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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1892
Page
1
A lyrical stanza titled with Sylvia Lawson Corey appears in Overland, evoking Santa Catalina as the speaker gazes toward blue mountains and white sails. The poem blends sea imagery with longing for wind filled sails and distant shores, ending with natural scenes of valleys, ripples and bees.
A young wife living in a routine farm life encounters a charming city broker, Mr Bellairs, who awakens her inner longing. He returns seasons later, revealing a changed Lucille who pursues self-improvement, piano, and knowledge. She grows into a confident, refined woman while finding contentment in quieter, steadfast love.
Cecil seeks the opinion of Aunt Mildred and friends on Bessie Fallington. Tom Platton urges caution while Hughes flirts, revealing Bessie's coquetry. Cecil suspects love and jealousy until Platton reveals a secret engagement to Bessie, forcing a dramatic turn of events.
An able seaman recounts his first deep water voyage aboard the John E. Redwood. A night watch turns perilous when a shadowy coolie enters the tale, prompting a tense standoff and near murder in the after cabin before the mate’s presence brings fragile relief.
A report notes the death of Charles C. Lester while he was attempting a stated action. Details remain sparse, but the incident is recorded as a fatal outcome linked to the described attempt.
Mr. Charles C. Lester, a drayman in Athens, died while rescuing a drowning boy, Tobe Watkins, from Trail Creek near its mouth at Oconee. The boy escaped, but Lester sank of the ten foot deep quicksand beneath the current. An inquest ruled death by drowning while saving the child. Lester leaves a wife and five children. The community plans a relief fund and remembers his sacrifice at a Sunday funeral led by Rev. E D Stone.
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