24 Sep 1897
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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1897
Page
1
On account of a holiday our patrons are notified that stores will close Monday September 27th and reopen Tuesday morning for business. The notice lists several local businesses including Morris Bros in Taal and Funkenstein & Buchwald among others, with signatures of owners and associates.
Fever cases rise in Biloxi with one death and five new infections. Torpedo No. 26 sinks off Cox Haven with eight crew drowned. Louisville reports a second yellow fever case. previous patient died August 16. Sheriff’s deputies in Wilkes-Barre await trial after bail set at 6,000 each for murder and wounding. Governor Ellerbe plans to remove the state constabulary Oct. 1 and avoid Atlanta talks. Mormon elders trial begins in Winnsboro over whitecapping indictments. 40 witnesses, 24 charged, 10 women among them. New Orleans police shakeup follows gambling concerns. Chief Gaster resigns. Flower blamed for lax enforcement. Augusta club fire damages building. insurance covers losses estimated near 10,000 with Ts. & Tannahill and related firms affected.
Atlanta Sept 23 Mrs Tullius C Tupper of Atlanta announces candidacy for assistant State Librarian. She is married to Rev Dr T C Tupper and is noted for intellect and literary ability. She has studied major libraries and the general conduct of librarianship.
Pittsburg readers report three months of sleepless suffering from piles ended by Pyramid Pile Cure. The ad claims no opiates, painless, 50 cent to 1 dollar boxes, with anecdotes of complete recoveries and a mail offer for a guide from Pyramid Drug Co. Albion Michigan.
Macon Georgia September 28 1897 Mercer University opened its collegiate year with the largest opening in its history. Students came from across the South for a fine entering class. President Pollock gave a welcome speech as trustees and Baptist leaders looked on. Formal exercises to be held next Friday with further remarks from faculty and class representatives.
Rome Ga September 23 The motion for a new trial in the State versus W M Bridges who was tried convicted and sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary for embezzlement of county funds while county commissioner was argued before Judge W M Henry. Judge Henry concluded no sufficient grounds for a new trial and the guilty verdict stands Bridges’ counsel will appeal to the supreme court while Bridges remains free on heavy bond.
The Atlanta and West Point railroad is moved into the first class by the railroad commission joining the Western and Atlantic and Georgia railroads. Southern railway earns 3650 dollars per mile and Central 3550, Plant system 3330 to 4200, while Atlanta and West Point earns 6400.
The University Law School plans a post graduate course in law expanding beyond the regular curriculum. The law faculty aims to start next week with six graduates already signed up and enrollments expected to reach sixty five. Prof Sylvanus Morris notes feature will cover higher branches not taught before.
New Orleans reports a cooler morning as the city plans a special council session to approve a 25000 dollar advance to the health board for yellow fever control. Two deaths are logged by the board of health and new cases are listed in Edwards and nearby areas. Louisville records a yellow fever death from a migrant who came to Mobile for a marriage, with illness rising from the detention camp.
The grand lodge of Good Templars adjourned in Atlanta after an enthusiastic session and will meet next year in Augusta. Elected officers for the ensuing year include Grand chief templar J. G. Thrower and grand counsellor DeWitt Ingle, with Mrs. F. P. Wright as grand vice templar and H. L. Cook as grand secretary.
In Rome Georgia on September 23 a colored man named T M Dent denied reports that he sought the postmastership. Dent issued a card to newspapers branding the rumor as false and stating he would not accept the office if the best element opposed him. Other sources indicate Dent is not an applicant.
The Sarepta Baptist Association adjourned after a multi day session at Harmony Grove, with over 150 delegates present. Missions and Sunday Schools were praised for strong results. next session moves to Cloud Creek church in Oglethorpe county with a 1799 Shoal Creek founding tie noted for 1899 plans. Macon eyes a new electric plant as talks advance to transfer control from the Macon Gas Light and Water Company to a new operator.
Ordinary Herrington admitted to probate yesterday two wills of Clarke County citizens. The Deloney will appraises an estate near thirty thousand dollars, to be divided equally between Mrs. John H. Hull and Mr. T. O. Delaney, with the Hill street home left to Mrs. Hull. Rosa E. Deloney drew the will herself, praised for its neatness. The Collins will leaves farms to be managed by the widow as executrix until the youngest child reaches age.
The Londoner’s past amusements are recalled with visits to Bagnigge Wells and Florida Gardens, Marylebone and Bayswater tea gardens, tea and cheese cakes, and serenades by Handel. Illumination, masquerades, and novelty feats like a flying man and Lunardi’s balloon ascents are noted, along with goldfish ponds and festive entertainments at fashionable venues.
The Harcourt brothers, early North Carolina importers and Quakers, paid large debts to Britain twice. Owing money to British subjects during the war, North Carolina directed debts to the state treasury. After peace, creditors sued the original debtors under treaty terms, and the Harcourts again paid in full, enduring poverty in old age.
A compact essay notes how western communities led in modern education methods. It credits early adoption of kindergarten, broad manual training, and introduction of literature in lower grades by teachers in the West. The piece argues active engagement with real ideas and stories over rote childish books, reflecting Warner’s praise.
Berlin Letter recalls how the German general Helmuth von Moltke visited Zurich in disguise, entered a modest attic room, and declined a better vacated suite, insisting the attic was sufficient for him and his retinue before a carriage arrival.
Propagation uses firm wood cuttings rooted under glass with bottom heat of 5 to 70 degrees. January to March is typical for cuttings, foliage trimmed, often taken from flowering shoots. Rooted in clean sand, potted into thumb pots, then planted under glass in summer to bloom the next winter.
A promotional piece touts Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets as the solution to chronic dyspepsia, arguing that rest for the stomach, proper nourishment, and the tablets’ digestion aid lead to a lasting improvement. It claims tablets digest food even when the stomach is inactive, urging readers to acquire the product via Stuart Co of Marshall, Michigan.
The passage from Harper’s portrays George Washington as a passionate sportsman who loved horses and hounds. It notes his deer stalking with George Mazon, hunting around Gunston Hall, and hard rides after dogs and quarry. It praises his mounts Magnolia Blueskin Ajax Valiant Chinkling and his well bred hounds kept in tune.
A quirky excerpted reflection pairs Josh Billings’ lines on ants and human creation with a short verse about wills and gendered labor. The fragments critique human pride and the duties of wives, framed in 19th century humor.
Capt. D Cran Oliver has withdrawn from the Athens mayoral race after his attorney concluded he was ineligible due to last year’s Arkansas residency. The race now centers on McMahan and Smith as voters digest the candidacy change and legal hurdle. Helen Hunt Jackson’s letter notes her critical view of a nurse, describing her as distractingly inept and comically burdensome in a March 1872 correspondence to Dr Nichola.
The article describes thimble production from iron cut to disk size, heated red hot, hammered into a thimble form, then finished with indentations, tempering, polishing, and blue coloring. It explains turning iron into steel by a French method, lining interior with gold leaf, and adding outer gold leaf by pressure, noting durability of steel and replaceable gold.
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