Seven Promising Youths Depart for Fort McPherson Drills
Seven youths from Athens depart at noon to Fort McPherson Barracks for Philippine service under Lieut Holley. Thirteen applied but seven were accepted due to weight standards. enlistees include Chandler Danson Wagnon Collier Nichols Kinyon Wood. Officers Holley and Howell expect orders soon as the regiment nears capacity. next month sails for the Philippines likely. Cascarets advertisement follows with health claim and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Fort McPherson Barracks
Lieut
Holley
Athens
Calvin V. Chandler
Ralph E. Danson
William Y. Wagnon
Thos. W. Collier
Oscar O. Nichols
Wiliam J. Kinyon
Chas. Wood
Howell
Park Howell
University
Haley
Intimation From Judge Russell on Star Thread Mill Case
Judge Russell heard the Star Thread Mill case to resolve priority of liens on funds from property sale. He stated he had not yet confirmed the sale at 56200 dollars and likely would not do so, leaving a positive decision pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Court House
Star Thread Mill
Judge Russell
Athens to Get New Broom Factory in Classic City
Mr Henry C Kenney will start a broom factory in Athens on Foundry street using latest machinery. Initial output will be four workers with capacity expanding as orders grow. Products should hit market by September 1st and be carried by local merchants for affordable prices. Patrons urged to support home industry and buy these brooms locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Henry C. Kenney
Kenney
Foundry Street
New County Map Underway by Supt T P Stanley
Supt T P Stanley, a noted civil engineer, resumes county re survey to establish permanent county lines for Clarke county and plans a new map. Stone monuments will mark the lines every two hundred yards during leisure moments, yielding an elegant map upon completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
T. P. Stanley
Supt. Stanley
Diverse Aug 19 telegraph items touch race, trains, storms, and crime
Bishop Halsey urges petitioning government to carve out states for negroes instead of emigration to Africa. Mass meeting in Greenwood vows to punish white attackers of negroes. A northbound KC PCC Gulf train plunges into Little River with no casualties. Cocoa town Red Bay islands hurricane kills 600 to 800. Southern Railway denies absorbing L and N. Western Australia enfranchises women. Oil explosion causes $800,000 fire in Chicago. 152 pound melon in Monticello. Armistead Taylor and John A Brown hanged for murder in Rockville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
L. H. Halsey
Africa
Turner
Greenwood
Texarkana
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
New York
Southern Railway Co
Perth West
Australia
Legislative Council of Western Australia
Tallabasse
Fla
W. M. Girardeau
Monticello
Great Exhibit of Reptiles at Georgia State Fair
Jim Murray of Watkinsville brings a remarkable reptile display to Atlanta with about twenty snakes including a coachwhip and moccasin caught along a Watkinsville creek. The collection features a curious 12 inch snake with an almost non distinct head, plus lizards, scorpions, and chameleons all locally sourced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Jim Murray
Watkinsville
Lemons as Medicine Lemon Elixir Claims Heal Ailments
An ad touts Mozley s Lemon Elixir as a liver stomach and kidney tonic. It claims to cure biliousness constipation indigestion headaches malaria fevers chills heart trouble and nervous prostration. Testimonials from Georgia residents praise relief and cures from using the product in 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.ils
H. Mozley
Moziley's Lemons Elixir Endorsed by W Rollo
A testimonial from W Rollo of West End Atlanta praising Moziley's Lemons Elixir for nervous prostration headache indigestion and constipation after other remedies failed. The short note asserts full endorsement and satisfactory results from use.
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Moziley
W. Rollo
West End
Atlanta
Skiff's Once-A-Week Talk on Happiness and Athens Futuring
A reflective column discusses happiness and misery, arguing perfect happiness lies beyond life, urges removal of hypocrisy in churches, and praises Athens growing plans. It highlights a proposed city clock, improved water and electric amenities, and a forthcoming cotton factory with ten thousand spindles, urging civic effort and investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Telegraphic News From All Points Dated Aug 21
Global dispatches report Paris riots with anarchists attacking police looting a church and burning religious icons. 20 000 rioters and several officers injured. Other items note Dewey favoring Philippine autonomy in Naples and political shifts in Washington Rennes and Georgia notes on Dreyfus conviction likelihood and a new cotton mill in Hogansville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Naples
Omaha
Neb
Washington
Rumoteil
Elihu Root
State Department
War Department
Rennes
Dreyfus
Hogansville
Bears Triumph Over Hays in Narrow 7-Point Win
The game featured tough defense from both sides as Bears edged Hays by seven points. Key performances came from Bears players and the crowd witnessed a close finish with late free throws sealing the result.
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Manila
Lieutanent Holley
Star Teresa Mill
Brumby Drnog Co
H.C. Kenney
Supt
Rockville, Md
Armistead Taylor
John Alfred Brown
Louis Rosenstein
Bly
Ofek Fo Il
Moziey
Indian Springs, Ga
Speights
J. O. Stanley
E. T. Vae
Ga. R. R
Fozley
Tales Diehl
Cor
Habersham and
St. Thomas Sts
Savannah
Skiff
Cape Town
Transvaal
Great Britain
Santiago
Russell B. Harrizon
Wesley Merritt
Otis
Brunswick
Edwin Brabston
Griffin
Joseph Js Gross
First Baptist Church
TD. W. O'Kelley
Columbia
S. C
Me. Sweeney
Hays
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