Pastor Bigham May Leave Atlanta Church Next Year
Atlanta community debates Dr. R J Bighams refusal to return as head of the First Methodist Church in Newnan after a complex transfer sequence. Bishop Hendrix has twice reversed assignments involving Dr Bigham and Dr Joel J Daves, sparking ministerial protests. A local ad notes Chamberlains Liniment for sprained ankles.
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Newnan
First Methodist Church
R. J. Bighan
Hendrix
Atlanta Ciatriet
Newnan Eharch
Newnan Eluares
Bigham
McRee
McReee
de Bigham
Saint
St. John's Church
Augusta
Higham
Dr.Bigham
Ddr. Bigham
Willy
Daves
Major Andrew Rowan Retired After Thirty-Two Years Service
Washington Dec 1 Major Andrew Rowan long known as the man who took the message to Garcia was placed on the retired list after more than thirty-two years in the U S army He rose to fame delivering a crucial dispatch during the war with Spain from Gen Miles to Gen Garcia in Cuba Rowan crossed Jamaica sailed to the south shore of Cuba and reached Garcia in Manzanillo He traveled undercover as a Spaniard and Cuban and faced capture risks as dire as Nathanael Hale and Major Andre Prosperity has since returned and merchants wear smiles
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Washington, D. C
United States Army
Andrew
Rowena
Fort Douglas
Utah
Rowan
Garcia
Nineteenth Infantry
Sapin
United States
Miles
Cuba
Kingston
Jamaica
Guantanamo
Santiago
Gen. Garcia
Manzanillo
Hhis
Nathan Hale
Major Andre
Verdict Ordered in Moss & Co. vs Postal Telegraph Case
Yesterday in city court only one case was heard, Moss & Co. versus the Postal Telegraph and Cable Co. A verdict for the defendant was directed by Judge West after two days of argument over contract, transmission errors, and timely delivery. The case may go to the court of appeals again. Today’s calendar includes several civil actions and postponed criminal trials due to judge ineligibility and illness.
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Moss & Co
Postal Telegraph & Cable Co
Postal Telegraph and Cable Company
West
Cobb
Court of Appeals
Postal Telegraph Company
Dunn Va
Athens Electric Railway Co
Allen's Foot-Ease Provides Instant Foot Comfort Cure
Allen's Foot-Ease powder relieves painful feet corns bunions and growing nails and eases tight shoes. It stops sweating callouses and swelling and reduces foot aching. Sold by druggists and shoe stores or by mail for 26c. Trial package free. Allen & Olmsted Le Roy NY.
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Allen
Allen & Olmsted
le Roy, N.Y
Albany Mayor Holds Two Offices for First Time
Nelson F. Tift, nominated without opposition for Albany mayor, will be the first to serve as mayor and chairman of the county board of commissioners. The election is held next Monday, and the term begins January first for two years. Tift is son of Albany founder Colonel Nelson Tift and has prior public service on the city council and police commission. Rawlings, Jones, and Ehrlich to remain on the board of aldermen.
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Nelson F. Tif
Board of County Commissioners
Tit
Nelson Tift
Bealdes
Csuneil
Police Commission
W. W. Rawlings
R. L. Jones
Joseph Ehrlich
Board of Aldermen
Land development boom echoes through Georgia and Alabama
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index reports land development as a live theme across both states with plans to create 100 acre farms in Dougherty County for thrifty white settlers. A 450 acre pecan grove is slated for planting, and multiple cities see real estate, finance, and industrial activity including new banks, roads, foundries to rebuild, and several new companies chartered with substantial capital.
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Georgia and Madamia Industrial Index
Dougherty County
Georgia
North Georgia
South Georgia
Atlanta
Rome
Arrow County
Bessemer
Ala
Senola
Fort Payne
Cuthbert
Gough
Jenkinsburg
Mobile
Mississippi
Savannah
Moultrie
Chamberlain Medicine Ad Offers Free Sample Stomach and Liver Tablets
Suffering from biliousness, constipation, indigestion, or chronic headaches? Send one cent and your name and address to Chamberlain Medicine Co., Des Moines Iowa, for a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain Medicine Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
World heavyweight title bout bids open for Jeffries Johnson
Promoters bidding for the world championship match between James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson total over a million dollars. Eleven a.m. bid openings set for Hoboken New Jersey with five main contenders San Francisco promoters Eddie Graney James Cofroth Jack Gleason and Tom McCarey Tex Ricard. Outcome likely to favor California, amid strict New Jersey anti prizefight laws.
