Old Boston Chapel and St Augustine’s Cemetery Lore
The burial of Mgr. Denis O'Callaghan highlights the historic St. Augustine's chapel in South Boston. The nearby 1818 cemetery, the first Catholic burying ground in New England, honors Fr. Francis Anthony Matignon and connects Mattapan, Milton, Quincy, Dedham, and Fort Hill Catholics through a long history of worship and memorial Masses.
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Boston
Mgr
Denis O'Callaghan
St. Augustine's Chapel
Dorchester Street
South
Little Chapel
New England
Archdioese of
St. Augustine’s Cemetery
John Cheverus
Francis Anthony Matignon
Matignon
France
Fr. Cheverus
Rome
Martignon
Cheverus
John Magner
St. Augustine’s Chapel
Mattapan
Milton
Quincy
Dedham
Fort Hill
Booth
SS. Peter and Paul
Broadway
Dorchester Avenue
Pretty Old Girls New York Report on Farm Worker Age
A report from Sleighton Farm in New York notes that the age considered for a girl to leave training is fifty, per Martha P. The statement appears in a clipped historical article describing farm rulings and trainee release ages.
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New York
Martha P
Sleighton Farm
Meat shortages and livestock in Palestine under Consul Wallace
Consul Wallace reports Jerusalem district animal statistics and meat supply. Cattle and small ruminants are taxed. local mutton and goat flesh are only half the market needs, beef is scarce, and pasturage is limited. Camels dominate transport, Bedouins herd them, and camel flesh is eaten by poorer Mohammedans.
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Palestine
Thomas R. Wallace
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Gaza
Atlanta Slips After Sunday Win in Rough Schedule
Yesterday results show Atlanta losing while other teams posted varied scores across leagues. Notable results include Memphis 5 Atlanta and Mobile 4 Nashville 5, with Boston 6 St Louis 4 and Detroit 8 Boston 7 highlighting the busy round of games.
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Atlanta
Pound Ninety-Three Defeats Hodgson In Indoor Baseball Match
Pound team overwhelms Hodgson side with heavy hitting in a junior indoor baseball game at the YMCA. Heavy hitters propel Pound to an eighteen to ten victory as pitchers Hodgson Van Straaten and others struggle.
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Pound
Hodison
Hanson
Hodgson
van Straaten
R.H. E
Aed
Rawson
Boo
Modgson
Suse
Nicholson
Morton
Gee
Murray
Georgia Eyes Comeback in Tech Series in Atlanta
Retrospects and Prospects discusses Georgia's chance to win two straight from Tech in Atlanta. The piece notes defeat, student enthusiasm, and plans for a special train to Atlanta, with an umpiring controversy and anticipation of large crowds at Sanford Field as Georgia and Tech clash.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Georgia Rooters
Army
Voice of Dead Friend Heard At Funeral
At the funeral of Caton L. Decker a phono graphic record played the voice of his friend W. Stanley Grinsted an former Orange New Jersey alderman who had been dead for over two years The song Face to Face comforted both men during illness and was played at Decker's service shocking and moving mourners
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New York
Caton L. Decker
W. Stanley Grinsted
Orange
N. J
Ten Millions of Gallons of Water Each Day
Atlanta officials approve a new city electric pump at the river station delivering ten million gallons of water per hour for drinking bathing and sprinkling lawns. Mayor Woodward signs with Georgia Railway and Power to supply current as electric pumping proves cheaper than steam. Private mills and factories in Atlanta follow with electric power adoption.
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Atlanta
Woodward
Georgia Railway & Power Company
Georgia Railway & Electric Company
Boy Discovers He Walked With Broken Neck for Two Years
Oliver Roberts of North Adams Massachusetts aged eighteen learned he had a broken neck from a football injury in 1911. Doctors confirmed the fracture after him suffering neck pain recently. A minister in Coffeyville Kansas, the Rev Percival H Barker, was suspended for one year after being found guilty of lying.
