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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1901
Page
4
The Athens Banner discusses the Memphis Confederate veterans reunion with McKinley’s invitation seen as fraternal. It praises southern strength, southern commerce, and mutual competition in trade, while recalling Queen Victoria and lifting a note on recent kidnapping cases and labor-law discussions.
Dyspepsia defined as poor stomach vigor and tone, not a disease but a misery. Mrs. S. Wallis of Millsboro and Gaare of Eau Claire suffer long term symptoms, unable to eat and plagued by nervousness and sleeplessness despite professional medicines. The text discusses general misery and lack of relief from treatments.
An advertisement claims chronic sores and ulcers arise from impure blood and that cleansing the blood with a product called Swift Specific will prevent bone infection, relieve symptoms, and promote healing. It cites testimonials and offers free medical advice without charge, from Atlanta Georgia.
Editorials praise efforts to end hazing in colleges, note Cadet Boot death findings by Congress, and discuss King Edward VII following Queen Victoria. Advertisements promise remedies for catarrh with testimonials from Toledo firms, claiming Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills work.
Atlanta January 22 Lawyers across the state welcome a board of trustees committee recommendation for a two year law course at the University of Georgia Mercer University plans to adopt the program too. Officials say the change will improve the profession, reduce litigation, and begin in September.
A Marietta Journal feature extols the mouth as central to life, humor, and social force. It lampoons how mouths shape politics, dentistry, romance, and daily exchange, calling them the source of greeting and farewell as well as mischief.
Tom Sharkey, in Hot Springs, signals manager Barney Reich to arrange a match with any top heavyweight before facing Jeffries. Kennedy considers lining Sharkey against Peter Maher in San Francisco next month, with an eye to a Sharkey Jeffries bid if Jeffries beats Ruhlin.
New York Jan 22 It is stated McGovern cannot reach extra factory terms with Erne for a bout in San Francisco. If not, he will fight Kid Broad for a 25 round match in San Francisco. The SF Athletic Club offers a $5,000 purse for a featherweight of McGovern's choosing and Broad is the only willing challenger. Negotiations are pending among Joe Macias Broad's manager Sam Harris and the San Francisco club.
The sheriff of Oconee County alerted the city chief of police that Lucy Gilbert wife of Ed Gilbert a respected farmer near Watkinsville and Will Watson a man with a bad reputation were decoyed. They were captured within an hour and placed in the city prison where bailiffs prepared to transport them back for a hearing in Oconee County. The crime Watson faces is serious and carries heavy penalties.
Som Parkas, an African American man, was fined 10 and costs of thirty days on the street for severely beating his wife on Foundry Street Sunday morning. Will Henry Graham, a Black hackman, was fined 7.90 dollars for using very bad language about a fellow hack driver at the Central depot yesterday.
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