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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1907
Page
3
Washington reports rising tension as talks with Japan show strained relations while diplomats insist no crisis exists. Japanese writer Kinnosuke argues Japan seeks commercial mastery of the Pacific, expanding shipping and ships to outpace U S efforts, signaling possible war if negotiations fail.
Warmleton DC December. The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled the city's Sunday closing ordinance kept the Sabbath law but did not violate the federal constitution. The case Minnesota vs Cala Maren and Mareiat sathett was prosecuted in Minneapolis and a $26 fine upheld. The matter reached the federal court where the state court ruling stood. Chief Justice Fuller wrote no written opinion. Sunday is the owner of a local business.
Lexington Kentucky December 24. Calloway Sebastian released from the hospital here owes his life to a slower heart in his body than in others after an ejection day fight. In Lew City Wolf county Sebastian was shot through the breast with a bullet lodged in his right lung. X rays showed the bullet could have entered his heart if it had been in the usual position.
An advertisement touts Foley’s Honey and Tar as safe for coughs and colds. It asserts millions of bottles sold with no harmful effects, warning to avoid imitations and stressing the yellow package contains no opiates or harmful drugs.
An article quotes Mr. Kinnosuke on Japan’s subsidy law offering 12 1 2 to 30 cents a ton per 1000 miles sailed and a bounty of 6 to 12 dollars per ton plus 5 dollars per horsepower for ships built in Japan. It argues Japan will not fight now as it seeks commercial mastery of the Pacific and to see the American flag disappear.
Albany Georgia December 24 A letter from Klaw & Erlinger explains the withdrawal of theatrical rail rates will slash bookings in the South. Managers say long southbound trips eat profits and interline mileage costs now consume earnings. Local managers urged to press railroads to restore rates or face reduced profits and passenger patronage.
A note explains that a cold often misleads parents into thinking diphtheria follows, but the diphtheria germ is the real risk. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a quick cure for colds and a means to lessen the danger of diphtheria and other germ diseases. Sold by Warren J. Smith & Bro. and local druggists in Athens, Georgia.
Forrest Arden reports on Miss Robson, raised by actresses in Staten Island, who pursued art before stage life. She recalls joining the stage at 15 with the Frawley Stock Company, painting dreams shifted to acting, and a string of roles from Bonita to Constance, plus work with Otis Skinner and Kyrle Bellew.
New York December 24 Stewart Hyde once wealthy is an inmate of the Hempstead poor farm on Long Island. In ten years Hyde squandered 250000 and after an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a stable boy around race tracks was forced to ask for admission to the poor farm. Fourteen years ago his father died and left him 100000, other relatives gave him 150000. He spent his money and lost a fortune keeping trotting horses and betting on races, selling a valuable race horse in Brooklyn for a small sum last summer. he was not prosecuted. Now broken in health he rests at the poor farm.
Robert O Hurke of Elnora New York reports in a letter that after using Foley's Kidney Cure he stopped diuresis from twelve to twenty times a night and dropsy faded after three bottles restoring his sight and health. He recommends the product sold by all druggists.
In a candid interview Miss Robson argues against long runs in a single part, warning that repeated lines dull perception and reduce art to parrot-like recital. She stresses acting requires genuine feeling and the truthful presentation of conditions.
A five o clock lightning strike during a storm at reads station Macon kills Sedora Bryant a little girl visiting her cousin. The bolt injures fifteen others including Frank Phillips Ava Phillips and James Warfield while walls splinter and roof damage occurs. survivors include a father mother and two sisters. The tragedy is described as a rare electrical freak with the fatality in the Bryant home south of Macon along the Southern railroad.
Augusta Ga December 24 George Ward a farmer in Richmond County was found dead this morning his body hanging from a tree by a rope Coroner Tedoge Whiet conducted the inquest and ruled death a suicide Ward about 48 unmarried long employed on Isbell plantation in the 12st district about 12 miles from Harlem had been in low spirits due to financial reverses with no other clear cause for the act.
Abraham Brown of Winterton New York describes doctors mislabeling his illness as heart disease kidney trouble blood poison stomach and liver ailments. After no relief by others his wife urged Electric Bitters which he credits with improving his condition and overall health.
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