Transvaal Crisis Reported Amid British Ties and Boers
The Athens Banner notes London reports a possible sale of W. W. Astor assets to an English syndicate, with figures around 120 to 150 million dollars. It discusses tariff politics tying Philippine and Cuban tobacco to domestic needs and cites Twain on Washington's race views. A Savannah News synthesis warns of looming war in the Transvaal and outlines Boer policy toward outlanders and British responses, plus a Tennessee school board rejection of Lee's history for bias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Jefferson M. Levy
W. W. Astor
New York
Astor
Baltimore Sun
United States
McKinley
Ohio
England
Doctor’s Advice on Liver Ills and Hood’s Pills
An old advert Copy notes that a doctor can find organs normal but cannot test the blood. Hood’s Pills are promoted as a remedy for liver problems and as a safe purgative to take with Hood’s Sarunparic.
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Hood
Mod
Industrial Home Reports Strong Month and New Committees
The regular September meeting of the Bessie Mell Industrial Home shows rising custom work, extended superintendent duties, and a higher salary. New committees were named to visit the peupesi farm in September with members listed, and modest membership growth noted. A separate notice recounts a Philadelphia man declaring Electric Bitters saved his life after illness, urging others to try the remedy.
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Bessie Mell
Sealy
C. D. Flanigen
Gertrue Thomas
John Oliver
Philadelphia
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Warren J. Smith & Bro
Skiffs Talk On Beauty Of World Before Man
In a reflective piece the author muses that all nature from forests to oceans was created beautiful for a purpose. It questions why some creatures like rattlesnakes exist and notes Adam and Eve as part of the Biblical origins. A brief pitch for Bucklen's Arnica Salve follows, touting its healing claims.
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God
Lakes
Riy Sume
Stig
Adam
Eve
Bucklen
Ap Cts
A & Sons
Smighie
George
Chicago Times-Herald
Pleasant Mall Delivery and Odd News Snippets
A collection of small town humor and anecdotes including a postmaster cashing a money order with kisses noted on the margin, a tale of small change at a cigar store, a tramp given dinner, a Chinese family’s extreme method to protect parents’ honor, Dr. King’s New Life Pills for headaches, and a joke about luck in a horseshoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Jimmy
John
Marcus
Tsing-Kiang-Pu
Yamen
North China Herald
Dr. King
H. R. Palmer & Sons
W. J. Smith & Bro
Negro boys fight leaves one fatally injured
Reports from Mr Holman’s place near the city refer to two 12 year old negro boys who dueled in a fight. One boy Fatime Herbert by name suffered severe cuts to body arms and face and his recovery is described as extremely doubtful. The other boy was arrested by the sheriff and jailed.
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Washington
Mark Twain
Mount Vernon
Virginia
Gover
China
Siam
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Athens Weekly Banner
H. J. Rowe
Lessee
W. Reed
W. D. McNeil
Frerereer
Rowe
Lesses and Business
Athens
Protection and Politics
Transvaal
Savannah News
Kruger
Transvaal Republic
Great Britain
Cape Colony
South Africa
Natal
Orange Free State
Rodesia
India
Suez Canal
Cape
Chatanoogs
Tenn
Lee
State Board
Merch
Tee Raibery St
Newark
N. J
A . H. L. Myers
the Monthly Report
Bury
Mir
W.W
Thomas
I. N. Webb
J.N. Webb
W.P. Vonderan
City Council
Macon
E. J. Watt
Henry Witcher
H. C. White
M. Rutherford
Bessie Mell Industrial Home
Skiff
Blivins
San Francisco Examiner
Dennis
Norah
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Astoria
Bears
Lipscomb & CO
Athens Gas Light Co
John L. Arnold
East Clayton Street
JY. Garithers & Co
Broad, Thomas and
Oconee
J.y.carithers & CO
Griffith & Welch
Clayton Street
Athens, Ga
Broad Street
J-S. King & Co
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