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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1903
Page
3
The advertisement claims Wine of Cardus offers a natural flow, relieves menstrual issues quickly, and supports women from youth to old age. It asserts relief without examination, and that thousands have found vigor and health by taking this treatment.
University trustees clash over whether a female student from the State Normal School may speak at the chapel. Miss Sabella Jordan of Augusta, winner of a contest, will deliver her essay as some directors push to bar women from presenting in the future. The board remains split with factions for and against extending representation by sex.
Perry Smith, a veteran in ill and disabled condition, is staying with two relatives at the Cheek Factory. He urgently needs assistance and will be at home immediately for aid.
Yeatorday afternoon Lieutenant J ls McKie and Officer Henry Hill arrested Fred Mize a young man from this city who deserted from the United States army. Lieutenant McKie took Mize to Atlanta last night to turn him over to authorities.
A long list of items deposited in the cornerstone includes sketches of Athens, church records, city ordinances, memorial addresses, masonic materials, newspapers, coins, badges, and a Bible. The collection reflects local history from 1801 to 1908 and related civic and fraternal organizations.
Mrs. P. Hoffman of Kylertown Pa credits Paine's Celery Compound with saving her life from liver kidney and stomach neuralgia after doctors failed. She says she recovered after using the remedy and could return to housework, praising it as the best medicine.
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered price indicators including 75 cents 0.8 cents 1.25 dollars and other garbled marks. No complete event or context is recoverable from the fragment.
Dr W W Landrum urged erecting a Y M C A building on the University campus funded by Georgia Christians. At a Sunday meeting at First Baptist church subscriptions began with a thousand dollars pledged and later more names added. The goal is twenty five thousand dollars. Contributors listed include L F Edwardes and Mrs M A Lipscomb among others.
Abrams a merchant tailor in Athens, missing for a week after leaving for Atlanta and then New York. His stock is subject to an attachment for about 9000 dollars. the building owner has a distress warrant for 160 dollars rent. The wife and child are with Mrs Gottheimer, and Abrams has not communicated his whereabouts.
At an enthusiastic meeting in Athens the Oconee Tribe of Red Men elected for the ensuing term Sachem A Capps Senior Sagamore George O Thomas Jr Sagamore W T Dean Prophet O A Lambert Secretary J K Kenney Treasurer Mona Mortis Collector The tribe is in flourishing condition and members are pleased with prospects and rapid membership growth.
The home of Mr H C Durham Sr one mile from Watkinsville on the Athens road burned last night around 2 o clock. Two feather beds were saved none else. The blaze started in a room previously struck by fire and probably caused by rain and matches. Part of the house had been recently reroofed. No insurance. Mr Dexter Derham bedridden six months from a stroke was in the house. Loss heavily burdens the family. Don’t think less of your system than your house. Give a thorough cleansing too. Take Hood’s Sareaparilla, Coant the dots.
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