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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1903
Page
3
The article discusses bird vision, noting exceptionally acute sight and wide retina diffusion. It cites birds seeing at distance, locating food, and chicks finding food post hatching, with comparisons to human visual understanding and early learning.
An old classified style advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh with a 100 reward for incurable cases. It lists F Cheney & Co of Toledo as reputable and offers testimonials from West and Troax, Walding, Kinnan & Marin as wholesale druggists. The product is sold at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials and free samples.
An old feature criticizes heedless behavior using a girl terrified by a grasshopper stepping on a snake and a man hoarding money while neglecting his family’s needs with Chamberlain’s remedies promoted as a safer choice. It notes the remedy’s popularity and lists local sellers, then shifts to evaluative lines about communication and overstudy, referencing Boston.
A fragment hints at Neonan pursuing a monument in Hawthorne with implied personal or communal significance, reflecting local memory or civic ambition though details are sparse.
In Columbus and Grand Island Nebraska intense interest swirls around fusion versus independence in the Democratic and Populist conventions. Delegates expect Judge Sullivan to be renominated while some leaders oppose fusion and others favor joining with the Populists. ex Senator William V. Allen criticizes Bryan and urges Populists to declare independence.
A Shell Lake boy sick with colic was relieved by Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy after morphine failed. The New York Yacht Club notes Shamrock III’s measurements unchanged after ballast adjustments. Chicago restaurant workers strike for hours and wages amid ongoing disputes with restaurant owners. Crossexamination in the Powers case extends into next week. Tragedy near Shawnee, Tennessee as Tyrus Robinson kills Frank Davis over a marriage dispute.
A historical note recalls John Wesley’s reluctant approval of Thomas Maxfield as the first Methodist lay preacher after Maxfield preached before the Foundery society in London. Wesley, advised by his mother, acknowledged the Lord’s hand in the event and sanctioned the move, leading to rapid growth.
Prominent Democrats gather in Columbus as Johnson of Cleveland and Zimmerman of Springfield press for delegates to the state convention. Withdrawal of Bookwalter as senatorial candidate shifts support, with plans to influence the nomination and central committee control.
The piece stresses that insuring health benefits both family and self and urges guarding health to prevent illness, noting liver vulnerability as a common pathway and the many forms disease may take. It presents prevention as wise care.
Government guests at Sagamore Hill include Governor Murphey and Senators Kean and Dryden of New Jersey invited by the president to attend the Antietam soldiers memorial unveiling. IT. H. Kohlsaar of Chicago also dined with the president today.
The readable fragments describe Italian coral used for ornamental purposes and a rocky stretch of streams with wooden fauna. References to Deanehes and elastic notes are unclear. The passage hints at diving limits but lacks coherent structure or names.
The late government wheat report shows the crop is thirty five million bushels lower than last year causing flour to rise, with Bransford's Clifton flour rising less in proportion. Buyers are urged to stock up before further increases as fresh flour arrives at Wingfield Cash Grocery. A note on Philadelphia's first book Aeius Almanack cites historical publication and a cautionary tale about printing. An advertisement promises PAZO OINTMENT cures skin ailments with money back if it fails.
The Southern Railway will sell weekend round trip tickets to Mt Airy Georgia from Athens for August 22 through September 12. One fare covers the round trip with trains at 12 15 PM and 5 50 PM Saturdays, return the Tuesday after sale date. R W Savor G A Atlanta College of Pharmacy. Free Dispensary notes graduates in demand. Dean Geo PF Payne 19 W North Ave Atlanta. Mortified Wire reports on John Mathews Pioneer Motilentis premiere and a salon scene with the congregation. The Death Penalty cautions that small injuries can be fatal and praises Bucklen Arnica Salve as essential.
Beginning Sunday May 17 and running to October 16 Seaboard Air Line Railway will sell round trip tickets to Atlanta and return for 1.00. Tickets valid on train 41 leaving Athens at 5 36 city time. Agents J Z Hoke Athens Ga W E Christian Atlantic Ga C B Ryan Portsmouth Va
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