27 Jan 1899
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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1899
Page
1
The letter touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption related illnesses. It recounts testimonials, promises high cure rates, and urges sending for free medical advice and a book. It mentions market activity in cereals and general rising prices, with notes on brokers and long holdings.
About seventy five women attended the organizing meeting at Mrs. W. W. Thomas's Milledge avenue home. Officers will be chosen next week and five sections set: Letters and Arts, Current Topics and Civics, Historical Research and Biography, Music, Folk Lore and Fiction. Chairmen named for each section. many members pledged to join.
Planters' Bank of Kansas City with 25000 capital is closed by the state. Proprietors are arrested by order of Secretary of State Lesties and Assistant Attorney General Jeffries. The bank reportedly has no visible assets. DeWitt's Little Early Risers mentioned at end.
Chicago police arrested Mrs. Mary Bretz on a warrant from her fourteen year old stepdaughter Maggie Bretz who charged that a red hot poker was used for chastisement. The girl showed burns claimed to be inflicted yesterday as she was shoved to the floor and the poker applied to her face and hands until she screamed. The motive cited is to drive the girl from home.
A humorous tale by Opie Read features a colored man seeking a government pension. The pension agent questions his Civil War service, the Confederate army, and a skillet wound, illustrating bureaucratic absurdity. The ad then touts Prickly Ash Bitters for kidney cleansing, liver relief, digestion, and a tonic effect, sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons.
Fairbury Nebraska report says Kellerman family, including husband, wife and seven children, ate undercooked pork from a hog with trichinella. A daughter died days later and the mother died today after severe illness. The father and five children remain ill in one room. post mortem reveals live trichinae in Mrs Kellerman.
In Athens the arrival of Major John R. Lynch as paymaster for troops sparks protests from soldiers who demand a white official. A Jersey officer complains all colored men are seen as the same, while Lynch, a Mississippi figure with Republican ties, is treated with respect by locals and the Postmaster.
A long promotional passage extols Swamp Root for kidney ailments and offers free samples by mail. It also quotes praise for Helen Gould and includes other ad text for Prickly Ash Bitters and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve, plus a detective agency recruitment plea.
Market signals steady tone with middling Upland at 8.5 to 8.6 cents and Middling Upland at 8.5 to 8.6 cents. Sales reach ten thousand bales while receipts total twenty three thousand. Port receipts today show twenty two thousand five hundred seventy six bales versus twenty five thousand seventy six a year ago.
Atlanta report notes Liverpool opened 4-5 points higher on our advance and the U S market followed with 2-3 points up. Trading shows unusual activity, the strongest since last year, prompting a cautious buying stance as a minor pullback is probable.
Atlanta January 26 The grain market showed strength with Liver pools opening higher by over 3 cents and maintaining gains. The U S market saw heavy interest and a steady day with advances ranging from 1 to 1 4 cents per bushel as North Peacote Wee led aggressive buying late in the session.
Atlanta traders reported a buoyant session with United Kingdom prices higher while the local market advanced from opening to close. Metropolitan traction led gains, rising over 12 dollars a share, with St Pat and other grangers among top risers. Prospects for ratification of the peace treaty fueled buying.
The Seaboard Air Line lowers cotton rates effective today hauling 100 pounds to Norfolk and Portsmouth at twenty cents. A 500 pound bale traveling 600 miles costs a dollar. Southern Railroad matches Brunswick rate to 14 cents, keeping a six cent differential. Other lines delay, signaling a potential industry-wide adjustment. Constipation linked to liver trouble, Prickly Ash Bitters offered as a cure by H. R. Palmer & Sons.
Bainbridge Ga Jan 26 nine white men Burrell Philips Henry Philips Doc Philips Dews Bailey Florence Bailey Preston Bailey Euseman Cleveland and W M Gardner jailed as part of a posse for killing the Rusting family near Colquitt. Old man Rusting identified four as Kuklux and others held on circumstantial ties amid threats of harsh justice. Also notes S A Fackler of Mie canopy Hustler and La grippe cure claims.
A Washington Star quote recounts a congressman describing election fraud in a precinct. He details instructing an influential local to ensure votes and the dubious handling of ballots, implying efforts to influence results and secure victory.
Coughing injures and inflames throat and lungs. The Minute Cough Cure loosens the cold coughs and heals quickly. The best cough cure for children. That is what it was made for.
Watkinsville dispatch notes Judge Richard Russell in his first term fines a dilatory juror five dollars for five minutes of absence to set an example. He refuses remittance, travels to Gainesville to cover another case, with Athens bar and various legal figures present. Local civic mentions include Rev T T Reed moving to the Watkinsville Baptist churches and Miss Mynona Elder assisting her brother editor.
Isaiah Hunter, a Negro preacher, has been recommended to the post office department for appointment as carrier in the rural mail delivery service in this county. Everything will be in readiness to start the new mail services on February 1.
A new Athens Histori cal Society plans formation next week to collect and preserve the city and region history. Members will focus on enduring records of local and Georgia history and will not be a social group. First meeting date to be announced later. Lagmppe epidemic noted with One Minute Cough Cure recommended.
Miss Annie Hobson of Greensboro Alabama sister of Lieutenant Hobson proves courage during a runaway in Jackson Mississippi. Mounted on a Kentucky horse she clung to the reins as the horse dashed seven blocks toward the city hall. Escort Joseph Porter pursued and assisted in stopping the frightened animal. The event brands her a heroine second only to her famed brother.
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