Through trains from St Louis to Portland and Northwest
Rail listings announce The Burlington Route service to Portland and Puget Sound via Billings with No. 41 and No. 5 Expresses. Includes details on coaches sleepers and din ing cars, with destinations through Nebraska Colorado Utah Pacific Coast and beyond. Contacts J N Merrill Geo So, L W Wakely, and Howard Elliott in St Louis.
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Portland
Puget Sound
Burlington-Northern Pacific Express
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Nebraska
Black Hills
Wyoming
Montana
Washington
Tacoma
Seattle
Paget Sound
Oregon
Billings
Northwest
Kanana City
Colorado
Utah
Pacific Coast
Denver
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Beyond
St. Louia
Omaha
Kansas
Lincoln
Pleane
J.N. Merrill
Geo. So
N. Pryor
Atlanta
L. W. Wakely
Howard Elliott
St Louis
Athens City Directory Excerpts Include Local Businesses
The page lists several Athens area businesses and offices with addresses and phones, including hardware stores on Broad Street, job printing on Jackson Street, mattress works, a publishing contact, and utilities. It reads like a late 19th or early 20th century city directory page detailing local trades and services.
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E. D. Btone
Jackson Street
Athens Mattress Works
Athis, Ga
Thrilling river journey ends with rescue on Yukon
Mrs Hewitt wife of a Chicago physician recounts a perilous voyage down the Koyukak river beginning near Beattie Alaska after losing her party. She built a log raft and rode 750 miles to the Yukon where rescuers reached her. She later traveled to Nome to reunite with her husband. She had left Chicago two years earlier to join him.
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Beattie
Koyukak
Mrs. Hewitt
Chicago
Senate
Yukon River
Nome
Jane
Yukon
Journey Through the Scheidigg Pass and Swiss Alps
A travel account describes a journey from Grindelwald to the Scheidigg Pass with snow clad peaks the Eiger Monch and Jungfrau. It notes the perilous rack and pinion railway, bells in pastureland, alpine flora including Edelweiss, and guardianship of the flower by government. The writer also mentions Wetterhorn Glacier and hotel comforts, then shifts to a local jail scene about a Charley Ross impersonator and a patent patent medicine promotion.
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Scheidieg Pass
Scheidigg Pass
Bernese Alps
Eiger
Monch
Jungfras
Scheldigg Pass
Wengern Alps
Charley Ross
Aleo
Wangern Alp
Alps
Grindelwold
Wetterhorn Glacier
Poughkeepsie
Recorder's Court
Serting
Philadelphia
Rom
Ross
Glaciers and travel tales amid peril and distant Alps
A narrator recalls near snow mountains and a distant glacier, recounting tourists ignored guides warnings and a tragic accident. Plans include Lacarne, the Italian Lakes, Geneva, and visits to Mt Blanc, Mt Rosa, and the Matterhorn with future journeys noted. A promotion for Hood's Barsaparilia closes the piece.
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Lacarne
Geneva
Laoseimne
Zermatt
Mt. Blanc
Mt. Rosa
Matterhorn
Hood
Barsaparilia
America
Lawyers to challenge Southern disfranchisement laws in Supreme Court
Giles F. Jackson of Richmond will file suit with counsel A. B. Hillsbury and W. C. Breckenridge to test legality of state laws and constitutional amendments affecting black voters. Case aims for Massachusetts court and then U S Supreme Court. Fortify health with Prickly Ash Bitters from H. R. Palmer & Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Giles F. Jackson
Richmond
National Council of the Constitutional Rights Association
A. B. Hillsbury
Hos. W. OC. P
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
H. R. Palmer & Bons
Crop report notes ongoing drought and heat across Georgia
Atlanta reports a U S Weather Bureau synopsis warns drought persists in the northern and central areas with scattered showers. Cotton opens rapidly with rust and shedding, leaves brown. picking is general and some bales sold. Peas cane and rice not doing well. pastures fall, stock water scarce. rains needed to revive late vegetation and enable sowing of turnip and cabbage seed. bay and fodder crops favorable for saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
United States Weather Bureau
J. B. Marbury
Bulletin
Mars Hill Church Still Sparks Community Protest
Indignant letters defend Mars Hill church in Oconee County Georgia after revenue officers raided a still near the Mars Hill church. Signers say the article’s wording is ambiguous and misrepresents events, noting the community’s good reputation and church members’ long ties to the area.
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Mars Hill Church
Oconee County
Messrs. E. Il, Bergstrom
B. H. Kinnebrew
Mars Hill
H. Doolittle
J. Epps
Haygood
Athens Masons Celebrate Grand Lodge Event in Mt Vernon
The Athens Masons held a large celebration at Mt Vernon lodge with Grand Master Davie and other dignitaries praising the work in the Master and Fellow Craft degrees. Dr J Newton Hathaway touts cures for chronic diseases and announces his Atlanta practice. Scott Jackson faces preliminary murder trial as Clarkesville Advertiser reports crowd turnout and trial scheduling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Mt. Vernon Lodge
H. H. Carlton
Davie
Mr. Vernon Lodge
Michael
Dorsey
Linton
Mprr
T. Hi. Jeffries
Atlanta
Vernon Jean
H. ©. Barr
Haygood
A. B. O. Doresey
Guineaville
W. F. Dorsey
J. Newton Hathaway
Hathaway
J. Newton
Broad Street
Clarkesville
Scott Jackson
John Pittman
Harmony Grove
Crow and Robertson
Ed Brown
Abda
Col. G. CO. Thomas
Estes
Athens to Host Mammoth Pyrotechnic Carnival Show
Athens prepares for a spectacular carnival display featuring the fall of Pekin and Boxer war scenes. The contract with famed pyrotechnician Pain promises a grand production with over two hundred participants, large city Pekin scenery, and a forecast of attracting fifty thousand visitors.
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Athens
Syracuse
Baron von Kettler
Pekin
Departure of Dr. B. F. Riley to Texas
Dr. B F Riley longtime Athens English professor departs for Houston to assume the pastorate at First Baptist Church in Holston Texas. The move garners condolences and best wishes from his many friends as the Banner notes his departure and new field of labor.
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B. F. Riley
Athens
Houston
Texas
Riley
University
The
Baptist
First Baptist Obwred
Holston
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Southern Railway
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Samuel C
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Barbers, McQueen & Carter, College
Avenur
Clay
Jackson
Max Joseph
Alice
Iison & Lowe
Clayton Street
H. B. Palmer & Hons
Atres
Gayven
Eesthern Express Company
College Avenue
GD Finsigen
Clayton
Ame
Murio
D.P. Hassltos
Ramee Grr
G. 5
Crane
Bell Telephone Company
Tutt
California Fig Syrup Company
E.C DeWitt &Co
H. Br, Palmer & Sons
Clarke County
W. Wien
Tanasunen
Dete Momen
Tun Peace
G.M
Paca Hay
Constable
Joux W. Watkin
Colbert
Respectaly
Brasuur
C. Grnsox
R. A
Democratic Party
A. W. Vis
Ity Democratic Party
P. Prana
Jour L. Arzold
Scheidigg
Flower of the Alpe
Avelanches
Glacier2
Lakes of
Lucerne
Wengern Alp
Egor
Jangfrau
Ita
Grendelwold
Eign
Switserland
H. R. Palmer & Sona
Dangereux
J. B
Athens Masons
Dan
HLR, Palmer & Sons
B. F.riley
Houston, Tex
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