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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1906
Page
6
Georgia Practice School children begin a penny endowment for Rabun County High School. They aim to enlist Georgia's 300000 plus pupils, hoping to raise over 3000 dollars. Next Saturday officers will be elected and a seventh grade bank will be formed to collect and invest the funds. The students plan to organize nationwide outreach and urge systemic effort to ensure success.
Six heirs of Joseph E. Brown reach amicable settlement in Atlanta by forming a corporation to manage the estate. Executors Julius L. and Joseph M. Brown and four other heirs agreed to one sixth stock each with equal voice. A charter will be sought from the superior court with the six as sole incorporators and stockholders. Arnold and Arnold represented the two executors Rosser and Brandon the four heirs.
A lineman, A. L. Buckner, fell 50 feet from a pole in Atlanta at East Fair street and South Boulevard when his spur failed. He sustained brain concussion and died three hours after admission to Grady hospital. Buckner, 312 Chesnut street, had been married three months and worked for Southern Bell. The incident notes Buckner’s climbing gear break during work and his fatal injuries. An unrelated ad segment promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills.
Davison Nicholson Co presents This Week of Fashions featuring wool dress goods silks wash goods white goods linens allover lace dresses embroidered robes laces embroideries ribbons neck wear and dress trimmings for the season.
Huge sale on percales ginghams pique and lawn with prices well below value. Thousands of yards of white linen suiting and Swiss edgings offered at deep discounts as manufacturers rush to raise prices. Limited stock on napkins aprons and embroidered robes. act now to secure best picks before scarce late season supplies.
The Georgia division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy announces a gold medal contest for essays on The Main Events of 1861 Their Importance and Influence. Open to white schools, institutes and colleges in Georgia with 18 year age limit. essays 1000 to 1500 words. prizes include $10 from Mildred Rutherford and county/state awards. entries due by April 10, 1906 sent via Miss Eugenia Mandeville and county chairs. teachers urged to promote participation.
A 28 year old Walter Potee armed with a revolver and shotgun attacked relatives at his brother’s home during a funeral gathering in Brooklyn Anne Arundel county across the Patapsco river from the city. Nine people were injured and Potee died amid a two hour fusillade with bystanders and firefighters later extinguishing the flames. The dead include two brothers and a brother in law with others gravely hurt. authorities are unsure if the final wound came from a weapon or self inflicted.
J Bayne editor of the Herald Addington Indian Territory says rheumatism still afflicts him yet Chamberlain’s Pain Balm lets him attend to business. The balm gives prompt relief, with one application easing the pain. Sold by I. & Palmer & Sons W. J. Smith & Bro.
The Journal of the Outdoor Life, Troudeau New York, named official organ of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Dr Herman M Biggs presides. membership includes leading TB workers across the U S and Canada. It promotes outdoor treatment under medical supervision, fresh air, nourishing food, and regulated exercise. Subscription is one dollar for four years or ten cents per issue.
At a horse bazaar an excited man announces a lost $100 bill and offers 50 dollars for its return. Bidders escalate quickly with 60, 65, 70, 80, 90, and finally 97.50, until the man reveals the bill was for a suit of clothes bought a month ago.
The Georgia mayor programme outlines an annual meeting at Mac on June 13 and 14 with papers on the Vagrant Law remedies, state licenses, sanitary laws, health viewpoints, municipal improvements for smaller towns, mayoral duties, municipal ownership, fire service, the recorder's court, assessors taxation, and river harbor improvements. Discussion will follow each paper, with gentlemen selected to prepare and read.
The sermon from the Prodigal Son tale centers on an elder brother who resents the feast. While rejoicing fills the room, one person stands apart with bitterness, and the crowd chants the familiar chorus the fatted calf. The scene ends with a playful quip about a ground hog.
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