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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1906
Page
7
A notice from Lake Toxaway lists Mrs. Patton Crisp as manager and Akin as manager for the Toxaway Inn.
Denver writer W. H. Milburn recalls the famous 40 hour poker marathon at Cliff Bell's on Sixteenth Street where Dud Pomeroy cleaned out fourteen players including Senator E O Wolcott. The tale lists participants Nat Goodwin Pat Sheedy Jim Sampson Charley Sampson Jim Moon Johnnie Murphy John Sherman Tony Delany and others, noting Pomeroy netted about 20000 with a trail of ruined fortunes and memorable bluffs.
A legendary hunter dog earns praise until a clever rival questions his fame. The sage hound explains that true prowess shows when another dog fails to trap a rabbit. Also a street anecdote about a $20 bill used for bad money ends with the bill proving counterfeit.
In San Francisco Aug 28 Mrs A M Curtis who came to aid relief with war department credentials and was invited by elite circles is revealed as the wife of a Negro doctor in Washington. She helped Black residents here and is set to return, prompting puzzled social leaders and talk of reception changes. Red Cross official J F Merrill praised her services.
A reader touts Grape-Nuts as aiding sleep and daytime alertness after a long digestion struggle. A woman reports vomiting and bloating stopped. her mother, with weak digestion, improves after using Grape-Nuts. The ad-style testimonial emphasizes brain and nerve benefits and better rest after supper.
H E Waernicke of the Land and Industrial Department tours Southern trade centers including Atlanta and Mobile to promote land development for immigrants. He outlines plans for closer agent contact, immigrant settlement, and Northwest excursions to lure settlers to the Sunny Southland.
New York aug 28 the new rail road rate law applies to all interstate railroads and goes into effect at midnight enforcement rests with the interstate commerce commission most schedules were not filed by midnight and firms may receive time extensions for genuine compliance the law consolidates charges and requires uniform accounting to curb rebates and aid shippers it also extends to private cars spur tracks and terminals and signals a push for industrial growth in southern farming and colonization plans author notes.
Georgia and the nation adopt the interstate commerce commission rate law. Passes and free transportation become illegal with penalties for users and issuers. Railroads and newspapers must settle in cash, ending advertising-in-kind defrayers and shifting all transit costs to cash payments. The change affects officials, editors, and judges who previously benefited from passes.
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