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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1908
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows several train numbers and times but many characters are garbled making exact services uncertain. The readable items include No 62 No 32 No 88 and times around 10 43 am and 11 05 pm with additional illegible notes.
reports claim the Gatun dam south toe sank as heavy rains flood the Charges river and submerge the Gatun pumping station. Goethals says the slide is minor and similar to typical rainy season shifts, while rail lines and lock sites remain underwater.
Inman and Co of Augusta won a verdict against the Central of Georgia Railway for 164,567.71 in Columbus Georgia. The suit alleged burning cotton in railway yards three years ago caused by the railroad’s custody. The case was the largest of several against the railroad.
The Hippodrome in New York presents a real live circus under a big tent on its stage. Manu Klein, leader of the orchestra, wrote When the Circus Comes to Town, sung by hundreds on the stage. The complete song will be given free with next Sunday's World.
Miss Helen Hatfield daughter of Col. Charles A. P. Hatfield married Lieut. Berkeley Thorne Merchant at Fort Myer in a noon ceremony. The bridal party wore uniforms and a military band provided music for the ceremony and reception.
Bibb County grand jury indicted the Macon Fair Association for allowing games and devices where money and valuables were at hazard during the recent state fair at Central City park. The misdemeanor charge targets the corporation. defense decisions pending. If no defense is offered, fines will be paid and the matter ends.
The Moravian Historical Society in Bethlehem observed the anniversary of the 1755 Moravian missionaries massacre at Gnadenhuetten. The brutal event, one of the Lehigh Valley's bloodiest, is remembered on this date.
The International State Fanciers association poultry show opens in Clinton Iowa, with turkeys chickens ducks pigeons and other stock on display and judged through the week. A. F. Hardy of East Wilton Maine praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve noting its effectiveness and cost saving at local drugstores.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a note about a man with nervous debty and memory issues, mentioning a dissipation or unnatural drains and a possible self cure. The passage is highly garbled with misspellings and lacks clear event, date, or identifiable entities.
In Macon Georgia on November 24 Mrs Dave Wachtel and her daughter Mrs Ed Weichelbaum were badly burned when a gasoline flame sparked a bath room fire. A negro servant lit the gas burner as gloves were cleaned and the blaze spread to their clothing. They escaped with injuries needing physician care as the fire department arrived to help.
The article advises Chamberlain's Salve on a soft cloth to ease burn pain and speed healing if injuries are not severe. It also reports Westinghouse Electric stockholders in Pittsburgh approving a reorganization plan, expanding the board to sixteen, creating a proxy committee, and raising capital by ten million dollars.
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