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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1902
Page
5
Ad touts Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for stomach and digestion issues. Claims it removes poisonous matter from imperfect digestion and restores health. Includes patient testimonial and offer of a medical adviser book with stamp payment details.
Jackson Oct 7 Appeals in murder cases with death sentences head to the Mississippi Supreme Court for the October term. Transcripts are not complete yet for filing and more cases are expected as the court seeks to eclipse last year’s record.
Berkeley researchers announce UC Berkeley will publish five volumes of papyri from an Egypt expedition led by Grenfell and Hunt. The finds include mummies of sacred crocodiles and texts dated to the end of the first century BC, many official and lengthy documents.
In Palatka Florida on a Sunday dawn a dispute over nets led to George Parker and his son being beaten and pitched into the river. They were saved by thick water hyacinths with the elder Parker later killing Will Bellamy during the incident. Both men are in serious condition with skull injuries. In Georgia Charle s H Taylor of Argile had both legs crushed by a freight train at Naylor while attempting to cross. He was treated locally and then sent to Waycross hospital. he was due to marry next Thursday.
Major General Miller orders Colonel Elliott to move the entire state National Guard to the anthracite region to guard nonunion workers and quell any unrest. Governor Stone had ordered out the force last night. Colonel Elliott aims to place every regiment on strike territory by midnight. General Gobin and aides return from a war council as troops prepare to move.
A Times dispatch from London reports Siznor Boal's push to save Venice monuments. Cracks gape in St Marks arch and the Dodge's Palace walls rock, while the Biblioteca Marciana renovations threaten collapse. Engineers plan to roof the Renaissance courtyard and move the Biblioteca Marciama to the Zecca. The fall risk looms as subsidence affects Venetian soil at about 3% inches per century.
Washington October 7 crowds surged into the capital for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment naval parade with estimates exceeding 100000 visitors. General Heywood led a line of regulars marines sailors guards and veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue amid cheers. A Court of Appeals session opened in Atlanta under a federal act with Justices Pardee McCormick Shelby and Lod Burn hearing civil constitutional and misdemeanor cases.
B Baskett killed his wife at their Atlee Hanover county home and then shot himself. The motive remained unclear as temporary insanity was cited. The couple had married five years and had no children. In Washington Alfred W. Row collapsed at a railroad office after arriving from Florida, dying instantly at 71, witnessed by his wife nearby. A Raleigh court was set to try Vincent Elliott, the Negro accused of outraging Mrs Cobb Brown amid lynching tensions. An unrelated ad cites Chamberlain’s remedy for diarrhea.
A burglar entered Mr. J. J. Strickland's home late Monday night through a second story access via a tree on Millerge avenue and Hill street. A young visitor alerting the occupants prevented a robbery. the intruder fled as the man tried to confront him. No items were taken. The Stricklands were away, with several ladies in the house.
Sam Gregory, a negro, attempted suicide Monday night by taking an ounce of laudium. He collapsed in a Wood’s corner saboe shop on Broad Street, Dr. Crow summoned and treated him at once, then he was taken home. He rallied after prompt aid and his condition was later described as not serious. No reason given for the attempt.
The Methodist denomination in Athens resolves to move the Oconee Street church across the Oconee river to a triangular lot between Oak and Oconee streets, merge East Athens into Oconee Street, and locate a new Prince avenue church near Franklin street to serve western Athens. The lot sale and parsonage purchase accompany the plan.
A testimonial advert announces Hall's Great Discovery Texas Wonder for kidney and bladder troubles. The ad claims cures for gravel diabetes and other ailments with one small bottle lasting two months. It notes Dr E W Hall as manufacturer and invites testimonials.
A plan by Treasures Hall to aid four worthy youths by monthly subscriptions gains favor. Each subscribing group would raise about fifteen dollars per month to cover one student's college expenses at the University. A Athens observer believes many citizens would contribute, enabling a fifth youth to attend the University if adopted. Also note an ad for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
Assistant Chief A B Youngson from Cleveland arrived in Augusta to mediate between the local engineers and the Georgia railroad. He held talks with Augusta committees, aimed for a conference with railroad managers, and sought terms for settlement while stressing the engineers’ demand for fair treatment. The Augusta Chronicle notes cautious optimism and a preference to avoid public commentary until a conference occurs.
Records from the ordinary’s office reveal that in ten years Clarke County adjudged seventy persons insane and sent to the state sanitarium with yearly increases. Most are Negro, and Judge Wingfield cites rising dissipation narcotics and rule violations as factors. He notes lack of jail facilities for violent lunatics and urges dedicated asylum wards.
John Floyd, a machinist from Georgia, was struck and killed Saturday night when a freight wasp attacked while he was leaving Athens. The incident left neighbors and authorities seeking details of the accident and its location.
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