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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1903
Page
2
An advertisement warns that overworking kidneys harms blood and causes pain and heart stress. It touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a leading remedy with claims of wide healing power and offers free sample bottles and a pamphlet via mail from Binghamton New York.
A column explores animal pain in critique of human sensitivity with examples of lobsters, crabs, fish, and storks. It also relays travel anecdotes from Mr C E Johnstone, jokes about hotel beds, and a note on drug shelf life from a New York Press item.
The text traces early stove attempts by Cardinal Polissnae around io, followed by English trials hindered by prejudice toward coal fire. It notes Franklin's stove from 0655 and later electricity-era devices that faced drafts and inefficiencies. Count Ruinfon later improved stove design, with successive innovations between 1755 and 1705.
A Fireside Magazine excerpt details the scold's bridle used in Britain from the 16th to 18th centuries. Women were muzzled with an iron crown and gag, then paraded through towns chained or tied to punishment devices, subjected to insults, degradation, and public scorn for speaking out or defending rights.
The piece discusses eggs as a universal food from hens and ducks to turkeys, noting regional variations in consumption of gull, tern, and heron eggs. It records egg sizes and weights, cites government figures on eggs and poultry value, and offers a classic insomnia remedy advising physical exercises, breathing, backward walking, and imagining a gray cloud to aid sleep.
The passage compiles odd legends and quips from various papers and sources. It mentions Queer Looking Worma from New Zealand and Pacific islands with peculiar heads, a Sand wich Islands name meaning creeper with a child’s head, and an Old Man’s Snake Story. It includes jokes from Atlanta Constitution and Chicago newspapers, a physician’s testimonial about Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets, and druggists selling the remedy in Stillwater Minnesota.
Reports from state agriculture departments through mid April show worsening peach prospects due to recent freezes. California expects a near average crop with delayed ripening. many states forecast substantial reductions or near absence of peaches. Georgia notes some promise but overall light yields in northern areas with many trees bearing heavily. Georgia adds a large harvest potential due to tree numbers despite small per-centage yields.
Aimed at affluent women and those worn by change of life, the ad extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as preventing or curing feminine illnesses. It cites a testimonial from Mrs Maggie Morris and explains how remedies including Favorite Prescription, Golden Medical Discovery, and Pleasant Pellets restored health and vigor during the menopause transition.
One of the Gainesville cyclone victims was a young boy named Lovern, cousin of Mrs. Ed Stone of this city. So far no other dead are known to be related to Athens residents.
The town of Anderson seeks an electric railway link from Athens to Varnenville and to extend the line from Carneaville to Anderson. Letters in Athens post for the week ending June 2, 1903, show local support and firm intent to attract builders.
Che U. S. Department of Agriculture issued a pamphlet reprinting Prof O M Strahan's paper on the Power Question in the South read at the National College Association meeting in Atlanta last October. Copies available by application to the Department of Agriculture Washington DC for those interested in water steam or electrical power.
Wednesday afternoon at Miss Elen Mell's Hill Street home closed her music class with a delightful recital. Invited guests praised the performers including Sarah Moll Leila Goss Maud Stedman Lill Hodgson Ruth Levy Ciertrude Bernacein Helen Michael Starkie Cobb Helen McMahan Edith Allen and the advance class pupils Minsea Claudis Brightwell Marguerite Vonderau Claudia Grant Irene Grant Ora Hart.
The Oconee High School at Watkinsville ends the term with a large closing gathering. Prof A B Rowland receives public praise for his year of leadership and the event features an address by State School Commissioner W B Merritt to a wide audience.
Wednesday marked the birthday anniversary of Jefferson Davis as Daughters of the Confederacy conferred crosses of honor on Confederate veterans in Monroe Georgia. A visiting committee including Miss Saste Gerdine Mia J 2% Hoke and Mrs T W Reed met residents for the awards. The veterans expressed pride in receiving the crosses amid a pleasant local gathering.
William B. James funeral conducted by Rev Ellison D Stone Wednesday afternoon at his residence on Cemetery Street with many friends in attendance. The service was held and the remains were laid to rest in Oconee cemetery.
Revival services conducted by Rev Mr Graham of Sharon have drawn considerable interest in the Oconee Street section. For ten days his powerful sermons have done a great deal of good and stirred local citizens.
A Springfield Alabama mother recounts preventing severe whooping cough effects on three children and a three month old baby by using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. She claims her children suffered no paralysis or serious damage and recovered quickly, urging others to use the remedy sold by H. Br Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro.
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