Judge Brand awards custody to grandparents in Thurmond v Daniel case
Judge Charles H. Brand restrains custody from mother while she remains at Pine Ridge sanitarium for tuberculosis treatment. The child stays with the grandparents for now, with future permanent custody to be decided after the mother’s return. Father may visit freely. custody reallocation awaits further court order. Also ads for Chamberlain’s Save addressing itching and skin conditions.
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Brand
Thurmond
Charles H. Brand
J. M. L. Thurmond
Y. A. Daniel
Mary Daniel
Pine Ridge
George Brown
Superior Court of Western Circuit
No Greeks Left in South Omaha
Omaha Neb Feb Absolute quiet followed a day of anxiety as Greeks fled South Omaha after a night of a vicious attack on Greek residents of the packing house district. Officials report near total exodus with fewer than two Greeks remaining. A mass meeting of about 3,500 asked the Grecian government to intervene for redress. A local Greek fund of 25000 dollars will aid the unemployed and finance the redress effort.
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Omaha
Neb
South Omaha
Packing House
Mov
Doctors Advise New Life Pills In Severe Rectal Trouble
Mrs. M. E. Fisher of Detroit Michigan suffered severe rectal trouble. Three doctors advised an operation as her only hope. She used Dr King's New Life Pills and felt wholly cured. They claim to prevent appendicitis and cure constipation and headache. Available at W. J. Smith & Bro H. B. Palmer & Sone.
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M. E. Fisher
Detroit
Mich
Nes
Standard Oil Case Reopened for Trial in Chicago
The government resumes the long trial of Standard Oil Company of Indiana, accused of accepting rebates from the Alton Railroad. Key witnesses include J A Moffic and G W Stahl among others. Previous rulings, fines, and appeals trace the case through federal courts up to the Supreme Court action.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Alton Railroad
United States
A. B. Anderson
Indianapolis
John S. Miller
Moritz Rosenthal
Chauncey Martin
Harry A. Parkin
Frank B. Kellogg
J. A. Moffic
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
G. W. Stahl
Trenstinor
Standard Oi Compa
John C. Melymald
Edgar Rine
FL S. Hollands
Chicago & Alton
Howard
Chicago & Alton Road
Kilpatrick
Railron and Warehouse Commission
Oil Company
Whiting
Ind
East St. Louis
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Frist
Sdtornttieal
Landis
Standard of ‘Company of New Jersey
DD. Rochester
Conre
Indiana Corporation
Standard Off Company of New Jersey
Stand ‘and Oil Company of
United States District Court
Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
Dam project planned on Savannah River near Augusta
Preliminary work began by Ambursen Hydraulic Construction Co to clear a site for a hollow concrete dam above Augusta near Price's Island. The Twin City Power Co project will take two years to complete at an estimated cost of 3 million dollars, creating a 15 mile long reservoir.
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Augusta
Ambursen Hydraulic Construction Company
Twin City Power Company
Price's Island
Presbyterian Brotherhood Convenes in Pittsburg
The third annual convention of the Presbyterian Brotherhood of America opened at First Presbyterian Church in Pittsburg on Feb 23 with delegates from across the nation. Noted clergymen are listed as speakers for three days of sessions, focusing on The Brotherhood and the Church as this year’s central theme.
Negroes Held On Charge Of Forgery In Georgia Case
William Jones C J Jones Sr and E M Ireland three Jackson county Negroes charged with forging a one hundred dollar life insurance policy payable to Sam Griffin son of Wesley Griffin. Jones forged the boy name to a receipt and to checks while the other two certified the signature. Case arose from Grand Household of Ruth G A O of G in Savannah. Committal trial held in Commerce and bound over to Jackson Superior Court.
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William, Jones
C. J. Jones
M. Ireland
Jackson County
Jackson Superior Court
Sam D. Griffin
Wesley Griffin
William Jones
Nicholson
Grand Household of
Ruth
G. A. Oo
Savannah
Mt. Zion
Sam
C. J. Jones, Sr
E. M. Ireland
Jones
Bank of Commerce
Sam Griffin
Sam Grifffin
Ernest M. Griffin
Scott Jackson
Jackson
T. A. Little
Superior Court
Castro to Return to Venezuela as Private Citizen
Dresden February 23 Cipriano Castro former Venezuelan president plans to return to Venezuela and resume private citizen status He telegraphed President Gomez offering to retire voluntarily to regularize Gomez’s position but has not received a reply He plans to sail from Bordeaux March 26 aboard the Guadeloupe to La Guaira
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Dresden
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Gomez
Castro
Bordeaux
Guadeloupe
Laraaira
Rails on Savannah booze raid flood sewers with liquor
In Savannah on February 23 two more wagon loads of liquor were taken to the police station after a raid that yielded only two captures. Officials consider pouring the confiscated liquor into the streets to seep into sewers as the volume grows weekly. The chief faces an order to dispose of thousands of gallons, from near beer to fine wine, by flooding the sewers.
