Notices of estate administration and bids in Clarke County
Clarke County notices detail claims against W B Jackson estate and executors Naomi A Jackson and George H Thornton require immediate payment. Also administrator Piles Hall seeks leave to sell lands of Eveline Hall. various admin petitions and road and lighting bid notices for Clarke County with September terms and dates in 1909.
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Haars
W.B. Jackson
Exit County
Rex
Naomi A. Jackson
George H. Thornton
W. B. Jackson
Georgia
Clarke County
Piles Hall
Eveline Hall
B. Wingfield
State
Clarke
Board of Commissioners of Roads
Board of Commissioners
C. M. Strahan
John B. Gamble
Citation notice for administration discharge and land sale
H L Mullins administrator of Miss M E Hale petitions for discharge and letters of dismission to be granted on the first Monday in September 1909. Also notice of sale before the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in September 1909 for cash of real estate in Athens with metes and bounds on Arch Street and J D Threlkeld…
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Callen
Mra
Fannie M. DuPree
Court of Ordinary
B. Wingfield
Georgia
Clarke County
John White Morton
William J. Hale
H. L. Mullins
M. E. Hale
Court House
Athens
Sald
Arch St
J.D. Threlkeld
Practical Household Hints and Labor News Highlights
A compiled page offers household care tips from stain removal to pest control and glass opaqueing, plus short labor news items. It notes pay raises for granite cutters in Waco, a new Ohio labor commissioner, Sweden’s looming lockout, Michigan’s nine hour limit for women and minors, a Vancouver union charter, a Chicago women workers conference, and a Socialist literature push by the Western Federation of Miners.
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Waco
Texas
Charles H. Wirmel
Cincinnati Stationary Engineers’ Union
Ohio
Sweden
Michigan
Lawsmiths’ International Union
Indianapolis
Vancouver
British Columbia
National Women's Trade Union League
Afoer
Chicago
Western Federation of Miners
Mysterious Lahore boarding house tale ends in assault
Mrs Clyde Amighe Cowhoed Lahore to Lawborn after days of disappearance and alleged insult. In a rain storm she lured him to a nearby spot and whipped him with a buggy whip badly worn and knotted. She then summoned Mrs Lawborn, demanding motive as Lawhorn reportedly fled the scene.
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Mra
JB. Lawborn
Mra. Knight
Lawborn
Lawhorn
Knight
Vette
Spee
Stockholm Strikes Grow as Turmoil Grips City
August 6 Stockholm faces a widening labor conflict as street car and taxi workers strike, troops guard gas works and power plants, and banks, merchants, and gun shops brace for protection. Printers delay action while a thousand-strong order-keeping corps forms. Milk shortages hit families as food flows shrink and ferries halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Printers’ Union
Stockholm
Black Hand Seeks Large Ransom in Viviano Kidnapping
Reported discovery that trunks shipped from St Louis to Chicago contained clothing only deepens mystery around the Viviano children disappearance. Police link men from Pagano household to the ransom plot while suspects Girolama Pagano and Ph Pagano remain in custody. Chicago and St Louis police pursue leads across alleged suspect network.
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Sn Louis
St. Louis
Chicago
Viviano
St.Louias
Samuel Si
Pa |Anos
Sullarei
Pagano
Gat the Co
Ted
Girolama
Ph Pagano
Connecticut Repeals Blue Laws Dating to 1722
Hartford totals: legislature passes a Sunday observance bill revoking old blue laws from 1722. It defines Sunday and bans most sports and secular activities except necessary mercy and general welfare tasks. Penalties include fines and possible imprisonment for violations. Courts must interpret general welfare terms.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
County Judges and Commissioners Meet in Beaumont Texas
The thirty-fifth semi annual meeting of the County Judges and Commissioners of Texas opened in Beaumont with broad attendance from state counties. President Jas P Stinson led sessions and Mayor Emmet A Fletcher welcomed participants. Topics included good roads and public interests, with proceedings slated to continue tomorrow.
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Beaumont
Tex
County Judges and Commissioners of
Texas
Jas. P. Stinson
Emmet A. Fletcher
Semi-Centennial of Oil Industry Founding Celebrated
Meadville Pa August 26 oil men gathered for the Western Pennsylvania Pipe Line Association picnic at Conneaut Lake marking the 1859 Drake milestone. The event recalls oil’s origins from Oil Creek and Titusville, noting early methods, the 1854 Eveleth and Bissell test, and the formation of the Seneca Oil Company that struck oil after years of effort, only to face disaster from a gas explosion.
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Meadville
United States
Edwin L. Drake
Titusville
Western Pennsylvania Pipe Line Association
Conneaut Lake
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Illinois
Oklahoma
Titusville Oil Basin
Oil Creek
Pennsylvania
Sun Creek Valley
Haarlem
Kier’s
Maine
Eveleth
Bissell
New Orleans
New Haven
Benjiman Silliman
New York
Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company
Pennsylvania Rock Oil Compaany
James M. Townsend
Townsend
New York and
Drake
Seneca Oil Company
Chicago Grain Market Prices Reported
Markets show opening and closing quotes for wheat corn oats and animal products across September December and May futures. Prices listed include wheat at 1.01 1-2 1.00 1-4 and corn around 63 for September with other maturities noted. oats near 36 1-4 with December and May values. pork lard ribs and futures for September January October and January show multiple bid and ask levels.
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Chicago
Heflin in Washington brawl over reckless driving clash
The incident in Washington involved Representative J Thomas Heflin of Alabama and a motorist named Johnson when the two southern lawmakers confronted a driver for alleged reckless driving. A heated exchange led to a brief scuffle outside a local hotel as colleagues James of Kentucky and Clayton intervened to separate the men.
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Washington
J. Thomas Heflin
Alabama
Johnson
Mr. Hefflin
Hefflin
Heflin
Mr. James
Heffin
Mr. Clayton
Torrid Days and Summer Dress Across Washington
In a vivid recollection of a sweltering Washington trip, the author recalls 104 degree heat, crowded de luxe trains, and the clash of attire from shirt sleeves to coats. Featuring observations of men in white duck trousers and seersucker coats, the piece weighs form and impression, advising better grooming to hint at coolness amid heat.
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Washington
Great North Woods
District of Columbia
Baltimore
William Lucas
Stratford
Gentleman's Journal
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Mattie Tuck
William Jones
Joseph T. Davis
S. B. Wingfield
W. Jackson, ON
Sheri
Clyde Amighe
Cowhoed
Lahore
Pville
C. A
New. York
Liverpool
Seneca
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