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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1889
Page
6
The Banner proclaims its loyalty to farmers and reports exposing cotton buyers using second-hand jute bagging to wrap bales. It vows ongoing coverage of cotton circles, with plans to travel Georgia and Florida to uncover new moves by speculators and protect Alliance members.
The Piedmont Exposition opens and Georgia readers brace for a string of fairs. Athens hosts a four day event with races games brass band and grand orchestra. Henry W Grady bold speech balloons and aerial acts on the program. Citizens anticipate record crowds and widespread merriment across Athens.
Veronee, described as a great patent writer, boasts of striking it rich with a new invention and a plan to vanquish the cotton bagging and jute trusts. He predicts the Farméy's Alliancemen will herald him, while a private Lilly land sale to a company is rumored though unclear.
An Athens cotton man proposes a scheme to farmers to use nine ties on bales instead of six, weighing 24 pounds tare, so presses can switch to jute without penalty. The plan aims to outpace the jute bagging and cotton exchanges, urging Alliances to adopt it for a fair, winning stance. The note, referencing the trotting season and McElroe's Wine of Cardus, concludes with booster lines.
A Texas reader reports that Botanic Blood Balm cured a scalp infection in her daughter after other treatments failed. She cites improvement after using a bottle and a half, noting the child’s health and weight gain and endorsing the product as a fast blood purifier.
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