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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1899
Page
4
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Maitre Labori, acting for Dreyfus, secured a verdict against a Paris paper that mocked his Rennes wound. The court ordered 2000 francs fine and publication in forty Paris papers and 2000 provincial papers. Additionally, Wall Street bankers considered aid to Britain, while a Georgian hero receives tributes, ending in national sorrow as peace comes to his ashes.
The legislature appropriated $20,000 for the state militia, a modest sum to improve efficiency without encampments. Senator Bacon backs a Philippine policy of self government similar to Cuba, while Senator Tillman argues the federal government lacks authority to rule colonies and supports eventual Filipino independence with friendly aid.
In Georgia a strong push for prohibition is shaping the spring primary. White voters are expected to favor prohibition, with plans to add a prohibition plank to the Democratic platform debated. Alaska statehood and Transvaal war commentary also appear amidst broader political debate about electoral reform for judges and solicitors.
An advertisement touts 8.8.8 as the sole cure for scrofula and other blood diseases. It claims the vegetable remedy reaches deep infections, promises permanent relief, and offers free books on blood and skin diseases from the Swift Specific Company in Atlanta, Georgia.
Fragmentary ad like prose cautions against rushing health efforts and promises miracles. It references sores and Hood's remedy and hints at a dated medical claim with exhortations to avoid delaying health actions.
The Manufacturers' Record special December 14 edition surveys the southern field of enterprise with twenty three prominent southern men as experts in iron, cotton, lumber, phosphate and other manufacturing bases. It notes vast growth from $1 billion invested to $1.5 billion output and reveals striking production figures for cotton mills, pig iron, coal, lumber and grain while outlining a broader geopolitical view of British, French and continental power dynamics and a health advertisement by J Newton Hathaway MD at 2214 South Broad Street, Atlanta Georgia.
Havana reports a party of fourteen grave diggers under Captain Chidwick and Dr Marcou exhuming Maine victims at Colon Cemetery. Coffins were opened, remains placed in tin-lined caskets with lime and charcoal, then resealed and stored near the cemetery chapel. Two watchmen guarded the site overnight.
Atlanta December 10. Commissioner O B Stevens faces 25 applicants for the new state oil inspector post created by the general assembly. The $1200 position will oversee other inspectors, supervise tests, and protect oil consumers. Appointment likely before year’s end. DeWitt's Little Early Risers purify the blood, clean the liver, invigorate the.
Congressman W M Howard introduces a House bill to allocate about $50 000 for a handsome federal building in Ath with post office United States commissioner’s office and potential future federal court for the northern district of Georgia. Passage seen as likely due to favorable committee report.
Ex President Harrison comments on General Lawton death in the Philippines era noting respect for his service and expressing belief the death may involve treachery rather than frontline action. He laments the loss to Indiana and questions whether the sword given by a popular subscription reached him. He calls Lawton an honorable soldier and citizen. The remarks appear in the Indianapolis Journal.
The war office discusses sending troops from India to reinforce Africa, with a Bombay to Durban transit planned for four regiments plus artillery and an ammunition column. Duke of Connaught may join the front once queen’s reluctance is overcome. Lord Chesham to raise 8000 Buckinghamshire Yeomanry to join mounted units from Canada and Australia.
An old remedy touts Tutt's Liver Pills as a timely treatment to arrest disease. The copy claims it cures sick headache sour stomach malaria indigestion torpid liver constipation and all bilious diseases.
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