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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1900
Page
7
Schedule in effect November 5 1899 outlines Pullman car crews and train assignments. It lists express trains, coaches, sleepers, and coaches for the corridor, with references to stations around Washington and connecting routes. The fragment specifies personnel roles and car types for the period, indicating a formal roster style and transport timing.
In thick traffic at Second and Chestnut Streets a pair of truck drivers paused their rivalry and exchanged courteous refusals to proceed. One waved, the other insisted, and a policeman finally ordered action. Traffic then resumed as the Chestnut Street truck crossed.
A collection of humorous snippets and anecdotes from American newspapers. It includes R K Munkittrick outwitted by a flour-spraying phone gag, reflections on Parisian cafe poetry, a church organ squeak during a service, soldiers avoiding the bean, a child’s grammar quip, and a playful marital jab about fasting for temper.
A collage of brief excerpts from a 1747 London General Advertiser piece on a women’s cricket match, notes on boomerang use by various cultures, and long advertisements for Dr. Hathaway’s electric belt, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and a detective’s wary tale of a wife’s temper revealed by marriage.
A young man with a leather suitcase covered in travel labels from Dieppe to St. Petersburg claims he has never left New York beyond. Passengers doubt his tale as he rents the journeyman’s gag for a bargain. The scene ends with laughter and disbelief aboard the Washington Post car.
Excerpted guidance stresses harsh soldierly creed and brutal aims in melee combat. It urges prioritizing killing foes and not worrying about bystander judgment, citing How Soldiers Fight by F Norreys Connell.
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In a witty exchange Lucy prods Harry about a birthday gift. Harry, indecisive, confesses his struggle and, jokingly, offers himself as the present, prompting Lucy’s surprised reaction.
A long, fragmented OCR mix advertises Mozley s Lemon Elixir with claims of curing biliousness digestion headaches and nervous disorders priced 50c and 1.00 bottles while listing testimonials from J H Mennich and W A James. The text also includes Nezley s Hot Drops and a foreign plague note referencing Paraguayan pique and a Buenos Ayres Herald quote on cleanliness and disease vectors.
In 1862 Mey erbeer last visited London and performed at a Philharmonic concert in Hanover Square. A flutter rose as the aged musician wore a ruby and diamond brooch. An anecdote recalls Gluck, the Paris master, and Marie Antoinette snatching her necklace to spare it from danger.
W J Stilman recalls a child’s first trip to Coney Island on Long Island. A moment of thrill as the sea appeared on the horizon and the buggy whip sparked a wild plunge into the breakers. The author, years later, cherishes that intense sea memory as unrivaled by any later emotion.
A jumble of quotes and anecdotes recount a young man in Chicago who borrows four dollars to eat, then keeps it before later returning it. a medical curiosity about dirt and washing. a plump tale of charity patrons and a widow in Ballyboggin. and a blustery note on Dickens as the first great writer to inspire a caricature of appearance, all from period miscellany.
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