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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1904
Page
3
A Brooklyn man reports dramatic eczema relief after five months of facial disfigurement using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent. He praises immediate relief, scales removal, and a return to normal life within a month, with ongoing, long term improvement noted in 1903.
A list of candidates announces seeking Democratic primary support for Clarke county offices including Ordinary Sheriff Clerk Superior Court Tax Collector Tax Receiver County Treasurer Representative State Senator and Justice of the Peace. Names include J K Kenney B Wingfield John W Wier W Cooper J H Dorsey J H Rucker J Y Carichers W H Morton Charles T Young J A Pitner.
Sub contractors Elkan & Co of South Carolina file suit in chancery court Roane County Kingston seeking receiver for the Tennessee Central line from Harriman Tennessee to Hopkinsville Kentucky. W J Oliver of Knoxville appointed receiver. contractors claim over 2 million in unpaid debts and properties. Callahan Construction and Oliver & Co pursue separate suits. aim to sell road as an entire asset from Harriman to Hopkinsville.
In New York on March 17 a widespread strike idled several hundred iron workers as masons bricklayers and laborers refuse to work. Riggers steam fitters boiler makers and inside workers also face idle time as the dispute widens. An arbitration board member says the bricklayers union allied with the laborers is effectively outlawed and predicts little chance of settlement unless workers return to the job as agreed at the last conference.
Checks and documents totaling $50,000 vanished from the coat pocket of a bank cashier during a bankruptcy hearing involving the American Finance and Mortgage Company. The company had drawn about $2,000,000 from individuals in Ohio and other western states before its collapse. An inquest followed as attendees consented to searches, but the papers were not found.
New York March 17 Miss Helen Miller Gould resigns from the board of lady managers over the failure to establish a day nursery at the St. Louis exposition. She chaired the day nursery committee and joined the board largely for that project. Also noted Fort Smith Ark March 17 John F Carroll a geologist and author died suddenly at Waldron while locating gas and oil wells.
Washington dispatch reports Representative C. W. Thompson of Alabama gravely ill with pneumonia at his hotel in Washington. Thompson’s condition prompted care from local physicians as his colleagues monitor the situation.
United States District Attorney W S Summers of Nebraska faces removal after the Dietrich inquiry. President Roosevelt notified Senator Dietrich and Omaha Bee editor of the action. Summers declined comment, saying only that silence is golden. a Nebraska Republican figure Lindsay may be slated to succeed.
A New Orleans dispatch reports Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile and Bolivia formed a pact to guard against U S absorption. The alliance grew from fear that U S intervention in revolutions could lead to annexation. Peru was once considered for a protectorate as a trigger for wider U S moves.
Mobile March 17 Dr J M Lindsley president of the International Quarantine Bureau was arraigned in city court on criminal libel indictment He is conducting his own defense The article accuses Mobile Bay quarantine board members of using office for personal gain and overcharging for vessel inspections The defendant traveled from Havana to Mobile for the case.
Hunter McDonald, chief engineer of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railroad, was elected president of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way association in Chicago on March 17. W I Dawley chief engineer of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway was named secretary. George W Kittridge of Cincinnati was elected a director.
The LaFayette Fire Insurance company of New York will retire after losses from the Baltimore blaze consumed its entire surplus of 60000 and devalued investments. All risks are to be reinsured with Hartford’s National Fire Insurance company. Boston Marks British Evacuation Anniversary
A Senate hearing features Professor Burr denying that the Panama Canal workers died for every mile completed. Senate witnesses claim Senator Dietrich never tried to seal Nebraska postmasterships. Georgia postmaster A B Finley opposes Krattley in the next campaign.
Three eight room houses on Oconee Street, well located for renting. Property in wood repair and currently rented, with tenants paying a hand and a share of the amount. One acre for each house and two wells of good water serving all three. Call to discuss sale details and interest.
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