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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1893
Page
3
August saw a $10 443 898 rise in the ghli e debt while New York traders report clearing house balances inching up. The item list includes numerous accidents, drownings, fires, trials, and political notes from across states, with university cases, strikes, and weather events interwoven.
In Denver on Sunday morning Dr. Thatcher Graves was found dead in his jail cell amid posttrial tensions. Graves, once convicted of poisoning Mrs. Josephine Barnaby, had a pending new trial. A self described letter to the coroner accuses officials. autopsy to determine poison type. Graves claimed Stevens and judges conspired to ruin him. The note ends urging care for his wife and mother.
Joseph Henry Lumpkin, born in Athens, named by Governor Northen to succeed Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Lumpkin, a prominent Georgia lawyer, is noted for early brilliance, practice in Atlanta, and service as assistant reporter of the Supreme Court. His appointment draws praise from Athens friends and notable Georgia figures.
A family named Wall perished in a Hammersmith shop fire as flames trapped them on the third floor. Father and four children suffocated before the fire brigade arrived. bodies remained in the wreckage as investigators probed the disaster.
Sept 4 New York organized labor held a parade with Cooper Union area packed by labor members as early as 9 am. The scene featured strong crowds and a show of unity among various trades including business, miscellaneous, and secondaries, reflecting a robust labor day display.
Frank Cornelius of Purcell Indian Territory says he advised Mr Pinson whose wife suffered facial paralysis to buy Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He reports her face improved after using the balm and mentions a price of cents per bottle available at Jour Crawford & Co.
Reports from coastal Georgia and nearby islands describe mounting casualties after the hurricane. An estimated 600 dead from heard-from areas, with many bodies found in mud and buried in trenches as coffins are unavailable. Names are incomplete, and officials tally remains county by county amid ongoing searches and warnings.
George Gould laid the cornerstone of the Gould Memorial church in Roxspury New York with a silver trowel. Rev N H Demarest delivered a salutatory address and prayers. The Rev L B Brown read Psalm 87 and 2 Peter. A life sketch of Jay Gould and the church history were presented. The service closed with creed and the hymn How Firm a Foundation. Reverend L E Brown offered benediction.
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