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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1906
Page
8
A prison commission discusses inmate activities and writings. It notes convicts crafting items like an oak eagle and walnut sideboard, sometimes to aid memory or future prospects, while governors, escapes, and prisoner autobiographies are examined for rehabilitation and discipline.
An advertisement urges readers to use Cheney's Expectorant promptly for crushes and colds and croup. It notes a price of 25 cents a bottle and that the product is available at all drug stores.
An unclear OCR snippet mentions a printing item connected to a Christian church. It references geographic or organizational names in a garbled form and hints at a dated event or notice without clear details. The readable content is minimal and lacks concrete actions or outcomes.
In Greenville South Carolina June 2 Joe Hudson and his young wife aged about 20 were burned to death in a house they boarded in Valletta? Valhalla NW section. Fire trapped them on the second floor after rocks pelted windows and the roof collapsed burying them. The couple had wed recently and were well known.
The notice lists Whitsunday services at Emmanuel Church with Holy Communion at 9 Sunday school, Morning Prayer Holy Communion and Sermon at 11:00 a.m. Evening Prayer and Sermon at 8 p.m. The morning offering will aid Appleton Church Home for orphans. Rector Troy Beatty urges generous gifts.
An 19th century item touts Electric Bitters as a cure for chills fever malaria biliousness and liver and kidney troubles. It cites S Brown Bennettsville SC and doctors W J Smith Bro H R Palmer Sons as sellers with a 50 cent price.
A humorous item tracks a New Jersey inventor who allegedly created uneven chickens, each with one leg longer. The yarn spreads from Birmingham to South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Tokyo, with variants in many papers, promising the tale will keep circling the globe.
The notice lists rail fare rates and sale dates for multiple events from Athens Georgia to Hot Springs and Asheville North Carolina. It details final limits, extension options, and agent contact for Southern Ward and Southern Conference gatherings with specific dates in June 1906.
State School Commissioner initiates the annual exam for license to teach in Clarke county public schools. Colored teachers will test at County Court House starting 8:00 a.m. and white teachers at Washington Street School at 8:45 a.m. Registration closes at 1:00 p.m. on June 28. Examinations held June 29 and 30, with registration opening June 6. County Board of Education, THOS. H. DOZIER, C. S. C. May 1, 1906.
Sworn statement from manufacturers protects users from opiates in Kennedy Laxative Honey and Tar sold by Orr Drug Co as advertised with the Banner lead line.
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