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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
6
A massive gas tank explosion at Kleine's Grasbrook on the Elbe sparked a fierce fire. Up to tonight ten dead and seventeen missing, with forty injured. the new gasometer, largest in the world with 200000 cubic meters capacity, was under construction at the time. Rescue efforts continued as officials feared more fatalities.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to ease tired feet and fit tight shoes. It claims relief from aching swollen hot sweated feet and corns with a 25 cent price. A free trial package and sample offer for the FOOT-EASE CORN-PAC are advertised with the address of Allen S. Olmstead in Le Roy New York.
In Williamstown Kentucky a black man Karl Thompson was swiftly tried and sentenced to death for criminal assault of Maggie Roberts from Dry Ridge. A mob of hundreds threatened vengeance. authorities kept Thompson in jail and promised execution within thirty days, despite attempts to reach him with a knife.
Many persons suffer a lingering cough after an influenza attack. The cough can be promptly cured by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and should not be allowed to develop into a lasting trouble. Sold by all dealers.
Washington expects a wave of Georgia picks sent to the Senate including Walter Johnson as U S marshal F Carter Tate as district attorney and Henry S Jackson as Atlanta postmaster The key open issue is who will be named collector of internal revenue with Martin of Atlanta a leading candidate but likely to face confirmation hurdles Taft favors Jackson and Senator Bacon backs Tate
If you need anything in the furniture line and want to see the latest designs and finishes with the right prices wait for Miller's opening. The notice urges shoppers to watch for the store opening on December seventh.
Chicago faces its first real snow storm of the season with several inches melting streets and delaying trains. The system, spanning from southern Wisconsin to the Ohio Valley, halted west and north bound travel, with three deaths reported before noon and widespread requests for aid as crews cope with the ferocious weather.
Morton L. Hill of Leeanon Indiana reports his wife suffered inflammatory rheumatism in muscles and joints, swollen body and face, bedridden six weeks with eight doctors, until Dr. Detchon’s Relief for Rheumatism gave immediate relief and enabled walking in three days, of which Hill is sure it saved her life. Sold by L. P. Canning at Clayton and Jackson streets corner.
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