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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1899
Page
7
A child often imagines bears and tigers in the night causing fear. Respond with gentleness, remove her from the cause, light a lamp to reveal the harmless object, then reassure her as a joke. A smiling reaction dispels the nightmare and restores calm.
Professor F Spencer Baldwin argues there are justifiable luxuries that improve efficiency and personality without harsh societal costs while condemning luxuries that demoralize or require harmful labor. He says spending is acceptable if production labor is agreeable and benign, but not if it harms character or workers.
Description of elephant hunting practices in Nubia with stealthy approach through forests, the hunter’s near ground attack, and a swift fatal cut to the back sinews intended to sever arteries, leading to rapid death from hemorrhage per Harpers Weekly.
A Cheyenne man gambled away all he possessed and forfeited his sister to the winner, provoking tribal outrage though the wife remained. The narrator, once superintendent of the Arapahoe Indian school at Darlington, recalls four young women seeking protection from forced marriage during his five years in charge.
The Fifth Avenue National Bank of New York serves about 5,000 women depositors located on Forty fifth Street and Fifth Avenue. It mainly serves wealthy women who keep household accounts and pin money there. Receiving tellers are busy at month start with allowances from husbands or fathers, while the rest of the month sees few depositors and paying tellers handle various bills.
A miscellany surveys odd animal habits and legal quirks from disparate places. It notes bulling fashion in Buenos Ayres, sheep roads in Wales, and a proverb about powder magazines as a quick route to fame. It also blends comic exchanges and ads linking to Cheatham’s Old Orchard Vinegar.
Chicago March 21 John T Shayne wealthy furrier and Democratic figure was shot at the Auditorium Annex by Harry H Hammond a tailor and divorced husband of Mrs Hammond. Shayne tried to rise but fell as Hammond fired a first shot then two more under the table. Hammond was arrested at Harrigan street station with no statement.
An advertisement urges women to use Mother's Friend to ease labor and reduce danger in childbirth. It claims the remedy helps avoid pain and suffering, promising a free booklet titled Before Born to interested readers with address requests to Bradfield Regulator, Pell Atlanta, Georgia.
Bud White a prosperous 35 year old farmer from Dirt Town valley near Rome Georgia last night cut his throat with a razor behind the barn severing his head. His mother also cut her throat with the same razor. The article notes the razor has seen seven prior suicides in fifty years and mentions a family crisis pattern but offers no clear motive.
The 202nd New York Regiment including headquarters and two companies arrived at Tybee on the Minnewaska and moved into camp on the Thunderbolt road in Savannah GA. Troops will have baggage fumigated today and tomorrow and are expected to remain in camp for a month before muster out. The Santel steamer was used to transport troops from Fort Polaski to Savannah.
Houston report states Congressman Joseph W. Bailey will run for United States senator to succeed Chilton whose term ends March 4 1901. Bailey confirms candidacy in Gainesville Texas and outlines opposition to Chilton's reelection.
Macon Georgia March 21. Mr Smalley a Metropolitan Life Insurance agent has been missing for a week leaving managers and colleagues puzzled and fearing for his whereabouts. He was unmarried and had worked as a canvasser before joining Metropolitan.
A strip of notes on Teheran English colony winter life with dances skating at the legation and royal amusement at Nasr-i-Din. It also summarizes heat and ventilation needs in big stores and risks of icehouse fires from spontaneous combustion and heat buildup. Ends with a humorous quip about stingy men.
A crowded Cedar Avenue streetcar leads to a heated exchange between a tall native and a small German parentage passenger. The clash, full of sarcasm and insults, ends when the car stops and they are separated by seats. In another note, lakes like Geneva stay blue from purity while Constance turns green from impurities and iron oxide washing in.
Dr John Fiske discusses immortality in The Atlantic noting fame can be earned by few and physical immortality challenges a false truism. A manuscript claiming survival by surviving starvation shows quack theory, dismissed as remote and unhelpful.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal presents quirky lines and stray wording. The text hints at poetical restraint and a person or pseudonym Watkins but lacks clear events or identities.
Curious rites in Ashanti involve oil and red ocher on newborns, mouth cleansing with fiery pepper mixture, and a naming ceremony with community blessings. In Surati Bazaar thefts, directors turn to astrology and sorcery after 2000 rupees vanish, employees fed magic rice to deter the thief, with no disasters yet observed.
Fragmentary text hints at plans or talk about a trip to Alaska. The dialogue features Mike and Plodding Pete with mentions of long daylight in summer and a night watchman role, but details are unclear and partially garbled.
In Lord Bramwell's memoirs a youthful link to reputation is shown. As a boy at Dr Reddys school he befriended Baron Channell, later a lawyer who recalls Bramwell during a Maidstone assizes consultation. The tale notes Bramwell’s early brilliance foiling a flawed pleadings strategy.
A sailor shows a large cobra he caught near Blackwall after returning from India. The creature was delivered in a ragged rice bag and bought for ten shillings plus expenses. The owner mentions plans for another capture if possible.
Frederick the Great favored all musicians except flutists though he played the flute well himself. A famed flutist asked for his appreciation with a gift and Frederick tested the artist by playing the same piece on his own flute after the man finished. The king then bade farewell, claiming the performer should also hear him. An Irish manager addresses the audience with a quirky remark about honesty.
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