters over who discovered the North Pole, while a citywide crackdown on reckless driving began. Adeline Tripp swam Hell Gate against currents, Clyde Fitch’s death sorrows the Broadway crowd, and a broken timeball disrupted noon in the skyscraper belt.
Voters statewide are deciding proposed amendments to revise the judiciary, reorganize the board of pardons, redraw counties into assembly districts, separate municipal from state and national elections, and extend terms for certain state and county officers.
Testimonial from Carlela Center N G B Bur hans states that four years after using two bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy his kidney trouble has not returned and he remains cured. Advertisement asserts the remedy will help others. Mr Dooley is sharing observations about the North Pole.
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