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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1906
Page
3
The Beautiful Sapphire Country in the Lake Region of the South invites visitors with mountain elevations from 2250 to 5000 feet, three large lakes, and extensive indoor and outdoor amusements. Reached via Southern Railway, hotels and managers listed for descriptive booklets and info.
Hetty Green and Mrs. Russell Sage share the title of world’s richest women. She endorses frugality and common sense, warns against waste, and says wealth should be managed like a valuable animal. She favors peace with readiness and criticizes frivolous spending and impractical education.
A Philadelphia pamphlet Ledger item records a conductor answering why streetcars show flat wheels. He explains that the flat surface against the rail creates noise, and listening helps passengers determine if the car is moving.
A petition to Attorney General Meyer seeks to void the Brooklyn Rapid Transit charter and halt the 10 cent continuous ride fare to Coney Island. The case follows violence, police complicity, and calls for injunctions to stop illegal fare collection amid widespread rioting and fatalities.
In Anderson South Carolina S E Emmerson is jailed after the midnight shooting death of T F Drake in Drake’s daughter's bedroom. A crowd feared a lynching but Sheriff Greene moved the prisoner to Greenville county for safety.
A longtime user testifies that Postum replaced coffee eight years ago due to health benefits. She recalls nervous dyspepsia and advice from her physician to avoid tea and coffee, then notes improved nerves and digestion. Her husband also switched easily, and the family reports stronger brain and nerve power and better overall health.
Theodore Stensland, son of the Milwaukee Avenue bank president, tells Chicago reporters he knew nothing of the alleged forgeries before August 3 and will testify in court. He says his father did not flee but may have committed suicide. He questions how the teller could copy signatures, suggesting an outside expert was used.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as emergency relief for sudden colic diarrhoea and dysentery. It claims quick help before a doctor arrives and asserts the remedy never fails in severe cases sold by H R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Bro.
Minneapolis reports a massive Grand Army of the Republic encampment with an estimated 100 000 visitors and trains arriving in multiple sections. Candidates for national commander include P H Coney R B Brown and Charles G Burton as debates flare over a recent homes law and a proposed Henry Wirz statue.
Chicago reports the sudden homecoming of Professor Charles H. Frye ex-superintendent of the Chicago Normal School after a 31 year absence. He presented his wife with a roll of $5,000 in hundred-dollar bills and asked no questions about his long wanderings. He had spent years in the Philippines and now resumes life quietly. The item closes with an advisory on keeping Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for sudden illness.
Dr Daniel F Ellison faculty member and college physician of Randolph-Macon College drowned in Stagg creek four miles from Richmond while visiting an old negro patient. His five year old son was saved by the father placing him in an overhanging tree as high water swept the buggy downstream.
The End of The World, of Bear Grove Indiana, credits Electric Bitters with curing kidney trouble, debility, stomach and liver complaints. The testimonial notes relief after two years of suffering and praises the remedy as a sure cure for various ailments. Sold for 50 cents by W. J Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer & Bong drug store.
A passenger offers a sovereign for fare but cannot pay full change. The conductor jokes the woman will return with the penny while noting a missing gold headed umbrella. The dialogue shifts to a civic quip about trust and faces, ending with a magazine caption about a safe bet. A second note plugs Dr King’s New Life Pills with a patient testimonial and a 25 cent price at local drugstores.
Hartwell Ga Aug 14 Hon Wm M Howard congressman from this district will speak in Hartwell Wednesday for Hon James M Smith candidate for governor. Howard popular here will receive an ovation. County favors Jim Smith by 200 majority. Linder and Teasley have gone to El Paso to fetch Arthur Linder who died there. DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve ad ends.
Alexander R. Chisholm, paying teller at First National Bank in Birmingham, is jailed on $50,000 bond after being charged with embezzling $97,000. A U. S. commissioner ordered the bond. he remains in custody at a city hotel as authorities proceed.
A brief wit charge from the Indianapolis Star notes Aero and his partner left the airship trade after a dispute. They reportedly fell out over the basket edge, causing a chill in their business relationship. The text shifts to a humorous prompt about using Stuart's Gin and DeWitt's Little Early Risers for pills, ending with Buchu product mentions.
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