Two Carnival Shows Set for Athens This Month
Athens expects two carnival companies. The Cosmopolitan opens for a week on Chase Street circus lot, followed the week of the 19th by Barkool Amusement Co. Licensing and disputes arose but were resolved with city attorney input. Cosmopolitan managers deny rumors of Barkool's departure.
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Athens
Cosmopolitan
Chase Street
Barkool Amusement Co
Barkool
Mcense
Real Live
J. R. Anderson
Cosmopolitan People
Harry Shields
Shields
Cosmopolitan Company
Swept Over Niagara and Kidney Warnings Prompt Cure
A fragment urges readers to heed river warnings after a tragedy at Niagara and warns that back pain signals kidney issues. It promotes Electric Bittern as a remedy and cites a testimonial from J R Blankenship of Belk and W J Smith & Co.
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Niagara
Bright
May
J. R. Blankenship
Belk
W. J. Smith
City Water Clears City of Typhoid Fears
Athens Board of Health reports city water analysis shows no gas producing organisms and no new typhoid cases since January 14. Only one typhoid case since January involved a well water drinker, and overall water remains normal and free of harmful bacteria.
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Board of Health
Athens
Athens Board of Health
Rheumatism Relief By Free Application Liniment
More than nine tenths of rheumatism cases are muscular and caused by cold or damp weather or chronic rheumatism. Internal treatment not needed. free application of Chamberlain's Liniment provides quick relief. Try it. the large size costs 60 cents. Sold by local druggists.
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H. R. Palmer & Sons
Orr Drug Co
Warren J. Smith & Bro
Broad street merchants petition Barkoot Amusement Co
Broad street businessmen sign a petition urging Barkoot Amusement Co to locate attractions on Broad street when it comes here on the 19th. The firm now on Washington street prefers Broad street. council and company will decide before tents arrive. Plus a brief ad for Ely Dream Balm and Cream Balm for nasal relief.
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Carnival Company
Washington
Broad Street
Barkoot Amusement Co
Washington Street
Davenport’s explosive tale of notes and Masonry feud
Athens man Tom Davenport recounts a long chain of mysterious letters and a brutal 1903–04 ordeal tied to a Masonry lodge, blackmail notes, a lynching threat, and a struggle with Aleck Roberts at the Southern mill. He asserts handwriting links to his nine year old daughter’s writing and to others, and says he will move to Toccoa after detailing the entire事件.
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Southern ‘Manufacturing Co
Tom ‘Davenport
Athens
Aleck [ Roberts
Southern Mill
Davenport
Toccoa
Roberts
Danner
Buford
Hoe
Milledgeville
Jim Wright
Elbert County
W.T. Adams
Bowden
Mr. Davenport
King
Hannah
Wallace
Mr. Hannah
N. E. Hogsed
W. T. Adama
EB. A. Barnes
Seaboard
Barnes
Capt. Sage
McKie
W. T. Adams
Banner
Southern Mills
Pecan culture in South Georgia growth and rail plans
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index notes strong pecan culture growth in southwest Georgia with a $25,000 Dougherty county charter, a 750 acre land purchase by Chicago interests, and two new south Georgia charters. Rail and electric line plans from Fitzgerald to Ft Valley and from Fairburn to Atlanta loom, while real estate activity in both states booms with syndicate purchases and new projects. Other items include a Birmingham hotel project, a $35,000 Elberton school, and a big peach orchard sale in Americus. a swelling corporate charter activity and a massive Okefenokee swamp timber project near Waycross.
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Columbus
Georgia
Dougherty County
Chicago
South Georgia
Fitzgerald
Ft. Valley
Gla
Atlanta
Fairburn
Mobile Bay
Birmingham
Ala
Ensley
Griffin
Cuthbert
Elberton
Moultrie
Americus
Waycross
Pennsylvania Company
Okefenokee
Montgomery
Savannah
Alabama Court Upholds State Prohibition Law
The Alabama Supreme Court has declared the state prohibition law valid with all judges concurring. The law, effective January 1, aims for statewide prohibition, prompting immediate enforcement efforts after challenges in Birmingham Mobile and Selma reached the high court. The opinion was delivered by Justice Anderson, with Justice McClellan previously aligned.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court
Alabama
Birmingham
Mobile
Sei A
High Court
Justice Anderson
Justice McClellan
F Marion Crawford And His Career
New York reports from Italy flag a serious illness of novelist F Marion Crawford. Born in Bagni di Lucca, he spent youth in Italy and America and studied at Cambridge and Heidelberg. He wrote Mr Isaac s and A Roman Singer early success propelled him to prominence by age thirty.
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W. T. Adams
New Holland
Adams
Munson
Toccoa
New York
F. Marion Crawford
Italy
Bagni di Lucca
Florence
Thomas Crawford
Louisa Ward
Julia Ward Howe
Marion Crawford
America
Marlon Crawford
New Hampshire
Harvard
England
Cambridge University
Germany
Hal
Carlsruhe
University of Heidelberg
Crawford
India
Bombay
Tsaacs
Isaacs
Mr. Crawford
Touch of nature makes the whole world kin
A farmyard parable about sharing success and the instinct to help others leads to praise for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Letters from cured users appear to urge others to try the remedy for relief, with advertisements listing local druggists and outlets.
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H. R. Palmer & Sons
Orr Drug Co
Warren J. Smith & Bro
E. C. McEvoy
L. P. Canning
The Gloves Tax Sparks Major Political Fight
An editorial warns Republican Ways and Means leaders against hiking duties on imported gloves. It argues the burden falls hardest on women and the poor, outlines drastic price increases, and recalls the McKinley tariff era to urge restraint. It stresses voter impact despite women lacking ballots.
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New York Times
Ways and Meats Committee
Dutley
Tribune of Chicago
Payne
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Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Barkoot
Benefit Park Fund
City Water
Broad Street Merchants
Ely
Ely Bros
Warren St
Tom
Gov. Gilchrist
Florida
F. G. Fritts
Oneonta
N. Y
Foley
Hardeman
Buff Orpington
WM. Cook & Sons
Buff Orpington Grove
Prince Ave
Athens, Georgia
Mr. Isaacs
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