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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1902
Page
2
President Branson reports overflow at the State Normal School with more than four hundred currently in attendance and hundreds denied entry. The college expects new buildings to ease the strain but warns the need remains great for Georgia teaching preparation.
Plans for a proposed library building on the university campus were drawn and submitted by three architects Charles EK Choate A B Blair and Bleckley. The board of trustees will review all plans in about ten days with Chancellor Mill favoring exclusive library use and potential funding from a $10 000 annual appropriation tied to a $950 000 fireproof building offered by George Foster Peabody.
Petitioners Thomas P. Vincent W Bryan and John J Wilkins seek a charter for the University Savings Bank to be formed in Athena with capital stock of forty thousand dollars at eighty dollars a share. The full paid-in capital is ready and the bank plans to commence business after charter approval. Prominent local businessmen back the project, predicting success.
William O’Brien provoked fierce exchanges in the House of Commons by pressing Prime Minister Balfour to comment on President Roosevelt’s letter to the United Irish League convention in Boston. The speaker ruled the query out of order, sparking nationalists’ protests as the debate stalled without a definite issue being declared of importance.
Report from Enosville Tennessee dated October 22 indicates an abundant oil discovery within eight gob ties of Kingsport in Bullivan county. Investors from New York and New England show interest while land options expand around Henderson GC Cloud’s farm across the Holston river.
Mrs Ada Gilbert Dennis dies at Garfield hospital after long injury from a December assault in Washington. She moved from Gettysburg Pennsylvania and married actor Walter Dennis. Skull fracture and unclear motives left investigators without a clear suspect.
New York October movement in cotton prices suggests a likely early rise. Theodore H Price notes confidence in higher prices as of early October based on ongoing crop developments and market signals. John T Little of Gainesville is also mentioned as registered at the Imperial.
Mrs. E Z Benomme of Cohoes New York praises Hair Vigor claiming it stops hair loss and returns natural color. The ad asserts rapid darkening within a month and offers a dollar per bottle with mail order to J C Ay Co Lowell Massachusetts.
A Bristol report says Dorchester Virginia experienced a rapid sequence of five murders. John Slayers killed Mark Boston over a dispute involving a young lady, then Boston’s brother James killed Slayers. A black woman killed a man with two Winchester shots. A pistol duel claimed a second unnamed shooter. Separately, the Arrow mines near Mt. Pleasant were sold to Virginia-Carolina Chemical for 450000 dollars.
An advertisement touts Ellwood steel wire fences as ready built in factory rolls for easy stretch and staple installation. Six heights available from lawn to field fencing with small ground mesh for crop protection, sold nationwide and praised for lower cost and labor. The passage also notes a Geologic Survey report on U S mineral resources for 1901, highlighting labor strikes, total mineral output, and gains in metallic products, with iron and coal remaining key.
Readable fragments indicate a local item involving Bears and Yon ham with a focus on a senate-related action. Names and places are unclear due to OCR errors, but the item points to a political or civic note.
Georgia’s commission on statuary hall met in the State Capitol library for the second election to name a Georgian to represent the state in Washington. Judge Columbus Heard chaired. Madison Bell was secretary. Alexander H. Stephens was selected over other prominent Georgians.
The Colonial Girl company may disband due to disputes caused by leading lady Miss Creighton’s mother censoring her daughter’s policy. Athens audiences recall a strong performance by Creighton and her troupe, while Montgomery engagement dates were canceled amid the controversy.
An old Texas ad copy promotes Hall's Great Discovery Texas Wonder as a universal cure for kidney and bladder troubles in men women and children. It claims rapid cures by mail if not sold locally and cites testimonials from Greenfield Tenn and letters praising relief. It notes Dr E W Hall as sole manufacturer and lists distributors.
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