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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1905
Page
4
Police quell riot at St Stanislaus Church in Adams after long quarrel between parishioners and Pastor M Kopythlewics. Officers used clubs and revolvers to disperse attackers, six arrests made as crowd briefly reentered the building before reinforcements drove them away.
Judge Ernest Gary of the state circuit court was robbed of $26 cash a $100 gold watch and a set of keys in front of Col Harwell’s house near Bull Street. Two other locals were robbed of smaller sums as the city’s boldest residential district hold up unfolded at 10 pm.
Cora Williams, a negro woman, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of stealing a dress from a Athens resident. Police are not yet convinced of her guilt and continue inquiries into the case.
Atlanta GA Sept 25 Admiral George Dewey sends a 100 dollar check to W R Joyner head of the Brumby monument committee for Lieutenant Thomas Brumby a Spanish American War hero and former flag lieutenant. Georgia sets capitol grounds site with two captured Spanish cannons for the monument and the fund stands at 1300 with 700 more to raise.
At Pekin railway station a bomb exploded in a private car as a mission train left. Four minor officials were killed and over twenty injured, including Prince Tsar Tche and Wu Ting Fang who were only lightly hurt. The attacker was killed in the blast, shocking officials and prompting tightened guard.
Police rushed reserves to the South Side station to quell a race riot triggered by Shake speare school students in the mill district. About 10 black children were badly beaten. 50 to 60 pupils fought, with several black victims sustaining scalp wounds while white students largely escaped harm.
A woman, not an actress, visits a glass and china shop in Barclay street and orders a seven by two and a half by two feet cut-glass bath tub. The manager doubts feasibility and cost, estimating at least $50,000 and promising to decide within a week.
An 1880s style advertisement offers one hundred dollars for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It presents endorsements from Walding Kinnan Marvin and others along with claims of internal action and testimonial mailings. It promotes price at 75 cents and sale by all druggists and includes Fight's Family Pills for constipation.
Savannah Press notes a quirky aside about Alice Roosevelt and the Dowager Empress of China during an interview, while advertising coal and ice services. The notice lists Best Red Ash Jellico Coal at five dollars and fifty cents per ton from Atugas Ice & Coat Co.
A six week old baby developed thick scalp scales that peeled off with hair loss. After ineffective treatment, Cuticura Soap and Ointment were used, washing and gentle combing removed scales and hair grew back. Now one year old with no eczema traces. Mrs. C. W. Burges Bridgeport Conn. ed. 21 1598.
Mrs Burges reports in 1903 that her baby with severe eczema on the head was cured after using Cuticura Remedies. The testimonial extols instant relief and better sleep for skin troubled babies with Cuticura Soap and Ointment, claiming rapid, permanent results and worldwide availability.
The stone building housing the university supply store, Professors' Club, local bank, and treasurer R. M. DuBose's office at Sewanee Tenn burned early morning. Loss estimated at 25000 dollars with 15000 dollars insured. Temporary quarters arranged. plans for rebuilding likely. second supply store fire in years.
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