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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1891
Page
4
A fragmentary exchange from a humorous exchange features Old Scroggs and a punchline about a tombstone inscription. The dialogue mentions a stray musician with a banjo and a buyer who paid a high price, ending with a cryptic GR. 1 P inscription.
A streetwise boy defends friends from a gang by saying he joined a recent scuffle for a reward while a bootblack and the stranger tease each other about fights. An ostrich and hippo gag unfolds with a comic moral. Kit taunts Hon. John L about not having children at dinner.
Several political and social items dominate the brief. W. D. Sheluff dies in Kansas City at 70. Kansas City complains of high water costs while Edgerton Postmaster Haygood faces robbery accusations. Locust plagues threaten Algeria as diplomats weigh tariff debates in New York. A tunnel plan under the Detroit River emerges alongside a push to eject Chickasaw Nation residents for tax nonpayment.
Fragmentary line hints at a claim that sarsaparilla purifies blood and steadies nerves, referencing a health remedy from a bygone era. Weak and unclear text limits precise details, but the reference suggests a promotional note about bitters or tonic effects.
Athens Georgia on April 30 shows a steady tone with price bids across grades from Good Middling to Low Middling. Quotations list Good Middling 9 3-5, Strict Middling 7 8, and Low Middling around 7 3-4 with other grades noted, while Maddox Bros offers arene and telephone contact.
The article compiles brief cotton futures quotes from New York and Liverpool dated April 3 New York prices show opening and closing figures for cotton futures with steady spot at 8 16 cents and sales around 44 000 Liverpool futures list middling uplands at 41 16d with 10 000 sales and 13 000 receipts Chicago prices for open and close are listed with multiple figures, followed by a note titled Look Young.
Hamp Scott, a black man, was carried from Carneville by a revenue officer for alleged violations of internal revenue laws. Town marshal D. R. Phillips was elected. Judge L. N. Tribble and J. N. Little are building residences in the west end. Wheat and cotton crops look well and Revival by Rev. Cowan and Smith grows in Lavonia.
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