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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1907
Page
7
Multiple Clarke County notices publish legal actions including administration for Sallie Osborn estate. Debtors and creditors urged to present claims, assets to be settled, and dates for filings and dismissions noted through January 1907.
Columbus Ga December 28 That industrial development and the up building of towns and cities in Georgia and Alabama is progressing in a manner striking and gratifying summarized by the Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index for the last half of 1906. The Index reports Alabama 222 new corporations with at least 10 582 200 capital and Georgia 237 with at least 10 778 900, not including banks or railroads.
Secretary H B Van Valkenburgh announces a series of youth lectures at the University of Georgia Y M C A. Opening address planned around January 9 by Cooper of New York with noted Bible scholars, followed by Rabbi Marx of Atlanta and Dr Robert J Willingham of Richmond. Additional eminent speakers expected, aiming to benefit students and the college community.
Notice of Intention to Apply for Railroad Charter in Georgia Bulloch County. Edward M. Rive and others petition to form The Savannah Augusta Northern Railway Company, about 402 miles, to operate as a railroad from Bulloch County toward unspecified termini. Four weeks’ notice by publication required.
A sheriff’s notice dated December 6 1906 names Thomason as maker C A Vanderleith as endorser and Emma Davis as endorser. It records property pointed out in the fi fe and levy notices given to tenants in possession along with other levies. JOHN W. WIER Sheriff.
Atlanta on Christmas Day hears of the death of Annie Holsey a popular saleslady just one week before her wedding to David Schied. She collapsed from heart failure while in a jewelry store, leaving a lamented sudden loss amid friends and future plans.
County Treasurer Edward L Smith assumed the office yesterday morning after defeating J A Pitner who had long held the post. Smith will operate from his Clayton street shoe store, a convenient location for the public. A local endorsement from August Sherpe notes Smith as an esteemed Athens citizen ready to serve Clarke county.
The University of Georgia trustees and the agricultural department trustees will meet on January 9 in the city to decide the site for a new campus agricultural building. Both boards must approve the location and the old board will ratify the decision. The new dean of the agricultural department may be named at these meetings, with Dr A M Soule of Blackburg, Virginia, favored in speculation.
A disastrous Baltimore and Ohio wreck near Terra Cotta left fifty three dead by noon, with over fifty injured. An eight-car freight collided with local No 66, the Frederick express, as it departed. Engineer Hilderbrand claimed poor signal vision due to fog, while Tower Operator Philips said signals were proper and the train sped at fifty to sixty miles per hour.
Tax Receiver J. H. Dorsey has been ill at his Grove street home for days. At first thought pneumonia feared, but he has a severe bronchitis attack and will remain home for several days, though improving. A South Wiese Counsel advertises Electric Bitters as a cure for lame back and kidney trouble, claiming personal proof and recommending purchases at local drug stores.
Mrs. mi y Diskernon of C H Va recounts near months of immobility from a terrible ankle sore. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, bathing the ankle and applying the ointment, her condition improved in two weeks and fully healed in six, allowing walking outdoors and restored health. A prior recommendation came from a woman whose baby had sores treated with Cuticura.
One dollar buys Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills said to cure torturing humors such as eczema, rashes, itching, burning, and hair loss when other remedies fail. The ad touts the trio as a premier solution, claiming broad effectiveness.
STANDARD Receiver Charles H. Newton sold the plant of the Standard Manufacturing Co to Asbury H. Hodgson for 2750 at the courthouse. The sale must be court confirmed before binding, with Hodgson yet to decide whether to hold or improve and operate the plant. The item appears amid broader remarks on railroad passes affecting about twenty thousand papers and anticipated scheduling changes by Georgia lines to aid Athens merchants.
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