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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1905
Page
5
Readable portions show arrival times for Seaberg service and departures by time from air line and rail lines. Entries list outbound and southbound times with scattered digits and station markers, including noted midday and evening slots for Georgia Railroad.
50 acres seven miles from Athens with one mile of railroad right of way and a well improved station. 1400 acres with Laborse farm gen rent capable of paying good interest and leaving a ten horse power. All properties available at reasonable prices. Fire insurance offered with a share solicited. Office second story Southern Mutual Office phone 450 residence 309. Try our job printing service.
The piece profiles Jimmy McNally once known as the King of the Green Goods men. Detectives recognize him on Forty-second Street as his fortunes fade from a $500,000 banking past to poverty after a life of scams and legal troubles.
A Bangor Erris report details extreme poverty in Crossmolina Bea soreke and surrounding parishes. Families lose potatoes, landlords refuse rent cuts, and relief works are urged as about 1,000 men and 300 women go to England and Scotland for harvests, leaving many destitute.
A veteran nitroglycerin wagoner nicknamed Jimmy O’Hare recounts near misses across oil fields and rail crossings. He emphasizes calm handling, warns of whisky and lay as triggers, and recalls urban blast tales from Cofeyville to Bradford with tense close calls and miraculous escapes.
A Chanute Kansas corresp. to the Kansas City Star cites a case where nitro glycerin failed to explode and another tale where a man dropped a hammer in a magazine. The correspondent notes they have not found all of him and the magazine yet.
In Jackson Mississippi on January 10, society women report a severe shortage of household help. Many matron and social leaders are cooking themselves due to unwillingness of Black women to work. Attendance at card parties and theater declines as households struggle to hire staff, with some wealthy wives cooking for weeks despite offers for skilled cooks.
Reports say Col. Thomason of the Georgia infantry resigns as colonial command amid a state law change. Brigadier General Thornrose is replaced, and Col. W. J. E. Wootten of the Fourth Infantry will become Brigadier General Wootten by law.
W Hi Howard of Husband Pennsylvania says his mother suffered rheumatism for years and could barely move. After using Chamberlain's Pain Balm a few times she is now able to walk and remains free of pain with occasional applications. Sold by H R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Bro.
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