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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1923
Page
4
Sir Arthur Pierce is unseated during a fox hunt as spectators and handlers rush to assist. The incident interrupts the day’s chase in a rural setting with onlookers and hounds nearby. No further injuries reported as aid arrives.
Beverly D Harris former vice president of National City Bank failed to appear when the case seeking an annulment of his marriage to Eleanor Elsine Lee Harris was called for trial. The court noted his default and a jury was empanelled to hear Mrs Harris testimony denying the charges.
Personal Miss Katherine Williams and Miss Della Williams arrived home in Americas after several weeks in Jacksonville with their parents Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Williams. Mrs. Jennie B. Gammage arrives to serve as bookkeeper for the Times-Recorder, filling the vacancy left by R. M. Harvey who resigns to join another concern. Gammage and her son Eugene have lived in Houston, Texas for several years.
Mrs. D. T. Wilson, a long time resident, is near death after an acute appendicitis attack at her son John W. Shiver’s Lee Street home Saturday. She was taken to City hospital and operated on that night. Surgeon Dr. Anderson, who operated, is also ill with appendicitis and due for surgery this afternoon.
Georgia total building contracts awarded in November reached 4.48 million dollars per F W Dodge, rising 28 percent from October. Residential work totaled 2.575 million, public works 790,800, and business buildings 401,500. Through November total construction started in Georgia was 71.183 million, with Atlanta accounting for 44.571 million.
Thirty miners were entombed at Kasuga coal mine in Fukuoka Prefecture after a collapse this morning. Rescue operations proceed with extreme difficulty and may prove unsuccessful. Local authorities report all trapped workers are alive at present, with officials estimating the number of entombed workers.
Louis Cohen, a Rus sian immigrant known as a Little Augie gang member, was found guilty of second degree murder for killing Kid Dropper in the lower east side. Judge Talley rebuked jurors after 18 hours of deliberation, rejecting the electric chair. Cohen faces 13 years at Sing Sing with possible parole.
New York magistrate McAndrews urged a whipping post or branding irons for Hyman Levine after sentencing him to sixty days in the workhouse for beating his wife. He declared, if possible, the offender should be tied to a whipping post or branded to deter others and shame him in public.
Leslie December 17 Special Captain Cocke led Marshallville to a 25 23 victory over Union Hi in a tight game. Marshallville raced to an early lead, Union Hi rallied late but fell just short in a contest praised as one of the community’s best.
A small rock collected from the highest point of the Mb. Everest expedition was forwarded to Pope Pius, signaling a symbolic gesture of achievement.
A fragment states a cost calculation where one dollar could move a ton of freight about 2000 miles by water and 185 miles by rail, suggesting a comparison of transport efficiency between modes of travel.
The Centenary commission and the Woman's Missionary Council unveil eight short pageants highlighting centenary achievements at home and abroad. The Epworth League of First Methodist will stage Save America. Notable efforts include churches for Italians and Cubans in Tampa and Ensley, a Mexican girls school in Pharr Texas, El Paso school building for a Mexican Community Center, and Goodwill Industries funding. Projects span Richmond New Orleans Hartshore Henryetta Gastonia and more, with several churches expanding or becoming self supporting. Centenary aid totals: Homer Toberman Clinic 65000, Wesley House 35000, Dormstory Oklahoma 66800, Bethlehem House 50000, Ben nett school 30000.
A scrambled schedule lists arrival and departure times for multiple routes including Cols to Chicago and Albany to Jacksonville. Entries show station pairs such as Albany to Jacksonville and Cordele to Savannah with times ranging from early morning to evening, indicating a busy, fragmented timetable.
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