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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1905
Page
7
Mrs. George H. Tucker Jr of Milwaukee reports her six month old daughter suffered a severe skin condition with scabs and eye issues. After a month using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the child fully recovered, avoiding $100 in doctors and drug bills and is now healthy.
The advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as priceless cures for birth humours milk crust scalp humours and itching rashes in infants and children. It emphasizes relief for tired parents and claims absolute purity with guaranteed products sold widely.
The Gainesville Midland Railroad gains authority to extend its line from Jefferson to Athens and to broaden the gauge. The route from Gainesville to Jefferson is renamed to Bunge. The extension work and gauge broadening are authorized, with right of way issues settled in Fines County.
Harvie Jordan was given a royal ovation at the Athens fair grounds during Farmers Day as about five thousand farmers and citizens gathered. He praised fairs for agricultural advancement, urged better marketing information and direct sales to spinners, defended cotton prices, and urged reliance on warehouse handling and quality baling to improve the cotton trade.
Special term of Clarke Superior court ordered for civil and criminal trials starting Monday October 9 1905. Grand and traverse jurors to be drawn and report at 10 a m. Judge R B Russell presides. List of jurors includes J A Harbin A H Hodgson W A Mallory and others.
Covington Georgia October 4 W B Livingston son of Congressman L F Livingston a West Newton planter reports acres of cotton yielding a seedless variety The crop appears normal aside from the seedless staple and per acre yield is similar He says plantings were uniform and urges farmers to avoid politics in farming groups and to hold cotton for a minimum price stressing steadfastness in selling decisions.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a grafter asking why one travels overseas with firm belief that profit is often earned abroad. The distorted text hints at a debate on ethics and national honor in business. No clear events, names, or dates survive.
In Carnesville Georgia on October 4 the jury acquitted Plato D Jordan of murdering Adolphus Starr in Canon on June 6 1901. He had previously been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 1902 and sentenced to four years. A new trial was granted by the Georgia Supreme Court and defense efforts to delay trial are noted along with a material witness arriving from Atlanta.
Genevieve Seaver a 12 year old in Buffalo hanged 20 matches to skip school so she could attend the theater with a friend. The plan failed and she died from phosphorus poisoning the following day despite medical advice.
Cassius Clayton, 18, from Chicago, wed Maggie Sloan, 54, a Syracuse cafe owner, at St. Joseph Michigan. Sloan's brother allegedly barred the entry to the Sloan cafe, and the couple sought rooms at a rival hotel while Clayton continues his studies. The father remains unaware of the nuptials.
The article explains the meaning of stegomyia fasciata, describing stegomyla from Greek stegós meaning secret and myla meaning fly to denote the female yellow fever mosquito. It adds that fasciata is Latin for striped, noting the term’s origin and usage.
Patrick Crowe, sought by Omaha police for the 1900 kidnapping of E Cudahy’s son, was arrested in Butte after identification via photos from Omaha. He resisted, cursed the capture, and said he would return to Omaha without papers while police confronted him with revolvers.
A Barcelo nian nobleman claims a Mexican farm hides millions buried in 1852 by a bishop in the family. He urges a Pennsylvanian reader to form a $100,000 company to locate the treasure and share profits, after funding religious adoration.
The Georgia Supreme Court reviews Lawrenceville and Gwinnett County liquor rules after the R M Rose Company and Southern Express dispute over a 1000 dollar license tax on shipments of liquor to a dry county. The case tests whether local bans on out of state liquor shipments conflict with interstate commerce protections.
Former congressman Jerry Simpson was brought from Roswell New Mexico to St Francis hospital in Wichita Kansas and is in critical condition not expected to survive the night.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local fair event note with names and place hints. The readable text mentions Vormore Dox and We Stenracceen in a casual ceremonial or community gathering context.
Early last night at a convict camp on the Jefferson road, four black convicts tried to escape. The guard, Mr. Green, shot one dead with a shotgun, instantly killing him. The three others fled into darkness as a search is launched led by road gang supervisor Willis Fulllove to recapture them.
The article notes fireproof chambers in the Washington treasury holding Confederate diplomatic archives, including the Pickett Papers and Confederate money, once moved from Richmond and later housed in purpose built chests. A Pope Pius IX letter to Jefferson Davis is among relics visitors may glimpse at Jacksonville, Florida.
An antiseptic dressing claimed to prevent inflammation speeds healing of wounds bruises and injuries by one third according to an advertisement. Chamberlains Pain Balm is touted as antiseptic and pain reducing with claimed protection against blood poisoning. Sold by Palmer Bons Smith Bros Judge Pendleton shipments teased.
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