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Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1892

Page

3

Sam Venable the self made Atlanta business star

A long profile by Gordon Noel Hartel in the Atlanta Journal extols Sam Hoyt Venable as a self made man who rose from a bookkeeper to a quarry magnate. It notes his early career at banks and rail interests, a failed loan, and later control of Stone Mountain and Lithonia quarries employing thousands. He is praised by many prominent Atlanta figures across law medicine and business.

Gordon Noel Hartel The Atlanta Journal Atlanta Earth Sam Venable South L B. Hill Paul Komare R. J. Lowry Jacob Ha G W. Adair A. J. West H.M. Scott J . W. Goode H. F. Leake Sam Wrnable Jon L. Hopkine Cot John T. Glenn Candler & Thompson Joe Brown, Jr J. L. Ickey E. A. Werner C. E. Harmer W. A. Patterson A. P. Stewart Johr. T. Cooper G. H. Tanner H. T. Stockdell Livingston Mims James D. Colling Torbett and McCandless J. 4H. Whitner Clarence Knowles E. McCandless Wellborn Hill 8. R.eyt Georgia Railroad and Banking Company Judge Hoyt Atlantane Bank Clek Southern Railway and Steam-hip Association Atlanta National Bank Maretta Street Lithonia Venable Stone Mountain Venable Bros Gevdeteen Teatius Gaeateensville Dayton Ohio Jambus Birmingham Montgomery Nash- Chattenoona Yorxenrs N. Y Conway EF. O. Carpenter John Peck Ewnoxvillz Tenn Mossy Creek Peck Mosay Creek Wien Stuppel

A Southern business man with vast holdings and civic praise

A profile extols a wealth magnate in the South, noting his roles with Venable Brothers and Collins Brick Company, ownership of the old capitol building and a granite livery stable on Forsyth Street, plus charitable character and health-related absence from the city.

South Venable Brothers Collins Brick Company Ynceident Atlanta Exchange Ng Company Capitol Forsyth Street Venable

Burglars Rob Priest at Terre Haute Safe

Three burglars broke into Father John Rives’s residence, forced him from bed with a pistol, and unlocked a church safe containing about $100 in coins and a gold watch. They fled after triggering an alarm. police received the priest’s descriptions for identification.

Terre Havre Ind Marea 7 Father John Rives St. Ann’s Catholic Church Father Rives

Blaine Jr Aims to Wed Fashionable Patten Heiresses

Washington gossip reports James G Blaine Jr seeks marriage with one of the wealthy Patten sisters known in New York Washington and St Louis The Patten family fortune stems from their California miner father and early education trips to France Their wealth and social prominence spark talk of a Blaine Patten alliance amid other political and social intrigues.

New Yorke Elem Gion Blaine Washington James G. Blaine, Jr Patten New York St. Louis California France Massachusetts Avenue John M. Glover Wong

A Sick Congressman Kendall of Kentucky Suffered Stroke

Dispatches report Kentucky Representative J W Kendall struck by apoplexy and in critical condition. The incident, dated March 7 from What was New York City, notes his first term and uncertain recovery prospects.

New York Henry Perzecia Hendes Shearith Israel J. Mizrache Mendes Kendall Kentucky Wasurmerox J. W. Kendall Mepentiene Mr. Kendall

Fragmented historical notes and jokes from mixed era columns

A collage of wartime cries and comic vignettes from Irish Times and Brooklyn Life, including a war memory of shell signals, the muffled humor of a barber scene, and a Berlin cab anecdote about dropping a sovereign and asking for a match.

Multiple properties listed for tax sale in Athens Georgia

A town tax sale is set for the first Tuesday in November 1882 at the courthouse in Athens. The list includes numerous houses and lots across the Third and Fourth Wards, bounded by Hancock avenue, Milledge avenue, Broad Street, and other streets, levied on as properties of various owners including Lucy Williams and Thad Boyd.

Athens Third Ward Froad Street Ann Hil Cary Hill J. B. Toomer Lucy Williame Third Ard Hencock Billa Street Alley Moe Ewe Thad Boyd Thos B. Garfi Hancock Avenue Thai Boyd B. Grfield Billups Street Broad Street Lee Partee Pat Lester Andrew Jackson Wm. Hunter Fourth Ward Park Ud Park and Improvemen Company Park and Improvement Company Prince Areue Lawson Patman Joe Fleming Harrison Eberhart Cherry Street Lizzie Ere B. S Thos. Harris Harris’ Alley Ed Harris Morris Street Reese Barb R Street Jim Meard Jack Douglass J. A. Pitner Barber Street Westy Williams Jim Sit Robt. Daniel Clinton Thornton Lev Harrison Daniel Steve Hubbard Jas King Westby O. A. Combs First Ward E Bullock Peter Street Annaway Simers Garviron Bieharda Vine Street Bill Peey Halley Davenport Chris Harvey Sarah Ann Hant J. C. Cosk Slugh Bullock and Hosey Peter Culp H. See 1Ves FP. Williams Fourth Street J. R. Crawford Emerline Smith J. R Crawford Perry Smith Lizsie Gales Ee. Brown Mary Brawner Sarre Pe Self Peter Johnson B. Henry Ross Ward Corner Hill Street Milledge Avenue Harrison Camobell Mrs. S. Marks On Ees Paris Street Gery Hill Parris Street Loan Association Henry Roberts Katie Miller Street Worth Henry H. Johnson James Brown Dave Perter Clark Phempros E.T Brows Harrison Campbell Lala Porter Miles Thomas Pet Lester Bock Sorisgaveous Wem Smith John Wess Anderson Third Wi Troto Grins Rook Spring Avenue Meee Wash Marcus Ed More Jack P. Jackson John Eases Col Booth Bemus Thomas West Ross Richardson Nathan Sandsom Ty Sere Mors de den Sei Firat Peter Hawkis Peter Hawkins Peter Heawkins M. W. Reynolds Tanyard Sompan J. W. Brumby North Street Cleveland Avenue Athens City Secor Robt Chapple Bill Peek George Hunt Wm. Thomas Marshall Phillips Lizzie Hatten Mat Harris Bill Hunt Centa’a Rob Chapple Lizzie Coe Elbarton Str Joe Kent Lake Brown Robi Chapple Elder Johnson Peters Street Sam Virgil Willis Jones G. W. Howard Sue Peeler Petera South Broad Street Westby Poplar Levi Seslie Kinley Alse Wray Street Billups Phinizy Jas. White Hall Street Nancy A. Lyle Ric Brawner Lizzie Galés Nathan Geer Ephram Brown River Street Flrat Berth l Fe James Yal Ed Pittman Jeanie Hanson Hood Louise Jackson M. & Wy. Railroad W. ¥. Hood Anns Mills Cobb Davis

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