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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1902
Page
4
The advertisement lists a wide array of items from dolls and picture frames to lace curtains and tailored suits, promoting Christmas gifts. It urges shoppers to visit the shop for reduced prices on cloaks, suits, skirts, and assorted fashions, promising something useful for everybody.
In Atlanta on December 13 the Georgia general assembly faced a chaotic close as Representative Knight of Berrien and Doorkeeper Robson clashed. Speaker Morris restored order before the final adjournment vote, with the house passing a Skelton bill after both chambers rejected Governor Terrell’s veto. The session adjourned at 2:55 PM and next meets June 24, 2003 in Atlanta. The conference committee amended franchise tax provisions and the public property fund were debated amid ongoing political wrangling.
New York December reports that Signor Marconi will not formally announce his next invention until wireless experiments are finished, expected before year end. The correspondent notes preparation for expansion by backers in London, but no extraordinary feat or details are disclosed.
United States circuit court of appeals granted leave to defend a petition for a bill of review in the case of Hussein Alger versus Keith et al. The contested matter concerns fraudulent conveyances and property transfers tied to General Russell A Alger and subsequent deeds ratified by Michigan officials.
In Pelham Georgia Miss Tessie Thompson a mill worker attempted suicide by taking laudanum. Doctors revived her and she will recover. It is believed she acted after being deserted by a former admirer named Branan who was involved in a prior town incident. Meanwhile in Atlanta Millard Lee, who killed Miss Leila May Suttles last June, is set to hang on December 28 after the prison commission declined to seek commutation.
Professor Edmund O Neill of the University of California chemistry department reports a new method to produce oxide of potassium from atmospheric nitrogen. The breakthrough promises cheaper production and could cut costs in cyanide gold extraction and similar metallurgical operations. The process mirrors the nitric acid production method tested successfully at Niagara Falls and could be widely applied.
A Mexican mecca crowds Guadaloupe Hidalgo as thousands of pilgrims arrive from across the republic. Excursion trains and long hikes bring men women and children to visit the great church housing the miraculous image of the Virgin of Guadalupe while tourists observe with a police presence ensuring order.
Isaac W. Bynum and Miss Josephine Cunningham were married in a buggy on the public square in Statesboro Alabama on December 13. Justice W. S. Kirk officiated as rain poured down. Bynum is from Maynard's Cove and Cunningham is Mrs. Nancy Cunningham's daughter of Tupe lo.
At the Henry regatta committee meeting in London on December 13, members voted 12 to 2 to exclude foreign crews.
Wisconsin, arriving from Panama, will sail next Tuesday for Bremerton navy yard for minor repairs and cleaning. The battleship left Bremerton last September under orders to proceed to the isthmus before complete readiness for the voyage, and returns there at the first opportunity. Later, the ship will follow the Oregon to the Asiatic station.
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