Michael Bros Company incorporation and labor bid terms
A Georgia notice details a proposed incorporation as Michael Bros Company in Clarke County with twenty year term and up to five hundred thousand dollars capital, common and preferred stock options, governance by a board, and Athens principal office. It also lists a labor hire bid process for convict labor under state authority, with per capita payments, bonds, and bid procedures due by October fifteenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Bros. Company
Nets
Board of Directors
Tte
Athens
Mell
Petiti
Walthour Race and Varied October events
A garbled list mentions a horse race with 18 entrants, livestock shows, and Wild West themes. It references the Georgia Derby, events on October 10 and 13 including Meet Me on the Pike and a Moon trip, plus Balloon Ascension and Parachute Balterial with a later guest to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walthour
Tri-State
Money
Noreal Tey
New York
Clarke County levies and notices from 1908 meeting
The document records a Clarke County Georgia meeting with adopted levies on state and county purposes, including jails, roads, bridges, salaries, and legal indebtedness. It also contains citations for letters of administration and guardianship notices for multiple estates, with dates and officials identifying the Ordinary and clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Clarke County
Crawford
Said County
Ity
A. L. Mitchell
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
Erutch
A. al
William L. Clay
Joseph L. McAllister
Court of Ordinary
Wingfield
Georgehisith
Clarke Gounty
Notorious Foreign Legion Seized by Merciless Image
The London Chronicle lauds the French Foreign Legion as a infamous force. Recruited from outcasts across Europe, its ranks include disgraced officers and fugitives. The corps swiftly disciplines subordination and seeks refuge from civil law, yet it has performed valiantly against Arabs and often holds the frontline in combat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poreigo Legion
Belgium
Spain
Amering
Italy
Foreign Legion
The Stick Insect of Borneo Captured at Thirteen Inches
The longest known insect is the stick insect of Borneo with specimens around thirteen inches. It mimics a rough stick, blending with tree bark on a branch. Borneo also hosts one of the largest dragonflies, a specimen of the subfamily wschna measuring six and a half inches across its wings and a strong body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borneo
Emerson on Boston Panic and a Welfare of Life Pill
A fragment recalls Emerson’s witty reply to a Boston alarmist about the world ending next Monday. It then hints at life’s strict laws governing health and promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentle, thorough remedy for irregular living causing constipation headaches or liver trouble.
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Boston
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Emerson
Oriental Lanterns How They Are Made and Uses
A New York Post feature surveys oriental lanterns from ancient perforated cylinders to elaborate house lanterns. It notes materials like iron brass and teak, variations in shape from spheres to multi sided boxes, and decorative elements such as beads bells and glass work reflecting status and festive display.
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China
Japan
Cathay
New York Post
New York Press
Ancient Cities and Their Populations Through History
The text surveys ancient capitals including Jerusalem Solomon era, Constantinople at peak with about 1.5 million, Babylon never exceeding 1.2 million, Athens around 30,000 in Xerxes era, and Rome between 1.2 and 2 million, noting Gibbon’s lower estimate and Milman agreement. It presents archeologists and Herodotus as sources for these figures.
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Jerusalem
Solomon
Constantinople
Babylon
Athens
Xerxes
Herodotus
Rome
Gibbon
Milman
Melba Snubs Dinner Guests Over Fee
Melba refused to sing after a Boston socialite urged a performance at a dinner. The singer demanded 2000 and asked to see her manager, then left in a fit of anger.
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Melba
Mme
Boston
A Unique Command and Other Humorous Vignettes
A selection of brief items from Boulogne to Baltimore offering comic scenes of police, crowds, and politics. Included are the roll of the drum to quell pushing ladies, a jailed offender mockingly challenged on the stairs, a caucus chair’s quip about rent and light, and a mother’s hope Josh will make his mark, plus an endorsement of Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy by local merchants for bilious dysentery.
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Boulogne
Harmony Wnre
Harmony
Baltimore American
Josh
Corn Tessel
Washington Star
Chamberlain
C “B. L. Byer
B. T. Little
Hancock, Md
H R. Palmer & Sons
W. J. Smith
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Turner & Hodgson
New
Sorosis
General Assembly
Georges
Nat Nets
Addres
Atlanta, Ga
Jos
Turner
Goodloe Yancry
Superior Court
Anid County
Michael
M G. Michael
H. EK. Oate
F. Phillipa
Myer Stern
Atlantis Great Fair
Stember
K. J. Crawford
Clarke Co. Ga
Gypraia
Marke
W. B. Jones
Oconee
Geogia
Murry ‘Layvor
Odessa Sykus
Fannie Chatman
Septing
Clare County
B. Wingfield, Jr
Lila Finley
Chas.inley
Fulton County
Clarke Co
Jon
Orai
Biche Clare of
Theng T
Nary An
of Ordinary
A.J. Watson
Marion Watson
Pition
G. E. Atkisson
Mra. J
B. Wingfield
Ancient
Socrates
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