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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1892
Page
8
The religious article argues rest comes from learning of Christ not from books. By taking his yoke and living meek and lowly in heart, burdens become lighter and worry fades, contrasting restless pride with tranquil faith.
A sermon contrasts Hebrews ii with its revised reading urging earnest heed to what we have heard to avoid drifting from God. The preacher likens drift to fog and currents, warns that steadiness comes from walking in light, consulting the chart, and inviting the divine Pilot to helm the vessel. Driftwood always goes downstream.
In a sermon on time and duty, Ralph Erskine presses readers to make time for God amid worldly bustle. A separate dispatch from Constantinople notes Russia sending a note to the Porte about serious consequences, signaling tensions between Russia and Turkey.
An 1892 letter from Atlanta mocks Kiem & Mantix of Athens with garbled phrases about second-hand goods and a spring seat. The writer asks for a price and hints at mailing an order or response to the Atlanta address.
The piece explains Germany's dual government system with Prussia controlling most of the power as emperor, while twenty five states follow. It notes Prussia's population about thirty million, and highlights Bavaria with Munich as a major European city, plus smaller states like Schaumburg Lippe.
A historical note on Bokareff the Russian farmer who first proposed extracting oil from sunflower seeds. The movement grew into a vast industry with over 700000 acres in Russia. Two seed varieties exist: small seeds for oil and large seeds for direct consumption.
The London Letter notes army nurses in England are highly paid and in demand under the war office. It lists classifications lady superintendent senior nursing sister and nursing sister with salaries from 150 to 600 dollars yearly and increases by years of service, plus free quarters fuel clothing and lodging allowances. Retirement at sixty and minimum age twenty five with prior hospital nursing experience.
Metal pins arrived from France in 1643 and English machines soon automated their manufacture. Prevailing opposition gave way to utility and cheaper production. The sewing needle came from India after the Cape route discovery, replacing the earlier hand and shoemaker methods.
An editorial notes a belief that Indians avoid indoor cooking to prevent lightning strikes, claiming no Indian wigwam has ever been struck and no Indian killed by lightning in over a century. The notice also mentions F W Lucas promoting well prices and service in Carniep Tuem Back. A separate brief reports a white enforcement action detaining a Black couple for grand larceny, chained together by a negro bailiff and marched down Broad street.
Mr Brown asks children about objects and their uses. The kids answer each time that without purpose the items are good for nothing. Willie Brown cites the catechism that the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever. The Epworth League urges children to seek to glorify God and enjoy him for ever.
Gen Gordon told Col Rufus E Lester that Rufe you are elected during a large Reidsville gathering. The Gainesville Eagle reports Ninth District Democrats tightening, with third party defections fading as the new party wanes in the region.
Notes from abroad report a Hull chamber resolution at the United Kingdom association of chambers of commerce meeting in Newport debating the substitution gold standard. In Cave Springs, Dr. B. M. Strickland died suddenly of apoplexy. he formerly lived in Clarke County and was uncle to Col. John J. Strickland, a local resident.
Turpentine and rosin prices varied across markets with firm tones in Savannah Wrimmeron and Chicago Notes show crude trends. pork and lard values moved little in Cincinnati and New York while Chicago and Liverpool futures reflect price ranges. Cotton futures in Liverpool held firm with middling prices and listed grain and pork quotes across major exchanges.
A pest of frogs covers i sesota with slimy animals causing street and sidewalk traversal difficulties. A Lime and Dakota line train was delayed two hours as hundreds are crushed on tracks and rails become slippery. The Great Texas Show at the Texas state fair draws massive exhibits across counties from Oct 17 to Oct 30. In Union City Indiana Frederick J. Denton, a Big Four operator, was killed after being struck while trying to board a freight train. his body suffered severe injuries.
A seventh fatal cholera case is reported in New York city. The patient, Weinhagen a coachman, died after being admitted to Reception hospital from 14 First street. He had recently returned from Fire Island and Bay Ride New Jersey.
Chaos at Ludlow Street tenement synagogue as a fire causes a stampede. Four women were trampled to death and a dozen injured when hundreds fled stairwells. two candles set fire to woodwork in a worship area. Police and hospitals moved the wounded.
Arana Sept 24 One of the largest political rallies in Georgia will be held in the city under the Young Men’s Democratic League. The executive committee met at Fulton Colville’s office and decided to stage the event, inviting Governors Tillman of South Carolina and Jones of Alabama, and Private John Allen of Mississippi. The rally may occur at the state capitol or an opera house and promises to be memorable.
The column lists baseball results including Birmingham defeating Chattanooga 4 to 2, Brooklyn 2 over Pittsburgh 1, New York 2 over Boston 0, game called at darkness, Philadelphia and Baltimore rain postponements, Washington and Brooklyn affected by wet weather, Cleveland beating Louisville 7 to 6 in ten innings, plus a sales notice for harness and saddlery by Recsiger and T. G. Hadaway.
Senator David B. Hill departed Syracuse for Buffalo on the Empire State Express to speak, followed by Lieutenant Governor Sheehan and John Temple Graves. Adlai Stevenson sent a Fayetteville NC message praising Hill's Brooklyn speech and predicting party benefits from its presentation. A local note reports the death of Jos. Owens of Danielsville, killed by a falling tree while possum hunting, burial planned for 3 pm.
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