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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1893
Page
8
A Spanish port disaster at Santander on November 4 reports the ship Velo loaded with dynamite catching fire and blowing apart. The governor and firemen were injured or missing as houses and quays were wrecked. many killed or wounded. Fire persisted among damaged cars and spreading to nearby quays.
The column notes steady prices in naval stores and provisions with general market activity. A local incident reports Mrs. Welborn on the boulevard frightened by a Saturday evening tramp. her screams drove the intruder away, with no confirmed capture reported.
Athens Ga November 4 1893 market quiet with price branches listed for Good Middling Strict Middling and Low Middling across grades. London dispatches report coal mine talks and a national suffrage debate. Rev Conaway withdraws from Methodist church and North Georgia conference amid a cabinet split in Gladstone’s ministry. Roosevelt notes Mrs Roosevelt’s slight improvement in Ascot while other updates span London and Liverpool. Banks County farmer reports a 10 pound nigger killer potato delivered to Banner office. Reverend Cran Oliver departs for Mayes to fill services.
The LADIZe Garden Club hosts its fall exhibit titled Lovely Flowers at THD. Members showcase arrangements, seasonal blooms, and garden craft demonstrations drawing local visitors and judges.
The Ladies Garden Club of Athens opens a fall exhibit next Tuesday at 2 PM in the YMCA Hall featuring chrysanthemums and roses with other flowers and vegetables. Outside exhibitors include Mr. Jackson of Gainesville and Mr. Berckmans of Augusta. A baby show Thursday at noon offers a best baby prize, and refreshments will be served as visitors view a display aiming to instruct and inspire scientific cultivation.
The article urges attendance at the exhibit with an admission price of 10 cents. It argues the cost is reasonable and praises the ladies for their efforts, hoping the event will be a great success.
The column reports on R V. H. Parks health improving after a light attack. A social gathering was hosted at Henry Witcher’s residence in honor of Miss Lou McMihans Crawford. Mrs. A. L. Hull and others depart for Washington aboard G C N railroad's Superintendent Winder car. Local concerns include smoking dangers near Athens and cemetery rule banning children without guardians or flowers due to grave desecrations.
Three individuals perished in a blaze linked to the City of Alexandria steamship line. Details from Havana dated November 4 indicate the disaster or related incidents remain under investigation.
A fragment from December 10 1888 quotes Mark Guy Pearse praising All cock's Porous Plasters for colds hoarseness and throat strain. The text notes the plasters as useful for the wearer and mentions satisfaction with Brandeeth's Pitts as a product line.
Clarke Sheriff's Sale announces auction of multiple tracts in Clarke County including 176.8 acres near Matthews and 8 acres near Helicon Springs. Properties tied to Moses Allen and James D Watthews, with notices of lease rights and court liens. Also lists sheriff’s sale at Athens courthouse including a house and lot in Four F ward and various lot boundaries.
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