Northeastern and C M Rail Projects Advance in Athens Area
Rail progress heats up as the Northeastern and the Georgia Carolina Northern lines push toward full repair and service. Steel rails and cross ties arrive, bridges rise, and construction crews race to complete ballasted track from Athens toward Lula and Elberton with new cars and locomotives anticipated for the reconditioned lines.
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Bange
Athens
Lula
Hawilton Wilkins
Hnards
Madison
Athene
Georgia, Carolina & Northern
Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad
Elbercon
Broad River
Elverton
Elberton
Ocone River
Electric Bitters lauded as universal remedy by users
Widely praised tonic Electric Bitters touted as purer medicine with claims to cure liver and kidney diseases, pimples, boils, malaria, headaches, constipation, and more. Guaranteed satisfaction or money back. sold by John Crawford & Co at $1 per bottle.
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John Crawford & Co
Bucklen
Athens News Briefs Highlight Local Happenings
Rain is needed in Athens gardens while Mr T W Reed plans to visit Gate City relatives. The Athenxum club house is the talk and a Gles Club meeting will set a commencement programme. World’s Fair delegates from Clarke county have returned from Atlanta. Athens boys football showed more cap and spirit than practice suggested.
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T. W. Reed
Gate City
Athenzxum
Gles Club
Georgia Railroad
Athens
Passensenger
Clarke County
Atlanta
Enterprising hacks touted for town line before streetcar era
Readers propose a private hack line between town and city center. A 25 cent fare would attract passengers until the street railroad system is issued. Some hack operators promise to haul people downtown and back when transport demand rises.
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Tham
Sears
Stand Pipe Danger Sparks City Water Tower Debate
Neighborhood concerns grow as residents and the city engineer deem the eight inch misalignment a danger. The council plans a called meeting on the 15th to decide whether to condemn the stand pipe and where a new reservoir might be built near Milledge avenue or near the Lumpkin Milledge intersection to restore water pressure.
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Athena
Fife
Milledge Avenue
Lumpkin Street
Milledge
Calisaya Tonic Offered As Modern Remedy
In historic contrast to ancient and medieval miracle cures, Dr Westmoreland’s Calisaya Tonic claims to restore digestion, boost appetite, and aid in dyspepsia. Marketed as an unfailing malarial tonic, it is sold by L. D. Sledge & Co. and BR. C. Orr, Manager.
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Serenus
Westmoreland
L. D. Sledge &Co
BR. C. Orr
Athens Baptists plan new centrally located church
A meeting of the Aid Society of the Baptist church will be held next Wednesday afternoon to discuss building a new church. Deacons are invited to assist in promoting the plan to sell the existing church and lot by the opera house, buy a more central lot near the court house, and erect a larger, handsomer church.
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Athens
Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Aid Society
Not Played as Announced Game Between Town and College Nine
The town boys arrived ready but the college nine did not appear due to illness. A substitute college nine played and the town won 17 to 0. A rescheduled game between the college nine and city nine is planned for next week. Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial advertised.
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Pag Tee
Velar’ Coll
City
Accidently Shot Man Henry McDonald of Atlanta
Henry McDonald of Atlanta was accidentally shot in the chest while attempting to load a pistol in a carriage driven by Ike Williams. He was taken to the Commercial Hotel and placed in his room in very dangerous condition with doctors saying the lung wound is life threatening.
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Henry McDonald
Atlanta
Commercial Hotel
McDonald
Ike ‘Williams
Ike Williams
Milledge Avenue
Athens
Second Baptist Church of
University chatter and political jabs in Athens news
Readers note talk of Rudini's rude stance and the American response as well as broad remarks on the World's Fair Lucy Cobb girls and Clarke County's Georgia representation. University commencement debate ends with a dance verdict and Scott Thornton draws campus attention.
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Lucy Cobb
Clarke County
Georgia
Strickland Heads to Orlando for Sorrells Land Suit
Col Jno J Strickland left for Orlando Florida to attend to Mr Sorrells interests in a land recovery suit. Col Geo C Thomas likely to depart soon to join the effort. The firm Thomas and Strickland is described as influential in the case.
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Cal. Jno
J. Strickland
Orlando
Fla
Honor Roll for Meigs and Other City Schools
April honor rolls list students from Meigs Street Oconee and Washington Street schools. Names span grades from first to ninth with sections and teachers noted, reflecting a wide array of pupils including Annie Edison and Roy Potts among many others.
