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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1905
Page
3
The John Z. Cooper 15 room house to be put in good repair with modern conveniences added at corner Daugherty and Thomas streets. Also 7 R U on Lumpkin street. Office rooms in new Tuck building and two nice store rooms in the Tuck building.
J T Anderson lists city time and arrival and departure times for Seaboard Air Line, Southern Railway, Georgia Railroad, Central of Georgia, and MIE DM. Times include southbound arrivals at 38 41 608 am 33 250 pm and 63 pm and northbound departures at 240 leaves 12 45 pm 239 arrives 6 20 pm 1016 dm.
Ear Sale Robt Toombs DuBose advertises properties on Barber street Milledge avenue Childs and Pulaski streets with sewer connections on bite sizes. Describes one story cottage on Springdale and Aonest corner and four room homes with large lot. Investment acres near Athens seven miles from city with rail access offered. Also promotes fire insurance by Southern Mutual office.
At Fairview estate W Gould Brokaw hosted about 29 guests from New York Newport and Washington to a stag hunt. Two large rivals fought to the death in a two mile wood, ending when the smaller stag killed the larger then died. Thiers Leach directed the hounds.
W H Howard of Husband Pennsylvania reports his mother suffered rheumatism for years. After using Chamberlains Pain Balm she could walk with ease and remains free from pain with occasional applications. Sold by H R Palmer and W J Smith & Bro.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat notes the obscure early history of clocks and watches. It cites 1368 arrivals of clock makers to England under Edward III, a 1540 English turret clock in Hampton, and a 1764 miniature watch by Arnold weighing under five pennyweights with 120 parts.
Senator Dubois of Idaho meets a group of children playing politics on a street. A sobbing boy explains he is a Democrat while others parade with drums and flags, prompting the senator to comment on political play. Contact Bloomfield for prompt service at 120 College Avenue.
Advertisers urge readers to use Cheney's Expectorant to relieve symptoms of LaGrippe and influenza. Claims emphasize quick relief and ease of coughing, with emphasis on household use and safety for children.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat item discusses whether dogs can distinguish honest people from thieves. It cites a dog that rejected three daily contacts yet was friendly to six others, noting two ex-convicts among the wary group. The observer leans that the animal judged conduct rather than appearance.
A local farmer P G Robinson testifies in a dated Athens advertisement that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved his chronic backache and urinary symptoms after trying multiple remedies. He describes long pain across the back, weakness, and burning passages, noting relief after using the pills at R Palmer and Sons drug store.
A Mississippi man reports a hen building a nest in a tree, 10 eggs in the fork of a mulberry tree 12 to 15 feet high. He speculates on possible reasons such as prior nesting trouble, predation, or an unusual whim, noting it is the only known case. The account comes from the New Orleans Times Democrat.
A prominent senator who supports trusts visited President Roosevelt for about thirty minutes to discuss the trust question. He left the White House reportedly in a daze and later greeted an acquaintance in his Arlington Hotel room, where four cocktails were ordered as he proclaimed it was time for everyone to get drunk.
The Burning Bush sect, a new religious movement, gains traction in Randolph county provoking arrests for disturbing meetings. Leader Miss Bessie Ford, along with Mrs. Mary Painter and Hamilton Pursley, faces charges and detention in Winchester as followers vow to endure prison for their faith.
A promotional note extols charcoal as a natural purifier aiding digestion breath and complexion. It promotes Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as the best value with claims of improved health, purer blood and no harm from daily use, citing a Buffalo physician endorsement and a price of twenty five cents per box.
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