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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1905
Page
7
Mrs Altice Etson of Bellevue Michigan describes five years of intense itching and bleeds from eczema. After failed doctors and medicines she used Cuticura Soap Ointment and four bottles of Cuticura Resolvent, felt better after first use, and considers herself well.
An ad copy reviews eczema like skin ailments including burning itching scalp scales and hair loss. It touts Cuticara Soap Ointment and Pills as a near superhuman remedy proven beyond doubt and claims widespread confidence among local proprietors.
New Haven Conn Sept 11 Rev Alexander F Irvine reports a letter from William J Bryan executor of Philos Bennet estate says the estate settled The Bryan funds totaling 30009 are given to normal schools colleges and aid to girls and boys nationwide The Bennet prize fund is shared by colleges and universities nationwide Bryan will not take executor fees and has allocated them as charitable gifts The sealed letter provisions and related contest are settled with 40000 distributed to educational and charitable institutions
Ath ens post office lists unclaimed letters with a one cent charge for males and females, including names such as Gus Aycock Noah Carter Lige Cole and Julia Mary Harris Mamie M. Horton Emma Lumpkin Catherine Willis and others. Also notes King Dental Co and Chamberlain's Pain Balm liniment advertised sold by H R Palmer Sona and W J Smith & Bra. A garbled labor riot mention and Bucklow's Arnica balm are briefly noted remarks.
Windfall Indiana Sept. 11 Adam Repp a wealthy Tipton county farmer held a lavish dinner to celebrate victory over W C Legg in a long court battle over a dead horse bought for 81 dollars. After more than two years and over 1,000 dollars in attorney fees each, Repp was awarded one dollar and Legg must cover costs totaling 2,433 dollars.
London dispatch says Mr. Takahira the Japanese minister in Washington will be appointed minister to St. Petersburg. He has shown great diplomatic ability and is popular in Washington official circles.
Baron Komura, senior Japanese envoy, is ill with intestinal trouble at the Waldorf Astoria. He rested today after a high fever. social engagements are canceled or postponed. The party plans to sail from Seattle to home next week. A denial was issued about a secret peace treaty with Russia.
Frederick Maryland 17 year old Lee Weddle shot his sweetheart Nellie Eichelberger after she refused to marry him and then killed himself. Maude Davis was wounded in the arm as the attack occurred in Thurmont after a public square dispute over a dismissal letter. Weddle died instantly. Eichelberger suffered critical shoulder wounds and may die.
Harry Summerville of Louisville resigned as superintendent of Fairview Cemetery in Bowling Green citing lack of a housekeeper and the distance to meals. He had been chosen to fill the vacancy after Robert A. Roulston disappeared and later was reported in Ireland ill with typhus.
In Godzadani Manchuria at 1 pm a Japanese commissioner with fifty soldiers delivered a letter from Field Marshal Oyama to General Linovitch, congratulating on peace and requesting Russian plenipotentiaries. Oyama names General Takushima as Japan’s plenipotentiary and Chakedza as the meeting place for armistice talks.
In Logansport Indiana John Griffin claimed sleepiness in a drugstore then woke in St. Josephs Hospital where he seized two nurses and threw them from a window. He demolished a bed and drove other patients from the ward before being overpowered. He will be committed to the Northern Indiana Hospital for the Jasque.
Tangier on September 11 reports Samuel R. Gummer the American minister and several European residents moved from suburban homes to the city center at the request of Moroccan authorities. They cited inability to guarantee security amid disturbances in the surrounding districts.
Savannah Ga August 9 1905 the board of directors of the Gainesville Midland Railway met at the Savannah Trust Company to approve extending the line as a standard broad gauge from Jefferson Jackson County to Athens Clarke County with publication of the resolution and necessary authority filed in state and county offices. Also notices announce the sale of Julian R Lane bankrupts real estate in Athens Clarke County on the first Tuesday in October under bankruptcy court orders with details of parcels and life tenant Mrs S C Reese. Additional Clarke County land descriptions and sales notices issue forth with sheriff sale actions to satisfy city court and mortgage liens.
A mixed bundle of notices and resolutions from Clarke County Georgia include a request for letters of administration on J N Colle estate, a sale notice of land to satisfy a prior fi ne, and extended resolutions from a Washington District Sunday School convention urging uplift, industrial progress, and law and order among the colored community.
The notice states sales will continue daily between the same hours until the property is sold, with terms cash. Eliza Thompson, administrator of the estate, through Edwin W. Dart, attorney, is in charge. Dated August 1, 1905, with B. Wingfield, orderly, Clarke County, Ga, by power of attorney.
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