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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1909
Page
5
An advertisement claims lower costs for newspaper composition using improved facilities. It invites readers to request bids for any work not using a Linotype, promising weekly work volume and profit through a partnership.
Mt Vernon Masonic bodies meet weekly at Max Joseph building Clayton Street and adjacent halls. Listings include Mt Vernon Lodge 22 FP and AM Keystone Chapter Royal Arch Masons St Elmo Knights of Pythias Athens B P C E No 790 Williams Lodge I O O F Glenn Lodge 75 Oliver Encampment 16 Geo Davis Camp 292 W C W and visiting members invited. Includes officers names and contact notes.
A Carnegie tale from St. Andrews tells of a caddie whose wife seeks to curb his drinking. She hides in white sheet form at night and calls out to him Thould Nicke. The caddie, drunk, asks for a shake of his hand and jokes about an impending welcome at home.
Louisville authorities describe 17 year old Thomas Jefferson Hall of Louisville as the bank robber who killed J Hangary Fawcett and wounded John Woodward and James Tucker in New Albany Ind. He fled by car to the Ohio river before being captured and placed in the Jeffersonville reformatory. His father cites dime novels and Huckleberry Finn as influence.
A Yale Sheffield Scientific School exam joke notes a student misdefining the gastric juice question by answering "The stomach" when asked for its office. The Cleveland Leader recalls a prior child’s definition of a mountain range as a large stove, illustrating playful misinterpretations.
The advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a mild medicine for children to cure chronic constipation and improve lesson performance. Sold by all dealers.
In Cairo Illinois on November 12 a white mob hanged Henry Salzner from a telegraph pole after he killed his wife with an ax last July. A prior lynching of Will James, a Black man, occurred earlier that night as the mob sought confessions and prayed briefly.
Cairo Illinois November 12 Will James a Negro who murdered Miss Annie Pelley was lynched by a mob in a public square. He was hanged from a public arch. The rope broke and attackers fired at him extensively, then burned the body. Authorities were overwhelmed. Relatives aided the mob and about 10 000 witnesses were present. James implicated another man Arthur Alexander who is being hunted.
The column mentions Doc Adkins singing in a Baltimore church, James A. Hart as a National League president candidate, and Jim selling the Cubs claiming retirement. It reports El Paso’s 5 to 3 victory with Christy Mathewson and Jim Scott on the mound, plus news of a new Pennsylvania West Virginia league planned to include Huntington Charleston Parkersburg Clarkesburg Grafton Fairmont Uniontown Connellsville.
Advert shows a home remedy claiming to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. Note on each bottle bears E. W. Grove signature and price 25 cents.
A Collier’s Weekly account interviews a Mormon woman about plural marriage and family life. She describes shared households, women’s roles, polygamous practice, and keeping unity among wives and children, noting routines and social dynamics in the plural families.
A narrative recounts multiple wives sharing chores and beds in a polygamous arrangement, noting self reliance and camaraderie. It contrasts this with later resentment from a polygamous child and memory of parental favoritism, ending with a note on a Miller Furniture Co. plan to open a Ladies' Den for discussions.
A Vienna report claims ex Crown Prince George of Servia fired two shots at a woman’s pearl earrings from ten paces. The bullets cut the gold wire, causing the gems to drop to the floor uninjured as the wearer watched without tremor.
Wingfield Cash Grocery Co. advertises Merry Widow tobacco as a better value, offering the same price as inferior brands elsewhere and urging shoppers to switch for quality.
Report notes Jack O Brien seeking Langford fight and Johnson foe requests since the Johnson Durns bout. Nelson drums up elimination bouts among Pack McFarland Wolgast Summers Welsh Powell Deshler with winner earning title shot. Colma promoter Croffroth faces pushback as arena plans draw local ire.
The column cites Tad Jones claiming Michigan’s chances to beat Pennsylvania look better than in years. It notes Withingtons excelling against Harvard, Heath from Princeton’s freshman side for next year, Frantz’s jaw injury at Middies, Yale’s four quarterbacks, Hillebrand joining Princeton coaching, and several players living in New York or nearby towns.
Mothers who value their child's welfare should keep a box of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children to ease colds fever teething issues and stomach troubles. They never fail sold by drug stores 25 cents free sample offer to mothers by Allens Olmstead Le Roy N Y.
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