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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1905
Page
3
Merchant Geo L Chubb of Harlan Michigan touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best cough medicine he has taken noting it cures a cold faster than any other treatment. Available from H R Palmer Sons and W J Smith Bros. The rest is unrelated dialogue about a ring and shopping.
Macon Georgia May 11 Professor George Herbert Clarke chair of English resigns in protest of Mercer university board of trustees policy he says favors ecclesiastical aims over educational standards and jeopardizes the institution’s prestige He hopes the move clarifies his views as a friend seeking the best for Mercer University.
Lemon City Florida resident C B Wainwright writes manufacturers that taking Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy dissolved in hot water gives faster relief for pains in the stomach colic and cholera morbus. He notes the effect seems to reach the right spot instantly. Available from H R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Bro.
Chicago May 11. Strikes sparked clashes as six men attacked non union teamsters on State street. Joe Stewart was shot in the leg and slashed. John Hithrow and E M Hubbard were wounded. Police restrained the mob after a large disturbance. Eight hundred Hendrix school pupils walked out in solidarity with a nonunion driver, and police reportedly used cubs on pupils. Later Edward Wright, a strike sympathizer, was shot in the froln as a nonunion teamster fired during a riot at Twenty second place.
Wagons of the express company moved through a crowd of several hundred when jeers turned violent. A driver fired twice, a bullet hit Wright in the groin. Police guards repelled the mob as stones coal and pawny blocks flew.
The committee is urged to secure bids for a patrol wagon to determine cost. Citizens frustrated by prisoners being paraded through Athens streets urge council action and approve purchase if needed.
One hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. J Cheney & Co Toledo, with Walding Kinnan Martin endorsing. Cure taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Hon T C Andrews Nevada county representative and Prescott Picayune editor is jailed in Little Rock on charges of bribery involving legislation. Arrested at his Prescott home by BE Jones after affidavits sworn May 5. Prescott editor held three days in Pulaski county jail with further action anticipated.
Information from Representative R E Simpson alleges that on April 10 Andrews offered him $50 to vote on the Killough levee bill and accepted a bribe of $100 for the same vote. Bonds set at $1000 for each charge. Andrews denies the accusations and vows to fight to prove innocence. Chronic Rheumatism Cured H B Hettinger of Indianapolis reports relief after using Detchons Mystic Cure, claiming four days to walk without a cane and two bottles cured his condition.
Stormy Jordan a famed Ottumwa saloon keeper dies at his home. Noted for defying Iowa prohibition by running The Road to Hell on South Vine street and later the Corn Exchange, he entertained John L. Sullivan and built a city legacy despite legal battles.
Newton Stowell battled a mother bear and two cubs after spotting them near a tree. He stabbed the mother in the throat, securing three pelts before collapsing from wounds. He died later after being treated. his two sons recovered pelts found in the woods.
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