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Athens Heating Up With Mill Projects And Road Contests
Athens attracts university grads as Senator Bailey denies governorship plans. Georgia weighs in on tariffs and cigarette laws while authorities praise the University of Georgia. A new cotton mill and another plant loom in Athens as road prizes favor Clarke, Fulton, Richmond, and Bibb counties. Arbitrators Herbet and Hardwick to decide Georgia Rail Road strike. ICC to appoint a third man if needed.
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Athens
Clarke
Fulton
Richmond
Bibb
Secretary of the Navy
Herbert
Hardwick
Georgia Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
A Call for a Tariff Commission to Aid the South
The chamber of commerce urges Congress to create a tariff commission free of political influence. The aim is a conservative, bipartisan body with the president as consulting member to revise tariffs equitably, easing southern burdens and reducing eastern advantages. Republicans and Democrats alike are urged to support a commission that shifts tariff policy away from a few leaders.
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Chamber of Commerce
United States
Republican Party
Congress
South
East
Chronology of notable early American events and figures
A compact timeline lists major moments from 1610 to 1908, including the first Dutch immigrants landing at Manhattan, Bridget Bishop’s 1692 execution, riots in Boston over the sloop Liberty, the Tripoli war declaration, abolition of the slave trade in Britain, Maine boundary questions, Pennsylvania governor Hiester’s death, Civil War era skirmishes at Big Bethel, knighthoods and births, the 1892 Republican convention, the 1893 Massachusetts battleship launch, 1905 Keokuk flood damage, and the death of O H Belmont, highlighting diverse political, military, and social milestones.
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America
Manhattan
New York
Bridget Bishop
Mass
Boston
Liberty
Tripoli
United States
House of Lords
King of the
Netherlands
Maine
Joseph Hiester
Pennsylvania
Big Bethel
William Srnest
Duke of Saxe-Weimer
Minneapolis
Benjamin Warrison
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
Keokuk
Iowa
O. H. P. Belmont
Explorer Frederick A Cook Birthday and Arctic Quest
Frederick A Cook born June 10 1865 in Sullivan County New York. As an Arctic explorer he gained early fame as Peary expedition surgeon in 1891 and Belgium Antarctic expedition in 1897. Friends appeal for funds to equip a searching party as he wintered on the Greenland coast and in March 1908 was about to dash for the pole forty miles north of Cape Thomas Hubbard.
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Frederick A. Cook
Sullivan County
New York
University of New York
Belgium
Cook
Far
Greenland
Pole
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Polar Sea
Plan to return last autumn alarmed friends
A man planned to return last autumn but did not, causing considerable concern among his friends about his whereabouts and well being.
Quaker Oats Ad Claims Strength Benefit
An advertisement claims Quaker Oats builds strength and endurance versus heavy greasy foods. It notes experiments support the claim and mentions tins of Quaker Oats prepared for warm climates to stay fresh and sweet indefinitely.
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Quaker Oats Company
Porpoise Spares Liner Concho Off Galveston
A porpoise or sea hog saved the Mallory steamship Concho with 70 passengers and cargo from a watery grave 150 miles off Galveston in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship, bound from New York to Galveston, began taking water after passing Sand Key, but the leak closed and divers found the porpoise wedged in the hold.
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Philadelphia Record
Galveston
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
New York
Sand Key
Young
Cham berlain's Liniment Proves Quick for Sprains
Sprains typically disable for a month or more, but using Cham berlain's Liniment as directed often cures in less than a week. The preparation is praised as remarkable, offering prompt relief for sprains bruises and chronic muscular rheumatism. Sold by H R Palmer & Sons Orr Drug Co Warren J Smith & Bro E C McEvoy L P Canning.
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Chamberlain
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Orr Drug Co
Warren J. Smith & Bro
E. C. McEvoy
L. P. Canning
Chance for a Bet Hints Atchison Bachelor Wedding
Atchison residents press bets on a local bachelor as gossip and bets swirl around his marriage prospects. The Atchison Globe notes decades of speculation and questions who is right to decide his personal life.
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Atchison
Atchison Globe
Sausage Definitions Stump London Session Appeal
In London Sessions an appeal by a pork butcher convicted for selling a sausage not of the expected nature touched on fresh versus preserved sausages and boric acid as preservative. A judge questioned what defines a sausage while witnesses and counsel argued about commercial versus museum standards.
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New York Times
London
Wesminster
Wallace
Mr. Douglas
Mr. McCall
City of Westminster
Douglas
McCall
Athens Transfer Livery Receives Buick Touring Car
The Athens Transfer and Livery Company announces a new Buick touring car and runabouts available for pleasure rides. Call 661 for details and rates.
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Athens Transfer & Livery Co
Alienist Exchange Over How to Judge Sanity in Court
The dialogue satirizes expert testimony in a Philadelphia Ledger report where an alienist admits bias and shifts stance during the trial. The exchange questions sanity, fees, and oath truthfulness, ending with the jury taking the case after a tense back and forth.
Lord Northcote's Canadian Succe... Cheeky Maid Story
Lord Northcote, once governor general of Australia, recalls a comic incident when a maid kissed him and slipped a sausage and a note into his hand. The servant claimed her master had company and she waited for her sweetheart in service. The tale ends with the lord noting the exchange and the kiss.
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Lord Northcote
Earl Grey
Canada
Australia
London Globe
What is a Havana cigar The London Chronicle debate
The London Sessions jury on Wednesday seemed to think that a cigar made in England or Havana tobacco cannot rightly be called a Havana cigar. Cigarmaking on the spot noted that three possible distinctions were discussed.
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The
London Chronicle
Havana
London Sessions
England
Benevolent Gentleman Stops Four Boys Attacking Friend
An elderly man intervened as four boys aged eight or nine assaulted a younger boy over a game. He scolded them and dragged them away, warning what might happen to their companion if left unchallenged. The Chicago Inter Ocean notes the scene and praises the gentleman’s humane action.
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Chicago
Masonic and Odd Fellows notices for Athens area
Mt Vernon Masonic Lodge and Keystone Chapter hold regular meetings at Max Joseph building Clayton Street with invitations to Master Masons Companions and Odd Fellows. Glenn Lodge and Oliver Encampment also meet weekly at lodge quarters or Odd Fellows Hall with officers listed for attendance.
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Mt. Vernon Lodge
A. M
Menant Vernon Lodge
No. 23
Masoni Nil
Maz Joseph Building
Clayton Street
W. A. Capps
W. M. J. M. Crane
Keystone
Royal Arch Masons
Lodges
Rxen
Max Joseph
J. Q. ‘Trussell
H. BE
B Stond
BEC
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