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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1892
Page
6
A grim report recounts a deadly fall at Tal Lulah Falls with witnesses describing a disastrous incident. Authorities investigate probable accident as bystanders assist and emergency crews respond to the site.
Bun Wylie, hotel clerk, accuses three negroes led by Mayor Robinson of Tallulah Falls and a white man of abducting him from the Grand View Hotel area. He says they dragged him to a cliff over Hawthorne's pool and beat him, then released him after a threatened killing. Robinson denies the charge as Wylie’s allegations unfold.
The Baptist church overflowed Sunday at ten for the funeral of Dr C D Campbell. Rev L B Gwaltney opened with scripture and prayer, Rev H R Bernard delivered a moving sermon from Samuel. The service praised the ministerial life and Providence while the crowd mourned the loss of a loyal preacher and friend.
Reports from Peet Manretta Georgia describe the discovery of Mrs. Mattie Looney found murdered on her 220 acre farm eleven miles southeast of Marietta. Suspects Will Ellis and George Cullum were arrested in Atlanta. Ellis identified as Looney’s ward and former protegé with a will favoring him. Police sift motives as detectives seek a clear cause.
Enrollment reaches 108 with more expected next week as teachers depart for new schools. Prof J W Glenn lectures on botany and entomology and plans popular books on plants and insects. Miss Mattie Wheeler and Miss Allen praised for Garten and Kinder garten work. Prof B C Davis’s music lessons end. Brinkley resumes German after bereavement. Daily 6 to 6:30 pm faculty lectures spark sentiment among teachers. Harmony Grove items note local visits and politics.
Dyspepsia and liver complaints promoted with a sales pitch for Shilohs Vitalizer. Each bottle supposedly has a printed warranty, and the ad promises a refund if it fails to help. Sold by City Drug Store, Orr manager.
Bishop Nelson visited Tallulah Falls and held services at St James chapel drawing visitors from several points. He praised Georgia scenery, enjoyed tea with locals, and planned a grand fireworks display for August 20. A travel tale follows about a dog accompanying a young woman to the Falls and a Georgia social scene at the Cliff House with Atlanta excursionists.
Memphis plan for a People's Party morning newspaper before September, with John H. McDowell named editor. Mention of General G Field as a party candidate for governor and notes on the party’s political activities. In Dublin, 15 000 attend a monster amnesty meeting. Michael Davitt dies amid amnesty debates. Dr Bigser’s Huckleber cordial is advertised for bowel and teething pains.
A Fulton County case docket reveals Judson Glenn seeking to enjoin City Clerk Park Woodward from paying notes to Judge J Gadsden King. Glenn claimed the deal was illegal and the notes void, amid broader threads of local political maneuvering and prior resignations.
The Rothamsted station based in Hertfordshire established earlier than most, with turnip trials starting 1843 and continuous wheat work beginning 1844. Systematic plots receive fixed manures annually using ammonium salts sodium nitrate and minerals, enabling quantitative analysis. Wheat grown on Broadbalk for forty eight years shows no clear fertility decline.
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