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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1892
Page
8
Absolute purity noted for Royal Baking Powder as a wholesome leavening agent. It contains no lime, alum, phosphate, or impurities and leaves no residuum in foods. Its leavening power is rated highest by official tests and endorsed by physicians chemists and food hygiene writers.
The article laments Georgia lacking a regularly established Normal School and urges state support and a university-linked program. It cites Massachusetts as a model, notes the Mill edgeville Industrial School, and calls for funded training for teachers, with emphasis on preserving and expanding opportunities for both sexes. It also mentions educational figures and local events at Lucy Cobb Institute.
Promotional notice praising helpers and urging readers to visit Skirr the jeweler to upgrade their view with Diamond Spectacles. Claims a general assortment of jewelry and silverware sold with honesty and quality, inviting calls for satisfaction.
A solemn memorial notes Mrs L V McAlpin death on a September night after a long illness. It praises her Christian virtue, devotion to church and friends, and her gentle, generous life. The piece asks for a minutes inscription, publication in local papers, and comfort for her husband and children. It ends with a notice of SHOX Store display at J M Edwards store Snead's old stand.
The column notes a misplacement of text from another department. Rev Dr Gwaltney attended a South Carolina meeting and will return later this week. Cottage prayer meetings provide spiritual profit and Young Men's Christian Association rooms invite attendance at services. Sabbath lectures are described as instructive and a quote about two hours daily meditation and prayer concludes the item.
The century has seen remarkable missionary progress across Christian denominations with renewed zeal. The North Georgia Conference of the Methodist church shows rising giving through regular missions funds, Woman's Missionary Society, and Juvenile Societies, as districts expand their efforts and consecrated women sustain ongoing work.
A Georgia minister warned that Sunday schools can become a curse if parents abandon religious instruction at home. The piece argues for converted, suitable officers and teachers, and notes many parents neglect their children’s religious education and fail to support or ensure attendance at Sunday school.
A fragmented news page discusses Sunday schools, urging ministers to address parents directly to curb child misbehavior. It mentions health ads, second hand buggies, carnival costumes, and local political notes, including pardons, elections, and sports.
Advertises a large selection of wagons in Athens highlighting quality claimed to rival the historic Old Hodgson maker of wagons. States the wagons are among the best ever built in Georgia and asserts no shop has built better wagons in the state.
Coffeyville residents arm and barricade as rumors spread of a Dalton gang revenge attack following the Tyro Missouri Pacific train robbery. Authorities rush in from Parsons and the M K and T to fortify the town while detectives pursue gang members.
Local report details Sue Bass’s intoxicated arrest near the Georgia depot. She attempted hanging with a blanket in a city jail cell but was rescued before life ended. Mayor Tuck to hear her case Monday morning. warned of street punishment.
A Jackson county figure wagers his remaining small stock in trade on a Democratic victory. He risks his cow a half interest in the syrup mill and 10 gallons of syrup. With no milk for breakfast he contemplates the folly of betting on fools and considers changing his bets.
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