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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1889
Page
9
A lurid Chronicle details Jessie Pomeroy a boy of fourteen who tortured and killed children, plus other juvenile killers in South Boston and South Carolina. It cites trials, sentences, and alleged motives, then shifts to rail news and a medical advertisement.
A Richmond and Danville connected source asserts there is no doubt the Georgia Carolina and Northern will be built to Athens with Athens as a center. He notes R and D opposition failed, funds are raised, deeds and rights of way to secure, and dirt may begin within a week or ten days. The piece ends with an unrelated Carter's Iron Pills promotion.
Jefferson June 15 Anxious to see Gantt's issue of The Banner and praise for the new management. Directors Williamson Brock and Askew report meeting the Athens and Jefferson Railroad funding goal. Visitors during commencement include Miss Clarke and Miss Kinbro Mrs Clarke nee Alice Hunter Mrs Dr J B Pendegrass hosts a hop at home. DeWolfe posing as piano tuner. no knowledge or endorsement by us.
The Jackson Herald details a violent incident on D. J. Pentecost’s farm where Bob Preston pursued a 12 year old girl, held her near a well, then released her. Preston fled after arrest, attempted escape, and was pursued by a deputy, finally recaptured and later escaped again near Jefferson. The notice ends with an advert for Carter’s Little Liver Pills.
The McDuffie Journal reprints an eloquent 1885 Warrenton address by Bishop George F. Pierce praising Free Masonry. The sermon extols Masonry as benevolent, peaceful, and protective, highlighting its kindness in family life, charity for the sick and orphans, and its stance against vice among members.
The fragment references M. A. Dauphin in Washington DC and payment by money orders, express company drafts, New York exchange drafts or postal notes, implying a method of remittance or financial instruction within an older notice.
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