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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1915
Page
8
A collage of reminders to save mileage coupons and pay for ads, plus various classifieds. Notices include insurance pitches, wanted scrap iron, painting services, rentals for houses and rooms, a used motorcycle for sale, pecan and tree nursery listings, and a reader testimonial praising Chamberlain's Tablets.
Atlanta, Oct 19. Prohibition caucus of Anti Saloon League supporters postponed to next week or ten days. Rival forces backing Fullbright substitutes gain strength as prohibitionists plan to push bills in the extra session. Outcome favors Wallbright bills as likely to become law.
An old ad touts Dr Kings New Discovery as a trusted cough remedy with 46 years on the market. It claims relief for pneumonia and lung troubles caused by delayed treatment and offers money back if it fails with pricing at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Brownsville Texas October 19 ten Mexicans were executed by citizen posses for alleged complicity in the killing of three Americans and wounding of four aboard the St Louis Brownsville and Mexico passenger train near Brownsville. U S troops continued pursuit of bandits as five suspects remain jailed. The death of Dr E S McCain deputy state health officer who was shot in the train compartment raised deaths to three. The wounded are reported to recover. One captured assailant turned over to civil authorities.
Atlanta tales recount a nocturnal flying machine reported from Cordele Bellwood and Mount Yonah. The biplane carries a masking light and flies about a thousand feet high, prompting theories of US government night flights or a secret inventor.
Atlanta reports a statewide contest among Georgia counties for a thousand dollar gold prize from the Harvest Festival Association for the best agricultural float in the November 18 parade. Some 75 counties have entered, with more to come, as 200,000 visitors are expected.
Public notice that the warehouse and store room formerly occupied by Webb & Crawford near the Central of Georgia Railway depot are available for rent. Trustee F C Shackelford states the property is under his control.
The State versus J W Griffin will again go to the higher state courts for a third time. An appeal will challenge the over ruling of the motion for a new trial by Judge Thomas.
The Georgia warehouse bill faces a growing opposition from farmers and a potential rift in the state committee. Officials say the extra session push may bluff to save faces, while a carefully crafted alternative document could still pass.
J. W. Nizx of Cleveland Georgia reports his two children with croup were nearly unable to breathe. After trying Honey and Tar with no relief the remedy fully cured them, though it contains opiates. H. R. Palmer & Sons.
Frank Moran of Pittsburg knocked out Jim Coffey in the third round in New York, securing the right to fight Willard. Moran weighed 200 pounds to Coffey’s 201, Coffey briefly rose on the ropes after a decisive right cross before the referee stopped the bout for Moran.
Courts opened briefly with minor cases and a few criminal matters. The Dobbs case is listed for tomorrow but may not proceed to trial this week.
A fragmented column notes Native practices to purify pond water by repeated bailing and filtering. It also cites social humor about marital woes and a curative formula claiming to remove tobacco odor with chlorate of lime vanilla sugar gum and a paste mix.
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