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North Adams
Mass
Oliver Roberts
Coffeyville
Kan
Percival H. Barker
The
Presbyterian Church
Prof Marion Chosen Hopkinsville Seeks He’s Declined
Comer Ga May 12 Prof J N Marion superintendent Comer High School received wire notice of his election to Hopkinsville Ky high school superintendency with a $2400 salary after prior refusals He informed Hopkinsville board he will remain in Comer Matinee Colonial Today 3 15
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Comer
J. N. Marion
Comer High School
Hopkinsville
Marion
Board of Education
Georgia Boy Taking Prominent Rank As Lawyer
Gus Edwards and Ed Renfroe were connected to the October wreck of Southern train 43 at Kitchens siding. The jury exonerated Renfroe last Wednesday after Tankersley testified for the state. Mrs Costner pursued $130000 in damages against the railroad, with a $50000 suit and smaller claims to be heard next term.
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Cornelia Enterprise
Gus
Edwards
Ed Renfroe
Southern
Kitchens Siding
Renfroe
Jack Costner
Om Tankersley
Costner
Red Men to Meet in Commerce May 14
The Piedmont division of the S O R M will hold its semi annual session in Commerce on May 14 with delegates from Jackson Banks Gwinnett Habersham and Hall counties. Grand Sachem Sam J Bell of Jefferson will deliver an address. Local camp members J H Crow R A Watkins and Albert Webb were named to a committee on arrangements.
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Commerce
Piedmont
Jackson, Banks
Gwinnett Habersham
Hall Counties
Sam J. Bell
Jefferson
Bowman to Host Gibson Mercer Commencement Week
Bowman Georgia prepares for commencement week starting May 18 with Rev W H Rich of Elberton delivering the sermon. State school commissioner M L Brittain and Furman University president Edwin M Poteat will speak, with entertainments and baseball games scheduled. A large crowd is expected as Bowman officials promise a feast of events and hospitality for visitors.
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Bowman
W. Hl. Rich
Elberton
M. L. Brittain
Edwin M. Poteat
Furman University
Greenville
Gibson -Mercer
Towman
Elberton’s An Oslerized Town
Elberton Ga May 12 Dr Osler would find many citizens over sixty years old in business and professional life in the city but with exceptions noted only two ministers one lawyer one county official and two business men remain active. The statement lists Rev E L Sisk Rev T R Adams Judge H A Roebuck County Treasurer N B Cosby and Messrs J E Tunison and W W Reese as those over the age of sixty not active in broader business or professional work.
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Elberton
Osler
E. L. Sisk
T. R. Adams
H. A. Roebuck
N. B. Cosby
J. E. Tunison
W. W. Reese
Meeting Notice Highlights Social Features and Sessions
The notice outlines two sessions for the upcoming meeting with one in the afternoon on Wednesday. Besides the regular business to be dispatched, the social features of the meeting will form a prominent part of the program.
Stricken Worker Bert Patat Dies After Paralysis Saturday
Bert Patat was stricken with paralysis Saturday afternoon at the shops of Dead Wyler on Clayton Street and died about 2:30 PM at his Thomas Street home. He leaves a wife, several small children, his father Jos Patat, and two brothers employed in local shops. Patat was known as hard-working, pleasant, and obliging.
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Bert Patat
Deadwyler
Clayton Street
Thomas Street
Jos
Patat
Bryan
Klein & Martin
Joint Board and Council Meet at City Hall
A joint session of the Board of Education and city council will meet at city hall tonight to discuss school building improvements. Plans and specifications will be requested and remodeling and enlargement work will be taken up immediately as bond funds become available.
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Board of Education
Veteran Southern conductor to retire on pension
Capt. E. C. Cox, a passenger conductor with more than twenty five years of service, will soon retire on a $40 monthly pension. Local advocate Charlie Phinizy helped gather petitions from Athens to Lula. Mildred Rutherford discussed the pension with Southern Railway leaders in Washington, leading to the decision.
