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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1891
Page
17
Everything owned in the City Real Estate, Horse, Wagon, Fine Hearse and furniture stock will be sold. Invoices will show each item from stock valued between 12 000 and 15 000 dollars. Sales proceed as the owner leaves Athens from 321 323 and 325 East Broad Street.
The Georgia Agricultural Society plans its Athens convention on August 6 promising a large turnout. Athens is lauded as a hospitable host city while officials urge citizens to prepare lodging and entertainment for hundreds of delegates and visitors. The event is seen as a peak moment for farming groups and allied organizations statewide.
Special report from Topana Georgia July 4 details a fatal shooting at about four p.m. Jerry Warris a colored man shot and killed Lon Mottry a colored man during a drinking incident. The killer remains at large.
A local notice notes arrangements for the Alliance rally in the dead barnset. Organizers prepare plans, logistics, and scheduling details for attendees and supporters in the region.
Report outlines a large Athens event with farmers gathering in the University campus for the Alliance Rally and Midsummer Festival. Mayor Brown backs preparations, Chancellor Boggs offers campus benches, and possible use of Culpepper's tent. An estimated crowd over twenty thousand is expected for speeches and exhibits.
The firm of Vess, Vonderau & Bickers dissolves by mutual consent. A. L. Bickers sells his interest. A. L. Parker purchases an interest. The firm will be Vess, Vonderau & Co. and assumes all liabilities and authority to collect old firm accounts. Vess, Vonderau & Co. July 1, 1891.
A morning wreck at Pomona five miles north of Griffin involved an extra freight train colliding with the Barnesville accommodation. Six to eight freight cars burned their contents after catching fire from the engines. Both engines badly smashed and one woman passenger injured. Barnesville observer stopped the freight in time. track clearance will take several hours.
A plain English endorsement proclaims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery endlessly valuable for correcting constitutional contamination and chronic blood disorders. Cited as a researched formula from a world renowned physician, it is presented as a potent vegetable remedy suitable for oral use.
Eva Freeman Hart writes of Carmencita the Spanish dancer and the New York scene, noting pronunciation quirks, fashion contrasts, and a social essay on dress codes. A mind reading party at Athros stars Mr H-, tested blindfolded to locate Proverbs chapter two, amid reflections on selflessness and perception.
An ad promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a restorative tonic for women. It claims to restore vigor, treat chronic weaknesses, and ease stomach issues, with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back. Purely vegetable and sold by druggists at one dollar.
Canton Ohio July 8 Frank Melbourne claims credit for a midnight-into-morning shower after predicting rain following a week of sun. He describes his weather machine housed atop a coal shed, noting no audible output or chemical odor. His next forecast targets July 11.
The Southern Mutual Insurance Company will buy $10,000 of the city bonds at five percent as soon as money markets ease. Officials expect higher uptake once rates improve, with more bonds likely to be issued to fund sewer and street improvements.
Mr Meldrim describes a Washington trip with Judge Hammond and Dr White to discuss Georgia’s fund for a colored college. Secretary Noble favors turning funds to Georgia with equitable distribution by the state university trustees. The plan anticipates open after open in October with a campus near the city and buildings for classrooms and domestic use.
Mrs Abigail Ventreau of East Eleventh street Portsmouth died at home after ingesting Rough on Rats in a personal crisis. A physician was summoned but she died shortly afterward.
Croomsnatt July 3 reports W H Harrison ends a 30 year run at The Commercial Gazette. Expected staff upheaval follows with Marshall Halstead, eldest son of the Bruised, tied to the change.
An Eighth Michigan District report notes several Daval cadetship candidates were rejected after an examining physician found their hearts affected by cigarette smoking. A humorous aside shows a mother teaching caution through a drops of ink metaphor, urging purity and restraint in a child’s conduct.
The piece urges pupils to bring lunches to donate to classmates lacking fruit meat or cake and even drop warm stockings gloves or a comforter as a surprise act of kindness. It cites a Boston depot example where a generous gesture warmed a crippled man and quotes a Erie Canal bridge scene about cheerful charity.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Tommy and a teacher in a muted exchange about water and earnings. The garbled text hints at a door moment and a nickname or title for a person named Hiner, with stray words like “Thuggod.”
President Harrison departs Washington for Cape May to stay at least a month with family. Insolvent firms Alexander Gy, Lemon and Liverpool owe about £30,000. Mount Union College at Alliance Ohio reports no fever. one case of dja and four ill. Conway Mono saddlery sues in Shreveport for $19,000. assets $30,000. A Mechanicsburg farm hand killed a 9 foot racer blacksnake. Norville Radcliffe jailed after firing twenty shocks of wheat at Vernon Indiana for fun. Wealthy Middleport Ohio merchant Lawson fined $15 for whipping his 18 year old wife with a buggy whip. Four men to die next week at Sing Sing convert to Catholic faith. Jones and Newton duel in East Tennessee. both killed. Five second cabin passengers aboard City of Paris fined for contraband tobacco. Woman hides tobacco in bustle. Ashland Pa face colliery fire. 500 men affected. miners hoisted to surface. Myon barn near Paducah Ky burns with livestock and machinery. incendiary suspected. Averyville Illinois boys nearly dead in swamp after eating mud to stave hunger. Athens locals claim Northeast Georgia farmers deserve best on July 16.
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