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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1900
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner lists postal rates for home delivery and the weekly edition, with 10 cent per line local notices and various remittance options. Also included are assorted brief items from South Africa, education, temperance, theology, and political notes with names and places mentioned.
A quirky line suggests a doctor can confirm kidneys liver and stomach are normal but cannot analyze the blood upon which these organs depend. The passage highlights limits in medical examination and the central role of blood analysis.
A testimonial ad denounces doctors for mercury and potash in treating blood poison. It claims Swift's S. S. S. cures by removing iron from the system, enabling home self-treatment with free medical advice, and urges readers to contact Swift Specific Co in Atlanta, Ga.
Otie Strickland, a Black woman from near Danielsville, left her ten month old baby alone in the house Sunday. She returned in the afternoon to find the child dead in bed. The coroner's jury ruled death due to meningitis.
Two men and two women prisoners were taken from the county jail to the stockade yesterday morning after Monday city court convictions and sentencings. Guards report smooth operation at the new facility as paperwork and transport proceeded.
The Republican state central committee calls a March 7 Atlanta convention. Governor and other statehouse officers will be nominated, marking a renewed push into state politics. This could field a state ticket for the first time in years, increasing the party’s prominence.
Washington reports Manila plague confirmed by a cablegram to Surgeon General Sternberg dating January 6 from Colonel Greenleaf assistant surgeon general and chief surgeon in the Philippines noting three bubonic natives.
London dispatches report no confirmation that General Buller crossed the Tugela River. A separate Amsterdam rumor claims a British cruiser fired on the Dutch cruiser Friesland near Delagoa Bay with a Dutch officer reported killed.
Premier Silvela and United States Minister Boeny Storer have drawn up a basis for a treaty to replace the 1896 and 1877 accords. A copy was sent to Washington for approval. A companion commerce treaty, divided into three parts, will govern Spain’s trade with America, the Antilles, and the Philippines.
Clarke County lists one hundred forty Confederate pensioners with sixty under indigent, thirty five under invalid, and forty five widows under widow’s pension acts. Ordinary Herrington nearly completes pension form filings and payments are expected in a few weeks.
Rear Admiral Walker heads a commission that sailed on the Atlas steamer Alens to Nicaragua to investigate canal possibilities. The group will review prior work and recommend a route across the isthmus, with the Nicaragua voyage expected to take about six weeks.
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