Wanted Helpers And Positions In Insurance And Army
Classified notices seek district managers and deputies with $50 weekly pay, two cent stamps for address, and fire insurance contact J C Jester at Athens Savings Bank. A stenographer role for a young university entrant offers salary, with Broad Street Augusta address. U S Army recruitment calls for able bodied unmarried men 21 to 35 who can read write English, apply at 24 Clayton St Athens Georgia.
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Broad Street
Augusta
U. S. Army
United States
Clayton St. Ath
Baseball Scoring Details and Bid Notice From 1906
The record lists games: Atlanta versus Montgomery, Birmingham, Little Rock, New Orleans, and Shreveport versus Memphis. It notes bidding for painting a stand pipe with a request to consult the Water Works Supt by September 15 1906 and mentions Little Rock second game and bid deadlines.
United States Shows Strong Trade With Contiguous Lands
The fiscal year closing reports U S trade with contiguous territories at 119.5 million dollars. Noncontiguous trade totaled 51.7 million, with Hawaii and Porto Rico driving much growth while the Philippines fell. Alaska and Porto Rico shipments to the U S rose modestly, aided by sugar and cigars, and domestic gold output from Alaska reached 12.5 million dollars.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Porto Rico
Alaska
Ostrich in Heat Sparks Zoo Spectacle
At the New York Zoological Park on a hot day an elderly ostrich shed feathers from its neck legs and torso to cool off. Spectators and a couple in a white dress stared as the bird revealed a bold peekaboo waist appearance under the scorching sun.
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New York Zoological Park
Peabody Named UGA Trustee and Georgia Appointments
Governor Terrell signed bills authorizing a non resident Georgia native to serve as a University of Georgia trustee. George Foster Peabody is named trustee for an eight year term. The governor also raised prison and agricultural commissioner salaries to three thousand dollars annually. He signed bills creating an agricultural school at Valdosta and ceding post office land in Valdosta and surrounding areas to the United States government.
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Atlanta
Terrell
Georgia
University of Georgia
George Foster Peabody
Valdosta
Wheatley
United States
Post Office
Cordele Set For Crowded Circuit Judgeship Race
Aug 18 Cordele Georgia reports a heated contest for judge of the Cordele circuit with A V Whipple J T Hill and Maxland seeking the post while Lawson and Bankton of Abbeville enter the race. Col W F George of Vienna and Col Joy of Fitzgerald seek solicitor general. Whipple resigns county judgeship, Strozier appointed, Hill resigns from Crisp for representative, Fields announces for legislature, Harris expected to run for representative.
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Cordele, Ga
A. V. Whipple
J.T. Hill
Maxland
Cordele Circuit
Lawson
Bankton
Abbeville
W. F. George
Vienna
Joy
Fitzgerald
Postcard Prank From Paris to Brixton Returns Home
A wife taunts her husband with a string of witty postcards sent from Dover and Paris while he travels to the continent. He returns to find her replies claimed as his own messages, ending with a comic reveal about Brixton.
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Dobbs
Continent
John
Dover
Paris
Brixton
P. S
Col Green announces candidacy for Georgia appeals court
Col Thomas F Green declares his bid for a seat on the new Georgia court of appeals if the October amendment passes. He plans an active state wide drive citing loyal friends and strong qualifications to ensure Georgia gains a distinguished jurist with ripe intellect and experience.
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Thomas F. Green
Court of Appeals
Georgia
Athens Team Drops Two To Jefferson In Local Series
Jefferson, Georgia. The Jefferson ball club edged Athens 4 3 in the first game with Segars and DeLaPerrier pairing for Jefferson and Brown for Athens. In the second game Jefferson fell 6 0 as Brown shut them out while Segars allowed seven hits in a 7 run Athens victory. The final game ended Athens 4 Jefferson 2 as Collier and Anderson locked horns with Roberts. The Athens squad earned praise for character despite losing two of three games, while Jefferson boasted one of the region’s finest amateur teams. The piece also notes Connie Mack’s counsel on silence in baseball and a humorous anecdote about a quarrelsome couple.
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J. Segars
DeLaPerrier
Jefferson
Athens
Brown
Segars
Collier
Roberts
Anderson
Connie Mack
Philadelphia
Fight in Lula as Arnold assaults Hayden after speech
In Lula Georgia today Reuben R Arnold of Atlanta and Howard Thompson of Gainesville spoke for Hoke Smith to a large crowd. Former Mayor Hayden, a Democrat, confronted Arnold over the fifteenth amendment. Arnold called Hayden a liar and struck him, Hayden fell and was bleeding. Rucker then knocked down a young man with a buggy whip. Officers restored order.
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Lula
Reuben R. Arnold
Atlanta
Howard Thompson
Gainesville
Hoke Smith
R. B. Russell
Arnold
Hayden
Rucker
Jackson Court Adjourns After Busy Two Weeks
Jefferson Georgia August 18 After an extraordinarily busy two week session the Superior court of Jackson county has adjourned to reconvene on the fourth Monday in October in an adjourned session Judge Brand intends to clear the docket of old cases and start with new causes This is his first court in Jackson since appointment and residents praise him The grand jury endorsed Judge Brand for a full term and locals expect his election on August 22.
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Jefferson, Ga
Superior Court
Brand
Jackson
Miners Entombed in Clinchport Virginia Tunnel Collapse
Bristol Virginia report states fifty men are entombed in the Clinch mountain tunnel at Clinchport after a cave in Friday morning. Air is being pumped in from 700 feet away and large rescue forces work to reach the miners as families gather in distress nearby.
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Clinch Mountain
Tax rate remains at old figures
Atlanta reports no tax rate increase for 1906 despite higher appropriations as property values rise. Seventy counties report gains totaling about 39 million, eight counties left to file likely lifting the total near 1.5 million. Bartow County shows a 600,000 gain. Governor Terrell and Comptroller Wright to fix the rate.
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Atlanta
Comptroller General
Bartow County
Grocery Firm Canning Patterson Sold to Webb Crawford
The wholesale grocery firm of Canning Patterson Co sold its business to Webb and Crawford. The sale involved a substantial sum, reflecting a well established Athens operation. The sellers will not leave Athens and intend to remain as citizens.
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Canning Patterson Co
Webb & Crawford
Canning, Patterson & Co
Athens
Royalty Fears Assassination Plot At Regatta
Reynolds' Newspaper claims a plot to assassinate King Alfonso at the Cowes regatta. Spanish anarchists were found at Cowes and banished. Queen Sophia sobs at parting with King Alfonso as reports of a broader plot to kill European kings circulate.
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Alfonso
Cowes
Alexandra
Reynal
Europe
Edward
Reynolds
Sea Wall Ends Galveston Dangers and Safe Living Claim
A Texas man from Waco praises Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption after five years of use, saying a prior chronic cough has vanished. The ad claims the remedy cures coughs like grippe croup whooping cough and prevents pneumonia. Available at H R Palmer & Sons and W J Smith & Bro drug stores with 50c and 1.00 prices and a free trial bottle.
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Galveston
E. W. Good
Joe
Dutton St
Waco
Texas
Dr. King
H. R. Palmer & Sons
W. J. Smith & Bro
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