100 Family Bibles at Nominal Set Price
An offer promotes 100 family Bibles at $1.50 each with a chance to obtain a set of Standard Authors at a very low price.
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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1891
Page
4
An offer promotes 100 family Bibles at $1.50 each with a chance to obtain a set of Standard Authors at a very low price.
The Athens market notes a broad bear signal with Liverpool and New York opening and closing lower. Receipts reach 16 000 above last year, while local trading remains active and prices steady only for a moment before further declines.
A heavy gold ring with a bloodstone setting found near the post office. Finder will be rewarded by returning it to Allen Talmage.
In Waaxesnaree Pa a man called out David David and his family at their door and shot them. David is dying from two eye wounds. Mrs David injured in throat and head. son Charles wounded in leg. The killer was arrested as lynch talk spread. In Orangeville Cal arsenic poisoning killed three and sickened others, traced to dessert biscuits. In Bonham Tex a hunter shot three neighbor boys after misfiring at geese, with serious injuries to two Van Sickle children and minor to Jeff Stevenson.
A sudden electric current from arc lights struck the Shelbyville business district during aNovember evening rain. William Londen collapsed after grabbing an iron hotel veranda post and was shocked, while Chas Huffman was knocked flat trying to help him. The current surged through the square, shocking several bystanders who stood on wet gratings. The current was cut off once the rain ceased.
A heavy gale in southern England and Ireland intensified to hurricane force. A French schooner wrecked near Hythe. the captain his wife and son perished while the crew were saved. The iron freight vessel Sign Venue, 1000 tons burden, went ashore near Sandgate. all aboard were saved.
The long standing custom of placing prizes in tobacco packages will be halted by the internal revenue department. Laws prohibit lottery like chances in tobacco sales. Letter thieves in New Orleans prompt banks to seek post office relief after ongoing thefts.
Father urges safeguard night fiend for children. Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein claimed to cure croup coughs and colds.
An 19th century ad touts the Electropoise as a universal tonic for neuralgia insomnia paralysis and nervous prostration claiming it cures hepatic troubles dropsy rheumatism and malaria fears while soothing the system with no shock or discomfort. It asserts home use and a $25 price with instruction booklet.
A flood of notices reveal candidates for Athens mayor and alderman from first second third and fourth wards. Each statement notes candidates submitting to the Democratic primary and seeking friends and votes.
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