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Newspaper

Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1891

Page

3

Encampment Details Highlight Savannah Troops and Leaders

The text outlines a state encampment for nine regiments at Chickamauga with Savannah troops under General Goodloe Yancey and others commanding different weeks. It notes $25,000 appropriations, each regiment to furnish its own band, and instructions by uniformed officers to drill in military tactics. Public merchants, officials, and local leaders pledge support to bolster the home company.

Taghtuenes Padiereat Reziment Savannah Tpsouth Gepty Commanl Merrer Goodloe Yancey United States Yancey Macon Yayor North Nam Ajutant Kell Sia Encal Unitestes Col. Yancey Cast Spangs Chicka Tags Tieimss Weingey

Searcy Withdraws From Alliance Presidency Bid

The card from W. Go. W. E. H. Searcy states he will ask the County Alliance to withdraw his name from consideration for state alliance president. He thanks brethren and press for support but cites current conditions preventing his candidacy and urges unity and prosperity within the order. Livingston is mentioned as re elected to keep the field clear.

W.E.H. Searcy Alliance Ma. Eptron County Alliance State Alliance Order Livingston Cartec Syke

Castoria Refrain Across Misses and Children

The ad recalls Castoria as a trusted remedy from infancy through motherhood, noting use for a sick baby, a crying child, a refined Miss, and mothers passing Castoria to their own children, highlighting the enduring appeal of the product through generations.

Castoria

Discovery of a Dark Crime Near Crown Point Indiana

Workmen digging a well near Crown Point Lake County Indiana unearthed the decomposed bodies of a man, a woman, and a six year old child. The skulls were crushed by a blunt instrument. The crime remains a mystery with no identification and two missing woodcutters nearby suspected. The victims were dumped head first in a hastily dug ditch and the bodies showed no clothing remains.

la Ports Ind Crown Paint Lake County

Tramps seize through freight. battle at Columbus depot

Twenty three tramps boarded a through freight to Louisville at Belt crossing Indianapolis. Police met the train at Columbus depot after a night battle in the park as nine tramps were captured and two escaped. no serious injuries reported. Byron Reed, Omaha pioneer and landowner worth about 2 million, dies leaving funds for a city library and coins to the town plus extensive charitable bequests.

Columbus Ind Twentythree Louisville Belt Crossing Indianapolis Franklin Omana Byron Reed

Busy week ahead as harvest and rains boost farming in Carnesville

Carnesville GA June 8 Special J M Carson Harmony Grove reports good business and calls the grove best in the state. Mrs KE McEntire and J B McEntire attended Hebron preaching. Wheat harvest to start soon with abundant grass. Mrs W J Morgan died and her child died of diarrhea during burial. Nelms house fire in Royston consumed furniture. men from Sullivan SC and K S Clodfelter of Avanlon were in town. Prof Aeeree to speak at Hudson River church tomorrow ten miles east. Harvest heat and busy farming week ahead.

Carnesville J. M. Carson Harmony Grove KE. E. McEntire J.B. McEntire Hebron W.J. Morgan Allan Church Royston W. C. Nelms Nelms Im Sullivan Anderson South Carolina K. S. Clodfelter Avalon Aeeree Hudson River Church

Baseball World: National League Scores Collected

In Philadelphia Brooklyn Chicago Boston Cleveland New York Cincinnati Louisville Baltimore St Louis Columbus and Washington games are listed with scores and results amid an AP style scoreboard. The fragment shows multiple matchups with varying outcomes and no single standout result.

National League Philate Nie Phila Brooklyn Chicago Boston Cleveland New York Cincinnati Semetici Louisville Baltimore St. Louis Ece APN Santa Columbus Athletics Sccbsoer Washington

Condemned murderer Osburn near death in Atlanta jail

Atlanta dispatch reports Charley Osburn, condemned for murder, dying of typhus in jail and expected to die before June 26, making a hanging unlikely. The city notes the Atlanta Normal School was organized this morning and Col. P. S. Mynatt voices support on the World's Fair appropriation. Also news arrives of the death of Harry Lee Smith, youngest son of Mr. R. L. J. Smith, with funeral held at Harmony Grove.

Gate City Atlanta Charley Osburn Normal School of Col. P. S. Mynatt Cobb R. L J. Smith Harry Lee Ader

El as a farmer's physician in DeKalb county

J T Porter reports he and a physician with him aid remote patients in DeKalb county. He notes use of cordial to check sudden bowels attacks and mentions Dr Kigger's buckleberry remedy as part of medical care.

