20 Sep 1892
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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1892
Page
1
A fragmentary poetic note in a Lippincott's piece invokes Felice Notte and sleeping melodies. The text blends dream imagery with fortune telling hints and lunar imagery, suggesting a nocturnal mood and romantic reverie.
A detailed reminiscence from Blackwood's Magazine recounts a perilous bell ringing incident where a group of young men trapped in a church bell loft fear a fatal fall. The narrator endures delirium and terror as the bell sways, narrowly escaping death, then recounts afterward the trauma and the return to duty.
An antiquated tale halves between distant travel and a comic duel over honor. A narrator recalls a strange scene by the Nile, a Sphinx riddle, and a dinner with ducks and eels as two lawyers clash over imagined insults and honor, resolved by a thrown-together reconciliation and a shared meal.
In a Paris restaurant a quarrel over a slap becomes a mock duel as M Ramonet and friends Peignot Glousseux and Monpate arrange seconds and swords. They decide on a formal meeting to settle the insult with a surgeon, a crowd, and a staged exit before dawn.
A Florence Hennaiker poem in Temple Bar presents a speaker chasing Love through birds. The dove mocks the distance, the eagle cites height, the vulture warns of loss, and all declare it's too late for the heart’s pursuit. The piece blends mythic quest with romantic futility.
Augustus Smith rises from quiet clerk to Brown and Blue's private secretary using charm and cunning. He fends off the banker’s daughter, then feigns a European trip, returning aboard a pilot boat to reveal a deeper plan. Eventually Brown, Blue & Smith, Bankers, signals the new partnership.
Local crime scene reports reveal the death of William Callaway in a suspected murder case. Police have opened an investigation and are seeking leads from residents who may have seen unusual activity near his residence.
Saturday morning news spread of Mr. Callaway s murder at Dr Jae Hunnicutt s Place near Brumby s tanyard. Coroner Pitner and jury failed to convict. body viewed at Stern & Dorsey s. Callaway a quiet citizen from Oglethorpe County leaves a wife and one child. Reports suggest two attackers with rock or wooden weapon. theories include possible theft of money. Funeral set for Salem burial. Watkinsville note follows.
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