Professor Walker Arrives to Join State Normal Faculty
Prof J Henry Walker arrives in Athens to take the mathematics chair at the State Normal School replacing Prof J E Mathis. A Georgia 1887 alumnus and former Griffin schools superintendent, Walker will bolster the faculty to a high standard. His wife and three children plan to move in the summer, and they will reside with Hon. S J Tribble on Prince Avenue for now.
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J. Henry Walker
State Normal School
Walker
Normal School
J. E. Mathis
University of eGorgia
Griffin Schools
Prof. Walker
Athens
Mrs Southwick to Speak Here for School Building Fund
Essie Elridge Southwick of arson Colege of Oratory will visit Athens next Tuesday evening for a fundraiser at the Normal School auditorium. The event aims to aid the State Normal School building fund, with Mrs Southwick to perform readings from various authors before a likely large audience.
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Essie Elridge Southwick
Arson Colege
Oratory
State Nor- School
Normal School
Southwick
State Normal School
Athens
Emancipation Day Celebration Address Delivered
Yesterday the colored residents of the city and county honored Emancipation Day at the courthouse. The 41st anniversary of Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation was marked with a crowd and an address delivered by Wil-
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Abraham Lincoln
Wil
Rescue and swift trial in Flora mob action
Flora Indiana January 2 Town Clerk Robert Toole helped save George Ray from a mob formed after Ray, in a fit of anger, whipped his three month old child for crying. Ray pleaded guilty and was escorted to the county jail at Delphi after a speedy, unofficial trial by tar and feather threat.
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Flora
Ind
Robert Toole
George Ray
Ray
Langer
Delphi
New Discovery Fights Death From Coughs and Colds
Grim daily tragedy in homes as illnesses like consumption and pneumonia claim lives. A reader from Oaklan don, Ind., credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing his wife after three doctors gave up. One dose relieves and the remedy kills germs, guaranteed 50c or 1.00 by local druggists with trial bottle free.
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F. G. Huntley
Oaklandon
Ind
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Last Days of Port Arthur End in Hellish Siege
Jan 2 Che Foo report from port Arthur portrays five brutal days of Japanese bombardment and assault. Hospitals hit, wounded in the streets, civilians and soldiers enduring freezing conditions as Japanese forces capture key heights including 203 Meter Hill and Rihlung, Sungshu, Halung. General Stoessel vows to fight to the end amid dwindling ammo and a collapsing defense.
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Che Foo
Port Arthur
Japan
Rihlung
Sungshu
Halung
Stoessel
Revolution Fails in Colombia. leaders jailed
Panama January 2 Advices say the planned revolution failed and General Joaquin Kelez and Gonzalez Valencia, who led the movement, and others have been imprisoned President Reyes issues a manifesto to the archbishop approving his conduct General Uribe Uribe Lucas and Caballero named ministers to Brazil Argentina and Venezuela respectively
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Panama
Colombia
Joanquin Kelez
Gonzalez Valencia
Reyes
General Uribe-Uribe
Lucas and
Caballero
Brazil
Argentina
Venezuela
Gleeful Hen Delivers Egg After Ohio Wedding Ride
In Cochocton Ohio a wedding party traveled by carryall to Kneene ten miles away. Jay Abbott the driver found a hen perched on a nesting egg beneath a seat when the party returned. The hen had laid the egg during the outing, suggesting she hid in the wagon unnoticed.
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Cochocton
Ohio
Kneene
Jay Abbott
Gold prospects in eastern mining belt attract attention
Col A B Russ of Montgomery County Maryland urges revival of gold mining from Halifax to the Carolinas. He cites assay results in Maryland and Virginia, recent 600 acre land purchases by Colorado capitalists near Great Falls, and undisturbed iron ore mountains in South Carolina, arguing many mineral resources in the region are unknown.
