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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1903
Page
7
The excerpt describes Mexican social norms such as cheek kissing among women, quick speech by men to female acquaintances, and informal address among peers. It also notes customs around hospitality, greetings, seating, and visits, alongside a scene with an American heiress and a duke amid opulent decor and witty banter.
In Herasil Brazil monkeys and parrots form a mutual aid partnership over coconut husks. Parrots gnaw husks free, letting monkeys drop the nuts, crack them, and share the harvest. When husks crack, monkeys sometimes haul them higher and reuse them, then drop again. The two species work side by side to harvest nuts.
John Krientable, treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Old Fellows, was shot by a masked highwayman on a Hillyard street car. Robbers secured about $200. Injuries are not serious.
A warning of self destruction linked to despondency is followed by a promotional claim for electric Bitters. The tonic and nervine supposedly strengthen nerves and the body while regulating stomach, liver, and kidneys. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Son and W. J. Smith & Bro for 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed.
Fragmentary text depicts a servant Tess discussing duties and constraints within a wealthy household. The narrator notes age, letters, and social expectations, hinting at tensions over service, privacy, and social status.
Fragmentary Washington Star text questions money in politics and influence. It implies a speaker denying funding while suggesting a possible personal advantage, reflecting skepticism about political finance and integrity without clear names or events.
A brief Chicago Tribune line shows Maudie testing shoes and answering her mother. The exchange highlights a humorous family moment about comfort and obedience.
Knoxville August 1 The Southern railway has 375 workers at The Narrows Jellico Tenn to construct an extension from Jellico through The Narrows up Clear Fork Creek into the Clear Fork coal district. The move follows a year of rights of way fights with Louisville and Nashville which secured passage there. The Southern claims a survey in the district may block L and N rights, and will push construction to place lines up Clear Fork.
August 1 reports the house souths and Dridgemen's union rejecting an Iron League conference request. Walking Delegate Samuel Parks is unanimously endorsed and carried from the meeting by boosters as a thousand cheering workers march past police. The union backs Parks and the committee for recognition before any settlement, signaling limited building work under current conditions.
In Montgomery on August 1 Means and Stark were executed for the murder of Finnie Foster during a store robbery gone wrong. Convicted in criminal court, their appeal to the supreme court was denied and a commutation petition to Governor Jelks was rejected. In Birmingham on the same date Sidney King was hanged for the July 1902 killing of fellow convict Oecle Baron at Coalburg prison.
Eighteen British subjects two Italians and one German were refused landing by the United States Immigrant Commissioner North for entering as contract laborers. They claimed paid fares from Vancouver to the city and passage to Cook Bay for mining work. They will be deported to British Columbia.
Brigadier General William T. Haskin, recently retired, left New York aboard the steamship Morro Castle. He received an enthusiastic farewell from American officers and many friends in Havana.
London officials announce a supplementary estimate giving an extra 250000 for the royal commission to the St Louis exposition for the year ending March 31, 1904. An explanatory note states that all future contributions will be provided in budgets of subsequent years.
Rome on August 1 reports the death of Professor Ludwig a renowned chemist. Born in Hesse Cassel Germany on March 7 1809 he achieved distinction in scientific circles and passed away this morning in Rome.
Boston reports over 2,000,000 cotton spindles idle in August due to high prices and hesitation to raise goods. Fall River and Lowell follow with widespread curtailment. Lewiston, Brunswick, and other mills announce two week shutdowns. Some mills foresee improvement after September.
James M. Chaffee, famed as one of the heroes in Bret Harte’s Tennessee's Partner, died in Oakland at age eighty. For 54 years he and his partner Chamberlain shared mining ventures and unwavering friendship marked by chivalry. An early California pioneer, Chaffee lived near the Yosemite region and was born in Worcester, Massachusetts.
In Columbus Georgia on August 1 the Muscogee cotton mill number four contract was awarded to R Hugger and Brothers of Montgomery Alabama. Construction will begin soon and the mill stands as a major addition to an expanding local cotton manufacturing sector with a $200000 investment.
Sir Thomas Lipton began a trip to Niagara Falls starting this morning aboard a Lehigh Valley special. The party includes William Fife and Commodore E G Bourne of the New York Yacht Club. They will reach Buffalo by 7 p m and stay until 10 p m for a Buffalo Club dinner before continuing to Niagara Falls and returning to New York Monday.
Six thousand more aliens entered the United States through this port last month than in the same period a year earlier. July total reached 42,000 this year, up from 26,000 in July 1902 and 35,000 in July 1901.
Btazenville North Carolina August 1 the body of Mrs Dolph Weaver was found dead in a well at her home in Cool Springs near here She was bruised about the neck indicating she had been choked to death and then thrown into the well No clue to the perpetrator of the crime
Georgia's house approves a uniform textbook system for common schools by a 107 to 46 vote. The measure, long fought, faces further action in committee and on the floor as senators debate related education bills and probation officers in cities over 39,000. A separate push seeks to abolish days of grace. a land suit in Texas and a catarrh cure advertisement also appear in the dispatch.
Four year old boy suffered from colic and stomach cramps. A doctor gave morphine with little relief. After giving half a teaspoon of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, the child slept and soon recovered. F. L. Wilkins, Shell Lake Wisconsin, bookkeeper for Shell Lake Lumber Co. Available from H. R. Palmer & Son and W. J. Smith & Bro.
Telegraphic brevities report Negro Baptists in session at Tuskegee passed resolutions denouncing the mob that attempted to stop Keuker Washington's Thursday night speech. Indictments are returned in Washington against Machen and others tied to postal frauds. President Castro allegedly harsh with foreigners in Venezuela. A man saved himself by leaping from a live wire.
Two physicists describe surviving a bout with an abscess on the leg and a severe illness. They credit Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption with rapid recovery from coughs colds and lung troubles. Guaranteed by H K Palmer Son and W J Smith Bro. Prices 50 cents and 1 dollar with trial bottles free.
Athens Council No 21 B and B invites members to attend on the second and fourth Wednesdays at 6 o clock in the evening in the Masoni Joseph building. Visiting brothers are warmly invited to attend and the meeting place is Red Mi ist third Seiten noos ariton me batldine.
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