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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1901
Page
3
Atlanta reports a scorching wave while southern states enjoy near normal summer weather. Amid widespread fatalities from heat in the northeast, New York records 85F with high humidity and 11 deaths in one period. Ontario notes oppressive heat with 85 percent humidity despite a cooler morning. Local ads tout Electric Bitters and remedies.
Reports from multiple cities track extreme heat and rising temperatures as officials warn of no immediate relief. Philadelphia tallies 85 deaths from heat, while Pittsburg records 86 direct heat deaths since last Wednesday. Moscow notes a 64 degree chill after a drenching storm, with lingering humidity and high forewarned heat in Kansas City.
The Swamp Root laboratory offers a book and medicinal packets in fifty cent and dollar sizes. Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York promote their kidney disease cure claiming poisoned blood and kidney trouble cause many deaths. Mention this paper when ordering by mail.
A barrage of heat reports from multiple cities shows rising temperatures and rising deaths from heat prostration. New York records 617 total heat deaths in six days. Berlin hosts racers as Fournier arrives first. turf congress slated for Louisville in fall. London considers revised accession language. a sawmill accident in Harvestie Alabama injures a worker. Norfolk and Western eases fears of rail suspension. Paris issues a decree on tariffs for colonial foodstuffs and U S coffee imports.
Congressman Hull of Iowa cites the newly established civil military governments as a hot house unable to withstand adversity. He warns of dual authority under General Chaffee and notes obstacles to prosperity, including high salaries and oversized offices, with inaugurations planned for tomorrow.
At a state board of control meeting, Charleston’s mayor and police chief were invited to Columbia to show cause why the dispensary law should not be enforced in the city. The move signals a plan to end open saloons as courts face mockery of the law. A separate county court report reveals revenue officials accused Justice J. E. Silver of drawing over 400 in costs for cases not sent to jail. In Oswego, Kansas, 16 harvest hands were robbed near Junction City, with one shot in the leg during a freight-car holdup and about 30 taken from each victim.
An advertisement promotes Morley’s Lemon Elixir by Dr H Mosley of Atlanta for liver stomach kidneys and various ailments including headaches insomnia fever and digestive disorders. Readers cite testimonials from J Sawtell and others. Brief notices follow about Seaboard Air Line shop layoffs and managerial changes across the system.
A blue book releases Lord Roberts replies to Boer protests over farm burnings and property destruction. The Transvaal and Orange Free State presidents accuse British forces of barbarities while Roberts says burning farms was necessary after treacherous shooting and railway wrecking by Boer irregulars.
The military court of volunteer officers, which acquitted Harold M. Pitt, Evans & Co manager, on charges of improper government store purchases, has recon sidered its verdict. The panel cited Pitt’s ignorance of the law and Captain Barrows's uncertain testimony as reasons for the reversal, deeming the original verdict a travesty of justice. The court had tried Pitt on June 30 and, after reconsideration ordered by Pro vost Marshal Davis, convicted him on his own admissions.
A blue book on India notes that £15,890,000 was spent on famine relief in 1899-1900. Five-year plague deaths near 600,000. population growth slowed to 5-6 million in a decade. The famine death toll is a major factor in these figures.
An early modern health claim extols Tutt's Liver Pills for perfect order of the system. It asserts the remedy regulates bowels and yields a vigorous body. It targets sick headache malaria biliousness constipation and related ailments as an absolute cure.
In Pitrasura on June 20 a joint conference of the Amalgamated Association of Iron Steel and Tin Workers and two steel firms failed to agree on next year’s wage scale. The union seeks universal signing, while the manufacturers propose exemptions for two plants. President Shaffer issued the strike order. About 40,000 skilled workers in union sheet mills nationwide will strike.
A final effort is underway to settle shoot mill and bar iron wage scales in Pittsburg, risking forced mill closures on July 1 if no deal is reached. About 60,000 workers are affected as Amalgamated Association negotiations involve United States Steel and related firms. Morning talks between sheet company reps and United States Steel began, with Republic Iron and Steel and American Steel and Hoop to meet this afternoon, aiming for a June 3 settlement to end a yearlong dispute.
New York June 29 An expert accountant is auditing the books of Henry Marquand & Co to assess liabilities and assets. Receiver Frank Sullivan Smith says a full schedule will take days. He questions rumors of a $3,000,000 liability and notes creditors are secured by excellent securities likely realizable without loss. Whether the firm can pay dollar for dollar remains unresolved. Evidence is insufficient to justify a warrant for officers of the Seventh National Bank, says U S Commissioner Shields. more evidence is due next Monday.
Major O Lee Proden, former assistant secretary to the president, who was named paymaster in the regular army in May, has resigned from the army and been reappointed to his old post as assistant secretary. The position was the one Adelbert Hay was to hold.
An old Georgia pamphlet extols Dr Hall's Great Discovery as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder troubles and related ailments with mail-order offer and testimonials. It names Covington and reads July 23, 1808. A separate Georgia note reports Richard Aycock's heat-related death near Roour. Also mentions 25 cent pills for sore throat and a Scotch delegation planning to study U.S. trade conditions in September.
Dr Caldwell s Syrup Pepela cares Stomach Troubles sold by all druggists Handsome New Steamer Fayetteville N C June 31 The Merrill Stevens company of Jacksonville Fla is now building the first of the steamers for the new Fayetteville and Wilmington Steamboat company It will surpass in elegance and appointment any boat over the Sun Care Fear river It will be named The Fayetteville will be 125 feet long with steel load and stern wheel and will accommodate 200 passengers having 20 handsomely furnished state rooms It will be of light draft and built for speed Found Dead In Road Moniz June 39 Mrs George Stone residing several miles down the Bay Shell road was found dead in the road the other afternoon the only mark of falling Coroner s opinion that Mrs Stone s death was caused by a bolt of lightning during a heavy squall At the time of her death Mrs Stowe was walking down the road from Moores Park to her home So Ses Nominated Cleveland For Governor Satins Kan June 22 Francis G Babcock formerly a prominent New York politician is dead at Ellsworth Kan 70 years He made the seebing pooch at the convention whilel nominated Cleveland for governor of New York Street Railway Changes Hands Delavant O June 34 The Delaware Street Railway company has been bought by the Columbus Delaware and Northern Interurban Railway company Porseidu will be given July 1
In Little Muddy on the upper Yellowstone in 1887 a Chicago tobacco dealer Stark introduced a gaudy wooden Indian front, sparking constant trouble with locals including violent incidents. After rival Harpers Magazine recounts Stark’s clashes, a confrontation ends with Stark retrieving the fallen statue and rescuing his partner Tobe Hartley.
A fragment notes a physician’s claim to specialize in treating cases deemed hopeless and incurable after all other methods have failed to yield benefit.
A historical notice states a dedication to relieving suffering and increasing health happiness success usefulness and longevity. The office is at the corner of College avenue and Clayton street above Orr Drug Co. Residence at the corner of Dougherty and Jackson streets.
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