Branch Affidavit Reaffirms Durham Statement Amid Denial
In a published card, C C Branch reiterates his affidavit alleging Paul Durham said the populists would nominate Hoke Smith if not in the primary. Durham denies the claim, saying he signed a contrary affidavit after Branch pressed him for doubt. Branch notes Durham’s assertion that he did not even attend the convention.
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O. C. Branch
Mr. Durham
Durham
Branch
Hoke Smith
Mr. Branch
Paul Durham
Mr. Smith
Robbery and assault mar El Paso station incident
Two highwaymen held up Samuel Roland and Corrinne Jones at a railway station near El Paso Texas. They robbed them and assaulted Miss Jones before fleeing. A pursuit led to a train being surrounded and a bystander was killed during the incident. The robbers were captured and identified by the victims. the dead man remains unnamed.
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el Reno
Okla
Samuel Roland
Big Attendance Predicted at State Normal School
The State Normal School faces a housing squeeze as dormitories fill before the new session. Two new campus buildings near completion, with Science Hall equipment arriving, and two new teachers join at opening. Miss Clara Hardin will assist in music. Miss Chloe Allen becomes laboratory assistant in Physics and Chemistry. Attendance is expected to be the largest in the school’s history.
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State Normal School
Normal School
M. Smith Science Hall
Clara Hardin
Decatur
Music
Charles 8. Blanage
Hardin
Agnes Scott Institute
Chloe Allen
Hancock County
Comstock Raided by the Art Club
The Art Students League in New York defends its catalogue of nude pictures after Anthony Comstock and his suppression group raided the league. The statement says the pamphlets were mailed with postal knowledge and that the attack targets artists, not the league, and vows a vigorous fight.
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New York
Anthony Comstock
Society For the Suppression of Vice
Art Students’ League
League
Comstock
Subtle Quip on Mrs. Hairstyles in Classic Quote
The Houston Post notes a witty remark about marriage and changing hair color. A speaker recalls promising to marry only a blonde, but jokes his wife became a brunette later, highlighting humor about appearance and commitment.
Georgia Y M C A to aid soldiers at Chickamauga encampment
The state committee of the Young Men's Christian Association of Georgia will represent at Chickamauga with a large 40 by 60 foot tent led by H M Johnson of Savannah assisted by T M Lemly of the Americas Association. The tent will offer reading material, writing space, ice water, games, instruments, and religious services for soldiers and regimental chaplains under General Bubb.
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Young Men's Christian Association of Georgia
Chickamauga
H. M. Johnson
Savannah
T. M. Lemly
The
Americas Association
Johnson
Georgia
Bubb
State Committee
HIGHTOWE DIES FROM INJURIES
Atlanta, August 4. Conductor Hightower died at Grady hospital from injuries suffered in the West End streetcar wreck on Thursday night. He was 19, married to a former Miss Keown, and survived by his wife. Buries planned for Dahlonega after body remains with his father in law.
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Atlanta
West End
C. Hightower
Grady Hospital
Hightower
Dahlonega
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
W.S. Kewn
Veterans Camp Plans Barbecue to Fund Reunion Trip
The Cobb Lebney Camp of United Confederate Veterans met at city hall to raise funds for veterans to attend next year’s Richmond reunion. The group aims to cover travel for all members, citing it may be their last chance to return to Virginia. A barbecue committee of T J Beatt J W Woods David Stephens J W Wier and W A Carthers was formed to organize upcoming meal details and timing.
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Cobb-Lebney Camp
United Confederate Veterans
Richmond
Virginia
Messrs
T. J. Beatt
J. W. Woods
David Stephens
J. W. Wier
W. A. Carthers
Admiral Train Dies in Chefoo at 61 in Asiatic Fleet
Rear Admiral Charles J. Train, commander in chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet, died at Chefoo at 9:16 AM from uraemia. He had guided neutrality in Philippine waters during the Russo Japanese War, aged 61, after a long career including command of the auxiliary cruiser Prairie in the Spanish American War and service at sea for two decades.
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Prairie
North Atlantic
Prof. J. G. Stewart to Address League Meeting
The league devotional hour is moved from 6 p m to 8 30 p m in August. Prof J G Stewart will speak this evening, and all are invited to attend.
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Stewart
Prof. J. 8. Stewart
Making a virtue of necessity in wedding gifts
The Chicago Record Herald and Houston Post quote contrasting views on wedding presents. The bride and groom are described as having many generous friends, yet one side mocks lavish displays and wide acquaintances as signs of extravagance rather than affection.
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Chicago
Herald
No Fear Of Lynching Rumor Litters Georgia
Atlanta August 4 Governor Terrell doubts reports that jailed old man J G Rawlings and Alf Moore will be lynched over the Carter children murder. Attorney Cooper seeks protection. governor says locals would not mob. Also reports Petrie’s delta discoveries confirm ancient sites and store cities in Egypt and Ramses era details.
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Atlanta, Ga
Terrell
J. G. Rawlings
Alf Moore
Carter
Leonard Rawlings
Atorney
John R. Cooper
Macon
Rawlings
J. B. Rawlings
Lowndes County
Emory Speer
United States District Court
Man Rawlings
Cooper
United States Supreme Court
Ancient Hyksos site described by Petrie and Josephus
The article outlines Petrie's account of the Hyksos camp near Onias, detailing its size and defenses, then notes its later transition to Egyptian masons building a large limestone wall. It compares the Temple of Onias to Jerusalem's temples and cites Josephus, then moves to New York reading records and a light exchange about auto fads, finishing with a note on fine printing.
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Syria
Rameses
Ramses
Petrie
Pitham
Onias
Prof
Temple of
Benneath
Zerubabel
Jerusalem
Solomon
Herod
Abram
Josephus
Petric
Onlas
Temple Hill
Egypt
Winslow
Boston Herald
Rawlings Pleads to Be Lynched in Georgia Jailyard
Valdosta Georgia August 4. J G Rawlings on death row for the Carter children murder calls to interview with B W Coppage near the Lowndes county jail. He repeats Alf Moore did the killing and urges authorities to lynch both men tonight to reveal the truth amid a wary crowd seeking swift justice.
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Valdosta
B. W. Coppage
Lowndes County
J. G. Rawlings
Carter
Wappage
Carters
Rawlings
Justice Ha
Alf Moore
Alf
Gloom in Auslia War News and Bombing Report
Telegraph dispatches describe a train robbery near Libeau and Haffpot in which government funds amounting to 10000 were stolen, eight passengers wounded including Brazil's consul general M. Von Rupnievski and a German, as well as a Moscow report of a bomb at Lazan railway station killing two.
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Warsaw
Libeau
Haffpot
Brazil
M. von Rupnievski
Grundmann
Moscow
Lazan
Pla
Immense Greenland Ice Mass Disturbs World Records
London Tit Bits reports the vast Greenland ice mass covering interior regions since ancient times now forms a block about 60 000 square miles in area and over a mile and a half thick. It rivals the volume of the Mediterranean and could cover Britain and Ireland with a seventy mile thick layer. The Banner Leader notes arrests of socialist guards leaders and the organization’s breakup amid printing debates.
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Greet Land
Averis
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Ireland
London
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