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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1905
Page
3
A Philadelphia Bulletin quote imagines a rail link to the fixed star Centauri. The lecturer describes fares at one cent per hundred miles, a through ticket costing 2 750 000 000 dollars, speed of sixty miles per hour, and arrival after 48 663 000 years. The piece mixes humor with astronomical scale.
Geo L Chubb of Harlan Michigan declares Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the best cough medicine he ever used. The notice claims it cures coughs or colds better than any other treatment and should be kept in every home.
Joe Clemmer on the John Newton farm near Merion square unearthed a demijohn once filled with rye whisky. A dog disturbed it, releasing a green and black snake then more followed. Clemmer and Mrs. Summers counted 27 snakes and killed them. she refuses to reuse the bottle.
A Belle Plaine Minnesota man reports a friend suffered severe hand swelling resembling blood poisoning. Bucklen’s Amica Salve drew out the poison, healed the wound, and saved his life. Sold for 25 cents at local drug stores.
An editorial urging merchants to seize every honest money-making opportunity and to advertise continually to grow trade in Athens and Northeast Georgia, emphasizing money used rightly as a force for good.
Advertisers urge sending job printing to our shop with a guaranteed gallication claim and prompt service.
Sheriff Young cracks a case of arson at the Ox Fiber Brush Company outside Frederick. Three former employees are jailed after clues include burned oil soaked waste, distinctive footprints, a beer bottle with a Western brewer label, and a thumbprint match at the factory gate.
Advertises selling prices for a house and lot on Lumpkin Street Milledge Avenue and Springdale Street ranging from 4500 to 10000 dollars. Offers office contact at Southern Mutual Building Clayton Street with phone numbers.
St Elmo Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at 8 30 PM at Castle Hall Max Joseph building corner Clayton and Wall streets visiting knights invited. Keystone Chapter No 1 Royal Arch Masons meets every third Tuesday at 8 PM at lodge room Max Joseph building. Mount Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M meets second Thursdays at Masonic Hall Max Joseph building Clayton street. Troy Beatty W M Glenn Lodge No 75 I O O F meets Tuesdays at 8 PM at Lodge room on Jackson Street. Williama Lodge No 15 I O O F meets Mondays at 7 PM at Lodge room Carlton building on Jackson Street. Oconee Tribe No 16 LO R M meets Wednesdays at 8 30 PM Red Men Hall third floor Deupree building. Athens Lodge No 790 BPOE meets Wednesdays at 8 30 PM Mons Dunding street.
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