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Savannah
Milledgeville Church Revival Drives Big Fund Drive
In Milledgeville Georgia Rev Ford McRee told a Methodist congregation he plans a revival and church building. Mayor Miller S Bell led gifts of 1000 dollars each from five supporters, pushing the total raised to 17000 dollars, with plans for a 25000 to 30000 dollar new church on a site purchased months ago.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Ford McRee
Methodist Church
Miller S. Bell
Messrs
Ed Kidd
FE. E. Bell
J. R. Hines
I. W. Richardson
Rex Enters New Orleans Carnival King Arrival
New Orleans Mardi Gras opens with Rex entry and a crowded pageant along the levee. The naval parade draws vast crowds and the city reports record attendance and hotel occupancy as visitors from across the nation converge on the city.
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Rex
New Orleans
Mardi Gras in Mobile Opens with King and Splendid Pageants
Mobile Alabama February 23 Mardi Gras celebrations culminated with the arrival of the carnival king and his retinue. Street pageants glittered as the crowd watched some of the most splendid procession scenes ever seen in Mobile.
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Mobile
Ala
Desperate duel between rival paper owners in Rock Island
W W Wilmerton owner of The Tri-City Journal and John Looney owner of The Rock Island News exchanged seven shots across a street in front of The Journal office. Looney injured slightly in abdomen and both men arrested on assault with intent to kill charges. Bonds set at 5000 each.
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Rock Island
W. W. Wilmerton
Tri-City Journal
John Looney
Rock Island News
Looney
Wilmerton
Journal
News
Tri-City Morning Journal
Dedicatory Night for Atlanta Masonic Temple
Atlanta hosts a dramatic dedication of its 250000 Temple in a packed Blue Lodge room as Grand Master Thomas H. Jeffries leads a solemn ceremony. Governors, architects, and leaders attend a public inspection by day and a Mason-only session by night.
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Atlanta
Flower of Masonry
Georgia
Blue Lodge
Masonic Temple
Grand Lodge of the Free and Accepted
Order of Masony
Thomas H. Jeffries
Grand Lodge
Smith
Masonic Temple Company
Jeffries
George M. Napie
Napier
Grand Lodge of Georgia
Paul Hubbard
J. C. Greenfield
Temple
Dillon
Morgan & Dillon
Akin
John W. Akin
Cartersville
Georgia State Senate
David Marx
T. C. McDonald
Masonite Temple Company
Wisconsin native Gordon Lewis named coach for university teams
Gordon Lewis of Wisconsin has been chosen as coach for the university baseball and football teams. He entered Wisconsin in 1901 and captained the baseball team in his third year, also playing football for three years. He has coached St Ambrose College in Iowa and is 26 years old. He will likely arrive in Athens within two weeks to begin coaching the baseball squad.
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Gordon Lewis
Wisconsin
Lewis
University of Wisconsin
St. Ambrose College
Iowa
Athens
Doctor J I Griffin bound over for cocaine prescriptions
Atlanta, Ga. Dr J I Griffeth of 147 South Pryor street was bound over under a 5300 bond by the recorder Tuesday morning for furnishing cocaine prescriptions. J H Hamby at South Pryor and Garnett street was fined 50.75 for illegal cocaine sale and for failing to package sales in red labeled poison boxes and to keep a record of cocaine sales.
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Atlanta
J. I. Griffeth
South Pryor Street
Recorder
J. H. Hamby
South Pryor and
Garnett Street
Hamby
Willis Shot Wife and Then Took Acid
Mount Pleasant, Tenn. Feb. 23 Mrs. Henry Willis is dying from two bullet wounds inflicted this afternoon by her husband who also shot at his sister-in-law Mrs. Davis and at Miss Annie May Massey but missed them. He then tried to shoot himself but the pistol failed to explode and he took carbolic acid instead. He is under guard and it is believed he will recover. Willis is brother of Mount Pleasant's police chief and they had not been living together recently.
