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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1903
Page
8
J C Mount of Three Mile Bay New York drove a ten penny nail into his hand while opening a box. He applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm and later, and found the pain and soreness disappeared and the wound healed quickly. Sold by H R Palmer and Son and W J Smith and Bro.
The Tribune reports the Guardian Angel painting on display in Chicago is tied to a blunder. Isaac H. Caliga of Lustan allegedly created it three years ago, and a photograph credited another painter after the work was shown in New York. Caliga then altered the wings and composition.
Allentown PA October 20 Thomas Utel and Alfred Eckstein brothers of Mabel Bechtel are jailed in default of 1000 bonds as murder suspects. Both are held as witnesses while coroner's inquest is planned and funeral services for Mabel Bechtel proceed.
P J Sexton president of the Chicago Brick Company and noted contractor died last night at age 76 after illness while in England six weeks ago. He helped rebuild Chicago after the great fire and directed projects including Cook County Hospital, the City Hall, and the Congregational church. He served in a Kentucky cavalry unit during the Civil War.
A Brooklyn gang of rocket swindlers drained about $25,000 from upper Manhattan and Brooklyn businessmen on October 24. They forged checks using a stolen small bank certificate stamp to cash at many small shops, leaving victims much poorer.
Columbus colonel Inspects the guards tonight in Columbus Georgia and will inspect City Light Guards tomorrow night. Burglars Blow Open Florence Mills Safe in Forest City North Carolina and steal between one and two thousand dollars in cash.
Fourteen hundred builders have been laid off in the county with no work until late next spring. One hundred will be discharged in December, and the local industry will be closed for the season as strikes and higher building costs in Chicago halt construction.
In Memphis on Oct 29 roustabouts demanding 125 dollars monthly with one day off caused five steamboats including the United States mail cars to pile up at the port. Old river men call the conditions unprecedented and disruptive.
Sir Thomas Lipton has withdrawn his offer to present a cup for the 1904 trans-Atlantic yacht race. He plans for Emperor William to arrange a cup via the New York Yacht Club or the Atlantic Yacht Club.
Lieutenant James Walsh, constabulary supply officer at Masbate in the Visayas, convicted of embezzling 14000 in government funds, sentenced to ten years in prison. Faustino Millerio, Ladrones leader in Rizal raids, sentenced to death. Two officers receive life and two 20 year terms. Cotton by the River reports 500 bales of cotton from downriver points arriving at Columbus Warehouses via the Three States and the Bradley.
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