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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
1
A huge crowd packed the Pruapenema hall as the Kansas delegation marched in with a white banner proclaiming Roosevelt support. Enthusiasm surged throughout the convention with cheers signaling strong backing for Roosevelt and the president.
A crowded convention hall erupts as McKinley is nominated amid cheers from Foraker and Alabama delegations. Roosevelt receives a thunderous reaction as leaders pledge support and a vote quickens the scene, with Lodge moderating observers and delegates.
A tumultuous Republican National Convention closes with McKinley nominated unanimously for president after a state by state roll call. Roosevelt selected as vice president amid demonstrations. In Alabama union matters move toward a wage scale and strike settlement talks with coal operators continue.
A burglar who stole clothing and provisions from Earnest Speller was tracked to a negro church in Bouxas Alabama where he took refuge. He faced discovery as townsfolk blocked exits and windows. The report also runs ads for Perry Davis Pain-Killer Kodol Dyspepsia Care One Minute Cough Cure and a canning company seeking 200 bushels of blackberries.
The M. A. Swesney Shipyard and Foundry Company of Jeffersonville Indiana were the successful bidders for the contract to dredge for cantoneers and ad vine rivers in Alabama, with the award announced in Mostcomery, Alabama on June 21.
Twenty years of liver trouble cured by Tutt’s Liver Pills. They keep the bowels in natural motion and cleanse the system of impurities. Readers from Chilesburg, Virginia report life changing relief from liver disease after using Tutt’s Liver Pills.
News from Yokoyama to Washington describes fighting near Tien Tsin and a rising sense of crisis as Britain and Japan consider action without full powers. Reports mention Admiral Seymour’s fate, Shanghai and Tokyo dispatches, and Allied reinforcements awaiting orders while diplomats scramble for clarity.
A fragment announces jewelry as a staple item from a five cent pin to a five thousand dollar watch chain. It promotes O W Power Comer Ga and M P Main Co Providence and East Iowa City factory expansion. Palmer & Sons is mentioned for liver and bowel pills without causing griping.
Quay secured a decisive victory guiding the convention toward Roosevelt as the 1900 ticket amid withdrawals and southern delegate shifts. Reports from Puaprrpaa and Platt note health concerns and Roosevelt arrivals as the convention bounds toward a final acclamation. Other items include Whitman entering the gubernatorial race and local notes on strikes, with brief health and medical product notices.
The piece argues the cost gap between good and poor baking powder is small for a year yet the poor powder leads to high medical bills. It urges choosing a trusted brand to protect health, calling out doctors’ warnings and blaming inferior powder for health issues. Royal Baking Powder Co. is named with address 100 William St New York.
A South Carolina judge heard a novel case on interstate divorce validity. The matter involved a divorce obtained in another state and subsequent remarriage in South Carolina, amid questions of how the state’s lack of its own divorce law affects such actions.
John Stuckey, convict in Spartanburg, is back at the Bearborough prison after serving about a year since his 90 year sentence for killing J O Sevier, a store clerk. The case ties Scarborough to Bracksey and involved requests tied to his batch of convicts.
Sheriff Lyons arrives with six white men and one Black man, charged with the March murder of Hilton C. Carter on the Altamaha River trip from South Carolina. The group was apprehended after the killing during a wagon ride.
Reports from June 31 describe observers in a town noting a black ring encircling the sun from 14:00 to 19:15. Sky appeared clear except for the ring, causing alarm among those who witnessed the phenomenon. Commissioner Pock absent. President Loubet visit to the United States referenced.
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