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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1903
Page
5
In Washburn college chapel Topeka Oct 6 a 500 strong audience witnessed a cane rush between freshmen and sophomores turning chaotic. Five sophomores vainly tried to push forty freshmen off the platform as chairs toppled hats flew and clothes tore. Faculty separated the rival bands after twenty minutes and order was restored.
Washington reports MW A Castle resigns as post office official effective after successor is appointed and qualified. He says he will stay until then and explains he previously offered to quit last spring at Secretary Shaw’s request. He plans return to St Paul after duties end.
Judge Gray of the anthracite strike commission appointed Carroll D Wright umpire over the short working day issue in the Schuylkill region. Hamilton Fish II, in New York, reports health concerns with appendicitis threat though operation not needed. Earthquakes felt in Havana with no damage. Washout halts northbound traffic on the New York Central in Tarrytown.
James H. Tillman testified in his own defense detailing editorials in The State he said were bitter and denying threats in Edgefield or on the Johnstown to Columbia train. He described a Columbia hotel exchange, claimed warnings against speaking in Columbia, and recounted the January 15 shooting incident with Gonzales and the messaging about a white feather.
New York dispatch reports taxation unpaid for two years in Tangier. Europeans supplying the sultan with western luxuries hold large secured bills backed by customs, outranking future loans. The sultan faces potential bankruptcy unless foreign powers reach agreement.
In New York on Oct 9 a well dressed young man, reportedly from Cincinnati, tried to steal several bronze statuettes from a South avenue store. He resisted police at the station, striking his head against a wall. He is treated for an old skull fracture at a hospital.
New York reports former President and Mrs. Cleveland have moved to Lakewood New Jersey for the winter season. The move aims to aid Mrs. Cleveland's health after the birth of baby Francis Grover. The couple plans to spend much time there during the season as they seek recovery and rest.
Tale recounts Henry Clay’s journey when horse trader Henry Wadsworth sought the famed stallion Orny Clay. The NJ owner George M. Patchen sets a dollar-per-pound price after weighing the 1050 pound horse. The piece contrasts old and modern harness tech and recounts Wadsworth’s racing feats and travel. It also notes a Hungarian gypsy’s murder and a magistrate rebuke in a separate vignette.
Silas G. Pratt describes Liszt facing Chopin’s Intense work with a transformed bearing intense gaze set jaw and body rigid as the pianist channels the composer’s spirit. The momentary terror of the chords, breath quickening, nostrils flared, conveys a diabolical fervor and devotion to Chopin’s art.
The piece recounts how London lawyers Hook and Crook aided property claims after the great fire, yielding the saying look or Crook. It also notes voters bribery trials with pigs in shoes and judges Hook and Crook, habeas corpus writs, and public calls this hocus pocus.
The Women of Moro notes a rich color variety in Hongoa dress but criticizes blackened filed teeth and untidy hair arrangements. Wealthier women wear long nails with silver shields, ears are pierced, and many wear bone or cigarette-shaped ornaments through the ear in a period style referenced by Everybody's Magazine.
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