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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1904
Page
4
A promotional piece extols Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic to rebuild blood and nerves for overworked individuals. It links improved stamina and appetite to richer blood, cites testimonials, and urges readers to send 21 cents for the author’s medical adviser.
A promotional notice touts a health product named Kodo Dyspepsia Cure. It claims to increase strength by aiding digestion, nourishing nerves and tissues, and building overall bodily health. Sold by all druggists.
A conference in Indianapolis with miners led by John S. Mitchell demands higher pay scales and wage differentials while operators insist on reductions. Proposed resolutions seek a nine basis scale, 7 cent outside-labor differentials, uniform outside-wage standards, and a $2.54 brushers wage. Operators demand a 15 percent wage cut.
A March 1 dispatch from Alexandria reports would be thieves trying to steal George Washington's will from Fairfax county court house. Explosives shattered vault doors but the glass case document remained unharmed. The loud explosion likely caused the escape without success. the will is a 29 page Washington writing signed by the first president.
Colonel Charles Kahlo of Indianapolis and National Association of Manufacturers official, under D M Parry, killed himself in the Hotel Imperial Knoxville this morning. Found with a bullet hole in his head, no reason given. Also notes Mitchell County Georgia goes wet by official count March 1.
Ten crewmen of the Bath, Missouri schooner David P. Davis were rescued near Diamond Shoal lightship after dismasting off Hatteras. Captain Erwin and five others were taken aboard the lightship boat, then transferred to a tanker bound for Baltimore with phosphate. Names listed include Charles Crosham, R A Pearsall, Thomas Townes, James Knowlton, and C Holts.
In 1902 a Meira Station mother credits Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with curing her baby’s dreadful cold that threatened pneumonia. She recalls neighbor’s mention of a cured child and urges others to try the remedy, thanking its manufacturers. Sold locally by W. J Smith & Bro.
Witnesses for the prosecution, including Charles G. Benton, describe testimonies tying defendants to an alleged train wreck plot. A confession implicating the defendants was said to be obtained for payment from Secret Service men in railroad employ. Proceedings aimed to complete testimony and begin arguments.
A Illinois Central freight section split at a crossing and backed onto the main line. The Louisville bound passenger engine derailed into a 40foot embankment, engineer George Tage was killed, conductor McKinne seriously injured, and fireman Tom Jones with a broken leg. No passengers were hurt.
Mayor McClellan orders immediate study and cost breakdown for a salt water fire mains system drawing from the North and East rivers. The plan aims to spare Manhattan and Brooklyn fresh water, starting in lower city districts and expanding if successful.
The New York Lithographers Union follows the Lithographic printers in joining the BESS union. Workers are urged to accept an arbitration agreement by March 15 or face a lockout, with leaders awaiting a decisive outcome on whether to submit to arbitration or strike.
About 1,000 landscape laborers walked off the job as a strike against a wage change. They demand 60 cents an hour instead of 25 to 50 cents, arguing the raise to all-weather rates was meant to be permanent. The Director of Works says the higher pay applies only in favorable conditions.
John Alexander Dowie of Zion City Illinois appealed to the American consul for protection after a mob dispersed his meeting in Melbourne. He reportedly hid three hours in the organ loft and will hold future services behind locked doors.
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