Kaiser Had Dreamed Gaining Control in Transvaal
Charles P. Stewart retells remarks about European figures and a speculative World War I scenario. The piece discusses Kaiser Wilhelm II’s imagined strategy in South Africa, Boer leadership under Botha and Jameson, the 1899 Boer War, and potential German influence via roads, native levies, and submarine bases. It notes Britain’s generous terms after defeat and a postwar reflection from Judge Gregorowsky’s successor.
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Kruger
Transvaal
Kaiser
Victoria
Germany
South Africa
Capetown
Durban
Equator
South America
Britain
Lord Grey
Tobacco Salvation Movement Aims At Georgia Exposition
Horace Grant of Atlanta launched a tobacco exposition plan as Georgia eyes rapid growth in tobacco farming. A. D. Daniel of the AB&A railroad notes 72,000 acres planted and a potential 50,000,000 pounds valued around 15.9 million dollars, with South Georgia expanding warehouses and markets. The industry, once minor, is praised as a salvation for farmers against boll weevil losses.
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Atlanta
Horace Grant
National Order of Pipe Smokers
Union
South Georgia
A. D. Daniel
A. B. and A. Railway
Mr. Daniel
Georgia
Daniel
S. J. Brown
South Carolina
Coffee County
Nicholls
Agricultural Department of the
Atlantic, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway
Albany
Alma
Bainbridge
Baxley
Blackshear
Cairo
Camilla
Douglas
Dublin
Fitzgerald
Hahira
Hazelhurst
Lyons
Metter
Moultrie
Elham
Quitman
Thomasville
Titon
Vidalia
Valdosta
Waycross
Anta
Maples Cleared of Gilmore Slaying in Colquitt Jury Verdict
Albert Maples, who had eluded arrest for a decade, was freed after a Colquitt County jury found him not guilty of killing C. B. Gilmore. He had surrendered last April and argued the shooting was to save his life. The brief deliberation surprised spectators during the trial.
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Pretoria
Gregorowsky
New York
Jim Barnes
South Africa
John Hays Hammond
Kruger
Moultrie
Albert Maples
C. B. Gilmore
Coquitt County
Gilmore
Chimps stack four boxes to reach desired object
Observation shows chimpanzees stacking four boxes to access items beyond their reach, demonstrating innovative problem solving and tool use in primates. The behavior indicates planning and sequential actions to obtain a goal.
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets Promise Quick Gain
A health advert touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets as a tasty easy way to gain weight. It claims a woman gained ten pounds in twenty two days and promotes sixty tablets for sixty cents available at Nathan Murray Druggist and Howell's Pharmacy. The notice emphasizes vitamin content and ease of use compared with liquid cod liver oil.
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Nathan
Murray
Howell's Pharmacy
McCoy
Dirc. Sons and
McCoy’s
Greek law amended to aid U S schools in Athens
Athens July 30 Greek authorities revised rules on foreign schools to remove disabilities for American mission institutions and Near East Relief. The act promises full government support and declares the Greek people eager for American education, signaling stronger backing for U S schools and colleges established in Greece.
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Near East Relief
Demonstration of a Destructive Source Invented
In San Francisco on July 30 a demonstration is announced alleging existence of a destructive source he has invented. The claim centers on the unveiling and potential use of the device. Authorities warn against spreading unverified statements while noting the public safety implications.
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San Francisco
Osborne Wood's Wife Files Divorce Suit
Mrs Kath erine Thompson Wood files for divorce from Osborne C Wood in Wilmington superior court. She cites marital breakdown. action filed Monday but publicized last night. Osborne C Wood is son of Leonard Wood, former governor general of the Philippine islands.
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Wilmington
Del
Katherine Thompson Wood
Osborne C. Wood
Leonard Wood
The
Philippine Islands
Plumbers fatally shocked by live wire at hotel site
Thomas Lynch died and Jack Phares was burned and shocked when a live wire touched a pipe they were repairing in the McAllister hotel basement. Mechanics spotted a short circuit flash, finding the pair unconscious over the piping. Phares was hospitalized in noncritical condition.
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Miami
Thomas Lynch
Jack Phares
McAllister
Lynch
Phares
C. Deachene
Prince of Wales Leaves Africa for South America
The Prince of Wales and his party sailed from Simon's Town aboard HMS Repulse for South America at 4 PM. A 21 gun salute was fired from the Birmingham as farewell to the commander in chief. From the Birmingham deck, the Earl of Athlone and Princess Alice took the salute before the prince boarded the Repulse and set course for St Helena.
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Prince OF Wales
Africa
Capetown
Union of South Africa
Prince of Wale
South America
H. M. S. Repulse
Simon’s Town
Cape Mountain
Birmingham
Earl of Athlone
Alice
St. Helena
Scientist touts 20 mile range shell aboard battleship
Dr Edwin R Scott of Detroit announces a plan to carry a United States battleship off the coast of California. He claims to have sold France a shell called the killalite during the war and labels his munition the death stroke, asserting it will kill targets within a 20 mile radius.
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United States
California
Edwin R. Scott
Detroit
Scott
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Botha
Dr. Jameson
London
Jameson
John I
Tobacco Salvation OF Georgia Farmers
Colquitt
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
N. Y
Ing
Albany, GA
Rangii
U. S
Athens
Osborne Wood
T. L. Durham
I. C. Bass
Electrician
East Church Street
Pentagon
Americus Jewelry Company, Inc
Wallis Mott
Mer
Pudley
Pera
Ora Carew
Hakim
East
Dudley
N. R. Harris
E. Forsyth Street
Goodyear
Americus Steam Vulcanizing Company
Lamar Street
Americus, Ga
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