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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1906
Page
7
A patient recounts ten years of stubborn hand eczema cured after using Cuticura Ointment and three bottles of Cuticura Resolvent. She notes improvements in appetite and overall health after treatment, urging others with skin or blood diseases to try the remedies.
Chicago reports another suicide following the Milwaukee Avenue State bank wreck. Kiwled Kollwreb, 46, who deposited 250 dollars in the junk two months earlier, hanged himself near a lake while onlookers observed. Friends say heavy losses pushed him toward unbalanced conduct. Reciever Dawes closed the Milwaukee cooperative store and Stensland enterprise, with notices posted for a settlement sale.
Aug 21 report from Pereira Illinois describes William J Hroon seeking no delegates from Illinois unless National Committeeman Roger Sullivan is repudiated by Moron s state convention Judge Thompson explains Bryan endorsement unlikely to face opposition from Sullivan While the convention s stance remains uncertain the core issue is whether Illinois will back Bryan or resist external pressure
Alexander R. Chisholm a Birmingham bank paying teller faces charges with W L Sims and C M Hayes of aiding his 100000 deficit from bucket shop speculation. Chisholm testified to losses tied to Gilbert Clay trades under the name S M Webster and admitted siphoning bank money from the reserve box. He pleaded not guilty and offered to testify against the brokers as Foster Co manager P G Smith remained absent awaiting proceedings.
Washington August 21. Military secretary orders transfer of colored troops from Fort Brown to Fort Ringgold Texas after clashes with townspeople. One company of the twenty six infantry to Fort Brown will be white soldiers replacing the colored unit. Major Penrose reports Brownsville violence blamed on soldiers though guilt not yet identified. Indignant soldiers claim harassment by citizens including incidents involving private Newton Lipscomb and a man named Tate near a customs office.
At Hopewell Primitive Baptist church twelve miles below Troy John Richburg was killed by Davin Whitehead after a dinner on the ground during a communion day. Whitehead fired several times. Richburg fired twice. Whitehead fled and is at large. Both men were prominent locals. A state central committee meeting and political maneuvering over resolutions followed the tragedy.
Cleveland Ga Aug 21 Rob Moore colored convicted of criminal assault on Ruby Hood seven year old daughter of J C Hood. Judge Kimsey sentenced him to be hanged on September 10. Crowd filled courtroom and shouted with joy outside. Harris Moore, Rab Moore’s son, tried for stealing, found guilty, fined 20 dollars and six months in the chains. The University of Georgia expects record new student enrollment next month at opening.
Aug 21 Valparaiso faced widespread devastation with 20000 homeless and high but unconfirmed death toll. Villa del Plana destroyed, losses estimated at 300 million dollars. Santiago organizes aid, public subscriptions open, troops patrol to stop looting as relief and search for bodies commence.
In Greenwood D C August 21 Bob Faust a 30 year old Black man became enraged over recent mob fatalities. He confronted several Black women, was driven off each time, and then threatened Benjamin King a white farmer in Coronaca. King disarmed him and Faust was later bound and taken to Greenwood as a raving maniac.
An inquest by Coroner Thompson found death of Joe Kee known as Kwang Sing from unknown causes. A slight odor of chloroform was noted at the laundry premises on East Mitchell street. Kee, who had a Athens, Georgia connection and $1,200 savings, was found by a citizen at about 8 am Monday. He was a partner with Joe Huey in a laundry business.
Seven hundred Ute Indians have left the reservation at Douglas Nevada and menaced local farms. They break into homes drive off cattle and drive farmers families from their residences. Authorities feel helpless and fear border outrages unless Federal troops arrive to restore order. An appeal for Federal aid may be made today.
Columbus Ga August 21 Columbus is making a strong effort to secure the agricultural college to be located in the fourth district. The city claims its fine public schools and better facilities, and will offer a site ample for future needs to win the college's placement.
In Columbia on August 21 Bob Etheridge a Black man who last Thursday attempted to assault the seven year old daughter of T H West a farmer from Mount Willing Saluda county was tonight taken to the scene by the girl's father and shot to death West who resides eighteen miles away returned home after the incident confirming the fatal outcome for Etheridge.
John J. Roper alias multiple names, linked to the Dalton gang robbery in Longview in 1892, killed two inmates Trawick and Crowder in a Lufkin county jail and hanged himself in his cell last night. Sheriff Watts has corroborated his identity as the Arkansas murder suspect of Sheriff Boyd, with a $1000 reward offered. The piece also notes immigration debates and labor issues in the South.
The Georgia Sunday School superintendents hold their annual rally September 3 to 6 at Trinity Church Atlanta with Prof H M Hamill and Rev E B Chapell among speakers. Program includes devotional sessions, organ music, lessons on organization, literature use, supervision, and welfare talks. A separate note recalls Mrs Jacob Zimmerman killing a rattlesnake that emerged from her sewing machine.
Harper's Weekly recounts David B. Henderson, future Speaker of the House, faced with a $200 to $800 bill for legal work in a large estate case. An heir paid $2,500 in $500 bills and asked if that would be enough, prompting Henderson to respond calmly for more to settle the matter.
Rev Dr Henry Van Dyke fishes the St Marguerite tributary of the Saguenay. A large salmon tows his canoe through rapids after dark, forced to follow the fish two hours until a birch torch lit gaffing confirms a 30 pounder. The piece also notes a Napoleon service coffee set owned by Mrs Jus Spencer Cannon as a rare period royal heirloom.
Frederick Bahe of South Boston woke with a broken back and no memory of the cause. He said he slept by a window last night and woke on the sidewalk in front of his house at about ten o clock. He then walked back home and slept until morning. Doctors were puzzled by the mysterious injury.
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