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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1903
Page
4
The advertisement extols Cuticura remedies as the greatest success against eczema and scalp skin woes. It recommends warm baths with Cuticura Soap to remove scales, Penetrate crusted areas and soften skin, plus nightly applications of Cuticura Cement and Resolvent pills. A global distribution note and various prices accompany the claims.
For sale several hundred bushels rust proof oats thoroughly climatized and free from noxious weed and grass seed. Five cents per bushel f.o.b. Bishop Georgia delivered in Athens preferred. C. W. Green Bishop Ga.
Reports from Monastir say many insurgents have surrendered under the sultan’s call. Leaders remain at large as winter plans thin rebel bands to about 8,500 fighters. Surrendering men hand rifles to leaders who hide them for spring operations. no dynamite used this winter. Turkish claims say Chanlaroff and Sarafoff killed at Boof. Bulgarians claim Sarafoff escaped to Bulgaria. American missionary Kell arrived to assist Monastir relief efforts.
St. Petersburg reports a detailed Russian Pacific squadron order of battle including six battleships, eight first class cruisers, five second class cruisers, seven gunboats, two torpedo cruisers, two torpedo transports, and 24 torpedo boat destroyers with 750 officers and 13,200 men. It also notes additional units en route to the Far East and their personnel. Fort Clatsop replica planned for St Louis Fair with a $10,000 cost, echoing Lewis and Clark wintering at the Columbia River mouth in 1805.
A snapshot of early 20th century affairs notes Russo-Japanese tensions rising and efforts at arbitration. Pope Pius X aims to heal Vatican quirinal rift, while US bankers hold their annual convention. Morristown businessman Donaldson dies by self-inflicted gunshot. Hamlyn cites protectionist gains as key to US strength. Yale graduate Pickens argues for race opportunity before the American Missionary Association. U S China treaty riles Russia, who resists Manchuria terms. Canada decries Alaskan boundary ruling. Britain accused of sacrificing Canada. Witness Mixon testifies in shipbuilding case, Schwab’s control cited. Birmingham wage talks era iron steel. Haywood trial spurs editorials criticizing North Carolina murder laws.
At Fort Riley Kansas October 22 a mock attack drill drew troops from across the post while friction surfaced between Texas troops and the Tenth Cavalry colored troopers. Fists have flared and a detachments seized a man overnight before releasing him. Texas men guard routes to the commissary, citing tensions in the camp.
Vincent Cody, once wealthy, dies in New York as a transit subway watchman. He claims Tweed’s influence ruined him after the Civil War for defeating Tweed’s assembly candidate. Convicted by a packed jury over an accidental shooting, his life sentence was commuted by President Roosevelt, yet he left prison reluctantly.
The cruiser Chattanooga and torpedo boats Nicholson and O'Brien under construction at Crescent Ship yards were towed by government tugs to the Brooklyn navy yard for completion. Government property was removed with no sheriff present and no resistance.
Three thousand workers in the canning department of Chicago stock yards packing houses demand wage increases from 10 to 25 percent. About two thousand men and one thousand women and boys are affected. Negotiations will determine terms for sausage makers and pork butchers.
An Athens Ga item notes O W Motel famed photographer on College Avenue offering premier portrait work and studio services. It mentions others seeking barber training with paid wages and quick completion, a New Orleans college listing, plastering and cementing services, local ads for produce, lost and found items, and a four room house for rent.
October 22 1908 report outlines market conditions, price movements, and regional production notes for cotton. It highlights demand shifts, rail transport impacts, and key figures in the trade.
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