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Mount Pleasant
Tenn
Henry Willis
Davis
Annie May Massey
Willis
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments Warned
Public health notice warns against mercury containing catarrh remedies. Advises only prescriptions from reputable physicians. Recommends Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and taken internally. Claims testimonials free and notes price 75 cents per bottle. Ends with suggestion to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Yoakum Fosdick Nuptials Light New York Society
Miss Katheryne Yoakum, daughter of Mr and Mrs Benjamin F Yoakum, married Mr Paulding Fosdick son of Mrs Charles A Childs at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. A large reception followed at the Yoakum home on East 67th Street. Bes sie Yoakum served as maid of honor and Clark Fosdick was best man amid prominent society ushers. The groom’s family and the Yoakums move in Meadowbrook Tuxedo and Newport circles. Yoakum heads Rock Island railroad board and a 15000 mile system.
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Yoakum-Fosdick
New York
Society
Katheryne Yoakum
Benjamin F. Yoakum
Paulding Fosdick
Charles A. Childs
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Yoakum
East 67Th Street
Bessie Yoakum
Clark Fosdick
Meadowbrook
Tuxedo
Newport
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets advertised
An old advertisement extols Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to combat stomach troubles biliousness and constipation caused by overeating. It promotes the product as a remedy with doses and urges purchase at H R Orr Drug Co Warren J Brow McEvoy L P Can a.
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W. W. Gray
Wenatchee, Wash
H. BR. Palmer & Sons
Orr Drug Co
Warren 2 Gat & Bro
Chamberlain
H. R Orr Drug Co
Warren J & Brow Bo, McEvoy
L. P. Cana
Restoring Jefferson Davis name on Cabin John Bridge tablet
President orders action to restore Jefferson Davis’s name carved from the Cabin John Bridge tablet near Washington. The bridge spans Cabin John Run on the Maryland side of the Potomac, the longest stone bridge in the world, begun when Davis was secretary of war. Davis later headed the Confederacy after leaving the Union. Previous 1907 convention and Rep Meyer efforts failed to restore the name.
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Washington, D. C
Jefferson Davis
Cabin John Bridge
Lincoln
Army
Cabin John Run
Maryland
Potomac River
Davis
Confederacy
of the Daughters of the Confederacy
Richmond
Meyer
Louisiana
Man Kills Four Children Then Dies by Suicide in Wisconsin
Mondovi Wisconsin February 23 A farmer Henry H Hanson 50 fatally hurt his four children two girls two boys in their Strum Trempeleau County home during a temporary insanity episode later set fire to the dwelling. He is believed to have used a butcher knife or hammer to kill the children and the house cat before slashing his own throat. The oldest son Ella 18 escaped while away from home. Hanson had been an asylum inmate about 11 years earlier and was a widower.
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Mondovi
Wis
Henry H. Hanson
Strum
Trempeleau
Hanson
Ella
Man credits Sloan's Liniment for pain relief after scaffold fall
James C. Lee of Washington DC recalls a 30 year old scaffold fall that hurt his back. He tried plasters belts and tonics before his daughter rubbed Sloan's Liniment on him and gave him some to use at home. After six and a half bottles he says he can work as well as ever at age sixty seven.
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James C. Lee
9Th St
Washington, D. C
Sloan
One Hundred and Eighty Thoughts a Minute
A popular magazine essay argues that memory records immense impressions on the brain. It uses figures from psychology to estimate trillions of impressions stored in a centenarian’s brain and partitions brain matter by weight and other factors to conclude each grain holds thousands of traces.
Secret of Long Life Reported by French Scientist
A French scientist unfolds a blood based secret of long life while Electric Bitters is extolled as life prolonging. The ad cites cures for kidney trouble and general debility, claiming it purifies and vitalizes the blood and nerves, sold at local druggists for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Smith & Bro
H.R Palmer & Sons
Pere
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Strema
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Warren J. Smith & Bro
E. C. McEvoy
L. P. Canning
South
Warren Surect
Yorks
Standard Oil
GASE
Gastro
Milledgeville
Coach Lewis
Broyles
Wife
Washington, D
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