Miss Jewett Raves Like a Pantheress at Boston Meeting
An extended Boston church rally led by Lillian Clayton Jewett, the so called Joan of Arc of the colored race, spurred hundreds of Negro attendees to organize for equal rights amid threats of northern and southern racial strife. The gathering ended with a call for national legislation to curb lynching and restore rights to the disfranchised. The item closes by noting the popular De Witt's Little Early Risers as a remedy.
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Beston
Lillian Clayton Jewett
Boston
Mass
New York City
Zion's Church
North Russell Street
New York
Misa Jewett
Miss Jewett
South
Revival Ends After Weeklong Methodist Meeting
Danielsville Georgia reports a protracted revival at the Methodist church concluded last night after more than seven days of preaching by Rev Ford McRea of Hartwell and Rev Frank Quillian. Twenty two new members joined the church with four by letter and eight last night. Harry Kidd aged six and his father Captain James M Kidd aged sixty six joined last Friday and last night respectively.
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Danielsville
Methodist Church
Ford McRea
Hartwell
Frank Quillian
Harry Kidd
Capt
James M. Kidd
A New Heaven and the New Immortality Debated
The New York World summarizes Rev. R Heber Newton on a striking concept of immortality Death is the true resurrection and continuity of character persists beyond death What is essential here remains in heaven with earthly activities shadowed in higher forms The piece notes fools and selfish souls persist after death and mocks earthly vices like Monte Carlo as continuing in the afterlife It also includes an ad for 01.0 Minute Cough Care by H BR Palmer & Sons.
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New York
R. Heber Newton
Earth
Heaven
Monte Carlo
Trinity Church
H, Br, Palmer & Sons
Peculiar City Court Case Involving Damage Claim
In Watkinsville a city court case about a bicycle accident on Prince avenue last September ended with a directed verdict for the city. Misa Zettie Baer claimed 5 000 damages for a broken arm, but the judge ruled the road reasonably safe for ordinary travel. Ed Horrin vs. O B Chandler is set for today, and Savannah Heat suit in Clarke county likely to be tried. Mrs David Hodges died after a lingering illness at about two this morning, about age 70, to be buried Friday.
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Misa Zettie Baer
Prince Avenue
Cobb
Ed Horrin
O. B. Chandler
Savannah Heat
Clarke County
Tax Returns Show Increase in 1900 Totals
Tax Receiver Carter completed the 1900 tax returns totaling $6,418,020, up $114,260 from 1899, with 2,110 polls, 62 fewer than last year. Real estate returns show a deficit while personal property rises by about $225,000 due to county commissioners audit and taxpayer levies.
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Carter
Doves and hunting notes and local legal notices
Americus Georgia August 23 local sportsmen report booming dove hunting with a roost near the city yielding over 300 birds. Partridges also plentiful though quail season begins November 15. The rest includes assorted Georgia clerical notices about estates and administration, with multiple judgments, dates, and legal actions listed.
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Americus
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THE
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R. H. Newton
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David Hod
Kermott
Castoria
David Hodges
Hera
Shoe
Old Nuonally
W. A. Woodis
Evie H. Jackson
Carithers
Athens
Deceas
Misa Mary Barwick
Welcome Accademy
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Brooklyn Pittsburg
Chicago Philadelphia
SIL Boston
ABE Cincinnati
Ata St. Louis
Georgia
Clare Conn
Ha Giles
Garitian
Mai Utles
Anid Trust
M Herrington
Uroaqia
Clarke
Ord
Danbas
Barington
James Waters
Barsheba
Waters
M. Herrington
Mary
Clarke Murrers Bale
Athen
Henry Clarke
Comely
G. M
Morse
Morton
Larvey Baird
Newton
Ander
H. H. Tinton
C. (. Gibson
W. Wirk
Khorit
Fannin Baawsen
SBF
Va. Clarke Superior Court
Brnong
Mi Carter
Kusell
K. Kenney
Giasxe County
James Habbath
Abel
James
Honoral
B. Ruel
Pie Ang Lith
K. Kanney
Tm Superior Court
H. Nickerson
Court of Ordt
Vincent Mary's
Herrington
Hodgson Cotton Company
Hodgson Cotton
Athens, Georgia
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