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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1899
Page
2
A sensational advertisement claims a 1008 page medical adviser with 700 illustrations. It touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female weakness and related ailments, offering free copies for a limited time and including testimonials from readers.
Mrs. Golddecker, awaiting a crucial message from her man, rises in a newly built nineteenth century palace on upper Fifth Avenue. She confronts possible disappointment as she descends past opulent rooms, including a $100,000 bedstead and a $2,000,000 drawing room, seeking a secret that could grant happiness.
Railroads grant reduced fares to alumni reunion attendees with certificates proving full fare paid and through-route eligibility. Certificates must be procured from ticket agents. return-ticket discount applies only to certificate holders. Also includes a medical testimonial for Backlen's Arnica Salve as a pile cure.
Richmond June 7 An estimated 10000 people witnessed the unveiling of a memorial shaft for South Carolina Confederate dead buried at Winchester Virginia The ceremony featured Miss Marguerite Trenholm pulling the cord with prayers by Rev Cox and remarks by Col John J Williams and Captain John Capers The event echoed the previous unveiling of a New York volunteers monument and included Sons of Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy in a local procession
An advertisement extols an excellent combination medicinal syrup. It claims gentle, thorough relief for constipation and cleansing effects on kidneys, liver, and bowels. The California Fig Syrup Co is named with locations in San Francisco Louisville New York and price.
Princeton Ky June 7 Every man in town was fined today for contempt of court. A petition signed by all residents asked the grand jury not to indict insurance companies, and no indictments were found. The commonwealth's attorney moved to proceed against signers. judge fined each man one cent, receiving applause from defendants.
Glenn Lodge of Odd Fellows, a large state group, elected its officers Tuesday night. T. F. Green was named Noble Grand, F. S. Patat Vice Grand, Captain D. G. Oliver Secretary, and W. P. Vonderall captain of the degree team. The lodge now lists 140 members.
Judge Felton ordered a special term of Houston superior court to convene Monday June 12 in Macon for the trial of Alabama Red, a notorious criminal who killed a negro at Beechaven. Both negro and white communities urged action, and court officials will depart for Perry Monday night.
The secretary of state and Mrs Hay hosted a formal dinner in Washington for the new Spanish minister and the Duchess D Arcos. Prominent diplomats and friends attended, marking the minister’s first official society appearance. Decorations featured green and white with a large central orchid display.
Augusta Chronicle features Eva Freeman Hart praising The Home School at Athens under Miss Callie Sosnowski. Hart lauds the refined atmosphere, Madame Sosnowski’s scholarly example, and the engaging social life that shapes pupils. She foresees many paths for women after graduation including further study and empowering careers, urging each graduate to pursue her best talents in a progressive era.
An old-style advertisement promotes Foot-Ease to ease swollen feet and nervous tension with Allen Olmsted and Cascarets candy cathartic as a cure for constipation. It claims druggists refund money if unsatisfied.
Edward Gould of Norfolk, about 45, was sentenced to a year in jail for sending obscene and blackmailing circulars by express. He allegedly mailed to President McKinley and Secretary Alger and tried to blackmail a prominent Norfolk lawyer. Gould previously served two years in Kings County penitentiary for similar mail offenses.
Bloodhounds trail two men alleged as Reese slayers to mountains near the Georgia line. A Detroit Free Press excerpt describes a youths’ alley brawl over Teddy Roosevelt’s strenuous life, prompting mothers to seek a teacher’s removal for praising the president.
A compact survey of humorous anecdotes from fellowships and daily life. A northern state bishop visits Washington and overhears a frank man cursing, while a witty host explains the line between candor and offense. Other bits include Mrs. Malaprop style misnomers, a boarding-house vignette, and quippy exchanges.
In Cattanoogs Tennessee on June 7 the three year-old son of John Miller a grocer died after swallowing strychnine pills prescribed as a tonic for his mother. The child was left with a colored nurse who was momentarily distracted at the front gate before the tragedy.
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