Coroner Weatherly Steps In As Clarke County Sheriff
Clarke County Georgia acting coroner Charles N Weatherly assumes duties as sheriff pending January 17 1908 special election called by Ordinary Wingfield to fill the late John W Wier s term. The notice specifies election at court house and precincts. several candidates rumored to join race as campaign time short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles N. Weatherly
Wingfield
Georgia
Clarke County
John W. Wier
Court House
Said
Eald John W. Wier
General Assembly
B. Wingfield
Court House Square
Weatherly
Wier
University extension lectures gain popularity among high schools
Three high schools Maysville Stone Mountain and Warrenton have arranged for a series of lectures and will select lecturers later. Other high schools are considering the idea and may request educators as well. The movement is expected to be a great success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysville
Stone Mountain
Warrenton
Home Farmers Institute Called at Prospect Church
A Home Farmers Institute will be held at Prospect church on Tallasne Bridge road December 1. The agenda covers best methods for current conditions, crop rotation, cultivation, harvesting and marketing. Topics include stock, fowls, cattle and dairying with Clarke and Jackson county farmers participating. Dinner on the ground. All welcome to attend, bring a basket, and share knowledge. Dr. A. M. Soule will speak at 3 p.m. on Agricultural Education. Chairman B H Green invites all to organize and plan semi annual institutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect Church
Tallasne Bridge Road
Home Farmers’ Institute
Clarke
Jackson
A. M. Soule
B. H. Green
Athens race for sheriff draws many contenders in 1900s era
In Athens, a crowded field forms for the vacant sheriff term, with Clarence Y. Wier and City Marshal Lloyd E. Brooks among likely candidates. Others named include M. D. Browning, John N. Williamson, Walter E. B. Jackson, Ben H. Kinnebrew, James A. Suddeth, and Tax Receiver J. H. Dorsey, signaling a lively contest. A local resident also touts Dean's Kidney Pills with a personal testimonial about kidney relief and better sleep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Wingfield
Les
Sheriff Wier
Clarence Y. Wier
Wier
Lloyd E. Brooks
Madison County
Brooks
M. D. Browning
Browning
John N. Williamson
Walter EB. Jackson
Athena
Ben H. Kinnebrew
James A. Suddeth
Winterville
J. H. Dorsey
Sherif
Inflammatory Rheumatism Cured In Days
Morton Hill of Lebanon Indiana reports his wife suffered inflammatory rheumatism in every muscle and joint with severe swelling and bed confinement for six weeks after eight doctors gave no relief until using Dr Detchons Relief for Rheumatism which gave immediate relief and let her walk in three days. Palmer and Bons sell it.
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Athens
R. A. Collins
College Avenu4
Dean
Palmer & Sons
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Morton
Hill
Lebanon
Ind
Detchon
Funeral of Sheriff Wier Held in Tennsville
The funeral of Sheriff John W. Wier was held Sunday at two o'clock in the Presbyterian church. A large crowd filled the auditorium with extra capacity reached. prisoners viewed the remains at the residence. Confederate Veterans the city council Elks Odd Fellows and Masons attended. The service included hymns and a sermon from text We Spend Our Years as a Tale That is Told. Interment followed at Wier burial ground with Masons conducting. County officials later discussed road work and county improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Wier
Presbyterian Church
Athens Lodge of Elks
Williams Lodge of Odd Fellows
Mt. Vernon
Eli. L. Hil
Hii
Cohen
G. E B. Lucas
Aaron Cohen
H. J. Rowe
Hiran Peeler
J. A. Beussec
J. H Mealor
J. W. Barnett
Wier
State Normal School
Jefferson Road
Hl. R. Pelmer
W. F. Dorsey
H.H. Linton
Troy Beatty
Alaska Republicans Set May Delegates Convention in Ketchikan
The Alaska Republican convention to nominate a delegate to Congress will be held in Ketchikan on the second Tuesday in May. Harry Daugherty of Columbus is likely to run for Foraker's Senate seat if the race is a primary contest. The Delaware Democratic State Committee endorses Judge Gray for president and urges his nomination by the national convention next year. Minneapolis La Follette followers form a political club to back his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. James Goodrich of Indianapolis, a Fairbanks manager, has booked Chicago hotel quarters for Fairbanks supporters at the Republican national convention next June. Florida Republicans fix a state convention in St Augustine by February 15 to elect delegates to the national convention and pledge Florida to send delegates to that body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Ketchikan
Harry Daugherty
Columbus
Buckeye
Foraker
Senate
Democratic State Committee of
Delaware
Judge Gray
Minneapolis
Robert la Follette
Wisconsin
Tor
James Goodrich
Indianapolis
Fairbanks
Chicago
Florida
Republican Central Committee
St. Augustine
Republican Party
NEW WOMEN NOT WANTED
A humorous Tit Bits item recalls a boastful testimonial where a woman claims three bottles of medicine will create a “new woman” and a man named John dismisses the idea, urging a simple remedy of sulphur and treacle. The exchange satirizes fad cures and gendered promises of transformation.
