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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1899
Page
4
The Athens Banner reports on municipal protection cases in Plainfield and a Philadelphia narcotics trial, plus Athens welcomes Daughters of the Confederacy visitors. It contrasts sword uses in wars with modern weapons and previews regional attention to the Transvaal crisis and Cuban future debates.
The Kansas City Times rebukes Mr Benoist for implying Americans seek to seize Cuba while ignoring Congress and the president's assertion that Cubans deserve freedom. The piece notes his study of McKinley’s administration lacks respect for American industrial masses. An unrelated ad promotes Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh with testimonials.
A fragment from the New Orleans Times-Democrat juxtaposes a Chinese sun moon legend with a humorous detective quip about a letter box prank. The tale explains the sun harming viewers of day and the moon’s hair needles. The piece also contains an ad for Prickly Ash Bitters and a jokey anecdote about mail and a cigar stub.
The text touts August Flower as the largest sale medicine in the civilized world and credits it with treating indigestion biliousness and general ailments. It asserts ancestors used it when doctors were scarce and cites purported benefits like cleansing the system regulating the liver and stimulating nervous and organic action.
News briefs report Washington University president W L Wilson's health improving in Lexington amid lung trouble. Naples floods drown forty in Salerno province and destroy villages. Miami editor O M Gardner shot by store manager Marcus Frank after a quarrel over published remarks about Frank's mother. Oberlin M Carter pays a $5000 court martial fine. Bryan says he is better in Iowa and will resume tour. Captain Marion B Safford, 13th Infantry, died in action. born in Selma Alabama. El Karnak temple hall collapse reported in Cairo. Envoy Matos returns to Caracas assuring no hostilities with Castro unless new issues arise. A Darlington County assault on Josephin Laffady by two Black youths ends with her being choked.
Mr Lochlan and his son were thrown when a buggy collided with a post as a frightened horse ran down Prince Avenue after a negro boy chased a turkey. Both men suffered injuries though not believed serious. the horse eventually collapsed at Keese's store.
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