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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1904
Page
8
The notice proclaims that stock items are ready for sale with claims of unmatched bargains and a new level of value never offered before. No specific dates or organizations are provided in the readable text.
The Troy Club building fire in Troy New York claimed the lives of Moses T. Clough William Shew and Benjamin W. Kinney all upper-floor occupants. Howard Carpentier survived after smoke inhalation and a hospital stay. Police noted an attempted arson at Broadway and Fifth Avenue but ruled out incendiary causes. The incident follows a string of regional fires and disasters reported in the same scope.
The ninety third annual report of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions released today notes that missionaries in European Turkey have kept a neutral position, avoiding involvement in the current political agitation in Macedonia and Bulgaria.
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion to rebuild strength after grip fever. It promises rich blood and nourished nerves to convalescents and offers a free sample from Scott & Bowne, 409 Pearl Street, New York. The note also mentions Athens residents seeking a new hotel and improvements for visitors seeking lodging.
New York reports 619,083 steerage immigrants arriving in 1903 surpassing 1902 totals. Southern Europe remains top source, with notable rises from northern and western Europe including Norway Sweden and Denmark. Italy still leads all countries in origins.
The report covers court bond in Olympia and a Philadelphia heir’s possible return, while notes warn of labor unrest in cotton regions and a Beattyville woman’s death. It cites Rock Island’s leadership change, Mormon and Utah strike politics, Panama talks, and Cuban finance hopes. Reports detail mass killings, pneumonia deaths, Manchester cotton resolutions, and Canada’s armed Great Lakes cruiser. Roosevelt and others subpoenaed over coal strike settlement. radium cancer cure claim. a Mobile officer's shooting.
Dennis Leahy, longtime minor league baseball player in Louisville and Cincinnati, was shot and killed in Knoxville Tennessee during a saloon quarrel. Frank Ragan was immediately arrested.
Mrs Allen of the Guvpel mission in New York, via Liverpool, described shocking scenes aboard the Celtie steamer and in Liberia. She witnessed barbaric fighting between tribes, reported mass killings and dismemberment, with trophies taken by towns as symbols of victory. She retreated as Iberian troops moved from Monrovia to support coastal towns.
The rising cotton prices have worsened labor conditions in Mississippi. Black workers increasingly refuse to pick cotton unless wages rise with market gains. Many communities struggle to hire field labor as most Black workers, empowered by funds, prefer towns or loafing.
Feared plot against President Manuel Bonilla of Spanish Honduras is alleged, with ex-cabinet members Cavilla and Gutierrez resigning amid talks of arming a rebellion. Reports from New Orleans cite unrest and potential internal support for the movement.
Clarke County Georgia notices include a charter application for Climax Homery Mills with twenty year term and fifteen thousand dollars capital, sale of land by sheriff for debt, and an estate land auction in Jackson Center. Also includes administration letter and court certifications dated December 1903 and January 1904.
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