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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1906
Page
4
A long list of social updates in Anderson detailing receptions and marriages. Includes announcements for Miss Susie Barrow and Miss Eleanor Barrow, the Arnold Gammell and Forrest wedding in September, and various visits and travels of local residents. Also mentions corrected notice about Mrs. Ozzie Hinton, births, and societal events at clubs and churches with dates and places.
Atlanta police describe Joe Kee also known as Kwang Sing found dead on an ironing board in a Chinese laundry. Coroner returns verdict of death from unknown causes with a slight chloroform odor noted. he may have been dead for about two hours. Joe Kee left a son in Athens and reportedly saved 1200 dollars in a local bank.
The Manila Sun reports two Black people lying on the Luneta on a hot day with a dialogue about watermelons. Moses refuses requests for melons while the speaker mocks him as lazy and uses a racial slur.
Catalog copy lists Shepherd Plaids in silk in blue brown white and black 26 inch wide at 1.00 per yard plus new silks for shirt waists and suits. Also collars, cotton suiting, combs, neckwear belts purses parasols and handbags. A separate item notes a New York Times story about a man with a broken back and a reminder to keep Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand with local druggists mentioned.
Multiple classified items with names and addresses in Augusta Georgia seek stenographer position references at 831 Broad Street and J. R. Crane & Co. offices, a 41 room rental on Thomas Street, a dry goods salesman job, dormitory and school notices, and a patent medicine ad for Cheney's Expectorant plus DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve from Orr Drug Co.
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