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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1905
Page
2
The Athens Banner lists delivery options and prices for daily and weekly copies, urges prompt reporting of delivery issues, and notes payment methods. The piece also reflects on a parliamentary speech mocking seed distribution and catalogs notable deaths from the past year, including ex-governors, senators, writers, explorers, and international figures.
The district attorney disposed of seven murder cases in a single year, the largest total in city history. The piece criticizes lack of prosecutions for white slave trafficking in Philadelphia and urges support for completing the Athens and Jefferson Railroad subscription to attract business and finish funding.
The piece urges guarding health as protection against disease. It emphasizes early attack through liver related symptoms and general manifestations, suggesting vigilance against illness and the value of preventive care.
Elias Hatfield, linked to the Hatfield McCoy feud, was killed today while walking through a tunnel when a train struck him. His body was mangled and the killing marks one of the last murders tied to the feud, with Elias having recently been released from jail after serving part of a sentence for killing Sheriff H E Ellis.
The narrative recounts the Hatfield McCoy feud starting in 1882 with Ellison Hatfield and ongoing killings through 1896 at Matewan West Virginia and Reach Creek Kentucky. It notes arrests, pardons, jailings, and escaped captors, with Cap Hatfield and Elias Hatfield figures repeatedly in clashes and indictments across two states.
Advertisements claim catarrh is a constitutional disease needing internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo is promoted as the only proven constitutional cure with a $100 promise if it fails. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro. Also recommends Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
In Macon Georgia Judge Speer opposes tearing down the existing post office to make way for a larger building. He argues the United States court should stay in the current offices during enlargement. The item notes an older testimonial for Piso's Cure as a cough remedy.
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