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Newspaper

Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1899

Page

4

Trusts Raise Prices Across Industries In National Roundup

A compendium of reports shows anti trust leaders cautioning New York manufacturers on rising commodity costs with increases from 5 to 50 per cent. Plows and implements see substantial surcharges, textiles and hardware swell, and electrical power gains spur discussions of water power. Bible publishers wrestle in a fierce rate war threatening to form a Bible trust while public notices and shipping rates surface in the broader price squeeze.

Anti-Trust League New York City Chicago Ameri- Bible Society

Strike For Your Altars and Your Fires Patriotism Ad

Advertisement praising Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and tonic. Claims to cleanse blood for all ages and sexes. Includes testimonial from James Eaton of Stafford Springs CT.

Hood

Small Spot Cancer Claim Promises Cure by Swift Specific

An ad proclaims a small spot may be cancer and touts a blood cure via Swift Specific Company. It claims surgical removal fails to reach the disease and promises to cure blood diseases including rheumatism ulcers and contagious blood poisoning. Free books on cancer and blood diseases offered by mail from Atlanta Georgia.

Scrcfu S Swift Atlanta Georgia

Census seeks uniform death certificates for national data

The chief statistician of vital statistics reports progress toward a uniform death certificate to aid census data and mortality studies. States and cities adopt a model form, abolish local variations, and align with a national standard, with cooperation from physicians and officials.

United States W. R. Mérriam W. A. King Census Office Registration Office Congress

Savannah Murder and Global Polar Defence News

A Savannah report notes W S Mell killed his brother in law James Buzbee a 15 year old, with a broader roundup includes Nansen urging US Britain and Germany joint polar exploration. Texarkana reports De Queen wiped out by fire fifty four business houses destroyed. Houston notes triple tragedy as M M McKinney kills Paul Morgan then kills himself and Mrs McKinney found dead. Birmingham reports Whitey Wilson killed in a saloon. Manila dispatchs describe attacks near Imus with American casualties. Carter case habeas corpus in New York. Pain Killer advert ends.

Savannah W. S. Mell James Buzbee Mell Buzbee Berlin Nansen Associated Press United States Great Britain Germany Texarkana Ark de Queen Pittsburg and Golf Houston Tex Stranger Falls County Texas M. M. McKinney Norman Paul Morgan Manila Major Price Imus Bacoor

God for us Satan against us sermon at First Baptist Church

Rev B Elliott preached at First Baptist Church on the theme If God be for us who then can be against us. He outlined God’s gifts from redemption to grace and warned that Satan remains opposed to God Christ and believers using doubt, neglect, and temptation as tools. The sermon urged renewed commitment to Christ and cited Job and Paul as examples of Christian security. A cough remedy ad followed, promoting Boschee's German Syrup with a sample at H R Palmer & Sons.

B. F. Elliott First Baptist Church God Satan Mr. Elliott Christ Bethlehem Jerusalem Job Paul Boschee H. R. Palmer & Sons

Boggs Named Manager Of Tennis Courts Season 99 00

The Advisory Board sanctioned Lucian Boggs as manager of the tennis courts for the 1899 and 1900 seasons. He is praised as a fine player and plans to have the two last courts cleaned promptly to accommodate many student players.

Lucian Boggs Boggs

Court records note various probate actions and guardianships

Ordinary Herrington disposed of cages at October court. Howard R. Wilson named administrator of Capt. J. B. Wilson estate. Will of Wm. I. Tuck probated with executors H. O. Tuck and James Tuck. Ward's estate leave to encroach granted. Letters of administration for Wm. Bass estate requested. Catherine Buchanan granted one year’s support from deceased husband estate.

Herrington Howard R. Wilson Capt J. 8 Wm. Bass Catherine Buchanan W. H. Buchanan

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