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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1891
Page
17
In Carnesville Georgia a humorous household scene unfolds as Uncle Remus and Aunt Chloe discuss plantation life. William Henry, Remus grandson, recounts a violent incident with mules and a steer that left him battered yet defiant, while townsfolk debate labor and loyalty in a dialect-rich, mid 19th century tone.
In Topeka Kansas a four room residence burned with the charred remains of Mrs. W. A. Uptegroff and her three daughters found among the ruins. Police deem the scene a deliberate triple murder-suicide. The distressed husband, a teamster, arrived incoherently describing the tragedy.
CLARKSVILLE GA May 28 A dispute at Hiawassee High school led Alexander Brown and John Wood to seek out friends and settle their quarrel by force. They met three to four hundred yards from town and both drew knives. Wood stabbed Brown in the chest killing him instantly. Wood was arrested as a suspected killer. Both youths come from prominent families and the event caused a major local uproar. The second report from Nicholasville KY May 28 describes a brutal knife and pistol fight at Camp Nelson distillery between John Tracy and Bill Carpenter. Tracy was wounded in the abdomen and scalp and is said to die. Carpenter escaped serious injury.
The biennial May festival at Tomlinson hall Indianapolis drew a full house with 700 choral voices directed by Carl Barns and a 60 piece orchestra led by Theodore Thomas. Soloists Emma Juch Clara Poole Miss Howe William J Lavin and Fischer performed as Rossini Stabat Mater opened the program. In Goshen Indiana a barber George A Dougherty was found dead in a hay mow in South Bend with evidence suggesting suicide.
Waites Mims of Waynesboro sues the Southern Alliance Farmers for ten thousand dollars damages claiming a legal advertisement he published as attorney in fact under a security deed was denigrated by a competing editorial on the Twitty bill. The plaintiff alleges the Farmer used the ad as its editorial text and that the piece was libelous.
In Atlanta May 12 the Superior Court postponed for one week ruling on the application for a receiver of John Ryans & Sons. Sheriff Morrow held temporary receiver duties during the interim.
The essay recounts travel notes in Missouri, detailing Joplin’s brisk grain and mineral wealth, the Carthage area, and a comic mispronunciation dispute over choir and quire. Anecdotes describe theater stage escapes, bellboys, an Archy train incident, and a wry tale of a Greco Roman Irishman’s lament.
A collage of quotes and jokes from Chicago Tribune and Munsey’s Weekly style items. A nurse of evergreen bits includes tales of foreclosures, politeness, homes and opathy, plus late century humor about doctors and daily life. The page ends with an ad for Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery claiming blood purification and cure guarantee.
A fragment discusses the role of advertisements and the eye as sentinel of the will. It references Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and argues ads must captivate the eye to attract the audience, noting that appeal to the eye drives attention and subsequent action.
Religious discourse argues Christ did not reconcile God to us but to transform our hearts. The speaker cites the prodigal son parable to show God’s loving, forgiving character and urges readers to reframe salvation as personal reconciliation with a Father who already loves. The message cautions against viewing God as appeased by sacrifice and emphasizes God’s continual readiness to welcome repentance.
The piece argues Christian joy comes from God not surroundings. It contrasts worldly happiness with Christ’s joy guiding the heart, noting the believer’s deeper, lasting gladness. The home of this joy is the heart, untouched by external troubles, rooted in doing God’s will.
The Christian Observer extols the Sabbath as a sacred pause for body and soul. It urges that proper Sabbath observance shapes spiritual life, softens character, and shields virtue, warning that neglect injures the soul and that crime correlates with disregard of this ordinance.
In Nashville Illinois two armed men robbed H Bollermeier on the way home. They forced cash eight thousand dollars and valuables, bound and gagged him, and left him in an unsecured spot. Police pursued and captured the robbers at Canebury after recovering six thousand dollars. two thousand remained with the attackers. Additional brief notes report a shooting accident in Goshen Ind and a Dallas political organizing meeting.
Lucy Morris Ellsworth describes a visit where whirling dervishes circle on prayer mats describe their movements and exclamations as they spin and chant Alla. The scene shifts to a bowling dervishes venue with crowd, loud chants, and a dramatic outburst before returning to the hotel.
A Georgia notice outlines a bill introduced at the Georgia General Assembly in July 1891 to amend an Athens city act. It authorizes grading paving and street improvements, enables assessments on streetcar owners, and allows payment in installments. Also advertised are property sales in Clarke County and probate notices for land sales and executors in Madison and Clarke counties.
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