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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1893
Page
3
H H Carron submits a detailed inquiry to Athens taxpayers. He questions municipal spending, salaries, and governance amid economic strain and rising taxes. He cites water works issues, alleged inefficiencies, displaced officials, and a push for reform to revive the city’s prosperity.
A quiet wedding occurred last evening at the bride's Clayton street home. A. B. Bailey and Marion Duke were married by Rev. C. W. Lane with attendants Emory Duke and Pearl Dunston, Leary and Richie Duke. Miss Duke is the daughter of Col. G. R. Duke now of Clarke county. Bailey works as an engineer for the Georgia road.
The First Methodist church in Athens hosted the funeral yesterday morning for Mrs. John W. Nicholson a beloved Christian teacher and community figure. Her Sunday School class and church societies led a moving service with hymns prayers and a sermon by Rev. A J Jarrell, followed by burial at Oconee cemetery.
A seven year political feud in Alabama turns violent as J B Cocke confronts rival Huey. Huey’s pistol and dynamite threats trigger a clash with Huey’s sons and others, leaving a tense scene in Marion. Separate item notes two Southern baseball games and a patent medicine claim.
The article notes Senate inspection committee plans a June 10 Chicago start and western tour to Alaska, led by Faulkner Hill and Platt. It lists appointments by the president including William H. Pugh as customs commissioner and Robert M. Cousar as deputy first auditor.
Paris May 16 Mr Eustis the first American ambassador to France has settled in his office and is already receiving social honors. He paid calls on colleagues and impressed officials, while Dupuy the head of the council praised the mission amid a debate over raising the Washington legation salary as a matter of national dignity.
Washington May 16 Congressmen protest the president’s move to name George W Weaver postmaster at Conyers Georgia without consulting them. Weaver’s supporters say the entry was aided by endorsements from Senator Gordon and state officials while Secretary Smith reportedly gave no written endorsement.
Heavy Mississippi River rise to 49.4 feet at Ark City with flood dangers and crop losses described. In Raceland Louisiana a Bayou La Fourche crevasse broke 50 feet wide and 10 feet deep, affecting Arcadian plantation and nearby areas.
Fire at the Episcopal palace near Douglas destroys the central part of Bishop s Court with priceless books and documents burned. Three servants escape by rope, another jumps from the palace roof. One servant severely injured. Local praise for Camberlain s Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy with 25 and 50 cent bottles offered by John Crawford & Co.
A collage of colorful lines and jokes from vintage papers. Snatches include a debtor collector exchange debating Saturday visits, an umbrella tale about Sprinkler, a gibe about a “colored gamester,” Castoria nostalgia, social class quips, servant ancestry, a cough remedy plug, and a Waldorf dinner anecdote ending with a classic punchline.
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