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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1903
Page
3
Fragmented text mixes mythical place names with distant graveyard imagery and a consumer ad for New Great South American Kidney Care. It also advertises Becklen’s Arnica Salve and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, with local druggists listed. The passage references travel, tribal beliefs, and a scattered collage of quotes and jokes.
Local column lists financial services universities and merchants in Athens Georgia. Entries mention University Savings Bank with capital of 40000 dollars, Globe Tonic free samples praised for indigestion and stomach trouble, Bailey Supply Co Steam Cooker and Blue Flame Stove, Motes' Studio on College Avenue with photography quality noted, Wickless Blue Flame Oil Stove, National Steam Cooker, Arnold firm dissolution leading to bargains on pictures frames and paints, notices about Freeman Co store accounts, house moving by W. Pease of Atlanta, job ad for light bookkeeping, Mrs. Mollie Allen endorses Chamberlain's products for cholera morbus and bilious attacks, local sales outlets H R Palmer & Sons W J Smith & Bro.
Paris officials report eighty four bodies recovered with the death toll likely to exceed one hundred after an electric train disaster on the Metropolitan line. Firemen and police battled smoke and heat to pull victims from the tunnel as crowds gathered at Menilmontant and Les Charonnes seeking missing relatives.
Police search for John K. Brown cashier of Union Bank New Holgate County after the bank could not open and deposits around 0000. Brown held the combination and has not been seen since. A local wave of excitement and a city visit by experts are expected to uncover the truth.
Rome August 11 Pope Pius X fainted at mass from heart weakness and fatigue. He rallies with rest and faithful care. all audiences postponed. Advisers urge reduced accessibility as he adapts to pontifical duties and seeks a gradual return to activity.
Ninety nine of every one hundred diseases in children stem from stomach disorders caused by indigestion. Kodol Dyspepsia Care is claimed to be as effective for children as adults, with a Nashville mother praising its use for her three year old. Also mentions hurricane warnings, August Flower remedy, Furnaces sale, and Bransford Mills praise for Clifton flour.
In a brisk progressive pitch the piece argues that people once tolerated slow communication but now demand railways telegraphs and phones. It claims Clifton flour by Bransford improves bread cake and pastry and warns that using inferior flour leaves cake dough. Wingfield Oshs Grocery conducts the promotion.
DuPont Georgia resident J F Hughes sought help for a leg abscess after two doctors gave up. He credited Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with a speedy recovery and full health restoration. The remedy claims to conquer coughs colds and throat and lung troubles, with guarantees and trial bottles offered.
Raleigh August 11 Associate Justice Connor grants a rehearing of Seawell against Seaboard Air Line. Seawell was awarded 4500 dollars after eggs were thrown at him in Shelby station, with a railway employee implicated. The lower court and supreme court two judges affirmed the damages. The Seaboard Air Line filed the petition yesterday. rehearing set for October.
August 11 Mecklenburg residents weigh 200000 bond plan for road improvements. Officials assure taxes need not rise, aiming to win voter approval. Also notes a new remedy claim for preventing self harm using Electric Bitters by H. R. Palmer & Son and W. J. Smith & Bro., with druggists guarantees.
Reports say Qesta men escaped from the prison farm while plowing corn near the railroad cut. Two were recaptured with dogs. a new guard was noted. The length of terms and names of the escapees could not be ascertained. An unrelated allegory about a girl, a grasshopper, and a snake is followed by a remark praising Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, advertised as a safeguard against bowel complaints.
The text notes a steamship St. Paul voyage ten days earlier and a group including Nelson of Minneapolis Patterson of Colorado and Dillingham of Vermont stuck on a sand bar in the Yukon river about 200 miles above Naturo. It mentions U.S. senators forming part of an investigative committee on Alaskan affairs and officials in Nome ratified by wire last week, with orders to the captain of the Trealy to go to the rescue.
A short notice warns buyers to seek the DeWitt name on every box of Witch Hazel Salve to ensure pure salve for cuts burns and bruises. It notes counterfeits abound and identifies E C DeWitt & Co Chicago as the genuine makers sold by The Orr Drug Co. A second item reports former Consul Oliver Eyverte Roberts dead in Quange New Jersey at age after paralysis ending 25 year U S assay office cashier tenure and Hong Kong consulate service.
An old advertisement claims unbearable pain from taxed organs caused dizziness backache liver complaint and constipation. It touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentle thorough cure and urges readers to try them for 25 cents at W. J. Smith & Bro. druggists.
O W Cooper announces his bid for alderman from the first ward subject to Democratic party action. The notice signals a local political campaign entry and party alignment.
The article traces button history from early buttonholes to wooden knobs, noting a Birmingham trader’s 1590s brass button, two part button designs, and later uses of cloth clamping. It highlights improvements over two centuries and diverse materials from seaweed to mother of pearl and vegetable ivory.
Fragmentary dialogue recounts a young man visiting a photographer's studio with Miss Pratt and Mr Bizz. The scene hints at a proposed marriage and a decision between cabinet or curtained style fotography, with lathes or tools visible as if for a portrait.
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