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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1899
Page
1
An advertised medical patent suggests Swamp Root as a remedy for various ailments. The copy touts 2.29 cent pricing and urges readers to request free samples and pamphlets by writing to Dr. Kilmer and Co. in Binghamton, New York.
A large holiness revival led by Rev. R. B. Hayes of Royston continues two weeks at a Princeton site two miles from Athens. Hayes, once a Baptist, promotes fire baptism and divine healing with his daughter Mary singing. Attendees travel from Athens and surrounding areas as the tent hosts morning and afternoon healing services.
Reports from New York and Houston detail massive bets on the Fitzsimmons Jeffries fight with bookmakers and backers including Jim Corbett and Richard Dougherty laying large sums on Jeffries while Fitzsimmons remains a strong favorite. Additional notes mention ads and testimonials from Hood's Sarsaparilla and Chamberlain's remedies, plus local business moves and a pharmacy advert.
Short item lists First Quality high cut tennis shoes for men boys and youth. The fragment mentions sizes and variants but provides no dates prices or brands. The notice reads as catalog style product listing without additional context or details.
A passenger train on the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens line stopped just beyond a burning trestle after an engine braked on a curve when danger signals appeared. An ailing farmer, weak from illness, approached the track and met the train just in time to avert disaster. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are recommended for constipation and biliousness.
Six prisoners escaped last night in Augusta by removing bricks from the third story wall and binding blankets into a rope. All are African American. listed names include Columbus Ray, Will Estering, Dred Henderson, Will Campbell, John Dogan, and Ben Lark. J. A. Schear of Sedalia is noted for saving his child from croup with One Minute Cough Care.
Senator J K Jones of Arkansas national Democratic Committee chair writes from abroad that his health has greatly improved after his trip. He says he now feels better than for ten years and gives no indication of resigning his post.
In Fulton county, Captain Clifford Anderson wins county commissioner race by 583 votes, carrying both city and county. S. B. Turman carries South Bend and parts of his district. An odd note shows Anderson wins Peachtree district by 86 votes, Turman wins his district by the same margin.
County commissioners focus on bridge maintenance with Princeton bridge undergoing repair by D M Kenney who will add new bents and strengthen the structure. Deputy Sheriff Thomas Thurman endorses DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for piles rectal troubles and skin diseases, claiming high demand if universally known.
Dr. Leyds confirms Pretoria dispatch reporting the failed conference between President Kruger and Sir Alford Milner. Kruger offered concessions but tied them to Britain accepting arbitral principles, which Britain previously refused as implying equality between the nations. Racket Store advertises fair play and railroad snuff at cut prices.
300000 Shingles at Barretts. Postal Telegraph property attached as case from McMinnville goes to federal court. Suit by T Lupton alleges wires attached to neighbor building ignited by lightning, destroying Lupton’s property and several others in Warren County. Local sheriff seized assets as attachment proceeds in Chattanooga.
The Florida Fish Company organized in Jacksonville with capital of 100000 unites fish interests from across the state. W H Adams named general manager runs the Jacksonville office while Tampa hosts a branch led by president John Lavareze. All dealers to share business equally and expect strong results amid a crackdown on prior fraud. Straw Hats at your own price. Racket Store.
Farriers and neighbors search Yatesville in Upson County for 15 year old Mattie Lyon who disappeared from her father's home while going to the spring. Footprints found on a creek bank stirred fears of foul play or abduction by a Black man as volunteers scour the countryside through the night.
In Canton Florida a Black man G W Strowder living on Quitman land was shot through the shoulder as he opened his door. He steadied himself and shot his attacker at 150 yards, killing Marshal Tice. Strowder survives and is expected to recover.
Repairs are being made on the Myers Building on College avenue previously damaged by fire. Workmen are busy restoring the structure now owned by M. Myers & Co. Mr. Philip Stern will occupy the first floor with the two upper floors slated for offices.
A series of Clarke County Georgia sheriffs sales scheduled for the first Tuesday in July will address multiple parcels. Listings include vacant city lots in Athens and nearby properties tied to several defendants, with notices given to tenants as required by law. The sales arise from city court and justice court fi fas in favor of various creditors in the 216th district and other local jurisdictions.
City tax sale notices list multiple Athens properties in Clarke County to be sold at the courthouse door during legal hours on a July date. The listings include house and lot parcels with various boundaries and acreages, each levied for city taxes due for 1898, with tenants in possession notices required by law.
Clarke sheriff sale notices for Athens Clarke County Georgia outline property including a half acre lot bounded by Margare Preston Fifth and Barbe road to be sold under a tax fi fa against the estate of Steen Gaines. Administrator sale lists a one square parcel near Hancock Street in Athens with shoemaking tools and household items of Peter Weil deceased. May 11 1890 and June 8 1899 notices issued.
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