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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1905
Page
3
Sunday services listed for Presbyterian Baptist and Methodist churches with times and locations plus a list of lodge meetings and local shop advertisements for food produce, furniture, and fresh goods. Includes rental offers at Windsor Hotel and Michael Bros. Co notices.
New Orleans January weathered a three day meeting as Harvie Jordan of Georgia was named president and E S Peters of Texas vice president after a fierce committee struggle. The convention endorsed a permanent organization and rejected a modified Waco warehouse plan while urging state commissions to sample gins and bale counts for 1904 1905 with semi monthly reports. Senator John Lowndes Meade urged acreage reduction and held cotton for government acreage data. Also note an unrelated ad praises Dr Boschee German Syrup as a night cough remedy.
Market notes show Athens at 63-4, New York at 7 cents, with futures quotes for January March May July October across grains and commodities. Price figures appear scattered for corn oats lard pork and related grain produce, reflecting active trading and varying contract months.
Wanted an energetic trustworthy man or woman to work in Georgia representing a large manufacturing company. Salary forty to eighty dollars per month paid weekly. expenses advanced. Address with stamp J H Moore Athens Ga Lost one brown and white speckled setter Weggollar and answers to name Joe Return to Dr D L Peacock for reward
Advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a modern blood and system cleanser for stomach and liver troubles. Promotes trial orders through W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons drug stores at 25 cents guaranteed. Also mentions Empire Coal tonnage price six ninety and a phone line for orders.
Charlotte North Carolina January 27 Ollie Puryear Southern railway engineer on southbound No 33 died in a crash near Spentz The engineer was struck by a mail crane top of head fractured Fireman heard the impact and saw Puryear’s body through the air window Conductor Royall learned of the death as the train stopped The body was kept on the cab until the train was moved Puryear aged about 40 left a wife and two small children The two longtime rail workers Royall and Puryear had twenty years in the service
Washington January 27 packed galleries and lawmakers fill the chamber for the impeachment trial of Judge Swayne. Senate chair Platt calls the session as six house managers appear and pleadings are prepared for February 10 with witnesses summoned and the trial slated to proceed February 13.
New York dispatch says a Seoul Herald report indicates 20,000 Japanese troops are being mobilized from Dalny for transport by rail between Chemulpo and Seoul. The force is expected to head to the northern coast and then launch a campaign toward Vidivostok, per the Seoul correspondent. The report notes a Japanese advisor in Korea is involved in coordinating the operation.
A list of guests arriving at the Imperial Hotel includes J. J. Farnham from Philadelphia J. E. Schofield from Atlanta C. F. Brennecke from Charleston S. C. H. S. Atwater from Atlanta Ike McArver from Rome G B G Thomas from Baltimore T. S. Pervin from Atlanta Chas W Parker from Elberton R. A. Anderson from Atlanta Chas W Weber from Cincinnati C. J. Hollingsworth from Atlanta W. R. Allen from Atlanta Geo C Warner from Middleton C John B Maple from Chicago E R Estes from Atlanta Jack Farnsworth from Atlanta T O Clavas from Atlanta J A Cook from Winston N C W C Terment from Martinsville Va F B Phinizy from Cincinnati B L Jones from New York J R Hudson from Elberton Ernest Holland from Louisville Ky J A Means from Charlotte N C
New York January 27 Former Supreme Court Justice Edgar L Fursman and D Cady Herrick pleaded guilty to conspiracy linked to the Dodge Morse divorce tangle. Abraham H Stummel of Howe Hummel faces subordination of perjury and conspiracy charges as a blanket grand jury indictment names several prominent lawyers. Bail for Stummel was requested at 10000 but Hummel was paroled into his counsel's custody. The Dodge Morse affair has stirred sensational questions since Mrs Dodge's divorce proceedings challenged serv za tion and marriage legality.
An advertiser from Rock Mills Alabama claims a remedy for indigestion, stating after use of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets he can eat almost anything. He notes long suffering and nearly fifty one years old. The product is offered by H pen & Some 20d WY Baty Brn.
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