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Halifax
Tennessee
Maryland
Virginia
Carolinas
Col
A. B. Russ
Montgomery County
Colorado
Alaska
Nevada
Great Falls
South Carolina
Mayor Bennett jailed over freed prisoner in Metcalfe
Terre Haute Ind Jan 2 Mayor P B Bennett of Metcalfe Ill was arrested on a charge of liberating Harvey Short from the twin lockup and spent several hours confined. Friends obtained his release on recognizance but he is expected to face Federal authorities since the prisoner was accused of violating federal law.
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Terre Haute
Ind
P. B. Bennett
Metcalfe
Ill
Harvey Short
Dome coincidences in national vote history
A New York World item notes repeated equal vote to population ratios in U S presidential elections from 1872 to 1900 and 1880 through 1900, with specific pluarities for Garfield Cleveland Bryan McKinley and others, highlighting persistent 1 to 512 or similar ratios despite shifting party victories. Piso’s Cure is advertised.
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Garfield
McKinley
Cleveland
Humdrum
Greeley
Tilden
Judge Parker
Bryan
New York World
Crazy Woman Poisoned Family in Vermont
In Moresysville Vermont on January 2 Mrs Newell Ellesworth died and her husband was left critically ill with their ten year old child seriously ill after poison was placed in food during a temporary insanity. Heath Officer C C Rublee reports the incident and events surrounding the family tragedy.
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Moresysville, Vt
Newell Ellesworth
Heath
C. C. Rublee
Ellsworth
Woman's heroic rescue of children in Neb fire
Norfolk Nebraska January 2 a woman Mrs Joseph Reuss performed a bold rescue as a fire threatened her Elgin home and children. Her clothes burst into flames she plunged into water to douse the blaze then returned to save her children before dying from severe burns.
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Norfolk
Neb
Elgin
Joseph Reuss
City of Charlotte Now Prohibitive
Charlotte N C January 2 at 8 o clock Saturday night the city became a cry town with sixteen bars going out of business after years of saloons closed for a few months. The closing follows the July 6 referendum that approved prohibition by about one thousand votes. Officials express strong support for enforcement and public sentiment backs the move, though liquor sales are expected to continue.
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Charlotte
N. C
Boys cripple teacher with tree derby over candy
In Petersburg Indiana on January 2 a Patoka Township school teacher Clarence Ashby was attacked by boys angry over a Christmas candy promise. They forced him toward a pond and toppled a tree onto him. He escaped, climbed a tree, then the boys felled it with an axe injuring him. He later gave each boy three dollars.
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Ashby
Found a Cure for Indigestion
A user from Rock Mills Alabama reports relief from indigestion after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. He claims he can eat almost anything now and notes his age as nearly fifty one. The product is sold by H R Palmer & Son and W J Smith & Bro.
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Chamberlain
Geo. W. Emory
Rock Mills
Ala
H., R. Palmer & Song
W. J. Smith & Bro
Don’t Jump From Pain Chronic Ailment Relief Oil
A claims based ad promoting Hamlin s Wizard Oil as a cure for chronic pain across many sensations including rheumatism neuralgia back ache earache toothache head ache sprain and indigestion. It promises relief by acting on nerves and blood vessels to reduce inflammation and swelling and drive out the cause. Prices 50 cents and 1.00 with full guarantee. For sale by all druggists.
Business School Offers Affordable Evening Training
A label from Athens Georgia advertises a business school that provides college-level work at one third the cost. Students may choose hours from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. under E A Luster at 9 Clayton St.
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Luster
Clayton St
Athens, Ga
Milwau kee Weekly Review for the Blind in Wisconsin
The Milwau kee Weekly Review is the state’s sole newspaper for the blind, printed weekly in Milwaukee by Joseph Gockel, who is himself blind. First issue January 1, 1900, the paper uses a six key typewriter with perforated metal sheets to produce embossed letters, printing seven to nine pages each week for blind readers across the country.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee Weekly Review
Joseph Gockel
Thirtysixth
Milwaukee
Gockel
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Safe for Children
An advertisement asserts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is harmless for children, free of harmful substances, and effective for coughs colds and croup. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro.
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H. R. Palmer & Sons
W. J. Smith & Bro
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