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Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1908

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The Prevention of Contagious Diseases in Athens

Dr I H Goss presents an Athens Civics Club paper urging cleaner city life. He argues women lead homekeeping in sanitation, highlights dangers of dirt, flies, milk contamination, and bedbugs, and calls for strict public health measures and street sanitation.

Athens Civics Club I. H. Goss Jane Addams Hull House Chicago Miss Addams Police Department Sewer Department Sanitary Department Athens Athens Wear Effies Jane Addamses Eas Cowa Allerton Cushman

Keep the cooks clean in typhoid outbreak lesson

In a Pennsylvania town two years ago typhoid fever struck several families. Investigations traced the spread to a cook who moved between households, carrying germs and causing more illness and deaths. The lesson urged strict isolation of infectious diseases and meticulous hygiene for cooks.

Pennsylvania

Two Little Babes Die Here Yesterday

Yesterday afternoon two three month old infants died in separate incidents. One child died at the home of Mr and Mrs J G Porterfield near the Southern Manufacturing Company after a brief illness and was to be carried to Georgia Factory for burial. The other infant, daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Hammond, died at their Georgia Ball street home from trouble related to a malformed heart. The remains were to be moved to Oglesby for interment this morning by Sea Board Air Line train. Friends express sympathy to the bereaved parents.

J.G. Porterfield Southern Manufacturing Company Georgia Frank Hammond Georgia Ball Street Oglesby Seaboard Air Line

WRS FRANK TUCKER DESPERATELY ILL IN WINTERVILLE

Winterville Georgia December 16 Mrs Frank M Tucker age 30 badly burned last week when her dress caught the grate and the burns are deeper than first reported She was moved to her father John T Pittards home where every measure is being taken to ease her pain Miss Clara Pittard known for her popularity among villagers and many friends across the state fear for her recovery.

Winterville Frank M. Tucker John T. Pittard Clara Pittard

Good Samaritans to Rebuild Hall After Fire

The Good Samaritans, a colored society, will rebuild their meeting hall at the same site, aiming for a larger facility. Insurance coverage was seven hundred dollars, insufficient for losses. A committee is drafting rebuilding plans, and work will begin promptly.

Good Samaritans Colored Society Order

The World Defies Roosevelt in Congress Probe Call

The World accuses President Roosevelt of attempting to muzzle the press and urges a thorough congressional investigation of the Panama transaction. It defends its coverage of Cromwell and Taft, condemns Roosevelt as a reckless demagogue, and vows to persevere regardless of the president’s threats.

New York Roosevelt Congress Billingsgate Congress of the United States Panama Congress of Pulitzer Lose ‘Majestic Tha ‘King Great Britain John Adams America Iaw Pansma Canal William Nelson Cromwell Democratic Natonal Committee Mr. Cromwell Delavan Smith Charles P. Taft Douglas’ Robincom Taft Mr. Robinson Cromwell Mr. Roosevelt

The World Defends Free Speech In Defense of Its Publisher

Joseph Pulliner promoter of The World declares he was at sea in October and for two years due to health. He denies any involvement in the Panama story and says Roosevelt’s anger stems from The World's political criticism. He vows continued bold, fearless editorial stance even if jailed.

Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes Staffordshire John Lubbock Notiny Lubbock Foel Idestroy Joseph Pulliner the World Panama Roosevelt

Barn Blaze Destroys Johnson Farm and Livestock

Mr. Macon C. Johnson, formerly of the city and now near Crawford, suffered a major loss when a Tuesday night barn fire destroyed the structure. Seven mules, fodder, corn, cotton seed, and farm implements were also lost. total damage estimated at four thousand dollars. Cause under investigation with no clear origin.

Macon C. Johnson Ogiethorpe County Crawford Johnson

Pastor Hudson Welcomed as New Young Harris Pastor

Yesterday at noon Mrs F H Hudson arrived from Thomson to join her husband the new pastor of Young Harris Memorial church. Miss Watts accompanies them as guest during Christmas holidays. A committee welcomed the pastor’s family at the new parsonage on the Boulevard. The house was neatly equipped and stocked for a royal reception. Mr Hudson begins his important work with a splendid opportunity to grasp.

Hudson Thomson Young Harris Memorial Church Mr. Hudson

Beach Hargis on Trial for Murder in Breathitt County

Irvine Kentucky December 16 the trial of Beach Hargis charged with murder of his father Judge James Hargis in February at Jackson Kentucky opened with both sides ready. The Hargis family feud fuels the case with the judge's wife using his money to defend Beach and his maternal uncle W Floyd aiding the defense in Breathitt County

Irvine Beach Hargis Jackson James Hargis Hargis Kentucky W. Floyd Red

Riots Rock Caracas as Castro Regime Ends

Caracas erupts as mobs topple Castro allies, burn state symbols, and seize government offices in a chaos that halts El Constitucional while troops restore order. Acting President Gomes issues a manifesto. fatalities reported amid clashes at the capital’s streets and plazas.

Caracas Willemstad Curacao Castro Mostra Bolivar Venezuela Holland Netherlands Gomes Atreto Tello Mendoza General Mendoza Lor Ecity el Constitucional Rivas

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