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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1899
Page
4
The Athens Banner discusses voters in Cuba casting ballots for military duty, debates on prohibition, chain-letter money schemes, and health concerns at North Carolina and Georgia schools. It covers Aguinaldo’s war and possible peace, editorials on youth failure causes, and upcoming epidemic prevention needs.
Obscure line of verse on patriotism and sacrifice appears in garbled OCR text. The fragment hints at altars fires and blood sacrifice themes, but no clear author or publication context is discernible.
An advertisement promotes S. S. S. as a blood purifier for the elderly, claiming it strengthens the system, increases appetite, and cures ailments like eczema and scrofula. Personal testimonials from Mrs. Sarah Pike of South Boston and Mr. J. W. Loving of Colquitt, Ga., are cited. The lettered claims assert it contains no minerals and offers free disease books from Swift Specific Co., Atlanta.
Savannah November meeting of the Southern Express Company elected M J OBrien as president and expanded the board from five to seven. New directors include H Dempsey T W Leary M F P Plant and O M Sadler with RQ Erwin G H Tilley joining to replace the late H B Plant.
New items summarize Mason resigning as private secretary to Secretary Root to join General Alger in business, Huntington defending Dewey over a house gift, and notes on Coghlan and other brief incidents across the U S and Canada.
A regular lecture program is expanding at the Atheneum with transfers from the Commercial Club and additional speakers. Prof. E C Branson will speak in the second week of December, Dr H C White plans a January address, and others will follow, drawing approval from members. Also advertised is Bucklen's Arnica Salve for minor injuries.
Captain E. Benson father in law of James E. Jones Jr. was attacked by Julins Williams after intervening in a wage dispute. Benson fired, wounding the assailant in the stomach. the other events note Peru’s ministry considering resignation as revolution fallout.
New York records reveal Recorder Goff denied the application for a new trial for William A E Moore convicted of robbing Martin Mahon’s hotel proprietor in the badger game. Moore was sentenced to 19 years in state prison.
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