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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1891
Page
6
The Macon and Atlantic railroad project gains momentum with Georgia Carolina and Northern Railway plans. Athens seeks East West connections via this line, while late delivery and rate battles affect Valdosta and other cities. Construction crews ready, funding advancing, and schedules debated as work nears starting.
The 10th reunion of the Third Georgia Regiment will be held in Athens next July with a large veteran turnout. Officers and mortuary committee named include Col. Claiborne Snead and Capt. J. K. Wright, with C. W. Reynolds of Co K presiding as assistant secretary. Messages of regret from Gen. Longstreet and Gen. Gordon were read.
Retail merchants in Athens established a branch of the Merchants Retail Commercial Agency at No 11 Clayton Street. The group aims to regulate credit practices, publish unsettled accounts every sixty days, and refuse credit to debtors who fail to honor arrangements, while protecting honest buyers.
The Athens Banner reports the sudden death of Rev. Samuel Benedict in Cincinnati. He died after a elevator accident while visiting a parishioner at San Rafael Streets. His sons Dr. S. C. Benedict and Mr. John A. Benedict travel to Marietta for his burial. The community extends sympathy to the Benedict family.
New York October reports Jay Gould has recovered from a collapse and plans to resume business. He rode from Irvington to his Western Union office by train and declined callers while noting improvement. George Gould downplays any wealth crisis as cold weather approaches. In Ohio, Patrick Whalen, a Pan Handle railroad foreman, was killed by a passenger train in Steubenville. signal miscommunication and a missing signal rider contributed to the accident.
A multipart item notes Senator Maston O Neal of Geo has died at his Bainbridge home. A Davy Crockett Hook and Ladder company unit in Poughkeepsie confronts a task. The Jefferson Davis statue was placed on a Jackson Miss pedestal. An Alexandria Va dispatch reports General regard his condition as slightly improved and he rests. William Garfield of New Lisbon confessed to switching the Pennsylvania railroad wreck trigger near Palestine. A London dispatch warns of William Henry Smith relapse and death. A 14 year old boy in Burnetsville climbs a tree, suffers fits, breaks both legs and his left arm, with amputation likely.
In Atlanta on October 7 Miss Maude Barker and Mr Thomas R R Cobb were married quietly at the bride’s home on Peachtree in the presence of a few relatives. Rev E H Barnett officiated and a formal reception followed with elegant attire and simple floral details.
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