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A. Linton
Annie Edison
Ethel Booth
Ellen Parnell
Lena Bird
Roy Potts
Max Michael Roy Finch
Caroline Cobb
Minnie Eberhart
Jim Fuller
Jobo Prater
Roy Pitner
Clifford Harbin
Eugene Scott
Ruth Kendall
Goodloe Yancey
Hugh Bernard
Agnes Gose
Helen Wilson
John Moore
Willie Owen
Ophelia Suddeth
Alma Suddeth
Victor Parnell
M. E. Noble
Rae Weatherly
Harvey Weatherly
Lillie Devin
Avy Matthews
Fred
Fred Oates
Rucker Mason
Maggie Ird
Charlie Beusse
Rufus O'Farrell
Katie Jester
Dick Weil
India Colbert
Miss Russell
Mary -Ann Rucker
Wilbur Pope
Evelyn Wilson
Georg Scott
Julius Talmadge
Norma Strickland
Guy Bernard
May Lou Lambert
Lena Pitner
Daisy von der Liih
Sieral Hunnicutt
Clara Barwick
Mamie Davis
Nevitt Owen
Bishop Kendal
Net van der Lieth
George Ellows
Meeting of the Industrial Home Society Committee
The building committee of the Industrial Home Society will meet at Mrs. G A Odell's residence on Friday morning May 5 at 11 o'clock. Mrs C D Reas is named in the notice.
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the Industrial Home Socio
G. A. Odell
Mus
C. D. Reas
Classic City Chat Athens News and Daily Happenings
Athens residents hear daily whispers of improvements and new shops as streets bustle. The Banner notes Route Creek bridge start dates loom and local dignitaries recover from mishaps while Dr H C Quillian opens a new dentistry practice and revival services draw business crowds at the Methodist church.
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First Methodist Church
Leftwich
Charlotte South's growing pride noted by local boosters
Special to the Banner. Charlotte residents organize the Charlotte Consolidated Construction Company and acquire 450 acres near the city. Latta Park features a 1200 foot lake and boats. Meckl enburg Independence Day plans include a sale and fireworks funded by the North State Club.
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Chartotte
N.C
Queen City
Charlotte
South
Dixie
E.D. Latta
E.B. Springs O. P. Heath
M. A. Biand
F. B. McDowell
J. L. Chambers
Charlotte Consolidated Construction Company
Dilworth
Edward Dilworth Latta
Latta Park
Mecklenburg
C’s
Three Men Await Death Row in Fulton County Jail
In Atlanta on May 7 three men Charley Ozburn Elisha A Underwood and George Washington await the death sentence for first degree murder. Judge Richard H Clarke will pass the verdict in a few days as executive clemency or escape is not available.
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Atlanta
Explosion at railroad work kills foreman and injures two workers
At B B Lewis's work site on the Georgia Carolina and Northern railroad near Lawrenceville Georgia on May 7 a dynamite blast killed foreman J H Henley instantly and badly injured two black workers, Charles Pearce and Will Harrington. Henley hailed from Jonesboro North Carolina and his body was recovered after the explosion.
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Lawrenceville
B. B. Lewis's
Georgia, Carolina and Northern Railroad
J. H. Henley
Charles Pearce
Will Harrington
Henry
Jonesboro
N. C
Lunatic Demands 1,000,000 From Jay Gould
Inspector Byrnes arrests Charles J. Dixon who threatened to kill Jay Gould unless paid. Dixon from Pueblo Colorado says he is vice-president of a reform group called Christ's followers and believes a decree compels the act. He is committed for sanity examination.
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New York
Inspector Byrnes
Jay Gould
Charles J. Dixon
Pueblo
Col
Dixon
Sinking of French Torpedo Boat Near Cherbourg
Paris reports a Cherbourg despatch stating a French torpedo boat sank off the port after colliding with a cruiser. No further details on casualties or timing are provided.
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Paris
Cherbourg
A Love Song in M Flat Serenade
A young man serenades his Madeline late at night and catches a cold. He uses Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy to treat catarrh including nasal discharge and throat irritation. The ad promises 500 dollars if the remedy fails to cure a case and costs 50 cents.
North Georgia Trip Returns and Athens Visit Notices
Several residents report returns from trips and upcoming plans in Athens. D W McGregor and Andrew J Cobb come home from the mountains and Atlanta respectively, while Col Seatrooke of Charleston plans a short Athens stay. Ed Durant heads to Atlanta and Alf Harper joins the Atlanta Constitution staff. An auction sale of Streckfuss eight lots and Farbstein nine acres is announced in front of the Ten Cent store with CoLeman as auctioneer.
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Col. Seatrooke
Charleston
Athens
Mrs. McGregor
Alf Harper
The
Atlanta Constitution
Grant -Wilkins
Atlanta
Julia Wilkins
Lucy Cobb Institute
Streckfuss
Ten Cent
Farbstein
A CoLeman
Police vow crackdown on street yellers after Wednesday night uproar
A local police chief declares a sweeping arrest of all yellers and howlers from the Immortal Scott performance crowds. He warns a day of judgment and promises action to end such demonstrations in Classic Athens amid Mayor Brown’s forthcoming matinee. Hood's Sarsaparilla ad promotes a blood purifier.
