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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1891
Page
5
The Athens Park and Improvement Company announces that on the sale day five residence lots in Athens will be given away to the bidder who builds the finest house on any one lot. A limited number of lots will be sold, all accessible by the electric line, with easy terms promising handsome returns on a small outlay.
A Southern girl recounts hosting Mrs S and daughter from a major New York publishing house. Anxious preparation ends in chaos as a pine knot fire misfires and a yard full of dogs disrupts the visit, culminating in astonished departure and gossip about Yankees.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with a guarantee of satisfactory results or a refund. It promises relief for throat lung and chest ailments including consumption bronchitis asthma whooping cough and croup. Trial bottles available for 10 cents at J Crawford Co. Drugstore.
Fragments outline a notice from April 23 20th century alleging events at the Orr and Waite Lee farm involving dray males. The readable text is sparse with no clear actions or authorities. Further details are unreadable in the fragment.
Eyewitness Pegwood reports a sensational monster found on dry land after a flood near Tallulah Falls. The creature, 27 feet long with a broad head and finned body, died after a gunshot failed to penetrate its skull. pockets contained clothing and a whisky bottle.
An advertisement touts Lemon Elixir by Dr. H Mozley of Atlanta Georgia claiming cures for biliousness fever chills malaria sleeplessness indigestion headaches and other ailments linked to liver stomach kidneys or bowels. It mentions a display of a stuffed cow hide at the Grand View Hotel during summer prior to shipment to the World’s Fair and lists pricing of 500 and 1.00 per bottle.
Cures coughs colds hoarseness sore throat bronchitis hemorrhage and all throat and lung diseases. Effective and reliable. Sold for 25 cents at druggists. Distributed by Dr H Mozley Atlanta Ga.
The American Present issued by the Southern Literary Association in Sheffield Alabama edited by Tom L Cannon offers writings from Southern authors for three dollars per year. It features discussions on political economy science poetry history and living issues. Mary Ella Noble of Athens contributes a poem showcasing notable talent with lines about night Angelus and devotion.
W C Lourd of Leesburg Alabama reports a ten month old baby nearly dying and claims Dr Bigger’sucklebbery Cordival cured the child. The note promotes the remedy as giving the hippiest result and suggests every home should have it.
Washington dispatch reports chaotic speculation on Democratic and Republican paths to the presidency and speakership. Blaine may influence Harrison by shifting support while Mills eyes the next House speaker post. Farmer Alliance leaders doubt a third party, and Justice Bradley's retirement hints swirl around the Supreme Court. Ex-Senator Ligalls appears in town attracting press attention.
The passage praises the Golden Medical Discovery as a healthful remedy for many, linking it to a toast about health for loved ones. It calls the medicine a blood purifier liver invigorator and general remedy for various ailments. It claims cures for consumption in early stages scrofula bronchitis and throat diseases.
London May 16 1891 physicians report Mr Gladstones fever continues to abate and is expected to return to usual health within days Latest temperature 100 degrees Inquiries at Marlborough House indicate the Prince of Wales recovering from a slight influenza attack and making progress toward recovery.
Yesterday at about one o'clock a fire alarm from box 45 at the courthouse junction signaled a blaze at the Booth and Bertling slaughter pen on Barber street. Dense smoke rose from the end of the street as the fire worsened before the fire department arrived. The slaughter buildings were consumed and the loss is estimated at five hundred dollars. A negro was cooking sausage and let the fire get out of control.
In Athens, Jacob Colley finds a sick horse on its back. The wagoner carts the animal away, but the supposed-dead horse miraculously stands and begins to eat grass again. The driver remains silent as locals joke about remedies like Bradycruzine.
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