Pellagra Panic Spreads Across Alabama Counties
In Montgomery and Butler counties five deaths are reported with five more cases under observation. The state health department requests help as Dr. E. M. Mason investigates Clark county where over a hundred cases are listed. Officials fear public anxiety and consider isolation measures while noting the illness is not proven contagious. Victims suffer severe pain described as burning like boiling water on wounds.
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Mongomery
Ala
Augie
Pellagrim
Butler County
State Department of Health
E. M. Mason
Clark County
Butler
Observance Called for Semmes Birthday Centenary
New Orleans August 24 General orders from General Clement A Evans and Adjutant General William E Mickle call for September 27 observance of the centennial birth anniversary of Rear Admiral Raphael Semmes of the Confederate Navy The Memphis convention resolutions urge Confederate Veterans camps to hold public commemorations and honor the loyalty of Semmes.
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New Orleans
Clement A. Evans
United Confederate Veterans
William E. Mickle
Raphael Semmes
Confederate States Navy
Memphis
Rapheal Semmes
Commemorative service honors a famed Confederate naval leader
The passage praises a Confederate naval commander of the Sumter and the Alabama, noting his skill and leadership. It urges Confederate groups to act to keep September 27, 1909 memorable in the annals and to promote remembrance across federation camps and memorial societies.
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Army of
Confederacy
Sumter
Alabama
Federation
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Confederate Southern Memorial Association
Fear of Rats Kills Mrs. Nagler in New York
Mrs. Sarah Nagler, lifelong fear of rats and mice, died after fleeing what she believed was an attack by rats and her cat. She toppled from a third story window while escaping the imagined peril, leaving two grown children in distress.
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New York
Sarah Nagler
Mrs. Nagler
Remarkable 1826 Cotton Season Recalls Frost-Free Yield
An elderly citizen recalls 1826 when a frost did not arrive until February, and Major Greeve’s Oglethorpe county plantation produced 125 bales of cotton. The overseer earned a profit of 100 bales, invested in New Orleans, and died wealthy.
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Major Greeve
Joseph Henry Lumpkin
Oglethorpe County
New Orleans
Funeral Held for Mr Robert Allan Crawford in Los Angeles
Telegram from Judge Brace states the funeral occurred yesterday at 10 am in Los Angeles. Remains will stay there for now with decision pending on final burial in Athens or Jefferson City Missouri. Crawford, a 1884 UGA graduate, later worked on rivers and San Pedro harbor projects in California.
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Missouri
Mississippi
California
San Pedro
Jerome to Run as Independent for Re election
District Attorney William Travers Jerome announced he will seek re election this fall as an independent candidate. He plans to petition for ballot placement with about two thousand signatures guided by electors wanting his continued service. The notice also promotes Foley's Kidney Remedy for kidney and bladder issues.
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Jerome
New York
William Travers Jerome
Lan
Governor to Name Athens City Court Judge in Atlanta Interviews
Governor Brown interviewed several applicants yesterday in Atlanta and will decide today on the new judge for the City Court of Athens. The selection drew strong public interest as citizens await the governor’s decision.
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Brown
Atlanta
Athens
Robert Dowie Mure Jr. dies in Schenectady
Aghens mourns the loss of Robert Dowie Mure Jr. a child under two who died in Schenectady after a two day illness and hospital treatment. His father and grandmother were abroad in Alaska with relatives Joseph M. Hodgson and family at the time. The news reached Mrs. Mure via wireless telegram delaying her return by over two weeks.
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R. D. Mure
Robert Dowie Mure, Jr
Schenectady
Alaska
Joseph M. Hodgson
Mure
Athens City schools assign teachers for upcoming session
Superintendent G G Bond announces teacher placements across Athens schools. Lists principals and grade assignments for Athens High Baxter Street College Avenue Oconee Meigs Nantahala East and West Athens night schools plus night classes and vocal music. Also notes supply teachers and drugstore ads for foot care products.
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Athens
G. G. Bond
Athens High School
E. B. Mell
B. Mell
E. Caldwell
Pattie Hilsman
M. Turnbull
Lois Witcher
Baxter Street
Clyde Patman
R. Maddox
E. Woods
L. Kelley
N. C. Michael
Lena Towns
Oconee Street
A Patman
M. Kennard
L. MecDorman
M. Lampkin
Meigs Street
F. K. Freeman
E. Bird
L. Harrison
M. Barwick
Nantahala Avenue School
Mary Lou Wier
R. Harbin
N. McDorman
East Athens
L. Lane
S. Cooper
W. W. Turner
T. Kauffman
West Athens
M. Carlton
Y. Bryan
Prof
C. S Stanage
F. Cheney
College Avenue
M. Steedman
Baxter
Meigs
Nantahala Avenue
Corpse Halted at Grave in Cremation Contract Dispute
In Goshen Indiana a funeral procession for Charles Crary was blocked at the grave by undertaker C B Stiver and police, citing a Chicago cremation contract Crary made six years earlier with Silver. Crary’s uncle Wesley Crary, Crary’s heir, had the body brought from Texas and placed with Smith Clark Undertaking. The body remains in a vault awaiting court decision on alleged mental incapacity at contract time.
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Goshen
Ind
Sis
Charles Crary
C. B. Stiver
Crary
Chicago
Dilas
Texas
Wesley Crary
Smith-Clark Undertaking Company
Stiver
New Y M C A Secretary Appointed at University of Georgia
Morton S Hodgson of this city has accepted the role of student secretary for the University of Georgia Y M C A succeeding H B Van Vakenburg. A 1909 graduate and former star athlete Hodgson prepared for the post after summer studies at Black Mountain and Lake George.
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Y. M. C. A. Department
University of Georgia
Morton S. Hodgson
Morton Hodgson
University of the
E. R. Hodgson
University
Hodgson
H. B. van Vakenburg
China
Chautauqua
Black Mountain
Lake George
Mrs. Mattie Compton 82 Honored by Friends
Mrs. Mattie Compton, once a long time resident of the city now living in Decatur Georgia, is celebrated by friends who send postcards and remembrances as she enjoys comparatively good health at eighty two.
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Mattie Compton
Decatur
Mrs. Compton
Atlanta
Marthasville
Gov Glenn Warns of Gods Wrath on Cities
Cautauqua New York August 24 Ex Governor R M Glenn of North Carolina warned that divine punishment will strike unless major cities like Chicago and New York reform. He said Sabbath desecration fuels vice and crime and mocks the Almighty drawing His displeasure.
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Cautauqua
N. Y
New York
Chicago
R. M. Glenn
North Carolina
Davisboro Mayor Shot in Davisboro Georgia
August 27 Davisboro Georgia A dispute over a mayoral ruling led J Godfrey the mayor to be shot after court adjourned by M M Collins and Gordon Collins. The injury to Godfrey is serious and may be fatal Collins escaped.
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Davisboro
Collins
J. ©. Godfrey
M. M. Collins
Godfrey
Gordon Collins
M. M. Collns
Colling
Bookseller With A Memory In The Second Hand Shop
A man asks the New York Sun bookshop proprietor for something in his line. The exchange leads to a humorous misclassification as the proprietor guesses “horses and dogs” then corrects to “handkerchiefs and fans,” revealing a mistaken identity joke.
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The
New York Sun
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