Cashier Sargeant Dies in Bath Tub at Jewelers' Bank
Frederick E. Sargent, 37, vice president and cashier of the Jewelers' National Bank, was found dead in his apartment bath tub in North Attleboro Massachusetts. Medical exam says accidental drowning. Bank directors held a late meeting and will reopen tomorrow. National Bank Examiner Currie to review books.
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North Attleboro
Mass
Frederick E. Sargent
The
Jewelers’ National Bank
Sargeant
Albert H. Wiggin
New York
Chase ‘National Bank
National Bank
Harry E. Currie
Malden
Carrier
University Attendance at Standstill This Season
The University of Georgia registry shows 476 attendees with no changes until after Christmas. Expect about fifty more names to be added, mainly winter school of agriculture students, while cotton school enrollment remains separate. Total attendance may reach 500 to 525.
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University of Georgia
University
New gold coin elicits praise in Philadelphia
The December report notes the twenty dollar gold piece redesigned to resemble St Gauden's motif with altered details. The eagle is high relief and stackable, with concave sides, the pantalooned leg feature removed, 1907 numerals replacing Ronan marks, and the legend E Pluribus Unum encircling stars. A strong demand followed the issue, and ads promote DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills at 26 cents.
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Philadelphia
St. Gauden
Philadelphia Mint
Court bars AFL boycott of Buck Stove and Range
Washington December 18 Justice Gould of the equity court DC enjoined the American Federation of Labor and its two million members from boycotting Buck Stove and Range Company of St Louis and from printing in its official organ that the company is unfair. The ruling calls the federation action an illegal conspiracy. An argument will be heard tomorrow on limiting the injunction to the district of Columbia. Counsel for the plaintiff company will oppose.
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Washington, D. C
Justice Gould
Equity Court of the District of Columbia
American Federation of Labor
Buck Stove and Range Company
St. Louis
Ists
Federation
Tomrrow
Gould
District of Columbia
Public Speaker Interrupted by Cough Remedy Ad
An advertisement notes public speakers are often interrupted by coughing and claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds and prevents pneumonia and consumption. It states the genuine product contains no opiates and comes in a yellow package sold by all druggists.
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Foley
City Engineer Hopes to Clear Washington Street Lot by Saturday
City Engineer Barnett states the Washington street school site will be cleared by Saturday afternoon and then handed to the hotel company for the new hotel structure. Work on the hotel will start once the lot is in possession.
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Barnett
Washington Street
West Over
Danger In Asking Advice Cough Remedy Warning
Coughs and colds should not prompt advice seeking as unknown preparations may be dangerous. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds and helps prevent pneumonia. The genuine product comes in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes, sold by all druggists.
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Foley
Hon N E Harris Visitor In Athens On Legal Business
Macon’s N E Harris spent yesterday in Athens on legal business. He just returned from the North where he reports that Mr Bryan is expected to win in the next presidential contest. A sales pitch for Dr Shoop’s Cough Cure follows, praising its safety and herbal ingredients, claiming it calms coughs and heals bronchial membranes without opium or harsh substances. The ad labels it “The Sacred Hero” as Spaniards supposedly call the shrub used.
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N. E. Harris
Macon
Athens
Col. Harris
Mr. Bryan
Shoop
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Mr. Jennings Recovers From Injuries After Street Car Fall
Mr. Jefferson Jennings, who fell from a moving street car in the city a few nights ago, has recovered and is up and around. He suffered facial bruises but endured only brief painful days before returning to health.
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Jefferson Jennings
Kennedy's Laxative Couzh Syrup Free Gentle Action
An old medical notice touts Kennedy's Laxative Couzh Syrup offering a free gentle bowel movement without opiates or narcotics. Marketed for children and sold by all druggists, it emphasizes a quick cleansing effect.
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Kennedy
Clarke County Georgia legal notices and bond election
Clarke County Georgia legal notices announce January 1908 board meetings and bids for heating plant at the courthouse. Other items include guardianship, sales of real estate to settle estates, and a bond election for the City of Athens to raise seventy five thousand dollars for school properties and the University of Georgia support. Public notices name officials such as Clerk John B Gamble Ordinary S B Wingfield and City Clerk W L Wood.
