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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1909
Page
5
Atlanta detectives probe a brutal murder assault on Mrs. Wittles and the husband, with their Russian immigrant suspect Leeher jailed for further inquiry. The case ties to socialism and a possible secret society, while a child identifies the attacker. In unrelated items, convicts, forged notes, and a new bank charter are noted along with medical remedy advertisements.
Five Central American presidents including Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala and Zelaya of Nicaragua are nearing acceptance to meet to discuss honoring the Washington peace pact and preventing U.S. or Mexican intervention. Amapala harbor may host the conference aboard a Pacific squadron cruiser. Costa Rica and El Salvador are expected to respond soon.
A vintage ad touts Dr. King’s New Life Pills as a preventive cure for appendicitis and a remedy for constipation and various ailments. It claims gentle stimulation of the stomach and bowels and lists prices at W. J. Smith & Bro and H. R. Palmer & Sons.
A vintage ad promises free mail delivery of Mother Gray's Australian Leaf a herbal remedy for women's ills urinary and kidney troubles. It urges women to send name and address to The Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York for a 60 cent package.
Montgomery residents protest Governor B B Comer refusal to appoint delegates to the New Orleans child labor conference. The governor cites Alabama’s “satisfactory” law and its testing need, spurring local club women to plan a delegation to enforce state representation. Miss Jean Gordon cites Alabama’s strong law.
Magneto reports the Glidden tour entry list grows with 76 cars as the goal. Detroit leads deposits with 3000 dollars and 15 cars, while 23 more come from other sources. Route plans face weather worries and road choices between Minneapolis Omaha Denver and Kansas City. Officials discuss hotels in Chicago and potential Indiana Des Moines and Milwaukee paths. Bre'r Fox II to race Cincinnati to New Orleans covering 1654 miles in around 60 hours with four aboard and daylight-only runs.
Montgomery March 22 The outlook for Alabama cotton acreage remains near last year’s level with a possible 10 percent reduction. Commissioner Wilkinson notes corn plantings may rise 15 to 25 percent with yield per acre up 10 percent. Seed oats sales surge, fertilizer use climbs, and farmers embrace intensified crops, livestock, and soil-building practices.
H B Howe publisher of the Press Highland Wis reports three of his family used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with good results in summer complaints. For sale by Orr Drug Co W J Smith & Bro B C McEvoy L P Canning and H R Palmer & Son.
Cleveland, March 22. After failing to negotiate a settlement for the return of his kidnapped son Willie, J P Whitla deposited $10,000 in Flatiron Park as instructed by the kidnapers. Police detected the attempt and searched the area while Whitla faced repeated delays and warnings from detectives and state constabulary. Despite hours of waiting and surveillance, no kidnapping party or boy was found, and Whitla continued efforts with Cleveland and Ashtabula authorities. A Sanitary medical testimonial follows about Foley's Orino Laxative from Wisconsin.
The funeral of Mr. Fred Morton, son of Hon. and Mrs. W. J. Morton, was held at their Hull Street home with large attendance. A Presbyterian service featured hymns Jerusalem the Golden and Lead Kindly Light, with Rev. E. L. Hill officiating, and the casket borne by pallbearers to Oconee cemetery.
Quitman Johnson, convicted of murdering Perry Ussery last November, confessed today that Kennedy hired him and Ferdinand Grubbs to kill a man named Holland. Johnson said he aimed for Holland but shot Ussery, and that he and Grubbs were to be paid 200 dollars for the killing.
In Pensacola on March 22 the long‑standing Florida blue laws collapsed as authorities relaxed enforcement. Cigar and soda water stands thrived, harbor crowds filled the waterfront, two baseball games played in the afternoon, and Greek fruit merchants closed amid a pending legal test to be reviewed by the supreme court.
Scranton, March 22. Former Congressman William Connell coal operator and philanthropist died today from a paralytic stroke. He began in Luzerne County coal mines and built a vast fortune. He served in the Fifty-fifth to Fifty-eighth Congresses and acted as sole arbiter in Lehigh Valley road claims after the Mudden disaster of October 10, 1883. He mediated coal strikes and local industrial disputes.
An old advertisement extols Perry Davis Painkiller as a rapid relief remedy for sprains bruises strains and aches. It claims instant relief for burns and wounds and notes a seventy year history with vast global use and millions of yearly bottle sales. The ad urges recognition of the product and mentions a now popular range.
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