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John
Maria
Gaddin
Great Maneuvers of the Warships Sail Pacific Fleet
Washington reports the Atlantic and Pacific fleets begin a historic cruise with target practice at Magdalena Bay and complex maneuvers off the coast. The plan includes eight battleships per fleet and four fleets, testing ship capacity and supply logistics for crews over 25,000 as they head toward San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Pacific
United States
Japan
Washington
Magdalena Bay
Atlantic
San Francisco
General Board
Atlanta Man Dies of Meningitis in Sanatorium
In Atlanta on Friday morning M B Geens tied his shoestring when an arm jerked and he collapsed. He died Sunday morning after lingering in a sanatorium. A longtime employee of Southern Bell, he was a Moscow Kentucky native living at 61 Central Avenue. The body lies at Greenberg Bond Bloomfield undertakers. funeral plans await word from relatives.
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Atlanta
M. B. Geens
Mr. Geens
Si Central Avenue
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Moscow
Greenberg, Bond & Bloomfield
ABE HUMMEL NEAR TO DEATH
Abraham Hummel a lawyer in Blackwell's Island prison for conspiracy in the Dodge Morse divorce case is near death from kidney ailment prison doctors say Dr Mraz stated he could die at any moment his sentence will expire in a few days on Blackwell's Island
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New York
Abraham Hummel
Blackwell's
I Stand
Severed Head of a White Man in Alabama
J. B. Knight a white teamster at a Shelby county lumber mill was killed by a black man named Patterson. After drinking with Knight Patterson reportedly killed him with an axe severing his head in his yard before fleeing into nearby woods. A sheriff’s posse searches the area amid threats of lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
J.B. Knight
Shelby County
Patterson
Knight
New York Sunday Blues Show Enforced Closing Law
The December 1 event in New York saw strict enforcement of Sunday closing, with amusements shut and crowds dampened by weather. Restaurants benefited, theaters avoided test cases, and a few venues opened under injunctions. Police claimed saloons were closed as arrests for violations occurred mainly in Manhattan and Brooklyn. In Cleveland a Bulgarian designer Minoff attempted to strangle a girl and then died by suicide after failing to marry through a theosophical notion of soul marriage. the girl survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Aldermen
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Ohio
Borla Minoff
Jersle Schroder
Minoff
Mino
Schroeiers
Jeesle
Mindoff
Leniite
Augusta to Build Public Hospital With 50000 Dollar Capital
Augusta Georgia December 16 Arrangements progress for a public hospital in Augusta costing at least 50000 dollars A joint meeting of representatives from the Children's Hospital Association and city hospital trustees discussed forming a corporation with 50000 dollars capital stock in 250 dollar shares The Children's Hospital Association has about 10000 dollars for the children's annex A site will be bought and the building planned on the pavilion plan to allow future expansion The current city hospital is inadequate outdated and poorly located at a railroad crossing with heavy daily traffic
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Augusta
Children’s Hospital Association
City
Joseph E. Allen
Cal
University of Georgia
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Endorsed for Piles Cure
An elderly testimonial from Le Rayauille New York praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for piles, claiming lasting relief for 20 years. It also advertises the salve's ability to heal sores wounds burns and abrasions, available at W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons drug Stores.
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le Rayauille
N. Y
Bucklen
W. J. Smith & Bro
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Kickapoo Indians Swindling Report To Be Submitted
Senators Teller Curtis and La Follette form a committee to investigate alleged fraud by Chapman Grimes Canine figures and Mexican Kickapoo land seizures. The report urges a special attorney to obtain deeds and protect Kickapoo lands, detailing forged Indian names and coerced signings. The committee seeks continued existence to address grievances. Also includes an ad for Dr Shoop Restorative health tonic.
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Washington
Teller
Curtis
la Pollery
Senate
Mexico
Shawnee
Chapman-Grimes-Conine
Wople
Department For Justice
Sults
Heal Moe
Gward
Guajardo
Muzquiz
Bng
Taggart Sees Fairbanks as Likely Republican Nominee
Indianapolis December 1 Thomas Taggart chairman of the democratic national committee arrives from New York and asserts Charles W Fairbanks will be the Chicago convention choice for the Republican presidential nomination He notes President Roosevelt backs Fairbanks as the strongest candidate while claiming New York crowds favor him and Democrats would present a major foe to any Republican nominee
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Taggart
New York
Charles W. Fairbanks
Chicago
East
Taggart
Roosevelt
Republic
Taft
Cailil
Pairbanks
Indina
Passed Examination Successfully by James Donahue New Britain Conn
James Donahue of New Britain Connecticut reports trying various kidney remedies and doctors for diabetes. After using Foley's Kidney Cure, he experienced improvement after two bottles and complete relief after five, including passing a life insurance medical exam.
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James Donahue
New Brittt Conn
Foley
Alnee
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Princeton Bridge
Wintervilles
Gamble
Home Farmers! Institute
Soule
Clerk Gamble
Princeton
Lessier's
Tallassee Road
C. M. Strahan
Grand Jury
Strahan
Lumpkin Street
Milledge Avenue
T. J. Scott
Abe Hummel
Board of Atde
Kigkapoo
Shoop
Racine
Wis
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Farbanks
Rel Eves
Indiana
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