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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1906
Page
2
St. Clair Me Vicar of San Antonio Texas describes years of eczema on arms and wrists. After trying doctors and temporary relief with Cuticura Ointment he used Cuticura Resolvent Pills and Ointment for five weeks with no blotch remaining. He plans to take Resolvent as a spring tonic and now uses Cuticura Soap.
In baths with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, the great skin cure is applied to feet and hands for itching burning and rashes. A strong hot lather, dry skin, and liberal anointing followed by light bandaging claim to cure in a night. Sold worldwide by Totter Drug & Chem Corp as sole proprietor.
A history of powdered hair tracing from sixteenth century convents to fashionable use. Nuns first powdering hair to appear venerable. Roman and Greek eras favored golden tints. Empress Eugenie popularized gold powder in 1860. Methods included bleaching with acids, lye, and oils. wigs and tailored makeup followed. Dangerous remedies like prussic acid and atropia were used to alter eye appearance.
The county rural school system has grown notably in recent years with better buildings equipment teachers and staff. An Education Board meeting yesterday set salaries for the coming year and routine business was handled. Schools reopen next Monday and early indications point to a highly satisfactory session across the county.
Radcliffe College bans trousers and other masculine garments in college theatricals after discovery that students borrowed pants from Harvard men for roles. Dean confirms edict requiring bloomers and white shirts for women portraying male parts. A Harvard student quip revealed the practice and prompted the action.
Last night around eight o'clock a fire broke out in the moulding room of the Athens Foundry. The blaze started from the cupola and was quickly nipped in time. Firefighters arrived promptly and extinguished the fire with limited damage, covered by insurance.
United States Supreme Court denies Howard bid in James Howard v Kentucky. Howard, previously convicted of the Goebel murder, remains under life imprisonment. The disjointed text references eye alteration and a Chicago Chronicle aside, but the core fact is the Supreme Court ruling in the Kentucky murder case.
Caldwell Idaho January 2 officers believe they have one of the men tied to the assassination of ex Governor Steunenburg. The suspect registered at the Saratoga hotel as M G Hoglan giving Denver as address and had clothing and explosive material in his room. Angus Sutherland identifies him as present at the Coeur d Alene riots in 1899. funeral for the governor planned for tomorrow at 11.
Seventeen year old Se'ieilly Tuntonta told police in New York that she fled Russian Poland after family banishment for political agitation and planned suicide by Jaudanum and gas. A maid detected the fumes and police described the case as a sudden irresistible impulse. The girl showed $100 remittance from her mother and jewelry, and was sent to a home for wayward girls after the episode at a downtown hotel.
John W. Gilbert of Paine College told about 3000 African Americans in Macon at the City Auditorium that they should seek jury trials where twelve peers of the race decide the case. He argued whites cannot be peers of Black citizens and predicted future progress would place the race on top.
Meridian Miss Jan 2 A tragic accident occurred when Mrs Will O Neil of Enterprise could not reach her burning child. Her clothing tangled in a barbed wire fence while she tried to rescue the little girl whose garments caught from a bonfire. The child died from burns despite her mother's frantic effort. Another item notes Jamaican Mrs Michael Hart praising Chamberlains Cough Remedy for coughs and whooping cough, with local sales points listed in Athens Ga.
Street crews report slow progress due to weather but Barberville road work is nearly complete and will be finished in two to three days. Crews then shift to Jackson Street to restore proper grade from Broad Street south, with future routing dependent on university plans and council decisions regarding the old cemetery site.
President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell University delivers a notable address before the Associated Academies Principals of New York urging Americans to resist the era of wealth worship. He condemns money as the chief aim, cites graft and predatory finance, and calls for men of honor and integrity over riches.
Report from St Vincent’s Infant Asylum in Chicago notes nearly 400 homeless babies awaiting adoption. Sister Julia praises Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs and croup, urging buyers to insist on this safe remedy with no opiates and no substitutes.
The University of Georgia began its session after Christmas with a surge of new students mainly in Agricultural classes. A two month winter course in agriculture attracts many and enrollment surpasses 425, a new record beyond last term's 375.
Two Missouri cowboys once tied by friendship rose on the range to fledgling fortunes. But termilk Bill Hensley died in a rough, unmarked grave with only a few attending, while William Wilson’s funeral drew prominent Denver mourners. Old envy and luck's fickle hand framed a tale of ambition, betrayal, and a rough frontier end.
Buttermilk Bill Hensley, a western Kansas homesteader turned rival to Billy Wilson, drinks to drown memory and plots revenge. He confronts Wilson unarmed. a deadly shot follows, and Bill kills his old friend before shooting himself. No one honors the corpse on Christmas Day.
Frankfort January 2 The Democratic caucuses in the Kentucky legislature show Judge Thomas Paynter gaining momentum to succeed Senator J C Blackburn. Paynter supporters win House caucus chair and a speaker nomination while Paynter backed candidates take key Senate posts. Total Paynter votes rise to 57, four over the required majority, though Blackburn allies claim some caucus votes won’t carry to joint session.
The piece urges the mayor and council to undertake many permanent projects this year so Athens will look different by next New Year. It complains of US debt collection for foreign governments and defends the Monroe Doctrine, urging focus on advertising and printer’s ink to boost business during dull January and February. It promotes liberal ad space in The Banner to attract shoppers.
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