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Georgia
Clarke County
Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues For
John B. Gamble
Board of Commissioners of ‘Roads
Clarke
Court House
State of
John C. Pitner
Athens
Anderson
Court of Ordinary
Winterville
Georgia R. BR
County of
Oglethorpe
State of Georgia
G. M
KE. PF. Barnett
Arnold
H.C. Bugg
A. T. Hrightwell
J. J. Smith
Lizzie Howard
EK. F. Barnett
City of
Salt City
Universality of Georgia
Fig
General Assembly of Georgia
General Assembly
L. Wood
Clarke County Sheriff Election Ordered After Death
An election to fill the unexpired term of Sheriff John W. Wier in Clarke County Georgia is ordered for January 17, 1908. Polls will open at the courthouse and precincts and returns will follow the law governing General Assembly elections.
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Georgia
Clarke County
John W. Wier
Said County
Mervested
Court House
Sald County
General Assembly
B. Wingfield
Candidacy Announced for Solicitor General in Western Circuit
A candidate declares for the office of solicitor general of the Western Circuit comprising Gwinnett Walton Jackson Oconee Clarke Banks and Franklin. The bid aligns with the Macon democratic platform and awaits the 1908 Democratic primary. He asks for support from circuit voters.
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Gwinnett
Walton
Jackson
Oconee
Clarke, Banks
Franklin
Macon
Badly Mixed Up Experience With Electric Bitters
Abraham Brown of Winterton recounts doctors misdiagnosing his ailment as heart disease kidney trouble blood poison and stomach and liver issues. After trying Electric Bitters his health improved. his wife advised the remedy and one bottle did more good than five doctors. Sold by W J Smith & Bro H R Palmer & Sons druggists 64
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Abraham Brown
Winterton
W. J. Smith
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Chicago votes for one more square mile of prohibition
Chicago adds about one percent of the city to the dry area after a council vote by OT ages to 25 nays. The article notes the canvassing and the prohibition were decisive. It then shifts to a feature on South Dakota as a wonderland and a testimonial from Mrs. Eri. D. Clapp about Dr King’s New Discovery curing her son’s severe lung and throat illness with a free trial bottle offered by local druggists.
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Chicago
South
Nakota
Mound City
Mra. Eri
D. Clapp
Mra. Clapp
Dr. King
W. J. Smith & Bro
Hf. R. Palmer & Sons
Letters from the People Support Ben Kinnebrew for Sheriff
A local letter urges Clarke county voters to elect Ben Kinnebrew sheriff to replace the late Wier. The writer notes Kinnebrew’s longtime deputy service, familiarity with office details, and sees him as an experienced, capable leader who would bring credit to the county. Also includes an unrelated ad testimonial for Bucklen’s Amice Salve from O S Woolever of Le Raysville and local drugstores.
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Sheri Wier
Wie
Ben Kinnebrew
Kinnebrew
Mr. Wier
Jim
Sherif Wier
Clarke County
When to Whistle in Rainy Hours
A fragmented verse on finding light in cloudy days and the need for inner sunshine. The piece shifts to a public reflection about deer migrating toward Pacific waters and wary eyes on Japan, the Philippines, and Hawaii, suggesting distant watchfulness and strategic considerations.
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Pacific
Atlantic
Japan
Philippines
Hawaiian Islands
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup Sold Everywhere
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is promoted as a gentle stimulant laxative that does not irritate. It claims to be the best laxative and offers a money back guarantee. Sold by all druggists and general stores.
Trustees Tour State Agricultural College Progress
Trustees J J Conner Mesara A J McMullen and L G Hardman spent a day in Athens reviewing college work. They praised Dr Soule and approved reserving part of the University farm for the college and leasing the rest. Enrollment in the cotton school is rising with hopes of at least two hundred students. Building on Lumpkin hill advances with the first story nearly enclosed. The dairy barn nears completion for the dairy herd. Plans for the college on wheels attract strong interest as thousands of farmers will view exhibits and hear lectures across the rail system.
