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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1899
Page
5
London reports cancel alarm over General Yule’s retreat or move. Battles near Glencoe and Ladysmith cloud the Natal scene as rail links fail and communication breaks. Critics compare Wolseley note to doomed Santiago tone while 13 000 natives rumored to have joined Boer side.
The Georgia Library Association will hold its third annual session at the University starting Friday October 27 with talks by Mrs. Lipscomb and Mrs. Eugene Heard on library extension. Prominent educators and club women from Atlanta Macon Covington Middleton and Mercer figures will attend. The program covers library training schools and college and public libraries with officer elections to follow.
An 80 proof remedy promises cooling relief for eczema rashes and skin irritations. It recommends warm baths with CuricuRA Soap to cleanse crusts and scales and Curicuna Ointment to soothe itching and burning skin.
From Aiadaon Oct 24 reports say censor blocks front messages while dispatches hint Dundee is cut off and the war still unsettled. General Joubert's report cites Glenoos battle and Erasmus delay. Elandsgaate victory fails to relieve Glendoe as Wolsely signals grim news and wounded lie in limbo near Dundee and Glencoe.
Letters describe relief from nervousness back pain and other female troubles after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Anna Hart of Milldale Conn credits recovery to the remedy and urges others to try it. Ellen Flanagan of Philadelphia says seven bottles cured chronic dyspepsia and irritability and offers to be interviewed.
City trains show arrival and departure times for Seaboard Air Line vestibule limited service. Central of Georgia Savannah Line to the East lists arrivals at 12 00 m and departures at 3 00 p.m. Agent J M Mallory notes timetable details.
Telegraphic briefs report Hon. Charles Denby arriving in Washington with his son from Manila. Other items note bondholders seeking a receiver for the Farmville and Powhatan railroad, a fatal boiler explosion at Luther & Moore lumber mill in Orange Texas, and various political and local notices across states.
The Jane Port Senator carrying the 51st Iowa regiment, once feared lost at sea, has reached San Francisco safely amid reports from the voyage.
The Daily Mail reports the battle of Elandslaagte as a brilliant success with 1,200 to 2,000 Boers suffering about 100 killed and 150 wounded. Gordon Highlanders advance in perfect order despite heavy fire and mounting casualties as officers fall, yet ridge after ridge is won.
An 1890s advertisement quotes James Lewis praising Pe-ru-na for catarrh relief and urges readers to trust the remedy. The letter claims catarrh involves mucus and depleted blood, arguing that stopping the mucus will stop the catarrh and that Peru-na offers valuable treatment.
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