Grandson Found After 10 Year Search in Lafayette
Lafayette Ind Jan 2 After a decade long chase Mrs Margaret Shye of Tangier Parke county Ind has located her grandson in Lafayette and will turn over a $30000 estate to him. The man Manford Jones a laborer at the Tie Safe and Lock works was surprised while swinging a sledge when the news arrived. His father left years ago and his mother lost track of them. Agents and police chiefs nationwide aided the search. An agent arrived today and located the youth by chance.
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Lafayette
Ind
Margaret Shye
Tangier
Parke County
Indiana
Manford Jones
Jones
Dr King’s New Life Pills Endorsement Ad
Greatly in demand medicine meets modern requirements for a blood and system cleanser. Dr King’s New Life Pills claim to cure stomach and liver troubles. Available at H. R. Palmer & Sons and W. J. Smith & Bro. On Fine Printing the Banner Leads.
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Dr. King
New Life
H. R. Palmer & Sons
W. J. Smith & Bro
Dickinson Named Foreman of Banner Job Department
Marvin Dickinson, longtime coach of the University of Georgia baseball and football teams, accepts the foreman role in the Banner job department. He returns to Ath en y with plans to elevate local printing standards using state of the art type and presses to handle any job from small work to books.
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Marvin Dickinson
University of Georgia
Dickinson
Atheny
Banner
Georgia
Doings of H B Van Valkenburg at Athens Y M C A
Mr H B Van Valkenburg the student secretary at the Athens Y M C A is doing a splendid work among University of Georgia students. His efforts validate the decision to create the position and he is shaping the program to fit student needs. He plans to organize religious classes this term to encourage greater interest in religious affairs.
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H. B. van Valkenburg
Athens Y. M. C. A
University of Georgia
van Valkenburg
Hey
Dewey aiding naval cadets at Annapolis court
The Annapolis court proceeding against midshipmen Stephen Decatur Jr of Portsmouth New Hampshire and two others for hazing is continued with Decatur testifying in his own defense. Decatur denies the charges and asserts the others accusations against him are false. The case has high profile support and attention. Dewey also reportedly active in affairs as details loop.
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Annapolis
Decatur
Dewey
Franchise Move Nears Approval for Foundry Street Use
Gainesville Midland Railroad seeks a franchise to use part of Foundry street. A joint committee of the mayor council and Chamber of Commerce met with railroad reps G J Baldwin E B Eppes and H H Dean to review track placement and property owner input. An ordinance granting the franchise is planned for council consideration and passage.
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Foundry Street
W. D. O'Farrell
Chamber of Commerce
The
Gainesville Midland
G. J. Baldwin
E. B. Eppes
H. H. Dean
Messrs. Baldwin
Eppes
Dean
School Anle Causes Trouble In Bainbridge Cadet Uniform Case
Atlanta Ga Jan 2 A injunction case reaches the Georgia supreme court on January 15 over Bainbridge public schools rule requiring cadet uniforms costing 13 dollars for all male students. J C McCaskill contends the rule is unconstitutional and burdens parents. Trustees named include B B Bower E J Wills I B Ehrlich W W Wright J D Chastain. Temporary injunction kept enforcement from 1905 reform debates until the higher court rules. Beckham noted as potential Kentuck senator.
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Atlanta
Supreme Court
Te Superior Caurt
Bainbridge
J.C. McCaskill
J. A. Cadwell
McCaskill
Caldwell
Russell & Harris
B. B. Bower
E. J. Wills
I. B. Ehrlich
W. W. Wright
J. D. Chastain
W. M. Spence
Camilla
Spence
University Trustees Meet January in Atlanta
The State University trustees meet at the state library in Atlanta on Friday January 12 at 10 a m to conduct business from a prior meeting canceled due to Chancellor Walter R Hill's death They plan summer school arrangements at Athens for teachers unable to attend the State Normal School and may seek an appropriation from the upcoming legislature A memorial for Chancellor Hill will be created and a designation will sign graduating diplomas in his stead Professor David C Barrow will act as Chancellor until a successor is chosen.
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The
State University
State Library
Atlanta
Athens
David C. Barrow
Hill
Foraker Bill Aims to Mark Confederate Grave Sites
Senator Foraker of Ohio pushes a bill to mark graves of Confederate soldiers and sailors who died in Northern prisons. The plan, funded by 200000 dollars, would require precise grave location records, headstones, and fencing, with a new wartime commissioner to verify names and locations.
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Washington
Senator Foraker
Ohio
South
McKinley
Atlanta
Voraker
Committee On Military Affairs
Senate
Foraker
Ord Office
Confederate Archives
National Cemetery
Arlington
Secretary of War
Quartermaster General's Office
Death Warrant Ordered for the Czar by Revolutionary Chiefs
Geneva reports that Russian revolutionary leaders met secretly and decreed the czar’s death. A committee was formed to choose the instrument for execution, with all chiefs except ten signing the death warrant. The Banner leads with printing on Fine Printing.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Divorces and Alimony Petitions Rise in Atlanta
Atlanta records show 232 marriage petitions filed in the year ending December 31. Of these, about two hundred sought divorce and over thirty sought alimony from husbands lacking support. Women filed most petitions, with early 1906 records noting cruelty, abuse, infidelity, and desertion as common grounds. The first filing on January 1, 1906 alleged non-support and abusive language.
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Atlanta
Court House
Superior Court
Woman Shot to Defend Honor in Oklahoma City
Miss Barabara Toxer, 23, shot and killed F C Clayton, 45, a city businessman, claiming self defense after he allegedly assaulted her and forced entry to her room. She is under arrest pending coroner’s investigation as authorities review the case.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Barabara Toxer
F. C. Clayton
Clayton
Bliss Toxer
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