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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1891
Page
8
A religious treatise asserts that God manifested in Christ Jesus, uniting divine and human in one person. It claims Christianity uniquely demands total obedience, provides a matching righteousness, and presents a new creation path distinct from all other faiths.
A poem and narrative reflect on planting a tree and building, then shift to a train scene of girls singing on a city car. It notes spectators’ reactions, the role of culture, and a college educator’s injunction about reputations, ending with a commentary on women travelers and public respect.
A promotional claim extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a universal remedy for liver and kidney support and blood disorders. It asserts worldwide popularity, rapid response in the liver and kidneys, and a general system cleansing effect for ailments from malaria to weakness.
Washington reports grow that the delayed libel suit against the Chilean steamer Itata, set for trial in San Diego on the 25th, may be prosecuted by the government. Officials declined to confirm details, while Attorney General Miller offered no definite conclusion on outcomes or postponement possibilities.
A Washington dispatch reports a prominent Republican saying the president may appoint General William O Bradley of Kentucky to replace Mr Proctor as head of the War Department.
N Wright a leading Lynn figure has fled the city taking considerable money from friends and some funds from the Endowment fund. The incident alarms residents as investigators pursue answers.
In Steubenville Ohio on September 18 a Smithfield wool-grower John Galbraith and Irondale Republican J W Swindler express dissatisfaction with McKinley and plan to vote Democratic. Bloomfield's T M Reed and Anapolis net's J W Barnes also signal support for Democrats or Peoples party.
A court hearing under habeas corpus produced the child by its grandmother who had care. The judge ruled the father entitled to the offspring. Upon hearing the decision the grandmother shed the child’s dress and exclaimed you can have the child but not her clothes. A lawyer quipped the proper phrase habeas corpus non habeas vestimenta.
The New York Recorder quotes Professor Le Conte arguing a fifty pound weight limit would prevent flight for birds and flying machines, yet notes pterodactyls and flying lizards exceeded this and were self supporting and self propelling.
A Charleston meeting of New York Life Insurance policy holders adopts a resolution to form a three member committee George H Tucker Julien Mitchell and Dr C F Panokni to investigate charges about officers and managers of the company and report with recommendations for action to protect holder interests the group emphasizes proceeding slowly.
S Gallvotti superintendent of the Derbec Drift mine was killed by highwaymen while traveling with $5000 in gold bars six miles from Neva pa California Ostrom escaped with the team after a back shot struck Gallvotti Ostrom carried the body to a city informed officers and bullion was hidden afterward. Relieved of the charge of murder John Adams arrived in Columbus Indiana to clear William Bullard in the Hope case.
San Antonio reports J A Robertson a railway contractor now with Monterey and Mexican Gulfway received a Havana prisoner Hermandez letter claiming to have buried 320000 dollars in gold near Monterey and offering Robertson one third to dig it up. The prisoner asks secrecy and to reveal the exact location if the offer is accepted. Mexican police notified.
Detroit Sept 18 Mrs John A Logan visiting General Alger's family discusses plans for a monument to General Logan in Washington and hopes it is ready in time for an unveiling. She favors prompt action and more details from General Alger.
The Abbeville Press and Banner reports Hon George Glinstone is pressing post office authorities to secure mail service along the Clinton to Athens route. The road has reached Abbeville after nearly a year, and residents along the line await postal facilities. Miss Nora Welch of North Carolina will winter in Athens with Captain W P Welch.
A compact verse scene shows Lanning and maid under a wide umbrella seeking shelter from heavy rain in Boston. Their young romance remains unbothered by the downpour as delays and devotion unfold in the clouded city setting.
In a Shreveport plantation flood, a young enslaved boy abandons labor to seal a widening levee crevice with earth. He endures cramped, dangerous hours before Tom Aiken and a rider reach him to assess the peril and the boy’s risky act to hold back the river.
Aiken confronts Morton aboard The Marsden as floodwaters threaten a levee. The boat turns back, Pete the boy is rescued, and Aiken’s gratitude becomes a quiet victory for courage. Also features a quip about Roman history and a priestly tale of misprompted baptism vows.
A collage of period snippets mentions Persia greetings Amaun ust and ash Allah amaun ust amid insecurity, Monte negrins offer Dobra fotretcha as a chivalrous sign, plus light clippings on sun pace, Belgian observation ladders, Jemima and Dr Sage remedies, and Capt Welch returning to social life.
The New York Evening Sun recounts Carthage's famous 70 mile long aqueduct supplying water, a monumental channel six feet wide and four feet deep, often spanning miles on pillars over 100 feet high, rivaling Rome in its engineering splendor.
Pursuant to an order of the Clarke County Superior Court the court house sale will occur in Athens. The estate includes a tract of land described as undivided interest in one acre more or less with two rooms and outbuildings. The sale lists Macon and Northern railroad frontage and adjacent parcels.
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