J.T. Porter DeKalb County Trouy

Cause of Pain and Cure Mentioned in Ad Digest

The column blends a medicinal ad claiming BB B Botanic Blood Balm cures kidney and nervous issues with brief local notes from Carnesville Jefferson and Athens. It cites testimonials from Georgia residents about relief from pain and rheumatic afflictions, plus mentions of news items and a revival.

C. H. Roberts Atlanta Wm. N. Nelson McDonough W.R. Ellis Brunswick

Dead Leader Sir John Macdonald Remembered in Mourning

A nation grieves for Sir John Macdonald as flags fly at half mast and ceremonies mark his death. The coffin is prepared in West Meriden Connecticut. interment is planned after state ceremonies in Parliament Buildings then Kingston. Separately, excitement in Iquique over the US admiral's seizure of the Itata sparks criticism of American policy toward arms and liberty.

Orkway Ottawe Jom Macdonald United States Sir John West Meriden Conn Macdonald Westminster Abbey Kingston Iquique Galveston Emacional America Washington

Convicted extortion case leads in Rochester trials

A master workman James Hughes of Chicago, head of Trades Assembly 231 United Clothing Cutters and allied groups, was convicted in Rochester circuit court before Judge Rumsey on extortion charges. He faces a conspiracy indictment alongside Walter R. Westbrook James A. Wright John G. Kein Fred A. Archer Louis Westerman and George Thein remain targets in related counts. A Philadelphia court decision favoring National Cash Register Co. over American Cash Register Co. in a key patent dispute also noted.

Rochester N. Y James Hughes Chicago Trades Assembly United Clothing Cutters North America Order Knights of Labor Rumsey Angel of Labor Hughes Walter R. Westbrook New York National Assembly James A. Wright Philadelphia John G. Kein The Assembly Fred A. Archer Louis Westerman George Thein National Cash Register Atcheson and Butler United States Circuit Court of Philadelphia National Cash Register Company Dayton Co American Cash Register Company National Company Cash Register

Alliance rallies in Georgia July schedule announced

The Georgia State Alliance announces four grand rallies in July with prominent speakers including Jerry Simpson, Mrs. Lease, General Weaver, and L. L. Polk. Cities listed are Americus July 14, Atlanta July 15, Athens July 16, and Rome July 18. The gatherings aim to mobilize farmers amid crop concerns and a mid summer Athens festival plan.

Arzayta Georgia Livingston State Alliance Today Grand Alliance Americus Atlanta Athens Rome Jerry Simpson Kansas Lease General Weaver Iowa L. L. Polk North Carolina Georgia, Carolina & Northern

Stream of lava from Mt Vesuvius and tremor reports

June dispatches describe a large lava flow issuing from the new Vesuvius crater linked to Lombardy earthquakes. Officials note the eruption is not dangerous, while northern Italian towns suffer terror and shelter have been set up with troops aiding debris clearance. Baseball results from National and American associations are also listed with scattered scores and postponements.

Nanses Mt. Vesuvius Centra Signor Palmieri Observatory Lombardy Rome Badia Calavania Tregnanzo Italy

Electric Nerve Tonic Promises Quick Nervous Cure

An old advertisement touts a nerve tonic and alterative to restore appetite digestion and liver and kidney function. It claims nervous distress sleep loss and fatigue will improve after using the product. It promotes Joan Crawford & Co Drug Store as the seller with wholesale and retail availability and a stated price.

Joan Crawford & Co

Multiple Disturbances and Tragedies Across Regions

Reports describe a shooting at a state board meeting where Dupree fired five shots, with Dupree shot in the face but alive and a suspect killed in another incident near Waterville, Washington as his brothers were slain after a stock dispute. A wagon accident in Leeds, Alabama kills a baby. a former Speaker Reed visits Paris. Confederate Soldiers Home cornerstone laid in Nashville with speeches by notable figures. A missing clerk at a real estate firm is under investigation for a large defalcation. Two Indianapolis women complete a dare atop a smokestack 120 feet high. Archbishop Walsh comments on papal encyclical and workers unions.

New Orea Oe Amies State Board W. Dupre Tepes Scat Dupree Oli Phant Waterville Wash Jacob Vondrenan Joan Henry Leeds Alu W. A. Morrison Conn Thomas B. Reed Paris Rein. M. Floquette Nashville Tenn Congressman Babington Seams Pickle F.wilson Benito Ferdanez H. R. Moren & Co Francisco Anna "Harper Donna Houndchild Indianapolis Archbishop Walsh Dublin Cle

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