Capt William J Born Father of Dr M A Born Dies in Atlanta
Capt William J Born aged 81 longtime Gwinnett County figure dies after long illness in Atlanta He served as Gwinnett sheriff and four years in the state legislature after the Civil War He was first lieutenant in Col Tyler Peeples 9th Georgia battalion Survived by widow and five children with funeral in Lawrenceville this afternoon including Dr M W Born C U Born Mrs W O Cooper Mrs M D Spence and Mrs W P Johnson Friends from Athens expected to attend.
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Capt
William J. Born
M. A .Born
Lawrenceville
Atlanta
Capt. Born
Gwinnett County
Tyler M. Peeples
9Th Georgia
M. W W
City
C. U
W. O. Cooper
M. D. Spence
Decatur
W. P. Johnson
LaGrange
Athens
Prayers Expanded as Feature at First Methodist Church
The regular midweek prayer meeting at First Methodist on Hancock avenue will be held tonight in the downstairs Sunday school room. The session starts at 8 o'clock and lasts one hour. Dr Belk will deliver a special message and make the service a notable feature for the church and its members.
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First Methodist Church
Hancock Avenue
Belk
Western Union Manager in Florida for a few days
Western Union manager H. E. Malphers of the local offices is in Florida for a few days to be at a sick relative’s bedside. Mr. Kh. 1D. Stokes of Atlanta is in his place during the brief absence from the city.
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H. E. Malphers
Western Union
Florida
Kh. 1D. Stokes
Atlanta
Evening Thought on Wisdom and Conceit by Men
A reflective musing notes that men lose wisdom in proportion to their conceit and self regard. The short meditation suggests humility as antidote to inflated self view and misplaced certainty. The tone is admonitory and cautionary, urging restraint and self awareness.
Griven Club Initiates New Members At Georgia Banquet
The Griven Club at Georgia held a banquet at the Georgian last night and initiated six new members Mesrs. Wingate, Ormonde Hunter, Rube Tate, E M Braxton, John Coleman, and Howard McWhorter. About 35 members attended with H Abit Nix representing the faculty. President Billy Powell presided.
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Griven Club
Georgia
Messrs. Wingate
Ormonde Hunter
Rube Tate
E. M Braxton
John Coleman
Howard McWhorter
H. Abit Nix
Billy Powell
Athens attorney reports federal court ruling in Smith case
An Athens attorney involved in the Smith millions case reports a circuit court of appeals telegram noting the district court erred in appointing receivers and enjoining administrators. The decision reverses and remands for further proceedings. parties may be brought to court without discovering citizenship. Judge Speer is expected to hear the case soon.
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Athens
Speer
New Planing Mill Planned for Taliaferro County
A large planing mill is to be built in Crawfordville Georgia by H Golucke & Son and County Commissioner Flyt. The venture will operate an extensive lumber preparation business for the native market, having purchased all machinery and graded a lot ready for immediate work. Advertise your wants.
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Crawfordville
Dee
H. Golucke & Son
Flyt
Tools Used By Egyptians Unearthed In Memphis Palace
Stone implements and household tools dating to around 40,000 years ago were found in the palace of Meremptah at Memphis. Dr Charles B Fisher reports from the Eckley Core expedition that gold ornaments scarabs and vessels remained intact. The artifacts date to the Stone Age and show traces of a palace fire.
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Philadelphia
Meremptah
Rameses the Great
Christ
Memphis
Egypt
University
Charles 8. Fisher
Eckley B. Core, Jr
Doctor Fisher
Daestor Fisher
Three Thousand Americans in Mexico Reported
An American returning from a ten week tour estimates only about 3,000 U S citizens remain in Mexico, down from over 100,000 before 1911. He places numbers in Mexico City, Tampico, Panuco oil district, Sonoita, Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon, Monterey, Guadalajara, Pueblo, Queretaro, Guanajuato, Torreon, Tehuantepec isthmus, and other states, with 500 more scattered in remote areas engaged in ranching or mining.
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Laredo
Tex
Republic of Mexico
Republic
Mexico City
Tampico
Panuco Oil Field
Sono- Ta State
Chihuahua State
State of
Nuevo Leon
Monterey
Guadalajara
State of Pueblo
Queretaro
Guajiajuato
Torreon
Isthmus
Tehuantepec
Mexico
Man Claims Hen Solves High Egg Cost Problem
Chicago resident Tony Marino boasts of a "champion hen" that reduces egg costs. Margarit the hen allegedly lays 25 eggs in a month while kept in a basement room shared with the family. He reports the hen earned one dollar in the month under current prices.
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Chicago
Tony Marino
Milton Avenue
Margarit
Tony
Don't Argue With Husband at Countess Magri Birthday
A petite Countess Magri, known as Mrs Tom Thumb, celebrated her seventy fifth birthday in Middleboro near Boston. The couple, married in 1883 after the death of Gen Tom Thumb, hosted a small party where they danced and performed music for guests. She advises harmony by letting him lead but guiding him unseen. The chronicle notes her sixty years of public life and travel, with the count calling her the "little" wife and himself the "big" husband.
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Countess Magri
Tom Thumb
Middleboro
Boston
Mass
Count Magri
New England
Magii
New Disease on Western Front Described as Acute Yellowing
A deadly illness arising from water in shell holes near the Somme front is described as acute jaundice or yellowness. The disease, linked to shell-hole water and putrefying matter, caused severe headaches fever and jaundice, with serum treatment now in use after trials in Amiens and help from Japanese doctors.
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Paris
Somme
Mukden
Champagne
Verdun
Tigstein
Louis Martin
Augaste Pettite
Amiens
Inada
SENECA BAR WHITE HUNTERS RESTRICT HUNTING AREAS
Seneca Indians through their tribal council act to bar hunters from Cataraugus Allegheny and Ol Springs reservations in Allegheny and Cattaraugus counties citing a long dead law with penalties including confiscation of traps guns and ammunition. Hunters view the move as retaliation for recent court rulings applying state conservation law. Scipio Indiana Wallace Amick catches a nine pound carp and a large turtle in Sand Creek with a fish hooked by a turtle clinging to its tail the animal is killed.
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Catarugus
Allegheny
Ol Springs
Cattaraugus
Scipio
Ind
Wallace Amick
Sand Creek
Amick
Deliverer of Hadley Rallied Old Hadley to Defend Home
In 1675 during King Philip's War, Old Hadley Massachusetts faced an Indian raid. An unknown elderly man appeared, commanded the defense, and routed the attackers. He was later identified as General William Goffe, a regicide famed for his safety under Pastor John Russel's roof.
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Old Hadley
New England
Connecticut River
Springfield
Mass
Hadley
William Goffe
Charles I
John Russel
Russel
Connecticut Valley
Goffe
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Florence
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Madero
New York State
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Cellerette
Bernstein Bros
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