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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1909
Page
3
EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE has come back to town after two weeks away with improved health. He hopes to stay awhile and share many new stories with the best families. FOR SALE BY ALL NEWS DEALERS.
Berlin reports a sensational murder of Fraulein Frieda Barthold, a Berlin Rostock engaged opera singer, killed by Fraulein Augusta Zobel over jealousy after the lover chose Barthold. Fräulein Barthold was famed for her tone and beauty, her death occurring just before a Hoffmann performance. The accused confessed, saying Paris connections and love triangle led to the crime.
Roosevelt and his hunting party plan a three week trek from Mombasa to Machakos via the Uganda railway with Sir Aldred Pease, later moving toward Nairobi. The route offers views of Kilimanjaro, Tsavo and the coast region as preparations for the big-game hunt unfold.
Georgia and Alabama governments push public works and private capital backs progress. Moultrie Valdosta and Camp Hill vote bonds. Albany, Dublin, and Mobile plan paving and buildings. Morgan County expands roads. Waycross forms a pecan venture with Baltimore finance. Columbus doubles hosiery mill capacity as new bank opens in Birmingham. Fitzgerald Ocilla electric railway planned. many new school buildings noted.
Rome April 11. Deputy W A Kettles and two deputies arrested Jeff and John Wade aged about 18 to 20 after a highway shooting incident. Gregg Hasal suffered a split skull in the clash with an officer. The Wade brothers are jailed in Floyd county awaiting bond while friends jeered at the arrest.
In Opelousas Louisiana a 12 year old Black boy Tom Godfrey attacked his stepbrothers and sisters with an ax after his stepmother left him to manage the children. Three youngsters were injured and the baby was found in a hog pen with hands and feet eaten. The boy was jailed as authorities investigated. A separate medical ad notes Ely Cream Balm for nasal catarrh and bronchitis relief.
Irvine Ky April 21 Judge Adams refused a continuance for Beach Hargis charged with murder of his father Judge James Hargis. Jury selection began with most panelists disqualified due to pretrial opinions. A special venire will be drawn from the jury pool as the court adjourned to tomorrow afternoon.
A letter writing pattern shows kindly sharing when a cure helps. People cured by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy urge others to use it for relief. The ad lists vendors H. R. Palmer & Sons Orr Drug Co Warren J. Smith & Bro E. C. McEvoy L. P. Cauning.
A two week series begins in Boston to rescue wayward and delinquent boys. Nationally known speakers discuss the need for help and methods used in cities like New York Chicago and Milwaukee to reform dependent youth.
N H Brown of Pittsfield Vermont says his family relies on Dr King’s New Life Pills for chills constipation biliousness and headaches. The ad lists 25 cents filings from W. J. Smith and Bro H R Palmer & Sons.
A Notre Dame University team has reached Washington to debate tonight with Georgetown College law school on the subject of bank guaranties. The event brings together two prominent institutions in a close examination of banking guarantees and related legal considerations.
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