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Hoboken
N. J
James J. Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Billy Garon
St. Louis
Eddie Graney
James Coffroth
Jack Gleason
San Francisco
Tom McCarey
Los Angeles
Tex Ricard
West
McCarey
California
New Clyde Steamship Line Inaugurated
Boston December 1 The Clyde Steamship Company launches a new steamship service between Boston and Galveston with Charleston as a regular port of call. The line links New England with Southern and Western regions via Galveston enabling direct freight interchange through Galveston Jacksonville and Charleston with through rates and through bills of lading.
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Boston
Mass
Clyde Steamship Company
Galveston
Charleston
New England
Jacksonville
Cough Remedy Marketed To Guard Against Pneumonia
An old advertisement claims Chamberlains Cough Remedy cures influenza and prevents pneumonia tendencies. It notes the product is sold by all dealers and targets general buyers seeking protection during flu season.
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Chamberlsin
New Developments in Brownsville Court
In Brownsville on December 1 a court of inquiry opened new lines of inquiry into the Brownsville raid. Key witnesses Celso Oliver and Manuel Morales testified about captain Macklin and the handling of cartridge shells. Major Penrose was quoted by Joseph Powers as saying he would trade a year’s pay to know which soldiers fired, and Lt Greer supposedly told Mrs Leahy officers knew the rifle reports but feared leaving families to investigate.
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Tex
Court of Inquiry
Celso Oliver
Manuel Morales
Oliver
Macklin
Morales
Joseph K. Powers
San Antonio
National Cemetery
Fort Brown
Powers
Penrose
Kate Leahy
Greer
Queen Alexandra Celebrates 65th Birthday in London
Queen Alexandra marked her sixty fifth birthday with artillery salutes bells and flags from Sandringham to London. The Queen’s health is noted as improving and duties for the London season are to be lightened. Details of her birth in Copenhagen and marriage to Prince of Wales are recounted along with her six children and nine grandchildren. An advertisement for Foley's Honey and Tar follows.
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Copenhagen
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Victoria
Maud
Olaf
Texas Congressman Weds in Texarkana Tonight
Congressman Morris Sheppard of the first Texas district marries Miss Lucie Sanderson, daughter of Noah P. Sanderson. The bride, Randolph-Macon College graduate, is from Texarkana. After the ceremony the couple will depart for Washington.
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Texarkana
Tex
Morris Sheppard
Misa Lucie Sanderson
Noah P. Sanderson
Randolph-Macon College
Virginia
Washington
Funeral of Capt Hamilton Held at First Baptist
The funeral of Capt J T Hamilton from Baxter street followed a brief illness. A large gathering attended the service at First Baptist with floral tributes from Athens police, the choir led hymns including Nearer My God to Thee and Asleep in Jesus, and Rev Troy Beatty and Rev M A Jenkens delivered scripture readings and remarks. Masonic honors accompanied the burial at Oconee cemetery.
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J. T. Hamilton
Baxter Street
Athens
Capt. Hamilton
Troy Beatty
Emmanuel Church
First Corinthians
Jesus
M. A. Jenkens
Jesson
St. John
Oconee
President Diaz Career Highlights and Anniversary
A chronicle of Porfirio Diaz from birth in Oaxaca in 1830 through his long rule. It notes battles, alliances, and reforms including rail growth from 360 to about 20,000 miles, a gold-based coinage, a strong public school system, and Mexico’s elevated standing abroad. The piece marks his twenty-five years as head of the Republic and public celebrations.
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United States
Santa Anna
Juarez
Mexico
Maximilian
the Republic
Gonzales
Diaz
Spain
Studbride
Porfirio Dias
Large Fish Captured in Oconee River Record
Charlotte Smith broke the local fishing record by landing a 25 pound red carp with hook and line in the Oconee River near the bridge on her street. The catch drew considerable attention as the largest fish in that river section.
