Athens Community Notices and Political Hints
Remittance options include post office money orders or registered letters. Special notice warns subscribers that no carrier is authorized to collect subscriptions or sell papers. Athens prepares for Fourth of July festivities and discusses dog ordinances, Senate leadership, and Georgia politics. Clarke county sends delegates to the Atlanta state convention. university trustees praise the chancellor. freight improvements at Athens Terminal Co and new compress promise relief. Democratic conventions in Atlanta anticipated with large turnout and orderly caucusing.
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Atlanta
Athens Terminal Co
Fair
Athens
Farmers' Union push prompts 10 percent cotton crop cut
The text discusses farmers organized by the Farmers' Union considering a 10 percent reduction in planted cotton to raise prices. It notes regional criticism from northern media, especially the Buffalo Courier, and argues farmers have the right to curtail production as a counter to northern trusts.
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This Date in History June 21 Highlights
1639 Increase Mather born died August 4 1675 first stone laid for St Pauls Cathedral London 1736 Enoch Poor leader at Saratoga died September 8 1780 1759 Alexander J Dallas born died January 16 1817 1831 Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg enters Brussels as King of the Belgians 1856 Over Sound founded 187 Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria 1893 Delaid Stanford California senator died born March 1824 1900 McKinley and Roosevelt nominated at Philadelphia
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Trenton
Over Sound
Queen Victoria
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U.S
California
McKinley
Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Timeline events on June 22 through history
On June 22 events include 1630 landing of Governor Winthrop and Puritans in Salem with charter of Massachusetts. 1856 birth of English novelist H Riler Haggard. 1893 Queen Victoria receives Ambassador Bayard at Windsor. 1896 relief expedition ships sail from Brooklyn for Lieutenant Peary. 1897 Queen Victoria Jubilee. 1898 cable link Washington Guantanamo, Cuba. 1903 Barcelona strike of thirty thousand workmen. 1907 Hague Peace Conference committees begin sittings.
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Salem
H. Riler Haggard
Queen Victoria
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Windsor
Brooklyn
Peary
Queen Victoris
Washington
Guantenamo
Cuba
Barcelona
Hague
Littlefield's Political Rise Tracks Maine Attorney General to Congress
The text outlines a career path from Maine attorney general to representing Maine in Congress. It notes service as attorney general with notable cases, delegation to the Republican National Conventions in 1892 and 1896, where he backed Thomas B. Reed, election to Congress in 1899 to fill Nelson Dingley’s seat, and four subsequent re-elections.
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St. Louis
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Littlefield
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Hawthorne and Fort Henry in 1812 war link remembered
Julian Hawthorne, son of Nathaniel Hawthorne, born Boston June 22 1846, pursued engineering before turning to writing. A New York journalist and novelist, he traveled widely as a correspondent and held posts on major papers. Also news on A M Ake praising Foley’s Honey and Tar for lung relief and a report from Baltimore on the War of 1812 Society urging fort Henry preservation as the Star Spangled Banner’s inspiration.
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Germany
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America
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A. M. Ake
Wood
Ind
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Fort Henry
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General Society of the War of 1812
Belvedere Hotel
War Department
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Do Not Neglect the Children
Advise immediate attention for a child’s bowels with Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by castor oil. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons, W. J. Smith & Bro., L. P. Canning, E. C. McEvoy, Orr Drug Co., Athens, Ga.
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H. R. Palmer & Sons
W. J. Smith & Bro
L. P. Canning
E. C. McEvoy
Orr Drug Co
Athens
Representative Charles E Littlefield Birthnote 57th Birthday
Charles E Littlefield of Maine's Second District, who announced retirement from Congress to practice law in New York City, celebrates his 57th birthday born June 21, 1851 in Lebanon Maine. His father was a Baptist minister and he began as a carpenter's helper. He entered politics in the Maine legislature.
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Charles EB. Littlefield
Maine
New York City
Lebanon
The
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Georgia Politicians and Prohibition Debates Across Athens
The Augusta Chronicle relays opinions on Joseph M. Terrell, Hoke Smith, Joe Brown, and Col. Davison. Athens figures Seab Wright and Clarke county leaders influence the Democratic platform, local options on prohibition and impending elections. The piece notes Athens city gifts to the State University and Davison’s withdrawal from the prison commissioner race.
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