Four 3 room houses and vacant lot auction on Oconne street
Four three room houses with roomy lots and an additional half acre vacant lot will be sold at auction to the highest bidder for cash. Properties on Oconne street in East Athens opposite Dr. R. C. Orr’s place are rented to good tenants or suitable for a first home. Sale on ground next Monday afternoon April 4 at 4 o'clock. J. T. Anderson, Sgt.
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Oconne Street
East
Athens
R. C. Orr
J. T. Anderson
Collision of Battleships Missouri and Illinois Explained
Washington report on the court of inquiry led by Rear Admiral Wise finds no blame and recommends no further proceedings. It cites Missouri signaling failures and Illinois misreading, with the Missouri ship undrilled and lacking practice, plus Illinois reversing engines as a contributing factor. The case is closed with Admiral Barker approving the findings.
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Missouri
Illinois
Washington
Wise
Cowles
Finois
Bradford
Barker
North Atlantic
Dewey
W. Pitt Scott
U.S. N
Santos
Phenix City Men Charged With Slander Over Mill Loss
In Columbus Georgia three Phenix City men W P Lambreth Lewis Music and Joseph Smith were arrested at the Girard cotton mill on slander charges. Indicted by a Russell County Alabama grand jury. They allegedly made statements about a young lady and a man at the mill who lost their positions. Friends say her character will be vindicated by court investigation.
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Columbus
Phenix City
W. P. Lambreth Lewis Music
Joseph Smith
Girard
Russell County
Alabama
Race War Brewing in Texas Threatens Bloodshed
Reports from Silsbee Texas describe intensified racial tension after white men were shot and two negroes killed near Sharon lumber camp. Sheriff Roberts arrests suspects as white citizens arm themselves from Saratoga and Kountze amid warnings of possible outbreak and further violence.
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Houston
Tex
Silsbee
M. A. Bullock
Sidney Stewart
M. E. McNeil
Tobe McKinney
Sharon Lumber Camp
Thear
Roberts
Iarain County
Bob Childress
Saratoga
Kountze
Peach crop outlook near Chattanooga promises record yield
Reports from north Georgia Alabama and Tennessee peach regions near Chattanooga indicate a very large crop is safe potential gains estimated at 1 to 2 million dollars for local fruit growers. Only Rhea County Tennessee reports crop loss from a cold snap totaling about 150 thousand dollars. Sen Burton awaits sentencing after being found guilty of accepting payment for influence with the Postal Department.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
North
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Rhea County
Sen
Burton
St. Louis
U. S
Senator Burton
Kansas
United States District Court
Rialto Grain and Securities Company
Postal Department
Pension for 1812 War survivor Hiram Cronk approved
Albany March 29 both houses passed a New York bill to pay a $72 monthly pension to Hiram Cronk the last American survivor of the war of 1812. The measure had support from Republicans and Democrats and followed a declaration that Cronk was in need.
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Albany
N. Y
State of New York
Hiram Cronk
Cronk
Assassination Plot A Hoax About Roosevelt
New York dispatch reports police found the alleged plot to kill President Roosevelt was unfounded. A letter from an Italian in Italy claimed another Italian would come to the U S to assassinate the president. An inspector detained a man on arrival, but investigations showed no anarchist ties and the man was allowed to land.
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New York
Presdent Roosevelt
McAdoo
Italy
Sheriff Overawed Mob in Pearl River County
In Jackson Mississippi Sheriff Magee arrived with Julius Pace in custody after a mob threatened lynching for Pace's alleged criminal assault on a 7 year old girl near Columbia. Magee, armed with a pistol, guarded Pace to prevent violence. The incident underscores lone officer bravery in stopping mob justice.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Magee
Pearl River County
Julius Pace
Columbia
Inheritor of Lord Fairfax Claimed by Rightful Heir
Baltimore March 29 Albert Kirby Fairfax eldest son of the late Dr John Contee Fairfax of Prince George county Md and inheritor of his titles of Lord Fairfax and Baron Cameron in the peerage of Scotland is reported to have assumed his titles and taken his seat in the house of lords He went to England two years ago to engage no business and had no intention of following such a course It is now said he has been legally adopted by a wealthy Englishman as the heir to his estates and persuaded to assume his titles Deputy Jailer Killed
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Lord Fairfax
Baltimore
Albert Kirby Fairfax
John Contee Fairfax
Prince George County
Baron Cameron
Scotland
House of Lords
England
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Southern Electric Supply Co
Brooks & Dozier
Foundry Street
A. L. Depot
PENG
Re A Feileden
Mutual Life OF
College Avenue
Rosa A. Vonderlieth
A. C. Quillian
Clayton Street
Chicmester
Court of Inquiry
Texas
Lone Star State
Marvin Conover
Adair County
Albert Burton
Tom Burton
Conover
Vaughan
Philippines
Manila
Tdey
Philip & Bro
1. M. Taomiso
Beethoven Musical Society
Becond Street
Louisville
Cardus
Winegardus
Cardui
NEW Opera House
Black Patti
Palmer's Drug Store
Sepa Board Air Line Railway
J.Z Hoke
Acent
Athens, Ga
W. E. Christian
Atlanta, Ga
J. A. von Dohlen
T. P.A
John L. Arnold
Warren Street
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