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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
3
The Davison Nicholson Co announces an August sale with Peter Pan Woolds belts, plaid silk belts, and a large restock of ladies gloves, hose, and wash goods. Discounts apply to organdies, lawns, ginghams, and lace curtains while showcasing trunks and ready to wear items.
Avlanta Ga Aug 7 A resolution in the senate proposes a joint session August 10 to hear Hon James H Blount a Cuban and Philippine codifier and Georgia judge speak on the independence of the Philippine Islands and self government a major issue in the next national campaign Bryan notes the topic draws wide press endorsement Blount recently addressed the Georgia Bar association on the issue.
Yesterday Joe Escoe was arrested by Officer A. H. Cook on Ru Hroad Street on a charge of being drunk. He resisted, cursed the officer with vulgar language, and was dragged toward the city prison. Mayor Dorsey will likely handle the matter this morning as crowds gathered along the route.
John N Pleasant of Magnolia Ind credits relief from periodic attacks and constipation to Dr King’s New Life Pills. Guaranteed to satisfy or money refunded, 25 cents at local drug stores W J Smith & Bro H R Palmer & Sons. Also DeWitt’s Little Early Risers praised for safe daily use. Sold by Orr Drug Company.
Cox College and Conservatory offers a free scholarship for every Georgia congressional district. The grants cover any literary course, awarded by competitive examination to top students. Applications and full details are available from the President at Cox College, College Park.
The tale recalls Roosevelt and Navy official Sharpe negotiating and buying cruisers, spending about seven million dollars, yet lacking a cent for a ride home. The piece weaves in anecdotes about Electric Bitters and Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar, advertised as cures, with local shop endorsements.
A local contractor, T. J. Nichols, is accused of owing nine to ten thousand dollars. Nichols and associates deny the claim, stating that he has repaid substantial sums over two years and that his assets exceed any alleged balance. Signed by the secretary-treasurer and general manager.
Mrs. W. D. Simpkins of Albany moves to Athens to educate her children. She purchased a Hill street residence in Lynwood Park and will occupy it immediately. Locals welcome the family, citing Athens educational advantages.
An old domestic remedy article advises using Stuart's Gin to treat diabetes and Brights disease, recommending Buchu as part of the regimen. The short note suggests typical 19th century patent medicine practices and emphasizes tonic use for chronic ailments.
A tongue in cheek guide explains a secretive library-like entry to a newspaper office and a practical ad for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It notes local merchants selling the medicine and a Minnesota pastor praising its value for summer stomach ailments in children.
The county state primary registration list remains open until Saturday afternoon August 11 at 7 oclock city time. Tax Collector Linton will close the list at that hour and those not listed will lose voting rights in the primary. Those already on the county primary list need not re register for the state election.
A garbled prompt fragment suggests an aim to summarize a case involving diabetes and a product or brand named Stuart's Gin. The readable text provides no clear event, date, person, or organization to anchor a factual card.
A letter to the Gazette Times from an elderly Pittsburger describes a simple hay fever remedy using alum held between the lips and gums during onset, plus ten days of daily use, plus lemons and mild laxatives. The writer claims decades of fever and asthma relief with this method and offers help to about 1,000 local sufferers.
In Eminee Kentucky four years ago Major Hamm editor and manager of the Constitutionalists was attacked by piles. He bought a box of Bucklen's Amica Salve which cured him in ten days and has caused no trouble since. The salve is praised as the quickest healer for burns sores cuts and wounds and sells for 26 cents at local drug stores W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons.
Early in a West tour violinist Eduard Remeny asked for the easiest way to reach an Illinois town. A hotel clerk answered Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. Remeny mischievously replied with a cryptic phrase meaning the day after tomorrow, leaving the clerk puzzled.
The Augusta Herald reports the death of Fred N Bain at age 37 on July 31 1906 at his mother's home. After years of work he suffered a lingering illness and left a wife and three children. Surrounded by loved ones and under medical care in Augusta he passed peacefully, trusting in the resurrection.
A 3,000 strong mob overran Rowan County jail and hanged three prisoners linked to the Barber Junction murders. Two other accused Negroes were wounded or escorted away. The crowd dispersed after authorities and local dignitaries urged restraint amid gunfire and panic.
A newspaper advertisement from Devoe & Co and P.8 Talmage Hardware Co urges owners to paint barns and houses for both looks and wear. It touts Devoe lead and zinc ground paint, claims government use, and asserts less paint needed than mixed varieties, with faster, longer-lasting results.
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