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Scott
Athens
Mayor Brown
Rome Fire Sparks Alarm In Vatican Circles
Disturbing rumors in Rome link a blaze at the carabineri barracks to an incendiary act. The Swiss Guards were rapidly ordered under arms as fires spread from stables to the Tiber and toward the Vatican, blamed on socialist elements ahead of May Day.
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Rous
Vatican
Carabineri
Hi le Guard
Tiber
Rome
Daring check raiser tampers mail to steal funds
A bold check raiser in Indianapolis altered a 40 cent check en route to 240 dollars. The forged check was paid by Indiana National Bank after the amount and date were altered and the bearer designation added. Postal inspectors investigate mail thefts across routes.
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IndiaPolis
Harry Crossland
Indiana National Bank
Se Canade
Rio Grande Flood Near 1884 Peak Threatens Lower Valleys
May 7 Rio Grande, Santa Fe area, runs within inches of the 1884 flood high, alarming residents in low lands. Wrecks reported below Albuquerque and Los Ojos near the track, bed protected by riprap, engineers study status and supply due to expected greatest flood.
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Santa Fe
N. M
Rio Grande
Briat
Albuquerque
Los Oe
Atohinae
Rio Gree Valent
Oise
Epnine
Mexicans Defy Smallpox Removals as Militia Verifies Action
In Corpus Christi Texas on May 7 two smallpox cases were found in a Mexican shanty. Officers planned to move patients to the pest house but Mexican residents armed and swore they would not be removed. Militia surrounded the house with rifles ready to fire if needed, but the crowd dispersed before violence.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Local Court Bond Hearing And District News
A Louisville bank case shows Messrs Schwartz Brockenbrough and Francke appearing in circuit court to post bond on indictments for embezzlement. Thayer is named Nebraska governor as supreme court ruling shifts governorship. In Greensboro a shooting incident ends with Joe Grimea killing Bill Williams with a hoe. Also notes a medicinal salve claim and local druggist ad.
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Louisville
Messrs. Schwartz, Brockenbrough
and Francke
Thayer
Nebraska
Laxcom
Supreme Court
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Scott ‘Thornton
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Meigs ST. School
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Lilly Towns
Wallace Palmer
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Hattie van der Lieth
Lillie Meadowcroft
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Nola Wood
Graily Hale
Mattie Saye
Clem Bryan
Susie Bryan
Ethel Olive
Dele Few
Hugh Garrison
Charlie Yarborough
Ethel Few
Helena Palmer
Franklin Allgood
Sissy Teate
Henry Lester
Jobo Bryson
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Omie
McElbannon
Lily Suber
Emory Herring
Tee Snipes
Clauss
Clarence Viller
Lilian Ramsey
Pattie Hillsman
Ellie Holley
Tallulah Cheney
Mattie Aaron
Maggie Connaughton
Lamar Jackson
Mits Kennard
Katie Franklin
Katie Childers
Julia Eberhart
Fannie Shouse
Emilia Berry
Susie Lampkin
Maud Seagraves
Bell Seagraves
Blynch- Sayeinuie Allan
Hattie Atauji
Goldie Eberhart
Maud. Flournoy
May ‘Hubert
Carlton Thornton
George Wingfield
Ola Welch
Lonie Vickers
Funkenstein
Miles
Collier
Mell Bron Jackson
Bates
Lottie Abramson
Virgil McElhannon
George Burch
Eddie Huguley
Siegmund Morris
Leila Ginn
Hallie Hodgson
May Barrett
Mattie Shephard
Lessie Brightwell
Sallie Silvey
Fred Barry
Luc
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Paul Barry
Cobb Davis
Tom Dozier
Ralph Giles
Carlton Jester
Lewis Lampkin
John O’farrell
Guy Pitner
Screven ‘Wingfield
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Charlie DuBose
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Clifford Mayfield
Frank Prater
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Bertie Baxter
Eddie Lyndon
Philanders, Hubbard
Harry Hull
Willie Booth
Katie Palmer
May ‘Towns
Lena Burbank
Bennie Thornton
Miss Patman
Lois‘McGinty
Beulah Morris
Martha Wolf
Julia Allen
Nellie Allen
Julia Rawson
Annie Parr
Lizelle Wootten
Bessie White
Joe Weatherly
Florrie Collins
Julian McCarry
Clifford Bird
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Trail Creek Bridge
Heis Hurr
Barnett
Duisa Prroin
College
J. B. Wier
Wier
H.C. Quillian
Thomson
Quillian
Charlie O'Farrell
Wade
Sledge
Charlotte, N. C
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Glius
Dornblatt
Bancroft
Pope St
Fulton County
Saya
Jay
Yank
D.W. McGregor
Mountains
North
Andrew J. Cobb
Charles Scudder
Wolf Island
Ed Durant
Dinapolis
Greensboro
Joe Grimea
Bill ’ Williams
Quaibelte
Plains
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