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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1889
Page
5
A Paris World Fair piece describes exotic performances from Arab and Javanese dancers to Japanese court ladies. It paints a vivid, sensory tableau of costumes, instruments, and ritual dance amid the Esplanade des Invalides and a Javanese kampong, noting age of dancers and theatrical佩 details.
A young girl was violently outraged on Tobe Perkins’s Greene county farm while her mother and father were nearby. A mixed race man fled the scene as the community, outraged, vowed to hang him despite sheriff patrols. No arrest reported as of press time. local notices follow urging purchases and a personal luck tale from Washington DC.
The piece lauds Mr. Gilleland as a model clerk and treasurer, praising his years of service and declaring the city’s affairs safe under his watch. It notes Barber’s Creek muskrat fishermen and a seek for teaching work, plus a local sales ad and medicinal claims for Botanic Blood Balm B B B.
A Good Platform Elberton outlines a club of young men who vow not to swear or drink. The piece argues cursing stems from habit and urges membership to avoid whisky and curb swearing to improve life discipline.
During the firemen tournament season Athens residents welcomed visitors. A swarm of bees entered Mr Mendel Morris's Broad street home and settled in his garrett. Unseen for days they worked to store winter provisions, but Morris has expelled them to seek elsewhere.
Skiff the Jeweler secured the entire sale of the Diamond Spectacles, a notable example of turning opportunity into a lasting contribution. The move highlights a rare, impactful gesture in a lifetime.
The article notes a $1,000,000 subscription to lay a cable linking San Francisco and Honolulu with completion expected in a year and a half. It would form the first direct transpacific link from America to Japan and China, reducing reliance on other nations for eastern communication.
A Athens merchant complains that constant charity requests would take about twenty five percent of earnings. He says local merchants are liberal but resist funding every cause and believe each neighborhood should support itself.
A fragment expresses concern over political display of a state flag at the Georgia capitol and touts Klein & Martin for superior buggy and wagon guarantees in Northeast Georgia.
A testimonial from Dr B S Duncan praises Dr Westmoreland's Calisaya Tonic, noting its curative merit and suggesting physicians obtain the formula. The tonic is shown to treat malarial toxynemia, with sale advertised by L D Sledge & Co. The message also comments on the decline of the Olive bill and its supporters.
The petitioners seek incorporation as The Athens Lani Company to operate land dealing and utilities in Athens, Georgia. Capital stock set at 25000 dollars, with 5000 already paid in, governed by a president and six directors and other officers as needed. They propose to buy, lease, improve land, rent and operate streets, gas and electric works, and to borrow or issue bonds with security to directors, subject to laws and ten year term with possible renewal.
Frederick Manson recalls a grim tale of Victor Mortimer’s murder told by Claude Mortimer. A spectral lily, turning from white to black with a crimson tongue, signals guilt as Claude’s confession reveals an iron pin, a hidden pot, and a cursed bloom guarding the crime.
The Brooklyn Eagle quotes Burdette on Balaklava’s Six Hundred. It cites 247 killed at the field, about 700 dying later, and ongoing deaths in the United States as survivors dwindle. It warns only recuperative efforts can avert total ruin.
The text excerpts a humorous note about Chinese timekeeping with eight, twelve, and twenty four divisions and two clock hands. It references Seth E. Thomnon Dumley and a joking remark from Harper's Magazine as part of a dialogue about a funny story.
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