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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1891
Page
3
An excerpt from The Lounger argues coeducation will spread nationwide, improving scholarship and conduct, while noting a surge in crime and personal crisis reports. The piece contrasts northern progress with southern gaps and muses on the psychology behind epidemic crime and self-harm motives.
Advertisement text extols Brown's Iron Bitters for malaria liver trouble and indigestion. It includes public notices praising regular publications for delivering credible offers and urges merchants to fulfill promises to maintain customer confidence. It cites common sense in business and cites quotes from A C Ladd and Knox Wille Santinel.
An advertisement touts Moxley's Lemon Elixir as a remedy for biliousness constipation fevers chills malaria sleeplessness nervousness heart palpitations indigestion foul stomach and female regulation. It claims effectiveness for liver stomach kidney and bowel issues and lists prices 50 cents and 1 dollar with Atlanta Georgia as the source.
An old advert claims Lemon's Hot Drops cure coughs cold s sore throat bronchitis and other long illnesses. It attributes preparation to a Dr H and sketches a broad list of ailments treated.
A garbled passage presents surreal imagery of a woman with red lips and a distant cowed crowd. The text is unreadable in parts, with scattered phrases about faces, voices, and distant aspirations, yielding a cryptic, dreamlike impression.
A wealthy citizen, John Randolph, is found dead in his room with his throat slit. Edgar Morton, a clerk and would-be son-in-law, is jailed after bloodstains on a razor and clothing surface. Cecil Randolph, the victim’s daughter, pleads for justice while suspicion falls on bookkeeper Conrad Smithers.
In a detective tale the narrator discovers a red hair on the victim’s neck, suspects Conrad Smithers, and confronts him. Smithers confesses after a staged sickness, is convicted of murder, and Edgar Morton is exonerated with a life sentence for Smithers. Cecil Randolph and Edgar Morton wed years later in New York.
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