Athens Considers Four Percent Street Paving Bond Issue
Athenians weigh bonds to pave business streets with a February election likely. City council discussions focus on bond size and repayment, possibly sharing costs with property owners for several years. Rates centered on four percent, with potential financing options and timing. O W Gooper promotes horses and mules on Thomas Street as a separate notice.
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Athens
College Avenues
J. H. Rucker
Barnett
More Troops for Athens Health Record Attracts Attention
Congressman W. M. Howard presses in Washington for additional troops for Athens. He leverages the city’s strong two month health record to persuade War Department and other lawmakers. Forecasts of harsh northern weather spur talk of moving some regiments to this camp.
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War Department
Howard
Washington
Athens
W. M. Howard
Memorial Spoon Offer to Banner Subscribers
Quaker Valley Mfg Co Chicago offers six spoon sets mailed postpaid to Banner subscribers who send name and address. Each spoon features a different design with Cuban War imagery and four U.S. battleships, priced at 3.00 with 78 cent payment due within 80 days if satisfied, otherwise return.
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Quaker Valley Mfg. Co
Chicago
Cuba
Morro Castle
U.S
Iportant
Quaker Valley
Injuries Prove Fatal In Railroad Collision
Kingston Ga Jan 12 Mr William Hyer engineer injured in Western and Atlantic railroad collision near Kingston yesterday afternoon died last night about 11 oclock His body will be carried to Dalton for interment Known as Uncle Billie among railroad men he was a favorite He was shrewd and reliable and the notice ends with an advertisement for the Co-Operative Detective Agency Nashville Tenn seeking workers with no experience required.
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Kingston
William Hyer
Western and Atlantic
Dalton
Billie
Co-Operative Detective Agency
Nashville
Tenn
Soldier Boys Minstrel Show At Opera House Tonight
Curtain rises at 8 30. A minstrel performance by Soldier Boys features over fifty artists blackfaced and un. Prices 50c best seats 25c balcony 10c gallery 10c and 1 dime. The show promises merriment with no wait and invites ladies and friends to attend.
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Opera House
Soldier Boys
Treasure trove found in Georgia burial site
In Norman Georgia on January 12 a box of watches movements and jewelry was found hidden in a tomb at New Lebanon burying ground near Panther Creek. A Carter family member removed the box after noting the slate lid was misaligned during a burial. The find is linked to items obtained by crooked means.
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Norman
New Lebanon
Panther Creek
Charles W. Carter
Carter
Dreyfus Inquiry Expected February Decision
Paris reports an official closely connected with the court of cassation says the Dreyfus inquiry nears completion and a decision could come early in February with broad support for revising the trial. The French justice minister Lebret announced a probe into M Be aurepaire’s latest charges at a cabinet meeting.
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The
Liberte
Court of Cassation
Dreyfus
M. Lebret
M. de Beaurepaire
Paymaster Visits Camp Haskell as Third New Jersey Paid
The Third New Jersey regiment received their December pay and the downtown scene was lively. The Fifteenth Pennsylvania will be paid this morning. A lighthearted note suggests Dr. M A Simmons Liver Medicine to lift gloom.
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Camp Haskell
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Albany Denies Epidemic as Meningitis Scare Grows
Albany residents reject claims of a citywide meningitis epidemic after The Atlanta Journal highlighted the outbreak. Local physicians report no new cases in two days and contest seven deaths in one day, noting many cases are outside Albany. Mayor Woolfolk and City Physician Hilesman protested the headlines.
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Albany, Ga
Albany
Atlanta Journal
Woolfolk
Hilesman
Widow Nancy Welch Murdered Near Harper's Cross Roads
A Gulf dispatch reports Nancy Welch a white widow and mother of five was outraged and killed about five pm near Harper's Cross roads Chatham County. Henry Jones a 35 year old black man confessed and was hanged by a mob at the scene after the body was found. See C W Cooper's fine mules and horses before buying 410 Thomas St.
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Raleigh
N. C
News and Observer
Gulf, N. C
Nancy Welch
Harper’s Cross Roads
Chatham County
Henry Jones
Jones
Richmond
Editors Attacked Over Rome Salary Controversy
Rome reports a city clash following editorials by The Tribune and The Argus alleging improper salary raises for City Clerk Smith. Editor W A Knowles and City Attorney Underwood fought at The Tribune, with later street clashes involving Editor Sawyer and Smith’s sons. Underwood demanded a retraction. Knowles refused.
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Argus
Smith
Council
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Knowles
B. F. Sawyer
Sawyer
Halstead Smith
Norris
Holmes Smith
Holmes
Nor
Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root touted for kidney and bladder cures
The ad warns of a dangerous 3 stage disease affecting kidneys bladder and Bright’s Disease. It promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a famed remedy with a free sample bottle and information booklet by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY, asking readers to mention the Athens Banner.
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Bright
Kilmer
Governor Ellerbe denounces lynching as menace to society
Columbia Jan 12 The general assembly opened with Governor Ellerbe denouncing lynching in strong terms. He warns it abolishes regular justice and endangers social order, urges swift punishment by courts, forfeiture of offices for jailers who release prisoners, and makes counties liable for damages. He also calls for dispensary reform to be decided by county vote.
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Columbia
S. C
General Assembly
Ellerbe
McCoy claims Sharkey won on fouls in rematch bid
Kid McCoy issued a signed statement alleging Sharkey landed several fouls that decided their bout. He seeks another match with Sharkey or, if refused, a bout with Corbett. O Rourke reports receipts near 4000 dollars. Sharkey’s share 15000, loser 5000. Rome unrest follows a tied dispute with Smiths amid a city salary raise debate.
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Kid McCoy
Sharkey
New York
Evening World
McCoy
Corbett
Tom O’rourke
Lenox Athletic Club
Davis Gun Incident at Woolford & Co Store
In Chattanooga January 12 a Woolford & Co grocer accused employee Probie Davis of theft. Davis confronted Reese Woolford at the storefront with a gun, fired but the bullet struck the ceiling after a porter knocked the barrel upward. he was then overpowered and disarmed by clerks.
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Woolford
Davis
Chattanooga
Tenn
Woolford & Co
Orchard Knob
Probie Davis
Highland Park
Reese Woolford
Engine Stolen From Norfolk & Western Yard
Winston N C Jan 12 A freight engine was stolen from the Norfolk & Western railroad yard yesterday morning. The thief a white man pulled the throttle wide open and ran seven miles before the steam exhausted and the engine halted. The yardmaster pursued and found that ten minutes more steam would have started the engine. No trace of the thief has been found as officers continue the search.
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Winston
N.C
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Miles Is a Liar Says General Eagan Before War Board
Washington January 12 Commissary General Eagan testifying before the war investigating commission labeled Major General Miles as a liar accusing him of lying in his throat and heart and body, perpetrating a gross scandal, and deserving drumming from the service and imprisonment. He called his interviews filth.
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Washington
Eagan
Miles
Pullman Deserts Bride After Short Married Life
George M. Pullman and his wife reportedly live apart after less than five months of marriage. He traveled to a winter resort while she rented their Freehold New Jersey house and planned a Chicago visit to her parents. The article notes their estrangement and timelines, with brief city, state references and a mention of their marriage situation.
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Chicago
George M. Pullman
Freehold
N. J
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