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Newspaper

Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1900

Page

7

Local Stores Ad List on Clayton and College Avenues

Classified snippet lists Barbers McQueen and Carter on College Avenue, clothing and dry goods shops on Clayton Street, and an electric light office led by J. D. Flanigen at Clayton and Avenue Furnishings and undertakings by Doresy at 5 ik, Davison and Clayton area.

Barbers McQueen & Carter College Avenue Clayton Street Talon Telegraph Company Clayton Crane Bell Telephone Company W. Bailey Washington Street Phon

Walter Rose Hurt in Oconee Street Fall

Yesterday daylight Walter Rose, son of policeman B O W Rose, was thrown from a horse on Oconee street while delivering Athens Banner papers. He suffered severe bruises and possible internal injuries. a physician said no bones were broken. The incident marks the third such accident involving the boy in recent years.

Walter Rose O. W. Rose Oconee Street East Athens Young Rose Joe Saye

Early Convention Favored by Bryan

A Washington dispatch reports that after a February conference Bryan favors an early Democratic national convention. The plan would place the convention before Republican and Populist gatherings so the party can field first and set its platform. Kansas City, Milwaukee, and Chicago are contenders for the venue.

New York the Herald Washington Bryan Iheta Hhis Democratic National Committee Chicago Milwaukee Mimouri Kansas City

His Mother Alarmed At His Absence Then Joy At Return

Mrs. George Williams feared for her son E. R. Williams, a collector for Mr. J. B. Toomer, after he failed to return from a Bogart Georgia trip by last Friday. Toomer dispatched Mr. Woods to search, Williams reappeared yesterday afternoon. delay due to business.

George Williams E. R. Williams J. B. Toomer Williams Bogart O Ga Toomer Toomer Didn’t Apprehend Any Trouble and Said That Mr. Williams Mr. Woods Mr. Williams Mr. Toomer

Needle Located by X Rays and Removed from Woman

A negro woman stuck a needle in her hand while washing clothes and broke it off. Doctors failed to locate it until a shadowgraph X ray by Professor A. H. Patterson revealed the needle tip in the finger. The surgeon then cut and removed the fragment. she improved and soon expected to use her hand.

University Laboratory A. H. Patterson Baer

Laid to Rest in Oconee Cemetery

Funeral services for Randolph Eidam were held at his parents’ home on Narrow Street with Rev. Ellison D. Stone officiating. Burial followed in the Oconee cemetery. Eidam belonged to Ath ens Manufacturing Co Burial Association and was the second member of the group to die since its founding. Meanwhile, railroad men seek the Athens agency job as T W Crews moves on. Carl Saye temporarily fills Crews’ post at the Southern depot as applicants compete for the vacancy along the main line. In Montgomery Alabama, February 14 heavy rains flooded the Tallassee and Montgomery railroad bridge across the Alabama River, washing away three spans and threatening further damage.

Savannah Rosa O. Farr Nes Brown Milledgeville Frances M. Farr Kentucky Farr Randolph Eidam Ellison D. Stone Oconee ~Faetery Eidam Athens Manufacturing Co Athens T. W Southern Railway The Southern Montgomery Ala Tallassee and Montgomery Alabama River

Negro arrested in Atlanta confesses to postoffice robberies

A young Negro named Reese was arrested in Atlanta after a Tuesday night incident. He claimed he robbed the Athens post office last Saturday night, yielding four dollars, and another post office job netting two dollars. He later denied all confessions, and authorities hold him pending further investigation.

Reese Atlanta Athens

Georgians Protests Against Convict Labor Bill

Georgia delegates flood Washington with letters opposing the convict labor bill. Governor Candler’s missive is among those sent as the Taft commission for the Philippines is discussed. A post office burglary in Athens yields only a dollar recovered. other lines note political maneuvers and drug habit cure ads.

Washington, D. C Georgia Congress Cochran New York Candler Talbert South Carolina Taft Commission Philippines Col Livingston Ee Semenintea McLaurin Sullivan Mississippi Cald B.,.p. Howell Atlanta

Augusta River Still Rising but City Safeguarded

At noon the Savannah River near Augusta registered thirty two feet three inches and rose slowly. The dam age is light and the bulkhead at Hawk's Gailey saved the city. Two young men Marston Holman and Parks Verdery fell from a capsized boat but were rescued after two hours in shallow water.

Augusta Hawk's Gailey

The Way to Win a Woman Bravery and Grit in Love

An old voice argues that winning a woman requires courage and perseverance across life. It likens bravery in work to fighting for affection, notes women judge by energy, and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a health aid amid claims of cures and vitality.

Senate Pierce Lena Dr. Ery Tictae Plician Cove Coe All World Main Street Hutalo

City awards street sweeping contract to Franklin

John L Franklin wins the lowest bid of 1176 for street sweeping inside the fire limits. He will post a 9500 bond and operate the street sweeper, responsible for repairs and any damage, with compensation for sweepings during the year. Washington February 14. Senate and House hearings on a proposed sixteenth amendment for woman suffrage proceed with National Woman’s Suffrage Association delegations. Mobile February 14. High grade middling cotton brings the season’s top price.

Franklin Washington Washington, Heb Senate Committee On House Committee On the Judiciary National Woman's Suffrage Association Congress Mobile Ala

Poem Fragment on Love’s Fire Not Quenched by Words

A poetic line contrasts love’s flame with words, noting one would kindle fire with snow rather than quell love with speech. It presents a lyrical meditation on the ineffable power of love over verbal expression.

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Kali Works Nassau St Per & Bons Clayton Stree Express Office Boathern Exprem Company Electric Light Office J. D. Flanigen Clayton and Avenue Doresy Pinene Hardware Company Broad St E. D. Stone Jackson Street sTorgecdorg Orene’ Barge Tenon D. P. Haselton Athens Banner Seaboard Air Line York Penn Ac.l Pines Nova Athena Famlet Bam Newa Dally Dally Atlante Portamouth A. L Jow Herald Tutt Davis & Lawrence Co., Limited Prop's Perry Davis Ithe By Mail Sunday Sun SUN Palsied Roberts South Africa Longton Baller Chieveley Springfield Hamilton Russell G. Churchill Lieuttenant Pilkington Lord Roberts Modder River Mafeking Rosa Parr Mr. H. T. Salisbury Pawtucket H. T. Santssury CarLos i Dr. Williams Fle People Senate Gene Fle Hon Oconee Cemetery Randolph Eidem Crews Carl Saye Southern Depot Knoxville, Tenn Postoffice E. P. Howell Ren Philipplee Mary Baldwin Rierged Ma, J Ls Franklin John L. Franklin Burpee Just Brumby Drug Co Shakespeare McCregore Athens, Ga
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