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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1910
Page
8
A Athens Georgia program on Crawford W Long M D lauds his anaesthesia discovery and humanitarian work. The Athens city brochure for a state Medical Association meeting praises the tactful design, data, and inspiring quotes and notes the program’s archival value for physicians.
The article notes Dr. Lingle continuing his series of sermons at the First Presbyterian church on topics like prayer life and Christian life. It mentions strong attendance from members of other churches and invites continued listening during his city stay. It references local sales copy and a patent medicine ad for Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
Miss Kate Childers daughter of Wiley Childers died last night after months of painful burns from a grate accident at her home last December. She survived by her father three sisters Ida May Annie Selina and brother Hammond all of this city. A First Methodist church member she gained many friends among local youths. Funeral plans were not announced but may be held from the church today.
Dr. Jas C Bloomfield urged a county school entrance vaccination rule to curb smallpox and aid public health. The commissioners discussed the issue but found no sufficient cause to mandate vaccination, leaving children untouched for now and readers hopeful for change only if opinions shift.
Bargain shoe sale offers Edwin Clapp and Sons Oxfords at 3.98, Regal Shoes at 2.76 to 2.98, Regal Crossett at 2.23, and other brands at less than cost. Sizes may be limited but savings range from one to two dollars per pair. Also selling fancy strawberries at 25 cents per quart.
Gainesville Ga April 19 Special to the Banner Rev James Venable known as Captain Venable died at his home here last week after liver years in Gainesville He was the first patient treated by Dr Crawford W Long with ether as an anaesthetic His death preceded the monument unveiling at Jefferson and reflects Long as the discoverer of general anaesthesia Venable ailing over eighty years old left a bill record from 1842 noting ether doses and tumor removal tied to Long’s early operations in Jackson County and Gainesville
The Banner publishes a letter from Dr George Foy of Dublin, praising Dr Crawford W. Long as the discoverer of general anesthesia. He explains delays in replying to Mrs Bartow, notes correspondence with anesthesia experts in London, and asserts doctors recognize Long’s claim. The letter, dated March 26, 1910, details professional reception and warrants further travel to study the claim.
The Georgia baseball team, coming off a Mercer loss, meets Vanderbilt at Herty Field this afternoon. Morrison will pitch for Vanderbilt, Thompson and Thompson likely start for Georgia, with tickets on sale at Havana and Costa’s before a four o’clock game.
Funeral services for Samuel P. Richards founder of The Paper House in Atlanta will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Second Baptist Church with Rev. John E. White delivering the sermon. Interment at Oakland Cemetery. Richards, 86, pioneer Atlanta citizen, died Monday afternoon after a career spanning Macon and Atlanta.
City officials vow to trap and punish vandals who enter Oconee cemetery plots to steal plants and uproot grave shrubs, despite efforts to deter further marauding and protect the resting places of the dead.
The University of Georgia dramatic club the Thalians will stage David Garrick at the Colonial on Friday evening. Howell Peacock wowed audiences as David Garrick and the female leads include Lydia Hutchins Julia Brand and Lucy Fleming. The cast has devoted time to their parts and costumes from Van Hera of New York will be featured.
A dramatic window display at Michael Brothers in Athens presents an entire operating room scene. Nurses in white attend a patient on the operating table with red cross emblems as the Georgia medical association meets locally. The display, designed by Dr. John Geraine and arranged by Mr. Sliner Miss Bradley and Dr. Geraine, honors Dr Crawford W Long.
Central of Georgia commercial agent H. R. McLean from Rahway departed yesterday for a several day trip to Iowa to conduct business.
The Home Building and Manufacturing Co. moved their office from Lampkin and Broad streets to 124 Foundry Street in the Swift building near their lumber yard on Broad and Central of Georgia Rail Road.
Athens Ga April 18 1910 Col J S Tribble replies to Hon W M Howard challenge for joint discussion in governor race. Tribble rejects joint debates as unused tradition and says he will yield if Howard speaks first. He warns this letter marks the end of publicly published correspondence between them.
Reno dispatch reports Mrs Mary Gates Coyne wife of Judge W P Coyne a New York jurist and stock broker’s daughter filed for divorce. She says he deserted her in December 1908 and she asks no alimony. They married in New York on June 8 1908.
Demonstration of Humphrey Instantaneous Water Heaters at Gas Co office until Friday noon. Free siren sway. Arnold & Abney offer strawberries beans squash beets cucumbers. Fear markets advertise snap beans potatoes cabbage celery tomatoes asparagus.
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