Railway and mining news from Russia hits authorities
Jan 7 report from St. Petersburg notes the railway ministry seeks 000,000 for next year, including routes to Oran Stadt and ports. Coal deposits found near Grishin Station on Catherine railway could yield 50,000,000 pood annually. Russia also reports declines in sugar crop and Urals gold output, plus plans for lease of 190 mines and a 14,000,000 rouble Odessa loan for telecom expansion.
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St. Pernesui
Ministry of Railways
Tel St. Peteraburg
Oronstadt
Evan Reval
Windan
Odessa
Yalta
Maricpel
Novorossisk
Batoum
Peta
T} Ortchakoff
Ieper
Star of Grishin
Catherine
Russia
Bestial Natha Action
Ural Mountain
St. Petersburg
Novoe Vremya
St. Nicholas
Duprez Taken Prisoner and Boer Losses Reported
War dispatches say Commandant Duprez was captured by British forces after a engagement near Naauwpoort. Boer casualties were reported with 20 killed or wounded and officers among the missing. further reports describe detachments clashing near Heilbron and Knox’s command incursions, with several wounded.
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DeLarey
Loxpox
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Babington
Steenkamp
Naauwpoort
DuPres
Heilbron
Knox
Ealbert
Dorce
Tindley
Laing
Kitchener
Nasawport Junction
Cape Colony
Potchefstroom
Frederikstad
St John resigns as Seaboard Air Line official
E St John vice president and general manager of the Seaboard Air Line resigns effective January 15. His departure shocks railroad men in the South as the system grows through new acquisitions and routes from Tampa to Portsmouth. Friends report offers from major railways but he declines to reveal plans.
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Atlanta
E. St. John
Seaboard Air Line
South
Ms. John
Portemouth
Via
Mr. John
Mr. St.John
Seaboard
Tampa
Portsmouth
Baltimore
New York
Boston
South Carolinas
Virginia
Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad
Florida
Savannah
Jacksonville
Imperial police to pay their own passage to Cape Town
The dispatch notes mounted police recruited for South Africa must cover their fare to Cape Town and undergo fitness inspections. Separate items report Russia naming Count Lamsdorf minister of foreign affairs after preliminary stages, and Britain’s December board of trade shows imports up by £5,707,900 and exports up by £1,573,500.
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South Africa
Cape Town
Russia
St. Perensavna
Count Lamsdorf
Loxpon
Board of Trade
Eggnog Dance Sparks Disorder in Athens Judged Row
Witnesses describe an all night melee during an eggnog party with Handy Hubbard clashing with John Granham over a sister. Handy fled after brickbats. a rusty gun was claimed but ruled harmless. Judge Foster ordered Granham to pay $500 for a grapevine swing, Handy $10 for bluff. Elliott fined $10 and Whitehead $2 for fighting.
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Handy Hubbard
John Granham
John
Athens
Handy
Foster
Tom Dooly
Gan
Alonzo Whitehead
John Elliott
Elliott
Whitehead
Stolen Goods Recovered in Cave Hideout
Deputy sheriffs found a cave along a steep river cliff used as a fence for stolen loot. Inside were various items from canned goods to watches and over $500 worth of plunder recovered. The scene involved four young white men encountered by officers during a ground hole discovery.
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Curatlaxcoan
Tutt's Liver Pills promise cures for liver ills and headaches
An old advertisement extols Tutt's Liver Pills as an absolute cure for sick headache dyspepsia sour stomach malaria constipation torpid liver piles and bilious fever urging readers that proper digestion requires a liver that acts.
Shade Trees To Be Planted In Athens Streets
Athens plans beautification by planting shade trees along four streets Prince avenue Hancock avenue College avenue and Oconee street The city will plant water oaks elms sycamores and poplars with each street receiving one species City Engineer Barnett Prof H N Starnes of the University of Georgia will supervise hole preparation and planting
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Athens
J.W. Barnett
A. ‘L Hall
H. N. Starnes
University of Georgia
Prince Avenue
Hancock Avenue
College Avenue
Oconee Street
Barnett
Starnes
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Offers Reward and Testimonials
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure Hall's Catarrh Care cannot provide. F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio advertise internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. Price sixty cents per bottle. testimonials offered. Hall's Family Pills also promoted.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
US Troops Suffer Pneumonia and Malaria in China
From Peking General Chaffe reports casualties among American troops in China. December 29 Paris Thompson of the cavalry died of pneumonia in Peking, December 30 Michael Nevins of the Ninth Siam died of pneumonia in Mung-Chow, December 31 On expedition Lang Ho William Owens civilian teamster died in the quartermaster depot area. Malaria is noted as common in the listed cases.
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China
Wasminton
Chaffee
War Department
Peking
France
Thompson
Cavalry
Mung-Chow
Michael Nevins
William Owens
Athens Wheat and Oat Fair Expands in Northeast Georgia
The Athens Wheat and Oat Fair grows with July plans in Athens. Over 75 farmers from Clarke, Banks, Franklin, Jackson, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Green, Morgan and Walton entered to win 500 in prizes, including 100 for best wheat on three acres and 76 for oats. The Hodgson Cotton Company offers five Jersey cows, plus a 56 piece china tea set for best wheat average. The event includes speeches and entertainments as part of the Georgia Weekly Press Association meeting.
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Athens
Tel Lest
Georgia
Clarke
Banks
Franklin
Jackson
Oooner
Oglethorpe
Green
Morgan
Walton
Athenmam Club
O. T. Hussey
E. I. Smith
0. B. Griffith
J. F. Rhodes
T. W. Red
Georgia Weekly Press Association
Hodgson Cotton Company
Jersey
Athoomam Committee
Hampton
Arnold Grocery Company to Open New Athens Store
Athens braces for a new wholesale grocery firm named the Arnold Grocery Company. Partners O H Arnold N D Arnold O H Arnold Jr of Oglethorpe county and W D O Farrell of the city plan a prime store to open by February 15 and relocate soon. The three Arnolds are prominent county residents and held in high esteem. Capt. O’Farrell is a longtime local. The group’s venture aims to be among the city’s best traders within the year.
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Athens i S
The
Arnold Grocery Company
Messrs
O. H. Arnold
N. D. Arnold
O. H. Arnold, Jr
Oglethorpe County
W.D. O'Farrell
Messrs. Arnold
Capt. O'Farrell
She Had Seen It Before A Dublin Archbishop Tale
An aged archbishop of Dublin with partial paralysis would crawl from his home to Stephen's Green. A bright young girl helped him home and declared she could guide him because her father is the same every day, a line from Pearson's.
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Bradder Johnsing
Jeff Son
Jeffson
Oman
Market Street
Chattanooga
Dublin
Stephen
Pearson
How 1 Is Done Record Reflects Social Struggle
The Chir engo Record notes a social conflict described as a tug between self-involvement and excluding others. The quotes frame a critique of self focus and gatekeeping in society.
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Chirengo
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