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J. J. Conner
Mesara
A. J. McMullen
L. G. Hardman
State Agricultural College
Athens
Soule
University
Hardman
Lumpkin Hill
Cochran beaten by F C Oliver in Georgia hotel incident
Statesboro Georgia December 18 J M Cochran representing Barnesville Huggy Company was whipped with a horsewhip by E C Oliver at the Jaeckel hotel after Mrs B C Oliver told her husband of an alleged train insult Cochran tried to force conversation on the train and touched Mrs Oliver on the shoulder returning to the hotel he was struck and bruised DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills advertised nearby.
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Statesboro
Dover
B.C. Oliver
J. M. Cochran
Barnesville Huggy Company
Jaeckel
E. C. Oliver
Oliver
Cochran
Death of Lord Kelvin Ends An Era In Science
Glasgow December 18 Lord Kelvin the noted scientist died today born Belfast June 26 1824 William Thomson first Lord Kelvin was a celebrated mathematician and physicist who held the chair of natural philosophy at Glasgow University from 1866 created Baron Kelvin in 1892 He advanced heat electricity and magnetism and helped in navigation instrument design and the first Atlantic submarine cables effort.
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William Thompson
Lord Kelvin
Belfast
Ireland
Glasgow University
Wos
Kelvin
Atlantic
Health Coffee: Dr Shoop’s Quick Substitute From Racine
The Onest coffee substitute by Dr Shoop of Racine Wisconsin boasts a minute preparation. Marketed as Health Coffee it imitates real coffee using toasted cereals grains malt and nuts. It is described as fooling an expert if one did not know it is not coffee.
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Shoop
Racine
Wis
Willa Ron
Political Gossip Across Georgia Highlights And Presidential Tea
Georgia papers cite Hoke Smith Hawaii proxy roles and Roosevelt ties, Watson promotions, and parade of figures from Greene to Athens. Reports note Atlanta mansion remodeling, reform talk, and cautious spending as conventions loom while national chatter swirls around Bryan Gordon rumors and lunches with the president.
Salve advertised for skin diseases in Athens Ga
Abvive orl the ordinary diseases of the akin cerlain's Salve is ex cellent. It not only allays the itching and smarting but effects a cure. For sale by H. R. Palmer and Sons Warren J. Smith and Bro L. P. Canning B. C. McEvoy Orr Drug Co Athens Ga.
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H. R. Palmer & Sons
Warren J. Smith & Bro
L. P. Canning
B. C. McEvoy
Orr Drug Co
Athens, Ga
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Waterman
Dennison
SNAN
Megregor Company
Nit
DeWitt
Federation of Labor
MR. Jennings
Wm B. Tuck
Sarah Wilder Tuck
Sarah Tuck
Deceas
Dee
Ordinary
U. H. Kinnebrew
Clarke Co Ga
Walker Him
Quincy Hill
Baker Hill
B. Wingfield, Sr
Walker Hill
Quincy Hii
Emmet Hill
Roberta Him V
Baker Hii
B. _ WINGFIELD, Sr
F. Barnett
Mia
Gwe
Windy City
Woolever
le Raysville
Bucklen
R. Palmer & Sons Drug Storés
G. B
the Agricultural College
Mes Oliver
Glate
Ord
Glasgow
Augusta Chronicle
Roosevelt
Rome Herald
Hoke Smith
Hawaii
Democratic National Committee
Heap Big
Hokiokilani
Oconee Enterprise
R. BE. Davison
Greene County
Augusta Herald
Tom Watson
Hardwick
New York World
Bryan
Gordon
Milledgeville News
Atlanta
Howe Smith
Retown
Thomas
E. Watson
Theodore Roosevelt
Augusta
Teddy
Times-Enterprise
Rowe
Athens Banner
Statesboro News
Timee-Recorder
Thomas Watson
Washington
Watson
John Temple Graves
American
Willi Randolph
Hearst
John Temple
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