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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1905
Page
1
Royal Baking Powder guarantees clean preparation with no hand mixing or sweat. It promises perfect cleanliness and healthful food and offers the Royal Baker and Pastry Cook book free by mail to any address from Royal Baking Powder Co., 1 Do William Street, New York.
Washington rumor says President likely to appoint Harry Stilwell Edwards of Macon Ga to succeed Rucker as collector of internal revenue for the district of Georgia. Edwards, a close admin friend, may accept or be offered a diplomatic post if he declines.
Fresno Calif May 24 The Cumberland general assembly voted 27 to adopt the majority report favoring union with the Northern Presbyterian church. Judge Russell of Tennessee warned secession risks while Dr Templeton urged reunion. Opponents served notice of a protest and a conference was held to draft a paper.
In Evansville Indiana this afternoon a large house cat leaped onto a sleeping infant in a crib, clawed the face and head, and despite the mother's urgent intervention died before a physician arrived. The cat, once a family favorite, is believed to have gone mad, the tragedy witnessed by a grieving family.
Nan Patter son has disrupted a Chicago family as W H English hunts for his wife who vanished a week after a quarrel over the Florodora girl amid Caesars Young shooting. The dispute involved Mrs English Jr and her mother in law. The mother said Patter ton should have been hanged. Mrs English Jr sided with the juries. She then left with her personal belongings.
An advertisement promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills claiming they clear the body for action. It highlights health, bright eyes, firm flesh, and buoyant mind as signs of benefit. Available at W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Bons drug stores for 24 cents.
Trustees convene in this city for the inaugural session of the State Normal School board. Key business includes funding for new campus buildings, gifts totaling with 10000 from James M. Smith and George Foster Peabody, and a 25000 state appropriation. Faculty elections and salaries will be set, with other matters. Saturday night junior exercises, Sunday baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Joseph J. Bennett, and Wednesday address by Dr. Wycliff Rose precede diplomas for eighty five graduates.
Le Conte Hall on the University of Georgia campus nears completion as a premier biology facility designed for top laboratory work with ample light. The building, named for two distinguished Georgia scientists and graduates, will be dedicated during the upcoming commencement with fitting exercises. Additionally an advertisement urges ministers to promote Longman & Martinez Paints and offers price-saving tips on linseed oil use through Dozier & Co.
The superior court of Oconee county will convene in Watkinsville next Wednesday morning to try four men charged with the Holbrook murder. Grand and traverse juries will be summoned. indictments expected quickly. Three black defendants have confessed and will plead guilty. Aycock will plead not guilty and faces a trial defended by Judge Rathser. Local sentiment favors orderly proceedings and justice.
Columbus reporter cites Greenville dispatch that Meriwether county Sheriff Joe McGehee eloped with Mrs. Nellie Hill, wife of Albert Hill and sister in law to Railroad Commissioner H. Warner Hill. Deputy handles county affairs. Mrs Hill formerly Nellie Robinson of LaGrange, granddaughter of Henry R. Harris. Husband unnamed reportedly silent. The couple seen in Greenville and at Marion hotel, destination unknown.
A Good Suggestion from Lemon City resident C B Wainwright urges manufacturers to promote Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He claims dissolving the medicine in hot water yields quicker relief from stomach pains colic and cholera morbus, with faster action and instant targeting. Available for sale by H R Palmer and Bone on West 2nd Street.
Forth Worth Texas May 24 At todays meeting of the general assembly of the Southern Presbyterian church the committee on Sabbath and family religion recommended discontinuance of Sunday excursions and use of fene malls newspapers and trains An overture from Greenbriar presbytery asked steps to enlarge church and Christian education and unify the churches of the assembly A general secretary for this work is asked to be appointed by the present assembly Referred to a committee with instructions to report at the next assembly The question of establishing a seminary at Atlanta Ga to cost one million dollars was advocated by the synod of Georgia
The Athens Elks celebrated their new home with a large turnout as members praised the improvements. The first meeting and social session followed, and attendees expressed enthusiasm for expanded future work in the city.
Childless and bereaved families seek to fill empty hearts through adoption. Appeals flood Georgia orphans homes for babies and the girl with a motherless infant, a boy with spinal trouble, and other children needing care. Citizens urged to make Sept. 23 a day to donate earnings to orphans homes.
The article notes Lon E Greene of Dantelaville survived a mule kick to the face several weeks ago and is nearly recovered. He remains on liquid diet but expects full eating ability soon and jokes about facing a mule again. The piece ends with a line about Macoy gamblers and Sheriff Roberts.
Letter from Henrietta A. Marsh of Los Angeles describes seven weeks of la grippe relief after using Peruna. She praises the remedy's efficacy, notes continued use, and mentions traveling Kentucky and Tennessee where Peruna also aided her recovery. Address to Dr Hartman, Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
Athens market notes list New York futures for January March May July October and December with prices. Chicago grains include Wheat May and Corn Oats with shifts. Pork Lard and Ribs futures quoted. details show modest gains and losses across contracts.
In Connellsville dated May 24 District Attorney Hudson reports a woman's shoe found by Mrs Engle of Uniontown containing a hollow heel packed with dynamite and nitroglycerine. Four caps were placed on iron pegs inside the heel and the hole filled with nitro soaked material. Shoes turned over to authorities for a rigid investigation. The piece mentions the Northeast Georgia Fair as the state’s biggest fair this year.
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