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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1899
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner reports on the Georgia State Sanitarium scandal and calls for a rigorous legislative investigation and high integrity from trustees. It comments on Gen. Wheeler and McKinley policies, Dreyfus’ potential new trial, and critiques military oversight while urging accountability and reforms.
An old line-style advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cures scrofula and catarrh by restoring blood nourishment. It features testimonials from Nellie Osman of Des Moines Iowa who says sores disappeared and appetite returned, and from Rta SM Hager of Athol Massachusetts who reports renewed appetite and energy.
A fragmentary ad like piece extols Swift's Specific as a cancer cure, quoting testimonials about hereditary cancer and a Georgia case. It shifts to praise Athens and the Georgia Institute of Technology, praising its growth, textile school, and Georgia's skilled labor future. It ends with a Connecticut ministers dispute over a Barrow Belmont-Sloane marriage and questions whether Barrow was misled by a $500 fee.
The essay recalls a season of joy and loss in our town as it honors Miss Mamie Crawford of Barberville, a Lucy Cobb Institute pupil born July 22 1879 who died June 16 1899. She attended since age five, battled illness, persevered in study, and earned piano and graduation honors during her illness, leaving a lasting impression on family and school.
The long association with the church school is praised for devotion, energy, and faithfulness. She was buried in her graduating dress after services at the church where she pledged service to her Master. A large circle followed to the family burying ground.
The new bridge across the Oconee river to connect Oconee Hill cemetery with the adjacent land will be finished by July 18. Des Moines based steel work has arrived and is being erected. total cost about 2600 dollars with the cemetery trustees paying at least 1000 and the city covering the rest. Upon completion, walks and lots will be laid out in the new portion and sales will begin.
Article discusses Herrenchiemsee in Bavaria built by Ludwig II midway between Munich and Salzburg. It highlights the famed bedchamber costing at least a million dollars, its vaulted allegorical ceiling, gold panel walls, a sixty thousand dollar bed, and a disappearing dining table. It notes the room’s secrecy and a secuestration of an actress who sought to view it.
Timely use of Tutt's Liver Pills touted as an old favorite remedy that cleanses the system and claims to cure sick headache sour stomach malaria indigestion torpid liver constipation and all bilious diseases across a broad health appeal.
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