Georgia History and Industry book sent to newspapers
Commissioner of Agriculture O B Stevens mailed Georgia Historical and Industrial to every newspaper and public libraries in the state. The volume covers Georgia’s history from settlement to present, county by county, with transport, manufacturing, population and taxation data, plus lists of cotton and fertilizer factories and banks. About 25 volumes will be distributed to counties, with future volumes possible at cost.
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O. B. Stevens
Department— “Georgia Historical and Industrial
Stevens
Times-Recorder
Georgia
Lst
Need for Georgia experiment stations urged in legislature
The writer argues Georgia should establish an agricultural experiment station to accelerate solving local farming problems. It warns farmers cannot wait generations and stresses paid researchers can achieve in four to five years what two generations would. Also notes the death of Judge Robert Falligant in Savannah and offers condolences.
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Georgia
Robert Falligant
Savannah
South Georgia Man Governor Tie Breaker Favored
The Waycross Herald states plainly that if no South Georgia candidate has a chance to win the governorship it prefers Hon. Joe Terrell. The piece emphasizes regional support and directly names Terrell as the preferred governor candidate from the area.
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Waycross Herald
South Georgia
Joe Terrell
Three Trains Collide In Deadly Pennsylvania Wreck
A passenger train struck a slow freight near Johnstown after a wrong signal at Ninevah tower. Moments later a westbound freight crashed into the wreck. the collision sent ten cars and the engine into the river. Four dead, several injured, all expected to recover. Names: engineers Black Winters, Snowlan, Paul. brakemen Gallagher Smith Fogarty Butler. mail clerk Fogarty.
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Johnstown
Ninevah
Pennsylvania Railroad
James G. Black
William Paul
Pitcairn
Robert Snowlan
James Winters
Pittsburg
William Steele
Edward Gallagher
George Smith
John Fogarty
Jesse Butler
Four Men Die In Burlington Train Collision In Illinois
In Monmouth Illinois four section men were instantly killed when a Burlington passenger train collided with a handcar on a side track. The victims are foreman James McGrath Joseph Brown Samuel Mettler and Mike Anderson. A separate Macon Georgia wreck was caused by a defective wheel on car 8 injuring Rufus Herndon and several others.
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Burlington
Monmouth
Ill
James McGrath
Foreman
Joseph Brown
Samuel Mettler
Mike Anderson
Macon
Macon Dublin and Savannah
Turkey Creek
Rufus Herndon
Howell Resolution Declared Constitutional by Georgia Supreme Court
The Howell resolution authorizing 325,880 of the public property fund to pay interest on the state bonded debt was ruled constitutional by the Georgia Supreme Court. The court held interest constitutes part of the debt. The measure was introduced in the Senate by Speaker Clery Lawent.
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Supreme Court of Georgia
Atlanta
Howell
Senate
Snecker Hon Clery Lawent
Swift’s Specific Co. Promises Blood Purification Remedies
An Atlanta based advertisement extols S. S. S. as a blood purifier and tonic that removes poisons from the blood and builds up the constitution. It claims cures for cancer, scrofula, rheumatism, ulcers, eczema and contagious blood poison with decades of success and free medical correspondence.
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S. S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Shipping at Brunswick Shows Large Yearly Increase
Brunswick Ga January 3 1901 shipping value rises by 1 690 045 year stat shows foreign and domestic shipments and imports total 24 471 038 in 1901 against 24 714 038 in 1900. Brunswick board of trade praised for its energetic work boosting port growth over a decade.
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Brunswick
Otto Johannensen
Brunswick Board of Trade
Hve Board of Trade of
Judge Falligant Dead After Twelve Years on Georgia Bench
Savannah January 3 Hon Robert Falligant longtime superior court judge for Chatham County died at 8 08 am after a long illness He born Savannah January 12 1839 served in statehouse and senate was commander of Confederate Veterans camp and had been on the bench twelve years.
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Georgia
Savannah
Robert Falligant
Superior Court
Chatham County
Statehouse
Senate
Confederate Veterans
Gazaway
Knight
Madison
Augusta
Georgia Medical College
Minister and Daughter Cremated In Bethany Fire
In Bethany Connecticut Edmund Peck age eighty and his daughter Mary Peck age thirty five were burned to death when their home on the Bethany turnpike was destroyed early today. Son Charles Peck of Waterbury was badly injured escaping from a second story window. The fire origin is unknown. Also reported robbers blew open A R Scott bank in Bethany and secured about two thousand dollars in bills before citizens drove them off after an explosion and gunfire.
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Bethany
Conn
Edmund Peck
Mary Peck
Bethany Turnpike
Charles Peck
Waterbury
Edmund
Slander and Scorn in a Poem Dedicated to Mary Shaw
A poem titled A Drop of Poison laments slander destroying public trust. It recounts a husband and wife, a noble lineage, and a young woman, all struck by malicious rumors. The verse describes honor betrayed and the sorrow that follows, ending with the speaker D'Arcy.
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Mary Shaw
Anon
D'Arcy
Details Emerge On Walla Walla Steamer Collision
San Francisco reports the Walla Walla wreck after a French bark struck off Cape Mendocino. Dead number ranges from ten to seventy three plus missing. Survivors include Mrs. Kitzschmar and I. L. Nuttman, with several crewmen among the missing. Bark identity unknown. Dispatch and Ranger rescue efforts save some aboard. A McCulloch cutter is scouring for survivors.
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San Francisco
Walla Walla
Cape Mendicino
Herman Kitzschmar
Kotzschmar
M. Reynolds
H. Erickson
Louis H. Druby
I. L. Nuttman
William Burtel
John Wilson
Hans P. Anderson
H., Erickson
F. 8. Allen
J. L. Field
J. A. Gray
Chas
Neff
Seattle
W. Dahler
R. Jones
J. Brown
F. Demar
C. G. Lansen
M. C. Marsh
G. Nicholson
M. H. Harselman
Peter Nilsen
Fred Lupp
John Hughes
C. Brown
George H. Crosby
Eureka
Dispatch
Trinidad
Ranger
Hall
Pacific
Ernest LeGouve
Hobart
Tasmania
Portland
Les Adelpher
Madagascar
Duquesne
Nantea
Europe
England
Francois Copec
Astoria
Cork
McCulloch
Frank Orrego
William “O'Leary
United States
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MR. Stevens
Pennsylvania Road
Pebris
Howell Resolution
Nassau St
New York
Judge Falligant
Samuel Parker
Harwaii
Abigail Campbell
San Jose
James Campbell
Abbie
Kawananokoa
Occidental Hotel
Hebbard
Wash
Pacific Coast Company
New Gowmans Cloudecraper
Columbus, Ga
Richard W. Needham
Broad Street
Barlow Bros
Hudson’s Drug Store
Huyler
George S. Nix
L. G. Council
Council Warehouse
Americus, Ga
J. J. Hanesley
Barlow
Blook
Americas
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