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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1899
Page
7
An aged advertisement proclaims kidney strain causes blood impurity and heart symptoms. It endorses Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy, claiming broad health benefits and urging readers to request a sample and mention the paper when contacting Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton NY.
An anecdote from Scottish Nights describes a Sunday return of a Scottish minister who faces an old woman praising his sermon. She explains she sits for a good view when he preaches, prompting an exchange about popularity and seating.
A compact column lists local business ads and notices alongside national briefings. News items cover politics in Columbus and Muscogee, General Wood in Washington, Vienna parliamentary scuffles, yellow fever on a transport, a Chattanooga family incident, Chicago race tensions, and federal revenue gains. Also noted are congressional caucus plans, a new shoe machinery company, and a humorous exchange on ages.
In Atlanta on November 29 the Hardwick bill to disfranchise negro veterans failed in the Georgia House. Only three votes supported it, with a total vote of 137 to 8 against. Chairman Pace spoke against the bill as did several opponents from across the state.
A poetic piece describes a mild November day with leaves falling like snow and bright colors. The narrator, Talia Collins of Senoia Georgia, reflects on blessings and gratitude inspired by autumn imagery. The excerpt includes a veterinary note from W S Travis and a humorous line comparing women’s work to long hours, all reflecting a late 19th century newspaper page flavor.
In LaGrange Georgia the North Georgia conference opens with many arriving by train. Bishop E K Hendrix enters to preside as 13 young preachers are examined for admission on trial at First Methodist Church. A Widows and Orphans Aid Society meeting featured an address by Rev R J Binghan.
A London waxworks display shows a student trapped by a failing guillotine yoke then freed by an attendant. Another tale features a scholar arguing libraries are dictionaries, proving why more books are valuable even if not all can be read.
An advertisement extols Mozley and related lemon elixir products as remedies for indigestion headache malaria kidney disease fever chills loss of appetite debility nervous prostration and heart failure. Customer testimonials credit relief after long suffering with various liver stomach and bowel ailments.
The W Potts place in Jackson county seven miles south of Jefferson offers 266 acres with about half cultivated and half woods. Features include three-room house with two tenant settlements, springs and creek water, good road access to Jefferson or Athens, and favorable terms: one-fourth cash, remainder in five equal installments at seven percent interest. Apply to R B Howard Athens Georgia or The Georgia Loan and Trust Company Macon Georgia.
The Clarke County court receives petitions from multiple parties seeking corporate charters. The first requests incorporation of Athens and Manufacturing Co. with extensive powers over mills, furnaces, fertilizers, real estate, and power projects for twenty-year terms. The second seeks incorporation of The Royal under legal notice to operate mills, utilities, and related ventures with capital stock details and governance rules.
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