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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1892
Page
8
A polemical piece condemns moderate drinkers as social dangers. It argues the “one glass” path leads to ruin while highlighting how respectable, churchgoing drinkers enable and normalize gradual drunkenness. The author urges readers to shun even moderate drinking.
A clipped discussion describes a doctor’s remark on a peculiar bar fascination in drinkers. One case shows a man who avoids his own liquor at home, preferring public bars, and travels far to avoid facing his own sideboard.
Vivid scene from the Pittsburgh Post describes a lively setting with guests enjoying meals at home and the comfort of shared corn and olives. The passage highlights bustling servants in white coats, gleaming glassware, and a lemony aroma pervading the room.
The passage argues God speaks through many channels to guide salvation. The Bible provides warnings and promises, conscience urges obedience, providences alert, and the Holy Spirit can directly move the heart. It cites repentance after loss and gratitude after healing as evidences of divine influence.
A sermon recounts a prairie fire parable where a single match saves a circle of travelers. It urges relying on divine aid and faith in Christ's redemptive death through the Lord's Supper as central to Christian life, opposing denial of the doctrine.
A Youth's Companion kitchen trick describes placing two V shaped wine glasses edge to edge with an egg fitted on the right rim. A brisk blow along the line where the eggs meet makes the egg jump to the other glass, with practice achieving a repeatable jump.
Five year old Dorothy attends Sunday School and learns the golden text. She returns home muddy after playing at a neighbor's, and her mother scolds her. Dorothy recalls the verse Man looketh on the outward appearance but the Lord looketh on the heart, offering a gentle defense.
A river passenger recounts a tiger perched on a steamer’s rudder during a flood on the Brahmaputra. The beast leapt to barges, entered the paddle-box, was boxed in by the captain, and shot through the head to end the incident.
The article explains how true homing pigeons descend from Belgian passenger pigeons and have been used for wartime communication. It notes experiments from Rome to Belgium showing many fail to reach home due to Alpine barriers, fog, and varying wind conditions, with speeds of 27 to 47 mph and no flights after eight.
Electric lights now illuminate Toe Park every night inviting both young and old to spend evenings there. Perfect order will be kept and no objectionable parties are permitted inside the grounds.
The Georgia Weekly Press Association announces an annual editors trip, aiming for Denver or San Diego via a route from Rome through New Orleans to El Paso. Details on duration and cost will follow, with dues and membership rules for papers seeking to join. Transportation costs may be paid via advertising contracts.
Cloudy weather with occasional light showers near the coast reported by Weather Bureau in Artarta Georgia dated June 4. End of transmission from Hakethorce observing station.
A discussion argues Savannah as the main direct trade entry point for southern Atlantic ports. It cites freshwater advantage, rail links like Central, Plant, and southbound lines, and proximity to markets in Memphis New York Havana and Europe. It notes vast tonnage exports timber naval stores cotton and fruits and argues Savannah’s terminal facilities are worth millions.
Two men argued about free grace and predestination outside the council chamber. One man named Jack Muckle claimed to be son of Nathan Muckle who died at seventy odd years in Clarke county. He said he had fifty brothers and twenty-five sisters and Father of fourteen children and offered proof.
The House in Committee of the Whole met with light attendance, several bills lacking objections were postponed for lack of quorum. Mr. Wilcox won passage of a census information bill for unincorporated companies. The post office appropriation bill was debated, with a Hatch-proposed agricultural report provision mandating a neutral monthly crop report approved by the secretary of agriculture before release.
Southern League results include Memphis 5 at Atlanta 15, Montgomery 9 6, Mobile 4 at Macon 6, New Orleans 6 Birmingham 4. National League games feature Chicago Philadelphia 4, Baltimore 2 Cincinnati 5, Washington 9 Cleveland 4, New York 2 Pittsburgh 5, Boston 6 St Louis 7, Brooklyn 8 Louis others incomplete.
An 1890 letter from W F Stearns of Alexander City Alabama touts Swift's Specific as a cure for skin cancer after six bottles. The ad notes numerous cancer cures and invites readers to request a book on the product. Also reported: New England granite yards open to individual contracts fueling labor disputes. In Birmingham, a jury found William Scroggins guilty of murder in the first degree and death sentence.
Notice of dissolution states Gra Hodgson & Co insurance brokerage ends by mutual consent effective June 1 1892 with W Turret retiring and Geo T Horgeon carrying on. The rest of the text lists medical testimonials for Electric Bitters and Bucklen’s Salve, with sale details and a separate probate notice from Clarke County and an ordinary update announcing administration for Frank the Col’d in June.
A local instrument dealer touts the lowest prices and largest stock in the South. The firm promises fair pricing for old instruments, offers mailed catalogs, and lists an organ at 90 and a piano at 225, inviting all to purchase.
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