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Oconee River
Charlotte Smith
al Hook
Athenians to Attend Important Meetings
Delegates from this city will attend the Southern Commercial Congress in Washington December 6 and the National Rivers and Harbors Congress December 8 to 10. Appointments include H. J. Rowe and others for the congresses and A. J. Cobb E. R. Hodgson Sr C. B. Griffith G C G Thomas for the rivers and harbors group. Carter Tate to be reappointed as United States attorney for Georgia.
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Southern Commercial Congress
Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Brown
H. J. Rowe
C. Branson
A. M. Soule
H. C. White
W. T. Bryan
M. G. Michael
A. W. Brooks
A. J. Cobb
E. R. Hodgson, Sr
C. B. Griffith
G. CG. Thomas
Ingleside Man Credits New Life Pills For Cure
B F Ayscue of Ingleside North Carolina endured 15 years of indigestion and costly medicines before using Dr Kings New Life Pills. He reports they wholly cured him and recommend them for constipation biliousness sick headache stomach liver kidney and bowel troubles available at W J Smith Bros and R Palmer Sons for 25 cents.
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N. C
Dr. King
W. J. Smith & Bros
R. Palmer & Sons
Night Rider murder trial slow progress at Reelfoot case
Union City Dec 1 jury selection for Garnett Johnson and Arthur Clear, alleged readers of the Reelfoot lake night riders in Captain Rankin murder, moved slowly with wrangling between state and defense. Two more jurors chosen to reach nine. state plans to press charges against one of the nine. Judge Jones ordered 200 men summoned. one prospective juror dismissed as brother-in-law to Bud Martin. another juror dismissed for cause. Debate continued on whether full panel could be completed after examining 200 potential jurors with only two qualified.
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Reel Foot Lake
Union City
Garnett Johnson
Arthur Clear
Reelfoot Lake Night Riders
Quentin Rankin
J. B. Jones
G. W. Jackson
Bud Mortin
Rankin
G. B. Claude
Fewer Alcohol Prescriptions Reported in November
November alcohol prescriptions were slightly lower than the prior thirty days, despite cooling weather. The city averages about 80 prescriptions monthly, with November totaling 486, and distributions spread across several drug stores, reflecting the impact of the registration system on medicinal use.
Navy Player Will Recover From Paralysis
Annapolis reports Midshipman first string quarterback D. Wilson injured in the Villanova game over eight weeks ago is improving sits up briefly in bed. Surgeons hope the spinal cord may return to normal after vertebral fracture pressure was relieved by recent operation, signaling potential full recovery.
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Annapolis
Farl D. Wilson
Naval Academy
Villa Nova
South Georgia Methodists Open Annual Conference in Waynesboro
Waynesboro Georgia December 1 The South Georgia Conference of the Methodist church opens its annual session with Bishop A W Wilson presiding in Baltimore. Delegates and visitors gather for sermons lectures and programs over nearly a week as city homes host guests.
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Waynesboro
South Georgia
The
Methodist Shurch
A. W. Wilson
Baltimore
Irrigation Pioneer Weds in Pullman Home
Miss Mabel Sarah Baker and Arthur Hooker of Spokane married today at the bride’s home in Pullman. Hooker, secretary of the National Irrigation Congress and a pioneer in irrigation and dry-farming in the West, will make their future home in Pueblo, California.
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Pullman
Waah
Mabel Sarah Baker
Arthur Hooker
Spokane
National Irrigation Congress
Pueblo
Cal
Auditorium completion boosts Athens conventions growth
The nearly finished auditorium by RL Moas enables Athens to host large state conventions. With the hotel Georgian and other inns, the city can accommodate visitors, boosting future growth and prosperity for the area.
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RL. Moas
Athens
City stores boast unrivaled stocks in dry goods
There is no city in the state that can boast of better or larger stocks than are carried by the dry goods and clothing merchants in this city. That being true, then why should our people spend their money in other cities for this class of goods.
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