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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1905
Page
4
A New York Sun correspondent lauds Jewish women as formidable beauty and intellect, noting Christians increasingly choosing Jewish partners. He praises Jewish dames for breaking religious prejudice, hailing their virtues and grace, and compares their allure to American beauty.
Philadelphia on September 20 saw the City Party, a reform group, hold its county convention at the Academy of Music to nominate candidates for sheriff, coroner, and two county commissioners opposing the Republican slate. The platform urged thorough election law revision, limits on municipal franchises, merit-based civil service, and government controlled by citizens rather than contractors.
A 32 year old Germantown man known as Hardman survived a rare operation in which doctors removed his beating heart to locate a bullet near it. The bullet was found just inches from the heart after two ribs were removed, and the heart continued beating during the procedure. The operation, performed at a major city hospital, is only the second of its kind in the area and the patient recovered from anesthesia with improved condition.
The University of Georgia welcomes William F. Slaton Jr. of Atlanta, a great great grandson of James Jackson, from the first graduating class of 1804 and related to Chief Justice Jackson. Slaton is praised for his strong record at Boy's High School and is expected to excel at the university.
Athens Sex and Coat Company advertises Jellico coal at 135 59 per ton. Printing The Benner Lepde.
Mrs Eliza Fellows Whitehead died at home near the State Normal School after several weeks illness. She was sister of Mr U S Fellows and lifelong member of First Methodist Church. She leaves a husband. funeral yesterday at five at the residence conducted by Rev George E Stone, interment in Oconee cemetery.
Yesterday afternoon during court adjournment the state case against Henry Scott, colored, a son of Wash Scott serving life for murder, was being tried. Henry Scott faced a charge of common cheat and swindler. he was not convicted. The case would not be finished until today.
A Chicago street car conductor beaten in a labor riot used Bucklen's Amica Salve and recovered quickly. G. J. Welch of Tekonsha Mich endorses it for family use, claiming it is perfect. The product is sold for 26 cents at H. R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro.
Market note lists Best Red Ash Jelica Coal at $5.50 per ton. Arama log and Coay, Co appears in fragmented OCR.
Baseball results list various games with lineups and battery pairs across Atlanta Birmingham Nashville and Montgomery including Moren Fox Suggs Hurlburt Clark Matthews McFarland Garvin Russell Downing Phillips Sullivan McCoy Yeaser Sorrell Graftius and Shreveport players. No single game outcome is clearly stated.
Mr Larry Gantt plans to start The Southern Advance in Athens with a press and linotype from New York. First issue expected in October after equipment arrives by September 1. He will publish a weekly paper, avoiding conflict with The Banner and declining a daily edition.
A physician from California describes his recovery from nervous symptoms and low mood after ending coffee use. He switched to English Breakfast Tea then milk, finally found relief with Postum Food Coffee, crediting it with curing his blues and heart pains and advising patients to use it.
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