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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1901
Page
3
Advertises Bradfield's Female Regulator as a natural cure for irregular menses leucorrhea nervous headaches backache and womb falling. Claims physicians overlook women health and urges women to try the $1 bottle sold by Beadbrant The Bradfield Regulator Co Atlanta Ga.
Denver reports eighteen degrees below zero at 8 this morning with Bauder Wyoming at 23 below. Snow blocks Mount Blanc miners while Wyoming and Iowa see storms and desert wanderer Jopkins is lost near Yuma. Carrie Nation resumes anti saloon actions in Richardson Texas records unclear.
In Wilmer, Alabama, a Christmas tree arrangement at a negro schoolhouse was interrupted when a teacher was struck by a thrown object and fled through a window, the tree later found nearby stripped of decorations amid a chaotic scene as lights failed during the disruption. In Phoenix, Arizona, Arthur P. Davis arrived to study Garver Street for a storage reservoir to relieve 8,000 Indians affected by diverted water for irrigation.
Gas explosion at the Hollenback mine of the Lehigh and Wilkes Barre Coal Co near Chicago destroyed woodwork but was put out quickly. About five hundred workers escaped unharmed except two badly burned. A Champion Michigan mine collapse killed John Horngreen and George Williams, with recovery unlikely.
Fire destroyed the Bellaire Stamping company plant at Harvey Illinois with losses around 100000 and insurance of 375000. A high wind spread embers, water supply failed at 330, forcing firemen to shift to protecting nearby property. Several adjoining buildings suffered minor damage and the plant was entirely destroyed.
Joel J. Myers, a former Charlotte money clerk, admitted to officials that heavy poker losses led him to steal checks payable to the Southern railway. He began with $200 in Charlotte, moved to Columbia’s games, and by three days lost $2,000, with over $4,000 in checks uncashed.
Soldiers under General Alesand rino attempt to flee Mount Arayat as water and food run scarce. Two rebels die, others captured in Cavite province. reports note harsh conditions, hunger, and desertion amid ongoing fighting.
A late Saturday night shooting in Abbeville left Sheriff Kennedy William Kyle and John Densby dead. Densby, a recently acquitted gambler, drew on Kyle after an argument during a hotel card game. Sheriff Kennedy was killed in a surrounding standoff. Densby died next day after being shot, Kyle had come from Ludlow to oversee a mill project. In Kentucky, W Singleton dies after formal pistol duel with Major Carson over a magazine dispute concerning a photograph.
Official figures show Alabama and Tennessee shipped 1,185,864 tons of pig iron and 79,115 tons of cast iron in 11 months, with Birmingham district contributing over 720,000 and 26,180 tons respectively. Cast iron pipe reached 7,010 tons, marking the largest export movement in state history and suggesting 1900 will surpass 1897 totals.
Severe snowstorms and heavy rains lash the United Kingdom with floods, landslides and washed-out roads. Railways and highways are blocked, bridges disappear, and towns like Coventry suffer extensive damage while hundreds are trapped indoors. Avon level at Bath rises, isolating villages and disrupting gas services.
Washington dispatch from Peking reports Chinese plenipotentiaries accept the powers demand in principle Prince Ching seeks further conference and asks that interior military excursions cease Diplomats call the move a diplomatic master stroke aiming for clearer and possibly milder terms while leaving signatures and final treaty details to be settled later
Lospex Dec 01 The London and Globe Finance portion collapse prompts a stock exchange steadier tone with Amercans up 0.¢, West Australians firm, Lake Views up 1½, and London and Globe stock down 2d. A meeting for Jan 9 to pass a winding up revolution is proposed as capital is tied in unrecovable securities. Later Thomas Egan, a pebble in West Australian market, failed but little effect.
Governor Pingree's extradition request for Charles J. Thompson, jailed in Cuba, is before the War Department and the Attorney General. A Detroit forgery case hinges on this action, with expectations that the Attorney General will sustain the demand, following precedent from General Woodward. Also noted: Philippine monetary crisis discussions and new Pensacola Dry Dock Company incorporation with $1,000,000 capital.
In Delaware, Democratic leaders split over guidance for the state senate contest, while Republicans press the rival Quay faction and anti-Quay forces. The outcome will tilt the balance of power as the legislature meets and a key regulation dispute unfolds. Grover Cleveland arrives in South Carolina for a Palmetto Club banquet, while weather turns duck-hunting cold in nearby towns. Indian raids continue in the northwest, driving off cattle as Yaqui forces clash with the Mexican government. Missouri sees a murder conviction by James McGinnis for a fatal shooting. Chicago announces silver service contracts for the Illinois battleship Illinois valued near ten thousand dollars, including two punch bowls and multiple utensils.
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