Newspaper Man Busy Despite Duties and Delayed Letters
H L Shepherd of Duluth wrote to P D K McPherson challenging delays in land notice letters. The editor replied with a long self description of duties and a busy life including farming, building, hog chores, family illness, and a request to continue business. The exchange ends with a quip about roasting him while supporting his paper.
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H. L. Shepherd
Duluth
PD. K. McPherson
Athe Limefork
Minn) Guardian
Littefork
Littlefork
Tam
Winnipeg
Baltimore Sun
Paris Slaughterhouses Open Amid Horse Meat Surge
Paris opens new slaughterhouses in Rue Brandon costing 350 000 francs with stables for 300 horses and thorough sanitary setup. Horse meat consumption rises from 1 000 yearly before the siege to 36 091 last year, with mule and donkey meat also consumed. sausages average about 10 000 logs monthly.
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Rue
Brandon
Belgium
Germany
Paris
Paris Cor
Detroit Tribune
Excursion Rates Athens to Montgomery by Southern Railway
The Southern Railway Co offers round trip tickets from Athens Georgia to Montgomery Alabama at 7 dollars 70 cents. Sales run January 24 25 and end January 30 1905. Departure from Athens 12 45 PM arriving Atlanta 3 35 PM, depart Atlanta 4 20 PM arriving Montgomery 9 20 PM. For rates and connections contact R W Sizer General Agent No 106 Clayton St phone 81. Give us a trial on Job Printing.
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The
Southern Railway Co
Athens
Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta
R. W. Sizer
Clayton St
Bears and sheep on the mountainside described
Three grizzly bears corner bighorn sheep high on a cliff. The first bear climbs the face while the other two flank the base. Sheep panic as the bears close in, two bears securing prey and the final bear feasting below after the commotion ends. The scene appears in Metropolitan Magazine. Medicine ads follow, praising Dr King’s New Life Pills as a blood and system cleanser.
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Wolf
Metropolitan Magazine
Dr. King
Curious Effect on the People
A Jacksonville Times-Union critique urges study of mass frenzy and mob psychology. The piece notes crowds fear and burn, bank runs triggered by panic, and the ease of inflaming public opinion with loud rhetoric. It cites Louise Michel and Russian peasant episodes as examples of contagion.
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New York
Cervera
Jacksonville Times-Union
Southern Railway Round Trip Athens Ga to New Orleans Sale
The Interstate Cotton Convention offers round trip tickets from Athens Georgia to New Orleans Louisiana for 17 dollars 30 cents. Tickets on sale January 22 and 23 1905 with final return by January 28. Departure Athens 1245 PM arrival Atlanta 335 PM then 420 PM to New Orleans arriving 715 AM next day. Pullman reservations require notice the day before departure. For more information call or visit No 106 Clayton Street Athens.
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Southern Railway Co
Athens
New Orleans
Atlanta
Repeater Voting Allegations In Peabody Adams Contest
Denver testimony in the Peabody and Adams contest showed witnesses admitting repeated voting under different names. One ex-convict claimed Chief Delaney ordered repeaters to vote often. Election officers Rogers and Kratke allegedly supplied names for reading ballots. Witnesses described repeat voting seen by supreme court watchers and failed efforts by judges to stop it. One man voted under the name of a dog.
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Denver
Colo
Michael Delaney
Leonard Rogers
Frank Kratke
Supreme Court
W. S. Raymond
Sulphur health benefits highlighted by Stuart's Calcium Wafers
An eccentric health column touts refined calcium sulphide sulphur from Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a superior liver and kidney remedy. It claims blood purification, constipation relief, and skin clearing, citing Dr. R M Wilkins’s endorsement despite professional taboos.
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Stuart
R. M. Wilkins
Conversation on Electric Lights Costs and Matches
A fragment shows Mrs Grimes praising electric lights as nice yet costly while Mrs Grant notes the savings from using matches and remarks on their long lasting use. The dialogue hints at household cost concerns and practical choices.
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Devil
Jameson
Forrester
Rainy River
Cheney
Athens, Ga
Gomery, Ala
Rose
Cobb County
Georgia
ST. Rose
REVI
WUE
Europe
Louise Michel
Castori
DOGS
Colorado
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