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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
1
The text commands Cora Josephine Hicks to appear at the April Term 1910 to respond to Fw. Hicks petition for adoption. If not, the court will proceed. Witness the Hon. Chas. Bran¢, Judge of Wild Court. Hayesver 20,1008.
Legal notices and public sale items from Clarke County Georgia include permanent letters of administration to various executors, court citations for W N Neal and Elmira Hall estates, tax land descriptions in Athens, and a sheriff sale listing two bales of cotton, plus a large real estate sale promotion by J R Crane & Co detailing a 139 acre farm with 4750 pounds lint capacity at 65 dollars per acre and a proposed Home Building and Manufacturing Company charter petition in Superior Court.
Clarke County Georgia will sell at public outcry on the first Tuesday in January next at the courthouse, to the highest bidder for cash, the Misses 8. C. and M. E. Hale place containing about 118 1 4 acres on McNutt Creek, adjoining Winn Brothers Joe Smith M. B. Morton Henry Couch and others. The deed from Joseph Lee to Mrs. E A Hale and Miss M. E. Hale dated 1877 and recorded 1879 provides more description. Levy is to satisfy a City Court of Athens judgment in favor of Alfred Akerman against Lula Hawkins the land in Lula Hawkins possession. Sheriff W B Jackson.
Nashville reports Yale has accepted Vanderbilt’s invitation to play on October 22, 1910 in New Haven. The Vanderbilt committee confirmed the game amid student enthusiasm. This would mark a rare interleague clash, potentially boosting Southern football recognition with the big eastern programs. Edwards notes the upcoming holiday travel follows adjournment as lawmakers head home.
Secretary Wilson awarded diplomas on December 14 1909 to Bascomb Usher South Carolina DeWitt Lundy Mississippi Elmer Halter Arkansas and Ralph Bellwood Virginia for top farm club yields. Prizes reward profits records and bushel per acre results with many boys exceeding 100 bushels. Washington visit showcased southern agriculture as a rising force and will send winners to Washington next year.
The piece surveys century old beliefs in curing warts, coughs, ague, and fever with folk practices. It traces methods from England to Ireland and Scotland, noting hair offerings, animal parts, and spider remedies once common and still referenced in late traditions. Miss Dalia Baugh is in Athens for the holidays.
The Dunsmuir coal fortune on Vancouver Island, built by Robert Dunsmuir and later managed by James and Alexander, faces renewed legal challenges as relatives allege forged transfer and seek a share. The Privy Council rejected an appeal in 1906, leaving the vast estate contested and western Canada watching keenly.
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