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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1915
Page
3
A Cleveland Ohio and Hanover Pennsylvania reader share relief from female health pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letters claim avoidance of surgical operation and praise the remedy for restoring regularity and energy.
Information line lists contact Paul Pinkerton commercial agent and R L Johnson ticket agent with phone numbers 81 and 1026 for daily and Bun day schedules. Mentions ex Bun morning time 9 45 am and 6 50 pm daily.
Effective March 7 1918 timetable shows eastbound and westbound departures from Athens with connections at Belmom Winder Monroe and intermediate points. Nos 2 and 4 connect at multiple junctions with the Georgis for all points Gaines Gainesville Northwestex and Southern Railway to the south.
The report states John Doyle, a metropolitan polisher out of work three months, declares he will end it all and steals in an apparent attempt at self harm blocked by a switch engine. the text notes such deaths by own action have rarely been prevented, with Doyle’s case drawing attention to frus trated crisis reports.
A man climbed a Rock Island railroad trestle at Thirty third Street and fashioned a noose from a rope tied to a rail. He dropped but a switch engine cut the rope, jolting him to the ground. Trainmen removed him to the Bridge Well Hospital.
Special Deputy Sheriff Brown of Solon Springs Wisconsin says he killed a 300 pound black bear with his bare hands after a night confrontation at his camp. He wrestled the animal when it charged after he wounded it, losing his knife and choking the bear to death as most of his clothes were torn away.
The British tramp Longscar reported an onboard encounter with a five foot brown eagle captured 150 miles off the Delaware Capes. The bird fought two crew members, Boatswain Smith was cut above the eye and Seaman Hughes had a scratched hand. The eagle landed on the foremast after a three hour pursuit and attacked when Smith attempted to seize it.
William Wayne Belvin once a Virginia scion and railroad president rose to millionaire status on Wall Street after inheriting 600000 and profiting in real estate. He later lost 425000 in the Northern Pacific battle and descended into poverty and obscurity on New York streets.
The narrative tracks Belvin’s fall from affluent Waldorf living to panhandling along Broadway. After failing to pay bills, he loses status, faces arrest attempts and commitment for sanity, then wanders to Boston Philadelphia and Chicago threatening brokers. By return to New York he resumes solicitations, now a ragged symbol of ruin on Wall Street and Broadway.
James Seidel of Philadelphia faces court on charges of looting lockers in a telephone building after detectives used chemically treated coins to trap him. Employees reported regular disappearances of money and clothing before Seidel was found attempting to wash off the green reacting powder in a lavatory.
James McKinnon, ranch owner of 7000 acres near Hartline Washington and sizable Alberta holdings, was believed drowned and buried after a Spokane death report. He survived, traveled through a blizzard, and learned of his supposed burial through a Spokane bank inquiry, then confirmed his identity at Lodwick undertaking rooms.
In Hanover New Jersey a hawk attacked a chicken coop. A game rooster named Blarney challenged the hawk, then Teddy the Irish terrier joined, gripping the hawk by the throat. Nixon killed the hawk which measured five feet four inches across its wings.
Mrs. George Ellery wounded a lioness that charged her husband at their Reno cabin. She struck the animal with the rifle butt, killing it after a failed first shot and the lioness rushed her, while her husband reportedly trapped three cubs believed to be the litter.
I have used Chamberlain's Tablets off and on for the past six years whenever my liver shows signs of being in a disordered condition. They have always acted quickly and given me the desired relief. Mrs. F. H. Trubus, Springville, N Y. For sale by all dealers. aav.
Linton Spring Water Co offers pure water with contact numbers 504 and 95 for rates. The firm notes it is an agent for Bowden Lithia and promotes its product as pure like gold.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes Wise Wombat often praises his wife, sparking comment on why he drags her into conversations. The quip hints at a humorous idea of a dictograph device lingering.
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