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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1905
Page
6
The Athens area expects its brightest fall business in years as cotton arrives rapidly. Merchants are enthusiastic over a strong outlook and anticipate a record season with large stocks and crowded shops. Wholesale trade also signals a major advance, promising a new era for the growing city despite a shorter crop in some areas.
A Saturday barbecue near Winterville was hosted by Messrs Croft Fleeman Gordon Fleeman and Tom Irvin. Friends from Athens attended and enjoyed a delightful day.
A Philadelphia cor respondent reports Detective Tate, Jr. traced the missing jewels of J Castleberg and Co to a stash beneath a stable floor. A mouse led him to a hidden box containing the diamonds valued at 1000 dollars. Dixon faces likely perjury charges over earlier robbery claims.
A liniment named Chamberlains Pain Galm is advertised for potent pain relief. It promises rapid easing of rheumatic pains and aids in sleep and rest. Distributed by H. R. Palmer & Bows and W. J. Smith & Bro.
A readable sale notice lists back and colored dress goods such as Serges Melton Cloth Mohairs Tricots and various fabrics with extensive inventory. It notes Windsor Ties 10 cents to 15 cents lace stocks white wash stocks babies cloaks robes and coats plus a half price sale on useful items. C B Corsets offered in all shapes and styles priced from 85 cents to 5 dollars.
Bargain lanes offer 1000 yards Sea Island 40 inch and various linens Pique ginghams and lawn with low clearance prices. Straw hats, underwear, lace hosiery, oxfords, shirt waists, and white flannel remnants priced to move as new arrivals loom. Complete lines of suitcases trunks bags and steamer trunks also included.
Eleven of the crew of the Sevenia drowned when the steel steamer wrecked on Sandsland reef late Friday night. Eleven were rescued along with the remaining crew and four women. The captain and seven volunteers sacrificed their lives to save others. A long, arduous overland rescue to Bayfield followed, with boats battling heavy surf and night watches as survivors and rescuers endured 24 hours at sea and in woods.
From Pekin via steamer Athenian advices indicate the Kalphus uprising spreading through southern Shan Si with many government offices and yamens burned. Imperial forces of several thousand are deployed since August 16 to suppress rioters, while high officials and some missionaries are reported killed. Foreigners seek refuge in government garrisons as attacks on Roman Catholic missions in Yunnan intensify with churches looted and priests tortured or killed.
A refugee described rising tensions as caused by a general anti-foreign movement sweeping through southern China, contributing to unrest and push for change in the region.
Put-in-Bay Ohio September 4 The Royal Arcanum secret ary Robson reports the supreme council committee backed the Atlantic City May action and kept rates unchanged Read it proposes amending laws to allow 65 plus members to pay half with interest deducted from benefits A special fund for relief would be raised by 20 cents yearly for those unable to pay The fund would be controlled by the supreme regent Representatives McGowan and Murray offered a minority plan to repeal the new rates and restore the previous widows and orphans fund The motion to substitute was debated but left unresolved.
Recalls Jules Guerin of Paris defending Ft Chabrol in 1899 and other notable uprisings. Describes Guerin’s siege, famine, capitulation, and his ten year detention. Also recounts Dosza’s Hungarian revolt, Ziska’s Hussite war, and grim fates and relics of early resistance in Europe.
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