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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1891
Page
4
A fashionable man in a Southern church story resolves to start family worship after a salvation experience at a midday prayer meeting. He battles temptation to delay and, with his wife’s cautious blessing, they read the Bible by gaslight and pray, strengthening their faith together.
A Presbyterian obituary lauds large bequests to benevolent causes. Dickinson College receives 30000 and Lafayette College 25000 from a deceased donor. The piece extols affluent Georgians and cites endowment goals, urging widespread generosity to public good. It notes Athens landmarks, a park at Milledge Avenue, and promotes Clare's Lightning Liniment with local advertisements.
In a Massachusetts coast farmhouse a teen girl Anna uses a sharp trick to buy a cheap cup she deems odd light, claiming it worth money. Her brothers Bob and Tom reflect, noting Anna’s prudence hides a potential moral drift from honesty.
A damaged OCR fragment discusses Bill Nye, political defeat, and election intrigue. It mentions a board of directors, a secretary, a superintendent, and fear of exposure. The text suggests a satirical or critical note on governance and personal motives within a fair or exposition context.
Anxious letter discusses safe expo crowding and logistics for a Portland industrial event. It weighs Algerian stomach dance as a draw, mocks social pretenses, and suggests acts and speakers from Sam Jones to Punch and Judy.
A collage of comic snippets and quotations from Life and Brooklyn Life humor columns. Includes snatches of dialogue about performers Wilder and humorous editors, plus social curiosities and stray remarks on expositions and theater. Notable are racial and ethnic references reflecting period attitudes.
Market report from New York and Chicago lists flour prices for extra and other grades, No 2 Red Winter wheat cash and futures, No 2 mixed corn and mixed oats with May and June figures, plus lard bids. Values shown include cash, May, and July terms with various cents per bushel or hundredweight.
A devotional note compares Jesus busy days with frequent prayer. It argues even amid crowds and tasks one can carve time for prayer, citing Jesus, Paul, and Luther. The piece urges calm through prayer as dust of busyness threatens focus and offers spiritual guidance on prioritizing prayer. The column also mentions Col. and Mrs. Snellings planning a summer at Old Point Comfort.
A fragmented verse recounts Bouocing Bet’s fate as she remained rooted. Through dry dusty highways and fading blossoms the pinky bloom turns white and leaves brown and rusty.
A newly married couple struggle to run an establishment on a thousand dollars a year. John, a fireman, hides fifteen thousand in a desk safe after a failed bank burglary attempt. Marion assists as they plan a midnight transfer and await further danger while caring for neighbors Franz and Gretchen.
A suspenseful tale unfolds with a robber behind the bed curtains in a home where John, Marion, and Abram defend the house. The outlaw is Henry Brown, an assistant cashier caught, and the law takes its course. The piece also notes John Augustus O Sh ea, a war correspondent, famed for bold journalism and parliamentary pursuit.
The Athens council notes the new system lights up streets nightly, gradually brightening avenues and improving visibility as electric illumination becomes more common in the city.
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