Wedding at home charms community with May Week affair
The wedding of Miss Myra Josephine Weeks and Mr Eugene Boswell occurred at the bride’s home at 8:30 PM. Guests filled parlors lush with smilax and white green decor. Rev R L Bivins officiated. A salad and ice reception followed. The couple will reside in Montezuma after a wedding trip to Savannah and Florida.
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Myra Josephine Weeks
Eugene Boswell
Straina
Mendelssohn
Garrett
Columbus
Gino
Sadie Weeks
George Elmore
Monte 2Una
Jessie Weeks
Cleveland ‘Tillman
Iriah Ince
Ferns
R. L. Bivins
Furlow Lawn Church
Ella Mauk
Mit Oliver
Clara Weeks
Ruby Hill
Flota
Ruby McMath
Monetzuma
Savannah
Florida
Montezuma
Aged Mother dies after long illness in Savannah
Mr. T. H. McGillis returned from Savannah where he was summoned by the critical illness of his aged mother. She passed on Sunday evening at eighty, a long time resident of Savannah respected for Christian virtues. Funeral services were held there Monday afternoon.
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T. H. McGillis
Savannah
Forger L C Joiner to Serve Five Years in State Penitentiary
The Supreme court has affirmed the conviction of L C Joiner for forgery. He is sentenced to five years in the State Penitentiary, though due to alleged insanity he may be sent to the Prison Farm at Milledgeville. Joiner has been confined in Americus Jail since his conviction in November.
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L. C. Joiner
Supreme Court
Penman
Joiner
Milledgeville
Americus
Forgetful Voters Threaten Registration Drive
Hundreds of voters in town and county ignore registration despite easy steps and low cost. Citizens stroll by the courthouse and refuse to sign up, then lament later that they forgot. The looming registration deadline will close soon, leaving latecomers with no say on election day.
Quiet race shaping Webster Sumter county politics
In Webster and Sumter counties candidates remain subdued with officials seeking re election. Sheriff race draws three challengers R Nicholson G A Drew and J C McEachern while Sheriff Montgomer y may seek another term. Legislative contests show little interest as no Webster House candidate has emerged and longtime Rep. C Tracy may run or retire.
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Sumter
Webster County
Éold
Lowe
Isda
J.W. Montgomery
Mesrs
R. Nicholson
G. A. Drew
J.C. McEachern
Webster
C. Tracy
Ben Eel
Dover Couple Reflects On Hidden Affinities
An item from the Chicago Record-Herald cites a Dover couple discussing their discovery of shared affinities. It portrays intimate moments and mutual curiosity about their bond, reflecting social attitudes of the era and the couple’s experience without sensational detail.
Death of student ruled accidental at Agricultural School
New testimony confirms Spencer Pryor died from injuries after a fall on the veranda two days earlier. State Chemist Harris found no evidence of contagious meningitis, supporting doctors Prathers and McMath. Pryor struck his head and shoulder on steps, causing fatal pain in the back of the head. School operations return toward normal as absentees decline.
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Spencer Pryor
Agricultural School
Harris
Young Pryor
Atlanta
Pryor
Prathers
McMath
Warring on liquor shaping up new laws
Candidates for the legislature face questions from the Anti-Saloon League. They must answer on opposition to any repeal or weakening of prohibition, support for amendments to strengthen the law, a prohibition clause in the state constitution, and clearer legal status for condemned commodities.
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Anti-Saloon League
Friends“Of Prohibition
Friends of the Movement
Crawford Wheatley to Seek Georgia Delegation at Democratic Convention
Hon Crawford Wheatley announced as candidate for delegate at large from Georgia to the Democratic National Convention in Denver on June 7. He had considered a Third District run but will accept the higher national post. Georgia will send four delegates, two per district. Wheatley is a well known Georgia Democrat and former legislator with past congressional ambitions.
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Crawford Wheatley
Georgia
Denver
Wheatley
Oce
First Story Accepted by Magazine
A young woman asks how an author had his first story accepted. The eminent writer answers with a blunt claim that he owned the magazine, revealing a sharp, ironic twist in a brief exchange reported by the Cleveland Plate Plain Dealer.
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Cleveland Plate Plain Dealer
Malai
Peruna remedies and claimed benefits debated by authorities
The article reviews Dr Hartman’s Peruna claims and critics’ doubts about its efficacy. It cites U S Dispensatory notes on ingredients like GOLDEN SEAL and CORYDALIS FORMOSA as tonics and stimulants, and discusses their listed uses for catarrh, dyspepsia, liver issues, bladder and bowel disorders, and other mucous membrane conditions. The piece also notes herbal authorities such as HYDRASTIS and COLLINSONIA CANADENSIS with various tonic, digestive, and stimulant roles.
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Hartman
Perulia
Peruna
Formosa
U. States
Peruse
Aloes Ieee
Bartholow
Ebartholow
Millspaugh
Collinsonia Canadensis
Vincentashs
Lease of Convicts Deciding Soon for State
A legislative committee will meet to decide the future of convict leasing. Proposals likely keep part of the system but gradually abandon it as leases expire. The plan aims to raise revenue via counties and maintain confinement costs, amid a weak market and widespread unemployment.
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House
Senate
Working the roads in places most needed
The county chain gang of forty six convicts is split into smaller squads for road work at key locations. Supt Paschal leads a sixteen-person unit near Andersonville at the same site where several escapees occurred nearly a year ago. A brave act earlier saw a convict escort runaways back to camp with a gun in hand. Paschal, now in charge, vows history will not repeat itself in further gun and gear losses.
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Paschal
Andersonville
Sebras
Gat
Suits Over Lee Street Shed Collapse To Be Heard
Several lawsuits against the city arising from the collapse of an old shed on Lee Street near the property line will be heard this week in city court. Judge Orle presides as session began yesterday and the shed incident left bystanders injured.
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Lee Street
Orlep
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Marx
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