Changes in Southern Intercollegiate Athletic rules at Sewanee meeting
Officials gather at Sewanee to discuss rule changes for football and baseball in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Georgia representatives push for leniency in summer baseball rules. Alabama proposes residency-based eligibility limits. tech proposes Article VIII wording changes. Details include proposed substitutions, classification of colleges, and annual executive committee revisions. A physician advertises Detchon’s Mystic Cure for rheumatism with local pharmacy listing.
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Southern Intercollegate Athletic Association
Sewanee
Sanford
University of Georgia
Georgia School of Technology
Athletic Association of the
University of Alabama Ae
Davison-Nicholson Company's Christmas Wish List
Davison-Nicholson Company's holiday catalog itemizes gifts including chinaware cut glass Japanese trays work box shopping bags ladies and men's gloves boys and children's gloves boxes of handkerchiefs stockings neckwear Windsor ties stock collars toilet articles fancy soaps toilet waters Colgate's extracts furs neck-pieces for ladies and children's fur sets phrased as a retail wish list for the season.
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Colgate’s
Fancy Linens and Home Goods Ad Listing Items
A fragmented advertisement lists linens, curtains, carpets, rugs, shades, and a wide range of shoes for men and women. It mentions center table pieces, bed room slippers, table covers, art squares, and plaid textiles, reflecting a mid century department store catalog style.
Pendergrass Cleared in Jackson County Case at Jefferson
Hon. Charles H. Brand convened a Jackson Superior Court term in Jefferson to try F L Pendergrass over alleged neglect of duties as Jackson County roads chairman. About 200 witnesses testified as the case consumed most of the week before a verdict of not guilty, exonerating Pendergrass. The jury’s speedy verdict followed Judge Brand’s impartial charge. S J Tribble served as state solicitor.
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Jefferson, Ga
Charles H. Brand
Western Circuit
Jackson
F. L. Pendergrass
Board of Commissioners For
Jackson County
Jakeny County
F. J. Pendergrass
Pender-|avass
Pendergrass
Brand
J. Tribble
Athens
Huggins China House Santa Claus Headquarters
Christmas shoppers flock to the Huggins China House serving as Santa Claus headquarters with bargains on dolls toys and leather gifts. The store displays china bisque figures and a wide array of tea sets and jewelry boxes plus velocipedes tricycles and other children’s items.
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Huggins China House
Santa Claus
Thee
China
Athens
Will of Samuel Spencer Filed for Probate in New York
The will, dated July 27, 1906, names Mrs Louise Vivian Spencer Harry B Spencer Vivian Spencer and James B Laying Jr as executors. It leaves to his wife all personal property and a choice between real estate in Tuxedo Park New York and 2012 Massachusetts Avenue Washington. The estate is divided in three parts for wife executors in trust and for children with personal estate over 10000 and real estate around 76000.
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Washington
Samuel Spencer
The
Southern
New York
Louise Vivian Spencer
Harry B
Vivian Spencer
James B. Laying, Jr
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Massachusetts Avenue
Roosevelt letter over Storer dismissal shocks Rome ties
Chicago dispatch details Bellamy Storer’s dismissal as ambassador to Austria Hungary and a public letter to President Roosevelt. It cites Storer's denial of charges, Roosevelt’s harsh rebuke of Mrs Storer, and claims the affair harmed U S diplomatic standing in Catholic church and Vatican relations. The article notes the Cincinnati dated letter and describes ongoing reform school opening for juvenile offenders.
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Chicago
The
Chicago Tribune
Ita Washington Dispatches
Bellamy Storer
Roosevelt
United States
Austrian Hungary
Vatican
Ireland
Philippines
Tailored Wear Closeout Steals Across All Ladies and Children
Take notice of a sweeping sale closing out Tailored Suits, Skirts, Cloaks, and related garments for women, misses, and children. Prices drop from $5 to $35 with multiple choices, including one thousand children's cloaks offered at no profit. Also featuring night gowns, undergarments, and Christmas gift items in various fabrics and styles.
Smith Released on Bond in Thanksgiving Day Killing
Will Smith of Oglethorpe County confessed to firing the shot that killed Dock Jones at Jones home on Thanksgiving Day. Jones had just killed Horace Smith when Will Smith fired. Mrs. Jones saw Smith fire and he later admitted the killing and was jailed in Lexington. He has posted $3,000 bond and is free pending Oglethorpe Superior Court trial.
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Will Smith
Oglethorpe County
Dock Jones
Jones
Horace Smith
Congress Rejects Roosevelt Spelling Order
Washington reports show the house appropriations committee rejected Roosevelt’s simplified spelling mandate. The bill directs government printing to follow Webster’s orthography in all documents. Other items note Atlanta barbers raising haircut prices and Senator Morgan backing Nicaragua as the canal route.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House Committee On Appropriations
Cv Press
Government Printing Office
Webster’s
Morgan
Nicaragua
Senate
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Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Asso
H. B. Hettinger
Indianapolis
Ind
Detchon
H. R. Palmer & Bons
Clayton Street
Davison-Nicholson Company
Windsor
Suit Department
Millinery Department
Gotton Goods
Huggins
Finley
Southern Railway Company
W. I. Pike
Col
R. L. J. Sulth
Spencer
Merry del Val
Strover
Europe
Rome
Mr. Roosevelt
Bellamy
Storer
Cincinnati
Smith Released
Congress
Atlanta
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