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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1900
Page
8
A batch of colored Laundred Shirts arrives featuring new hues. The release showcases updated fabrics and modern styling aimed at fresh wardrobes. Returns and availability details accompany the launch information.
Five dozen plus pairs of high quality box calf school shoes and men’s button shoes offered at special prices. Each pair is handmade and guaranteed. Mens shoes priced at 3.50 to 4.00 with emphasis on quality and value.
A Brighton list of curious notes describes fiddle butt thefts from spruce timber used for sounding boards, with fires aiding spread and juries rarely convicting thieves. Also recounted are humorous vignettes from a London restaurant, a miracle vs habit courtroom quip, a hair test for thief detection, and a Chicago Times Herald anecdote of a poet son revealed by a street collision.
News from various cities reports on Transvaal fighting tactics with German Dutch and Scandinavian volunteers merged into Boer regiments to reduce casualties. Other items note a Mississippi official bill, a railway clerk moving to Macon, a death in Indiana, a Boer casualty tally at Spion Kop, a Ga child abuse incident, a Michigan congressman plan, a Chinese Augusta Sabbath New Year event, and a Virginia election contest result.
Washington reports Secretary Root states there is nothing in Kentucky showing federal interference is needed. Administration officials say the legislature may be in recess, limiting the governor’s power to call troops. They note constitutional conditions to recognize a call and question if such conditions exist. Officials see no danger to federal interests and expect no troop action unless major changes occur.
A collage of brief anecdotes from press and journals. It opens with a sharp critique of a dress obsessed woman at a funeral, shifts to a medical cautionary tale about a child’s dangerous fever mismanagement, recalls a Chilean panqueque misread, and ends with Miss Jennie Lee reacting to a limelight mishap during a death scene.
A fragmentary collage cites the Butler Bible governor memos from 1884, then riffs on pessimism and daily life. It notes General Butler’s transmitted history, a Chicago Times Herald quip, Pompeii soap, and a long exchange about a late guest, illustrating turn‑of‑the‑century reportage style.
Postmaster Morton receives praise from First Assistant Postmaster-General Heath for county rural delivery management. Four regulation iron mail boxes will be installed at Tackston Gun house, Old Fannettville Post office, W. H. Morton's place, and Barnett Shoals as the route runs Athens to Parlyear’s district to Parnell Shoals and back by Georgian Factory. The Civil Service Commission schedules national exams in March and April. about 10,000 appointments are expected. Interested applicants may obtain free information by writing the Columbian Correspondence College in Washington, D. C.
London dispatches report General Buller crossed the Tugela River at three points and that fighting raged all day. The War Office has no independent confirmation but cannot doubt the St James Gazette account while awaiting exact positions seized.
W D Smith the vitriol thrower in Macon Georgia was convicted and sentenced to life in the superior court and will not appeal. Attorney Charles H Hall Jr said Smith had a fair trial and unlikely to seek a new trial. Public opinion supports the verdict and believes the sentence may still be too lenient.
Washington reports under General Sanger the Cuban census shows the island population at 1,572,640, about 50,000 to 60,000 below the 1887 Spaniard census. Porto Rico preliminary tally places at 1,067,679 with 1887 total 806,708. Advertisement notes One Minute Cough Care as an effective remedy for coughs and throat troubles.
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