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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1900
Page
3
An old promotional piece extols the arrival of the first baby as a pivotal life event for couples. It touts a remedy named Mothers Friend as easing labor pains and fears, claiming safety with minimal discomfort. Readers are urged to request the booklet Before Baby is Born from Theator Co. Atlanta Ga.
At Chicago May 14 the Methodist General Conference approved forming a commission to choose 129 delegates for the Ecumenical Methodist gathering. Debates included allowing delegates vacant seats for friends, sparking opposition over potential lobbying influence. The session proceeded with devotional exercises led by General John Riley of Oklahoma and Bishop Fitzgerald presiding.
Comptroller Coles will forward a draft trust plank to Democratic National Committee Chairman Jones. Coles says the plank should be incorporated in the Democratic platform and expresses confidence in Jones to influence the party line.
Waycross Georgia May 14 The grand review of Confederate veterans for July 4 is shaping up Invitations have been extended to General McGlashan to call the South Georgia division review The division includes camps from Savannah Waycross Brunswick Gainesville Valdosta Dupont Quitman Thomasville and nearby towns An estimated 500 to 1 000 veterans are expected The Denghists of the Confederacy Sons of Veterans Waycross Rifles band and other groups will join in the event A citizen committee was appointed to coordinate with Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Veterans committees to organize the meeting next week.
In St Louis on May 14 police guard the Suburban and St Louis Transit lines, with volunteers sworn in to aid during the restart. Early crowds form at the depots as workers report for duty and divisions of the transit company resume operation after weekend unrest. An unrelated local note mentions James Collins discovering an old deed from 1766 linked to Nazareth church lands.
Alexander Whitney is shot and killed Sunday afternoon on Augusta street car after refusing to yield a seat to a Black woman. William Wilson is identified as the shooter, the incident causes panic among passengers and prompts police action as Wilson is taken to Atlanta for custody. Authorities report the shooter was captured in Grovetown and later returned to Columbia then Richmond county. A local newspaper note includes an unrelated testimonial for a medicinal remedy.
May 12 report by The Tradesman lists new industrial ventures across several states. Alabama Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina Texas and Virginia are shown with projects including canning factories cotton mills flouring mills gas works mines and warehousing. The summary notes diverse expansions from hardware firms to marble quarries and fuel suppliers.
May 14 Barnesville Georgia reports optimism over two new projects including a railroad and a cotton mill as civic leaders form a committee to recruit investors. The town foresees a substantial boom if either project advances to completion.
A leading physician in a grand hotel argues that catarrh arises from blood infection and should be treated with blood-purifying alters. Patient testimonials, including Betsy A. Mareth of Manistee County, credit Johnston's Sarsaparilla with restoring strength, color, and vitality after chronic catarrh and debility.
At Macon Georgia on May 14 a large gathering of about five hundred delegates from every Georgia county formed to organize cotton planters to secure better prices. Leaders Hoke Smith Pope Brown and J F Hanson urged farm coalition and bank cooperation to control marketing and capture cotton's true value for southern farmers.
A newspaper ad lists numerous sale items with deep discounts including paper, ribbons, neckties, spool cotton and silk, hats, talcum powder, vaseline, perfumery, belts, children's ribbed garments, spoons, writing paper, thread, toiletries, crayons, baskets, undershirts, drawers, lawns, muslins, ginghams, children's sailor hats, and sewing machine oil. Many items show prices at or near half their usual value.
Wide clearance sale offers half price on numerous items including 200 colored Madras shirts at 25 cents each and 150 colored shirts at 35 cents. Also 100 white shirts at 35 cents, 200 laundried white shirts at 50 cents, 300 suspenders at 10 cents, trunks, collars, neckwear, soap, ladies coats and skirts, ribbons, laces, linens, calico, dress goods,Percale remnants, buttons, and umbrellas with various deep discounts.
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