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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1905
Page
5
The Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills are promoted as the ultimate skin cures. They claim immediate relief, speedy permanent care, safety, and economy, backed by worldwide sales and endorsements from users across diverse regions and ages.
Athens city council convened January 1 1905 with Mayor Rhodes and seven aldermen. An ordinance to widen Hill street between Harris and Pope for a new north side sidewalk was introduced, property owners condemned for specific distances, and freeholders appointed to assess damages. The measure passed unanimously. Reports and accounts were reviewed and city officials thanked retiring members before adjournment.
Advertised as a modern medicine for blood and system cleansing. Promotes Dr King s New Life Pills for stomach and liver troubles with a 25c price at W J Smith and Brother and H R Palmer and Sons drug stores, guaranteed.
William Katker a 27 year old box maker from 1027 Wilstach street collapsed after distress over a borrowed umbrella gone missing and alleged theft. He attacked himself with a knife, was restrained with straps at City Hospital and died there after violent delirium and possible poisoning was investigated by the coroner.
Harriet Howard of 209 West 34th Street New York says Salt Rheum or Eczema plagued her for years until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve healed it. The salve is advertised as a quick healer for cuts burns and sores and sells for 25 cents at W J Smith and Bro and H R Palmer and Sons drug stores.
Physicians note cod liver oil itself does not create fat. the medicinal elements do. Vinci claims to extract only these active components from fresh cod livers, avoiding the greasy oil and its digestion issues. H. R. Palmer & Sons promote Vinci as a superior strength creator over oily preparations.
In Chicago Miss Muriel Byram heiress once famed for beauty was found dead with a bullet wound to the neck. Authorities deny suicide and suggest accidental weapon explosion while she cleaned a gun for a hunting trip in California. Byram is sister-in-law to I N Perry former Bank of North America president indicted for arson.
St. Petersburg dispatch quotes General Stoessel to the czar apologizing for the surrender of Port Arthur. He pleads for mercy, noting only a quarter of the garrison survives and most are ill and exhausted, unable to rest as they fight on in defense.
A reader from Oaklan don Indiana cites a personal tale of consuming illness and claims Dr. King s New Discovery cured a wife after three doctors gave up. The ad asserts the medicine kills germs and relieves in one dose with guarantees at 50 cents and one dollar from local druggists. Trial bottle offered free.
A passenger train derailed after stones fell on the track on the Monongahela Division near Newton. Engineer A F Carrico was trapped under the engine and died after his leg was amputated to free him by a bystander. His five year old son witnessed the moment and later kissed him goodbye. The fireman was slightly injured and the baggage master had a broken nose.
Washington on January 5 Senate reconvened after the holiday recess and moved to consider admission for two states formed from Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Beveridge's motion to proceed with the bill passed 31 to 17.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a pleasant tasting remedy for indigestion and stomach trouble. It claims one grain digests 3,000 grains of food, contrasts with cathartics, and urges after meal use to restore stomach vigor, with availability at drug stores. It ends by inviting trial on job printing.
Bar Sale details multiple properties on Barber Street Milledge Avenue and Childs Street, including two houses with sewer connections and several lots priced from 350 to 750 dollars. Rural investments describe 600 acres seven miles from Athens and 1402 acres with a 20 horse farm open. rental income noted. Office in Southern Mutual Building with phone numbers for office 450 and residence 369.
Seaboard Air Line timetable notes Raine city time for southbound trains with arrival and departure details. The fragment provides partial schedule cues for service and timing.
An investment of five dollars in this pool from September 17th to September 24 realized a profit of sixteen dollars. Twenty per cent is deducted from this, leaving a net profit of twelve dollars and eighty cents for one week. This opportunity is presented every week. Subscriptions of five dollars and upward will be received. Daily reports of purchase and sale prices will be made. Weekly settlements will be made by express money order. Laurens Ross.
This school grows by doing the work of a business college at one third the cost. Students choose hours from 9 am to 10 pm. E A Luster, 19 Clayton St., Athens, Ga.
James Bennett a prominent young Colunbus resident died suddenly at home on Fifth Avenue after taking morphine to sleep. He was found in a stupor this morning and died around 8:30 after physicians failed to revive him.
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