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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1905
Page
4
A fragmented Victorian style exchange explores tips, payment for favors, and a girl's spelling showing class expectations. The dialogue hints at plans for marriage based on wealth and social standing, with a tone of satire on plebeian origins and arranged alliances.
Fragmentary OCR text shows numeric scores and percentages for Athens and New York with unclear context. The lines include dates or labels like September and October, plus stray figures such as 85, 82, 83 and 55. The passage lacks coherent events or names to form a complete summary.
The mississippi and louisiana rainfall reached heavy amounts with 7.3 inches at Clinton. The report notes unfavorable conditions and suggests continued weather and crop pressures may curb advances, with possible price rises if acreage recanvass is required. Athens Cotton & Stock Exchange.
Upson county reports 1905 net tax gain of 55,661 over 1904 with property values rising from 1,769,510 to 1,825,171. Seven counties Gordon Lowndes Milton Pickens Pike Union Walton show prior aggregate increases. no losses yet among reported counties. Eight counties total gain reaches 1,075,857, suggesting state total over 20 million if the trend holds.
Le Sueur correspondent reports a remarkable fossil burial in Dakota lands. A naked man and a petrified seven to eight inch serpent lie encased in earth as a cave dweller clutched a dagger and stone hammer. The relic features a bird nest with petrified grass and two unbroken eggs, preserved with a mother bird figure.
An 19th century ad claims a “diamond cure” from Paris for consumption and pneumonia. It endorses Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds with a testimonial from W T McGee of Vanleer Tennessee and offers trial bottles free at local drug stores N R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Bros with prices 50 cents and 1 dollar.
An old time advertisement claims Cheney's Expectorant cures coughs colds and croup for 25 cents a bottle sold at ail erug gtorps, reflecting era market humor.
The Southern Railway Co announces weekend rail rates from Athens Georgia to listed destinations in North and South Carolina and Georgia. Tickets go on sale Saturdays from June 3 to September 3 1905 with final ticket limits the following Tuesday or Monday for Atlanta trips. For schedules and connections contact General Agent R W Sizer at 106 Clayton St. or phone 81.
The Southern Railway Co announces low round trip fares for Summer Schools at Knoxville Athens Nashville Tuscaloosa Oxford and related extensions. Tickets go on sale on specified June dates 1905 with 15 day final limits and an extension option to September 30 1905 by depositing the ticket with Special Agent Joseph Richardson. Contact General Agent R W Sizer for details.
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