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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1900
Page
4
The Athens Daily Banner announces subscription rates of 5.00 per year 2.50 for six months 1.25 for three months The Weekly or Sunday Banner 1.00 per year and six months Local notices charged at 10 cents per line per insertion with special rates for extended contracts Remittances by express postal note money order or registered letter addressed to the Business Manager.
Washington dispatch reports Indiana’s Republican representatives resent Senator Beveridge’s stance as the sole free trade advocate for Porto Rico. They say he urged a party voter for the tariff bill, and at least one delegate yielded. Now they claim his forthcoming speeches aim to boost his own glory rather than aid a compromise.
Citizens of Athens are urged to invest in a Royal Mills stock drive aiming for 75 000 dollars to start operations under the charter. A strong business league is seen as essential to attract foreign capital and make Athens a manufacturing center amid Georgia and Southern development.
The Leavenworth Kansas company lands a contract to build all bridges on the New Morales and Mata Moros railway in Mexico. The Chicago Tribune notes Bishop Joyce urges return to old time revival methods in the Methodist church to restore growth and emotional appeal through revival and conversion.
A New York paper tallies annual allowances for six European royal and imperial houses, totaling 21,859,085 dollars, and argues American wealth dwarfs European powers. It notes Russia pays nothing and warns of concentrated wealth concentrating power on American soil.
An advertisement touts S. S. S. as a guaranteed vegetable blood purifier that cures contagious blood poison scrofula cancer eczema and other blood troubles without mineral ingredients. It claims to drive out impurity and offers free books from Swift Specific Company Atlanta Georgia.
The piece notes women entering office work in Chicago, with office girls praised for cleanliness, energy, and higher wages. It contrasts with office boys, citing social prejudice and rising interest among girls to qualify as stenographers through practice on the typewriter.
A distorted anecdote recalls Nikola Tesla seeking work with Thomas Edison at Edison's studio near Paris. Foreman Fulton hires him after three sleepless days, then Ferran invites Tesla to a cafe where an enormous steak and wine are shared. Tesla requests a second steak before leaving.
In 1802 Colonel Cartwell, as Norfolk military governor, drafted the Beltish consul for home guard duty. The consul argued his government did not recognize the Confederacy. Cartwell refused, the consul threatened a bombardment, and the Confederate war secretary Benjamin exempted him, preventing the three cornered war.
The article recounts Robert Louis Stevenson’s marriage gift tale linked to Lloyd Osborne and Mrs Osborne in Monterey. It notes Osborne’s magnanimous gesture at the wedding breakfast and the emotional stakes over the son. Also included are odd home remedies for pneumonia and a Mary Proctor anecdote with a child’s critique.
A vintage advertisement promotes Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a blood purifier to treat eczema itching pimples boils and skin eruptions. It claims 30 years of testing and offers large bottles at 1 and 5 with trial and free medical advice from Blood Balm Co Atlanta GA.
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