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E. C. Cox
Southern Railway
Charlie Phinizy
Old
Northeastern
Athens
Lula
Capt. Cox
Mildred Rutherford
Washington
Ralway
Mildred
Funeral of Mrs M L Martin Sunday
Funeral services for Mrs. M L Martin were held Sunday afternoon at four oclock. Rev S R England and Rev A A Sullivan conducted the services as a large gathering paid tribute to her memory and steadfast character.
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M. L. Martin
S. R. England
A. A. Sullivan
Small Fire at Durant Home Sparks Catch on Roof
Yesterday morning about 11 o'clock a small blaze occurred at the house of A. C. Durant on the corner of Jackson and Baldwin streets. The roof caught from sparks and the department quickly extinguished the fire.
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A. C. Durant
Jackson and
Baldwin Streets
Last Story of the Holman Office Building Rising
The ninth above ground story of the Holman office building is being added this week as construction moves rapidly toward completion.
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Holman
Highly Respected Negro Buried This P M
Alban Haley a sixty year old man died Sunday morning at his Barber Street home after months of illness. He was a preacher, worked for Michael in carpet and mating, and known as moral and respected by white and colored neighbors. Funeral at Pierce's chapel Foundry Street at 3 30 this afternoon with white friends in attendance.
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Alban Haley
Barber Street
Michael
Pierce
Foundry Street
Social notes highlight local visits and travels
Mr. Gene Hoke of Augusta visited his parents the Hokes for the weekend. Billups Phinizy's party plans a Norfolk visit after Atlantic City. Congressman Sam Tribble returns to Georgia for a brief stay. William Ellis Mil of Atlanta visited his grandmother Mrs. Lipscomb. Albert Foster of Madison and Joe Brown Connally of Atlanta returned home from a visit to John Welch. Judge George C. Thomas left for South Carolina. An auto party headed to Athens for a Georgia Tech game returns home. Dr Otis H Johnson left for Wave Texas to join Mrs Johnson and will return to Athens within ten days.
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Billups Phinizy
Atlantic City
Norfolk
Hammond Johnson
Albert Foster
Madison
Joe Brown Connally
Atlanta
John Welch
Forrest Adair, Jr
Mary Helen Moody
Aoh Stallings
Robin Adair
Jackson Dick
Jesse Draper
Clarence Knowles
Athens
Georgia Tech
Constitution
Otis H. Johnson
Wave
Texas
Mayor's Court Hears Ten Crapshooters And Violations
A lively session in the mayor's police court handled thirteen violations of ordinance 363 for disorderly conduct and six cases under ordinance 360 for drunkenness. Ten craps players were fined ten dollars each after cases were made. The day produced no unusually large disputes or disorder.
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Bar of Justice
Elberton Man Takes Financial Risk for Brother-in-Law
Elberton Georgia May 12 Mr L D Mattox went to Atlanta to visit his brother in law J S Carmichael who recently had an appendicitis operation Doctors said the chance to save him was gone but he paid five hundred dollars and signed a release. The operation was performed and he is now practically out of danger.
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Elberton
L. D. Mattox
Atlanta
J. S. Carmichael
Carmichael
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Old Boston Chapel
Plains of
Sharon
Eoutier
Memphis
New Orleans
Cusattanooga
Montgomery
Birmingham
Mobile
Nashville
Chasem
Tech
Lucy Cobb
University
Lucies
Baraca Conventon
Puller
Columbus
Colum
Chattahoochee
Harry Holland
Holland
Association
Sanford Field
Kentucky
Gibson-Mercer
Elberton’s
BOARD
Council
Scott Lowe
Eis ‘Stowe
Purcell
P. M
Gene Hoke
Augusta
J. Z. Hoke
Congressman Sam Tribble
William Ellis MI
M. A. Lipscomb
George C. Thomas
South Carolina
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