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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1891
Page
8
A Georgia style narrator recalls a visit by Mrs S and her daughter to a Southern home near a city. The scene includes a pine knot fire, a new house girl, a dramatic dog chorus, and social awkwardness with a New York publishing house. The piece ends with a sharp, humorous contrast between Southern hospitality and Northern social polish.
Indsay Drew a centenarian in Carenesville county, in town with his friend Hon W R Little to arrange burial. He wants burial at the old home six miles above town in Union style with a large firearms display by local men including J S Itch, W R Little, S F Camp, J B Parks, A N King, Sheriff McCarter, Ordinary McKenzie and Joe Brown. He favors a musketry guard and bar association attendance, promising a big crowd for the ceremony. Drew, free before the war, remains in good health though very deaf.
Report from White Earth and Leech points in Minnesota indicates Native Americans refuse Secretary Noble’s plan to settle by giving part of their annuities as farming tools. The Chippewas and others insist on cash or equivalent compensation, rejecting agricultural equipment.
A new organization named the National Order of United Labor and Professions is formed in Jackson Tennessee with N. P. McChesney of Clarksville as president and Dony Males as vice president. The group aims to unify existing rail and allied unions and may seek coalescence with the Alliance and Amphiation. Members and locations across several cities are noted, though wording is unclear in parts of the text.
Dr. C. W. Lane argues that Jesus did not intend believers to be withdrawn from the world. The article extols daily private prayer and spiritual strength while condemning monasticism and asceticism as spiritually harmful. It urges steadfast living in worldly duties with faith in the cross, Holy Spirit, and scripture.
A narrator recalls aiding a crippled poor woman in London and paying her debts and buying food. The piece contrasts perceived divine judgment with God’s loving gift of Jesus, urging readers to accept grace and humility as salvation. It frames God as gracious giver and invites personal faith.
Civic advisory notes the electric car line nearing completion and urges citizens to drive to the right. Church tax services continue at the Methodist church with ongoing work in Athens as planners push for a larger, safer community effort.
A fictional first person ramble set in the Bank of South Hutchinson recounts an open vault and deserted town scenes. The narrator, calling himself a local figure, describes quiet streets, idle trades, and odd vignettes from the Indiana block to the barber shop and a mineral palace proposed for Pueblo Colorado.
A Brooklyn car on Court Street halted at Harrison to drop off a woman in a spring hat and a second woman with a winter hat tried to board. They argued over right of way, both refusing to yield. The conductor urged the ladies to stop detaining the car as the spring hat gained entry, while the winter hat walked away in defeat. The scene ends with the bon mot that the spring hat had the best headpiece but the woman inside has the gate receipts.
New York May 16 Flour City mills extra 5.10 5.40 Minnesota extra 4.35 4.65 su berfine 3.75 4.45 fine 3.25 4.00 Wheat No 2 Red Winter cash 1.20 5¢ May 1.23 1/4 June 1.01s Corn No 2 mixed cash May 2 0/4 June Wie Oats No 2 mixed 04c cash May 8234 New York Futures
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