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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1905
Page
7
Ada C. Smith of Jersey City reports severe scalp itching and pimples. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, her scalp cleared, hair grew, and she vows never to be without Cuticura again. She attributes relief to one box of Ointment and one cake of Soap.
The advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills as a complete external and internal remedy for hair loss crusts scales dandruff and skin irritations. It claims to soothe stimulate nourish and renew the scalp and to cure from pimples to scrofula with a dollar set available from druggists.
Rioting broke out in the San Juan Hill district near Sixty-first Street as clashes between white and Black residents escalated after midnight. Twenty Black individuals and one White woman were arrested. Policeman David Roche was struck on the head. Police reserves restored order after bricks and gunfire erupted at a West Sixty-second Street saloon.
A bold advertiseable note touts King’s New Life Pills as a surprising stomach and liver relief. The text promises headache dizziness and constipation relief at one dollar, with contact in a messy 19th century ad style.
The Athens Factory is now running full time and employs more hands at the lower mill and the check mill combined. Demand for output is rising daily, with the management receiving frequent complimentary mentions from business partners. Plans include increasing check mill capacity and installing new machinery.
Prof J V Arrendale of Rabun county will be principal of Bleckley Industrial Institute the new county high school near Rabun Gap opening September 1. A Georgia graduate in agriculture he is a native mountain boy and the first principal. faculty to be chosen with expected attendance at least three hundred. Superintendent A J Ritchie sees the dream realized and pledges future aid to the new school.
Dr J H T McPherson was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after acute tonsillitis required surgery. The operation was performed successfully, he emerged from anesthesia well and is very weak but shows signs of early recovery.
The passage recalls John Milledge as a founder of the University of Georgia and notes Atlanta dropped his name from the capital in 1877. Residents of Adrian urge a new county be named Milledge to honor his legacy and prompt University men in the General Assembly to show gratitude and support.
The Clarke county rural schools start a summer session of two months with large attendance and a schedule designed to fit farm work. The plan ends the session when cotton picking begins and resumes in November for two more months, then a five month term, totaling about nine months.
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce named a committee to draft by laws for governing the organization. H E Choate of Athens serves as chairman. The panel works on the draft and will reconvene to review it. Meetings may be in Savannah or Tybee. The aim is to unite member commercial bodies into the state’s strongest business group.
A South African paper recounts a tiger encounter near Sabi ending fatally for a hunter named M. Astemat in Gorongoza district. The tale follows a calf taken from L Banger’s place, a boy injured by the beast, and the hunter breaking the tiger’s neck after a dramatic pursuit. The animal measured seven feet six inches from nose to tail.
St. Petersburg July 15 M Witte after meeting the emperor at Peterhof returned to St. Petersburg and then to the foreign office for three hours with Foreign Minister Lamsdorff A sensational report circulated that Witte might not go to Washington The emperor allegedly resented Witte ideas and suggested Baron Bowen as chief plenipotentiary Witte left the emperor in an ugly mood and said he could not undertake the mission The story lacks confirmation and may be an invention Witte recognizes the difficulties of peace negotiations and aims to push internal reforms while staying aligned with Lamsdorff The article notes court intrigues but praises Witte’s potential impact on state affairs.
James R. McRea, a prospecter, dragged a party of six dying miners from Death Valley's scorching heat to a spring after their water cask failed and their thirst neared death. The group, from Pahrump and Kern River districts, had trekked 20 hours without water, suffering swollen tongues and frothing lips, before McRea guided them to relief.
A fragment from the Augusta Herald notes the Piedmont hotel and the Capital City club with bar attachments being drawn into a campaign. It mentions Col. Jas. M. Smith of Oshba5 noting the colonel will speak across the county and expects a major audience.
The Housekeeper outsizes claims that a July 12 1843 revelation in Nauvoo Illinois bound Saints to plural marriage. It argues Joseph Smith privately practiced polygamy before the revelation, condemns the doctrine as obscene, and portrays it as degrading to Mormon women and freedom of wifehood.
A tale of a five and a half pound rainbow trout and a rambling yarn about a muskrat swallowing by a large fish. The old timer questions the excitement while recounting the fanciful hunt and riverbank antics with rustic humor and local color.
A discussion traces fish speeds from mackerel to tarpon and whale, noting large fish use more energy and can beat fast mammals in contests. It compares fish shapes to ships, cites a bull mackerel pattern sloop, and suggests architects learn from natural speed ideas. The piece also blends assorted regional newspaper excerpts on Georgia politics and editorials.
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