Horses and Mules on Thomas Street
A large stock of horses and mules is on hand now and will be kept through the season at Thomas Street.
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Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
7
Theatre incident ends in fire during Juliet act
A small seaport town theater scene ends when a misdelivered blue light rocket ignites a balcony fire during a Juliet performance. Smoke fills the auditorium as the audience stamps to the doors, while cast and crew notify authorities and restore safety.
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Juliet
Indy
Roueo
Scara
Trompter
Dream Vision of Lee Wells and Indian Attack Echoes
Grizzled cow puncher Bob Morrow recalls a nighttime vision of his partner Lee Wells in which arrows struck him and six horses lay slain. He later finds Lee dead in the corral with arrows in his chest, raising whether the vision was real. The tale unfolds amid Kea and sign riding in the Pecos valley.
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Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Bob Morrow
Globe
Bob
Lee Wella
Lee
Bia
Indiana
Abella
Winchester
Lee Wells
New York Mall
Georgia appropriation bill covers normal schools and state institutes
Georgia House votes on general appropriation items including salaries for governors and judges. The bill lists funding for institutions such as the Academy of the Blind, North Georgia and Agricultural College at Dahlonega, Athens Normal School, State University, and the State Sanatorium amid bond payments and debt interest. A separate health notice touts Electric Bitters as a cure for stomach and liver troubles.
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Atlanta
Statehouse
Anpreme
Academy of the Blind Deaf and
Damb
Oatitate
Technological Institute
Normal and Iodostri North Georgia and
Agrcultural College
Dalonega
Normal School
Athens
Agricultural Department
Supreme Court
State University
Bell's Negro Education Bill Is Killed by Senate
Atlanta date state news reports Senator Bell introducing resolutions to confine negro education to manual training and promote farming. He says the aim is not anti negro and seeks uplift for both races. The senate quickly voted against the plan though a motion for reconsideration was possible. Bell vows the seed will sprout when the race question matures.
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Atlanta, Ga
Astate
Bell
Educational Committee
Senate
Shot to Death by a Negro in Gainesville Georgia
Gainesville Ga December 5 Mark Hollifield white was killed at New Holland last night about 1 o clock by a negro Ernest Legman. The men were on the Pace mill job when a dance ended in a quarrel and shots fired at a spring left Hollifield mortally wounded. Legman fled and an inquest is under way. Hollifield’s remains to be sent to Demorest for burial. Also a medical notice praises King’s New Discovery for lung disease with testimonials and local druggists offering trial bottles.
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Zena
Zeus
Athena
Diana
Eptesus
Dukalion
Noah
Gainesville
Mark Holfield
New Holland
Ernest Legman
Mark
Demorest
W. T. Hill
Mayagills
Hobhfield
Legman
Nat
Hollified
Hollifield
Barnham
Maphias
Mra
H. Lincoln
H.R Palmer & Sons
Warren J. Smith & Bros
Pension bills withdrawn after senate reconsideration
The senate in Atlanta reconsidered the widows pension bill and its companion measure restricting pensions for soldiers with $1600 in property or $250 annual income. Senator Smith, chair of the pension committee, asked for withdrawal, citing constitutional concerns and the likelihood of court challenges.
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Atlanta
Senate
Smith
Eitog Cp
Ike Taylor Arrested for Blind Tiger Operations in Clarke County
Athens report details Ike Taylor a one eyed, legless Black man known for running a blind tiger. He has been jailed previously and is again imprisoned after officers seized him in Newtown settlement. Authorities plan to send him to the stockade where he will await further disposition.
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Clarke County
Ike Taylor
Central
Bishop
Seaboard Air Line
Ike
Newtown
Shack
Athens
Soldiers May Yet Get Home
Atlanta GA December 6 the soldiers home bill was reconsidered by the house by an 89 to 25 vote Major Gray the author spoke in favor of reconsideration saying there were 40 members absent when the bill passed and many are present today with a full house he believes the bill will pass
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Qalek
Biatheas
Detroit Free Press
Atlanta
Major Gray
Frank Ridley Chosen Captain Of 1901 Varsity Team
Frank Ridley Georgia’s only All-Southern representative and famed end was elected captain of the 1901 varsity squad on campus. The decision was made by the retiring captain coach manager and faculty representative along with a prominent Athens citizen.
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Frank Ridley
Georgia
Athens
Ridley
Atlanta Depot Bill Reconsidered and Advances in House
The Georgia House voted 92 to 43 to reconsider the depot bill and the soldiers home bill. The measure shows strength with potential passage, aided by absentees and shifts in votes from yesterday. A companion public land bill was also reconsidered, heading to the calendar with the depot bill.
Jockeys Breath and Reading Gentle Readers Through Time
A collection of race riding notes and literary miscellany. The jockey describes head position and breathing in a mile race at speed, while The Atlantic and Chamber’s Journal pieces reflect on reading habits and classic anecdotes about etiquette gorillas and card games.
Legend of the County Judge Nominating Ride and Asphalt Lake Mystery
A Western lawyer’s failed horse ride to a county convention ends with his rival nominated. The tale shifts to Trinidad’s Asphalt Lake, source of world’s tar, now waning but replenished by earth’s bowels with 29 000 tons yearly. The lake covers 114 acres with 135 feet depth, hosting drifting islandustreated by bubbling semi liquid core.
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Stow
Lincoln
Lvery
Sar
Rod
Smith
New York
Weill
Galt
Trinidad
New York Post
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