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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1909
Page
7
At Fort Leavenworth a blaze destroyed four cell houses of the military prison. About 1,200 soldiers but for the fire kept order as 800 prisoners were moved to safety and later returned to cells amid alarms and frightened pleas for evacuation. Guards formed a protective line while convicts were escorted to a distant corner of the yard.
Advertises Main’s Liniment as a fast remedy for rheumatism and muscle soreness caused by cold or weather. Claims quick relief and offers price details and local sellers H. R. Palmer, Orr Drug Co., Warren J. & Bro., E. C. McEvoy, and L. P. e.
A Columbus boy’s kite caused two power line conductors to touch, each carrying 5,000 volts, cutting lights for about 30 minutes at a secondary industrial school and hosiery mills. A passerby who picked up the wires was shocked but survived. the incident disrupted local utilities and prompted caution around high tension lines.
The Jules Henry a bark en route from Crete to Philadelphia exploded in Marseilles harbor blowing the deck from the vessel killing and wounding crew members. Two inspectors were hurled aloft but survived proximately failing health. Fire and wreckage scattered as neighboring ships aided the disaster scene.
Washington reports the Commissioner of Internal Revenue supplied statistics to the president on revenue from stamp taxes during the Spanish war. The president prefers reviving the wine tax in form and method used then while avoiding tenantee tax.
The books of the city assessors of real estate are open at city hall. Property owners may inspect returns or file protests from 10 am to noon and 2 pm to 5 pm on days until closing Monday. Cobb Lampkin chairs the session as assessor chairman.
Augusta Ga April 2 Samuel Eidson aged 22 died tonight at the city hospital from self inflicted pistol wounds his wife Mrs Emily Eidson died from the same revolver wounds after a quarrel following religious services. A police found them and they died without regaining consciousness. The cause of the quarrel remains a mystery.
Mo April 2 in Nambie Mrs Sarah fontapat a widow 64 years old applies for a pension of 45 dollars monthly and 20 dollars for housekeeping after agreeing to marry Turner Ac, years old, who aided around the house. The boy’s mother consents. Also a doctor quotes a remedy claim and local merchants advertise a salve for various ailments at 25 cents.
In San Antonio on April 2 the session for the Coun addressed public concern as women protested the ongoing Christmas tree fad. The meeting discussed social trends and community reactions amid festive decor pressures.
Delegates of the General Federation of Key Clubs discuss a new campaign slogan to be funded for this year by women nationwide. A resolution seeks to modify the Christmas tree tradition rather than abolish it and to plant more trees. The council appears to back a campaign for prison reform and may appoint state committees to study related regulations.
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