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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1903
Page
3
The text offers guidance on personal growth and resilience. It promotes learning, staying positive, and helping others while handling troubles privately. It encourages smiling at friends and prioritizing inner well being over external noise, with a playful tone about human flaws.
A fragment from London Tit-Bits features a mock dialogue about medical treatment and a plug for King’s New Life Pills. The ad alleges strict laws governing life and warns against irregular living, claiming the pills provide gentle, thorough relief, attributed to W. J. Smith & Bro, H. R. & Son.
An 18th century Glasgow Herald report recalls a dramatic duel at six paces between two naval and army officers, Lieutenant W and Captain J. Both fired, mortally wounding each other after a final vow and request to grant a mourning ring to Captain J.’s sister. The account notes rapid deaths and seconds' futile attempts to reconcile.
London September 3 The Alaskan boundary commissioners met in private conference at the Foreign Office to elect officers swap credentials and take the treaty oath Reginald T Tower was chosen secretary J R Carter and Mr Pope named assistant secretaries Lord Alverstone was made chairman Oral arguments are set for September 15 with a completion target of October 9 The committee will sit five days a week from September 14 with limited press access
In Jackson Mississippi Sept 3, rumors spread among Black residents that Major James K. Vardaman will restrict Black education and civil rights if elected governor. Plantation owners and educated Black leaders assure that civil rights would not be abridged, while labor conditions are not expected to change significantly. Also noted are advertisements for DeWitt's Little Early Risers laxative and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, with testimonials and sale notices linked to local merchants.
The wheat crop is reported thirty five million bushels down from last year prompting higher flour across markets. Bransford’s Clifton flour has risen but not as sharply as others. Citizens are urged to buy now while rates are climbing. Also announces candidacy for alderman from the first ward by O W Cooper, subject to Democratic party action.
Judge W T Holland of Greenburg La recalls chronic indigestion two years ago causing distress after meals and restless nights. He tried Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and reports it cured him completely improving sleep and digestion.
Georgia man John Temple Graves spoke at the University of Chicago convocation on race, urging separation as the only solution. He framed it as divine providence, warned against miscegenation, and called for Caucasian unity while advocating removing the Negro from American civilization.
A boy’s desperate ride with his family fearing death leads to a claim of instant relief from asthma and consumption after using Dr Kings New Discovery. The ad cites W H Brown of Leesville Indiana and lists sale prices and free trials at local druggists.
In a fog delayed start, yacht Shamrock III and Reliance race 13 miles to windward and return toward the Jersey shore. Reliance leads early, then slowly edged toward Shamrock as wind freshened to nine miles per hour. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy touted as a trusted treatment for croop and cough with long-standing usage. Sold by H R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Son.
A Missouri Kansas and Texas stock train and a freight train collided head on at McHain Sedalia Mo injuring three men H A Waller stockman Wichita Falls Texas with leg and ankle injuries J A Davis stockman Wichita Falls Texas with a broken thigh and Edward Turbeyville fireman internal injuries All three were taken to the company hospital both trains wrecked and the incident occurred on the MK&T line through Sedalia.
Eldorado Ark Sept 3 Deputy Sheriff Dailags Hunter was killed about four miles west of Eldorado while riding from home. A posse with bloodhounds followed a trail that led to a tree where the shooter fired from about 30 feet. The killing appears linked to an old feud, Hunter a friend of the late W P Lee.
The Clifton Flour is sold only to retail merchants in small quantities ensuring constant freshness. Bransford's Clifton Flour is the family use option, and using anything else risks inferior bread cake and pastry. We keep Clifton Flour in stock regularly.
Advertisement extols Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent as swift safe cures for torturing skin conditions in infants children and adults. Claims immediate relief and permanent cures with economy and safety. Lists depots worldwide and prices for soap ointment and pills with proprietors noted.
Seaboard Air Line offers Labor Day round trip Athens to Atlanta for 244 dollars with tickets on sale September 7 and morning train on the 8th good for return September 9. Baggage checks on the $1 Sunday round trip to Atlanta discontinued starting August 6. J Z Hoke and J A Von Dahlen listed as agents.
A Baltimore American style quote pair and a cartoonish quip about marrying, followed by a short exchange in Cleveland Phin Dealer and Brooklyn Life humor sections. The feature ends with a physician’s recommendation to Jack about social life and a testimonial claiming Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saved a man’s life, with local merchants selling the product.
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