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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1906
Page
7
A Selma Alabama reader recounts eczema suffering for four years. After two doctors failed, using Cuticura Resolvent with Soap and Ointment halted the eruption in weeks and cleared skin over six months. The testimonial claims lasting cure and praises the remedies as superior blood medicine.
The Navy affairs subcommittee reports on hazing at Annapolis Maryland. Rear Admiral Brownson is censured for requiring a pledge against hazing and for creating the impression the pledge was personal. Lieut. C. P. Snyder is mildly censured for countenancing hazing. The panel recommends expulsion for those found guilty but notes current cadet officers maintain discipline.
At a Baltimore banquet the Herald reports Congressman Gardner shared a dying parishioner joke about Reverend Tam and the minister as Hopkins. The exchange centers on fate and judgment with Hopkins retorting to go to the other place and the pastor noting the man has somewhere to go.
Advice urging prompt treatment of colds to prevent pneumonia references Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective. Promotes sale by E.R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro. Ends with a question about a union debut.
In Macon Georgia March 1 indigent organizers under B F Howard and William Driskell claim Elks rituals. A judge’s injunction restrains Macon Lodge 230 from further action with hearings set for March 27. Names include W T Anderson E B Elder C R Wright and others.
In Vinita Oklahoma Territory March 13 a posse led by Deputy Marshal Gils was killed in a battle with the Wickliffe band of Cherokee outlaws in the Spavinaw hills northwest of Kansas City. Otis Tuttle and Dick Terry were also killed as a six-man posse pursued the tribe and a larger force pressed to capture them at Jim Wickliffe's house 31 miles from Vinita. News dispatches report continued siege with no telephone or telegraph link and no latest word from the pursuing deputies who faced gunfire from the woods.
Caution against catarrh ointments containing mercury as harmful to smell and system. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo claims no mercury and is taken internally. Genuine product from Toledo Ohio advertised with testimonials and druggist availability. Price 75 cents per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
In Savannah on March 13 E A Turner of Higgstown and Pearl Coleman faced a halted ceremony when Pearl’s mother Mrs Ella A Coleman burst in at 607 West Broad Street and refused to consent. The minister held the license as Pearl fainted and was carried away. The mother insisted the girl wait five years. Pearl was to be eighteen, wearing short dresses.
A Cary Maine postmistress and Mrs Alexander praise Dr King’s New Life Pills as the best remedy for stomach and bowels. The pills are advertised as painless purifiers infusing new life and are guaranteed by W J Smith & Bro H R Palmer & Sons druggists on Fine Printing the Banner Seda.
A narrative recounts Jim Daltons revival at Medicine Hat after death with a poker farewell and $5,000 memorial plan. It transitions to France wine 1905 crop, noting a bumper yet below 1994 level, with France leading global production and the United States far behind at under 30 million gallons.
Yesterday Auditor A. S. Parker took the oath of office at city hall and will immediately assume duties auditing city books and preparing monthly financial reports. At each annual council meeting he will present a full report on all departments showing the citys financial condition.
La Crosse Wisconsin postoffice inspector E. E B Fraser details soap’s role in robberies and jail escapes. In a Snowden era case at Svard Post Office three crooks used soap to deaden sawing noise, aiding Homer Trainor’s jail escape, and in a Texas bank robbery inmate Cunningham used soap to cover a floor hole and slip out. The report links soap to both the initial crime and subsequent escapes.
J C Bayne of Addington Indian Territory reports relief from rheumatism after using Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He praises its prompt effect and notes he can resume business. Sold by H R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Bro.
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