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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1905
Page
3
Port Arthur reports that the Third Japanese Army arrived via Fusan on January 6. Only eighty Russian officers accepted parole while regular troops departed for Port Dalny. Japanese forces took control, entered the city to maintain order, and began mining removal. non combatants may stay. Forts have been captured and Japanese hulks remain at the harbor mouth.
President Roosevelt was the principal speaker at a special session of the American forest congress at the National theater. He spoke on the forests role in national life, noting wood’s essential place in civilization and warning that future demand must be met with permanent, ample supplies to avoid commercial disaster.
A humorous exchange notes a couple debating baby names, preferring a good name over riches. The Ohio State Journal records a Young Mother insisting she and her husband have yet to choose between pthelbert and Archibald, highlighting names as the central joke.
New York January 5 Rev Dr Heber Newton argues in a science forum that spirits communicate with the living and telepathy and clairvoyance are real. He cites psychometry and Mesmerism revived as hypotism as proof, saying eminent scientists acknowledge spirit communication after accounting for illusion and fraud. He praises mental medicines for insanity and notes religion rests on man as a spiritual being.
Denver voters erupt as Governor Peabody supporters win initial vote fight. A fifteen member committee is formed to convey the vote and report daily to the house and senate with a final report due Monday morning. Republicans lead with twelve members and three Democrats.
New York Jan 6 A tearful 18 year old student Greer Jones confessed at West One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Street police station to pawning six antique silver spoons. His mother, shocked by the scene, declared he had been properly reared and would spend the night in a cell to reflect on his gambling and theft. His father and mother planned to discuss their course of action.
Cleveland, Jan. 6. Christine Dunn plans to marry Charles Yager, her fiancé, as he lies mortally injured after a freight accident. Yager lost an arm and leg, was rushed to hospital, and the couple had hoped to wed tonight but will marry tomorrow if he survives.
An Oaklan don Indiana resident cites Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds as a cure after three doctors gave up on his wife. The ad claims the medicine kills germs and relieves with one dose, priced 50c and 1.00. Trial bottle free, offered by local druggists W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons.
Rev John Reid Jr of Great Falls Mont recommends Ely s Cream Balm as a positive cure for catarrh when used as directed. Rev Francis W Poole of Helena Mont cites the pastor s endorsement. Joseph Stewart of Buffalo NY reports cure after six weeks. Balm does not irritate or cause sneezing. Sold by druggists for 50 cents or mailed from Ely Brothers New York.
J Frederick Jenkinson, one of the presenters against Bishop Talbot of the central Pennsylvania diocese, returns to Philadelphia from New York and hands to Rev. Dr Bodine a paper withdrawing the presentment. The presenters reserve the right to draft a new presentment based on the original charges. A copy is sent to Bishop Tuttle in St. Louis.
Athens markets note futures and spot prices with shifts in wheat corn and pork. Chicago Grain and Produce shows May and January figures for wheat corn pork and lard with mixed futures moves and spot levels.
Macon Georgia January 6 contractor A C Godfrey who had been missing for two weeks was found in the Confederate Veterans Home near Atlanta. Colonel Charles M Wiley of Macon said he learned of the disappearance and located Godfrey at the Atlanta home after attending a trustees meeting. Godfrey appeared hungry and poorly clad and requested supper claiming entrance papers would follow. He has stayed at the veterans home since, and his wife and friends were notified that he was safe.
A claim that a product called Mystic Cure relieves rheumatism and neuralgia in 1 to 3 days. Advertises rapid action, noting immediate relief of symptoms and substantial early benefits. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons at 105 Clayton Street, price 75 cents and $1.
Col Hubert Estes son of the late Judge J B Estes and brother of Claud Estes of Macon was found dead in Gainesville. A well known lawyer and orator. Funeral at 11 tomorrow morning from the Presbyterian church. Also includes ad copy for Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets and Hall's Catarrh Cure with local sale details.
Japanese sources report Port Arthur in chaotic state but say General Nogi and General Stoessel are rapidly systemizing affairs. Nogi plans to deploy Chinese labor to refortify after Russians are disposed of, with cement timbers steel plates and supplies ready on the Yalu river and in Japan to sustain a long siege.
Minor Boyd aged 23 a popular Atlantan in business and social circles died at 3 pm yesterday at Halcyon Retreat from appendicitis and pneumonia. A native of Atlanta he worked in the insurance field and lived at Marlborough flats near Peachtree and Pine streets.
At its annual meeting in Atlanta the state board of health urged a general state law to enforce compulsory vaccination to prevent and stamp out smallpox, outlining a plan to secure passage of the measure.
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