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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1903
Page
2
The Banner requests reader submissions with real names for publication and urges citizens to join the Chamber of Commerce. It calls for more factories, city promotion, and coordinated effort to attract growth, industry, and a bigger payroll in Athens and surrounding regions.
The Banner endorses forming the Athens Chamber of Commerce on a strict business basis. A secretary should drive outreach to home seekers, promote Athens advantages to settlers, and attract factories and enterprises while using dues for postage and literature.
Jackson Mississippi January 2 A court scene looms as Judge Howell prepares to charge the jury in the Phil A Bush embezzlement case. Rumors reach that the previous term's hung jury arose from alleged bribery. Judge Powell may seek grand jury action and a formal investigation.
Pablo Martin del Rio signs a contract for the Mexican Central railroad to build a Cuernavaca to the coast line with extensions to Acaden Zutlamajo and possibly Chipanicingo, no subventions specified. Separately New Orleans faces an oil supply crisis as Lone Star and Crescent ceases deliveries and Beau monde oil imports fall short.
In Deatsville Alabama on a Wednesday morning Mrs Lane killed John Watkins, an ex convict, who robbed her home and fired on her as she fled. Watkins died at the scene. coroner’s inquest pending.
G H Elder was charged at the Guild Hall police court after confessing to embezzling 75000 from Brown Lagley Co. The theft allegedly spanned years, with Elder seized amid a theft probe. Revenue officers and state constables raided parts of the county and captured a mule team driver, fleeing with his team left in the road.
In Williamson West Virginia on January 2 a fight at a saloon left James Adams dead after being shot by Bep Adams who also wounded another bystander Henry Sweigert who was struck by a bullet and lightly injured.
The note advises using Cheney's Expectorant for la grippe and influenza symptoms. It presents a remedy suggestion with a period tone typical of old medical columns. The text implies a common treatment approach and a product name from the era.
Distress after eating and other dyspepsia symptoms are claimed to be cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills. A New Orleans and San Francisco railroad charter seeks $5,000,000 capital to connect New Orleans with Chicago via Arkansas. In Freehold, N J a clemency petition is circulated as sentencing for two men convicted in estate possession case is postponed until Tuesday.
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