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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1906
Page
4
Pembroke Ga Aug 11 One of the speediest matches in this section was made last Friday night when Bryan county official married Harry C Forney and Miss Jaydon of Norden after only a few minutes of acquaintance. They met at supper about 5 pm and wed near the official’s home with friends and relatives present.
A Magnolia Indiana man praises Dr King’s New Life Pills for stopping biliousness and constipation. Pills are guaranteed to satisfy or money back, 25 cents at local druggists W J Smith Bro and H R Palmer & Sons.
Eatonton Georgia reports a confession from Joe Coleman on his deathbed. He admitted killing his brother Robert Reid and Reid’s wife Georgia by striking Robert with a club and dousing the house with kerosene before it burned. He claimed motive arose from a prior drinking incident and he took money from the residence.
A New York judge ruled the state insurance superintendent need not remove names from the Mutual Life policy holders ticket. The case centers on Alfred M. Shook and others who claim the administration ticket was hoodwinked onto the ballot without consent. The decision clarifies legal limits but leaves open the existence of a separate policy holders ticket in the election.
Albert H. Fambrough, in charge of a shingle mill at his home in Oconee County, had an arm cut off during a machine adjustment. He rested in favorable condition by yesterday afternoon.
A local account recalls a chaotic Houston city fire at a booze house where rescuers saved revelers multiple times as flames erupted. The piece mocks police searches and celebrates Eye subscriptions sparked by the blaze. Entitled figures and a boozy reveler tone pervade the narrative.
A historical note describes a case involving Diabetes and Bright's Die where Stuart's gin and Buchu are taken as remedies. The fragment references traditional patent medicines and unknown outcomes. Entities include Diabetes and Bright's Die, Stuart's, Gin, and Buchu.
Miss Virginia Bryan is named the teacher for the West Athens Kindergarten opening soon in a new building on the Boulevard by the Southern Manufacturing Company. The school seeks funds for a piano and invites aid, noting this is a significant community effort. The Times shares a humane side story of a little girl awaiting a hospital visit with her ill father, illustrating quiet household tenderness.
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