Local notices and civic investment urged in Athens piece
The Athens Weekly Banner urges readers to invest in the East Athens Night School through local funds. It notes centennial events for Washington and discusses Confederate veterans homes and Georgia state funding for the State Normal School, with conclusions on national and local honors for Gen Forrest in Rome.
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Rome
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Confederacy
A. D. Streight
Alabama
Georgia
Forrest
Streight
Scrofula Treatments Described In Local Case
A fragment recounts scrofula and a misnamed dispersithe disease with neck swelling and painful lancing in Mrs Sayler and a Parker City case. It notes paleness nervousness debility and skin sores and claims cure by an unnamed method per an unaudited statement.
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K. T. Sayner
J. St. Jones
Parker City
Lod
President McKinley message and Northeast Georgia grain outlook
The article critiques McKinley’s lengthy annual message and notes Hanna’s push for a centralized government. It highlights Northeast Georgia farmers increasing small grain crops, especially wheat and oats, aided by premiums from Athena merchants. It also reports Finley Peter Dunne’s serious illness and Augusta’s debate over building a municipal electric plant.
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Georgia
Athens
Athena
Municipal ownership cuts city lights costs in Athens and Savannah
The year suggests municipal ownership can lower expenses for street and public lighting as Athens reports reduced annual costs. Savannah River power is cited as a factor, implying similar savings for cities considering public ownership. Hall’s Catarrh Cure advertises internal remedies and testimonials as a medical note. SIMS IS PREPARED TO DIE At the Age of 102 he saws boards for his coffin and sleeps on them, a remarkable centenarian from Virginia with a hermit life and a birth year of 1798.
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Hathaway
J. Newton
Broad Street
Judge Rules Bank Check Admissible Without Stamp Affixing
Judge George G. Grattan of Rockingham County rules that a bank check is admissible in evidence even if the revenue stamp is not affixed by the maker. In E. L. Harrison’s case for forging a $100 check, the stamp was canceled by the Harrison bank when paid, and the plea based on the war revenue act was overruled.
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George G. Grattan
Rockingham County
E. L. Harrison
Harrisonborg Bank
Grattan
Wheeler Slays Two in a Dispute Over an Account
In Lowndes county Alabama two white men, A Waldrop and Calvin Harris, were fatally shot by George Wheeler after a dispute over an account at a store. Waldrop died instantly, Harris was killed as he reached for a Winchester on the counter, with Wheeler as the sole eyewitness.
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Bena
Ala
Lowndes County
Dallas
A. Waldrop
Calvin Harris
George Wheeler
Waldrop
Wheeler
Harris
Winchester
Southern Industrial Convention Opens in New Orleans
The Southern Industrial Convention begins in Tulane hall New Orleans with strong turnout. General John B Gordon of Georgia and Cardinal Gibbons attend and advocate unity, open doors to overseas trade, and expansion of southern manufacturing and cotton processing locally. Governor Heard delivers welcome urging greater southern industrial growth and canal access.
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New Orleans
South
Gordon Speaks
John B. Gordon
Georgia
Cardinal Gibbons
Tulane Hall
H. H. Hargrove
Davis Sessuma
W. W. Heard
Jim B. Gordon
Nicaragua Canal
Murderers Lodged in Jail in Fort Worth Feared Lynch Threats
Eugene Faulkner and J. W. Chapman accused of murdering Constable Pete Bane in Dallas were moved to Fort Worth under heavy guard. Authorities fear an attempt to burn them alive as threats from the dead constable’s supporters rise and jail security is tight.
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Faulkner
Fort Worth
Tex
Eugene Faulkner
J. W. Chapman
Pete Bane
Dallas
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