Legal Notices from Clarke County 1912
Clarke County notices announce sales and executors actions for estates of J B Rylee Mrs E M Blackmon and others with hearings set for February 1912. Advertisements include guardian and administrator appointments and sheriff sale of disturbance property two divorce petitions against John Morris and David C Seymour returnable April 1912.
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John Morris
Clarke County
Georgia
Chas. H. Brand
E. J. Crawford
David C, Seymour
David C. Seymour
B. J. Crawford
Markets Cotton Prices and Weather Report
Weather clear and pleasant with continued markets notes. Cotton futures firm with various months quoted around 9.18 to 9.90 and ranges listed for February through October. Swapping bees ad ends with a request from John W. Cash in Bogart, Oklahoma.
Athens vs Mercer basketball clash stirs city fans
Mercer and Athens prepare for a decisive Saturday night game. Mercer has a 14 game roll with one loss, while Athens boasts an undefeated record. Lineups hint at several returning Mercerians and a possible new guard, with tickets selling fast at the YMCA.
Guggenheim Divorce Case Up Again
The case of Grace Guggenheim suing to nullify the 1901 divorce from William Guggenheim, New York industrialist, resumed in Chicago. She contends she was not a legal Illinois resident when the divorce was granted and seeks reinstatement of her rights as his wife.
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Chicago
William Guggenheim
Grace Guggenheim
New York
Illinois
Guggenheim
Ilinois
Guggenhelm
Banquet Money and 1842 New Orleans Cure Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for stomach trouble indigestion and other disorders, pricing at 26 cents through local dealers. In a separate brief a thirteen year old Black girl, Virgie Cooper, was arrested by city police for alleged theft of a centerpiece.
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Henry Clay
New Orleans
Dr. King
H. R. Palmer
Virgie Cooper
Man Adopts Stage Name In Athens Local Tale
A local resident known as Bil Bailey, employed at the M. and W. Cigar Company, explains he adopted the name Bill Bailey after his father's death. He also asserts his parents named him Lewis Eberhardt Jr., though he chose to drop it amid the influence of the Bill Bailey song and others’ remarks.
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Athens
M. & W. Cigar Company
Lewis Eberhardt, Jr
Bill Bailey
Bil Bailey
Stowe Convicted in Miller Killing at Gurneaville
Hall County man Heard L. Stowe was found guilty of murder in the death of Reuben Miller. A jury recommended life imprisonment. Judge Jones imposed the sentence. Miller was shot with a shotgun on December 23 as he hauled wood along a by-road through Stowe’s property near New Holland. Stowe claimed self defense citing trespass.
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Hall County
Gurneaville
L. Stowe
Reuben Miller
Jones
Colonel Charters
H. H. Dean
J. J. Kimsey
W. B. Sloan
Miller
Stowe
Eighth annual National Child Labor Conference opens
Louisville visitors arrive as the eighth annual conference of the National Child Labor Committee begins a four day session. Experts on child labor reform and new education methods from across the country will attend.
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Louisville
National Child Labor Committee
Mr Henry Cartier Stricken With Grippe, Deputy Clerk Absent
Friends of Mr Henry Cartier mourn his several day absence from the court house due to a bad grip. The deputy clerk of the court is missed when away from his place in the southeast corner of the courthouse.
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Henry Cartier
Court House
Duggan to Visit Here Again Soon
Prof. M. L. Duggan of Sparta, longtime county school superintendent and state supervisor, spent a few hours with Clarke County Superintendent Capt. T. H. Dozier and plans to return to Athens to tour the county with the local administrator.
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M. L. Duggan
Sparta
T. H. Dozier
Clarke
Athens
John Heard Dies After Boiler Explosion Injury
John Heard the colored man injured when a boiler attached to a heater exploded at Captain Tibbett's home Monday night died yesterday and was buried. He suffered severe injuries from the accident and his death is attributed to those wounds.
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John Heard
Capt. Tibbett
J. F. Tibbett
Wylie Smith Engagement and Atlanta Wedding Invitation
In Athens a social invitation announces the marriage of Hast Wylie to Edward Inglis Smith Jr. Mrs. Lollie Belle Wylie of Atlanta invites guests to the ceremony on February 8 at six o’clock at Four Eighty Five Spring Street. Smith, manager of the Athens Banner, is from a prominent Classe City family. The wedding will be a major social event with many friends traveling from Atlanta.
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Clarke County
Lathaim
Jackson County
Georgia
Santafee
J. B. Rylee
Court of Ordinary
H. M. Ryleeh
Court House
Athens
The
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
J. J. C. McMahan
Georgia McMahan
Mary
EB. Sharpe
Sarah E. Sharpe
Scutor
B. Wingfield
Smith & Barnes
Superior Court
Gald
Mra
Georg
Caldwell
Annie
City Court of
H. Howard
W. J. Plano Company
Atlanta
Smith
Lollie Belle Wylie
Edward Inglis Smith, Jr
Spring St
Political Briefs Across Cities January 35
News briefs from New Orleans to Chicago report primaries and races. Louisiana holds primers for a triple cornered Senate contest. Bryan rebuts claims about Harvey and Wilson. Georgia Senate debates health board investigation. Ed English dies from self inflicted wounds. Five candidates seek Speaker in Georgia House. Baptists head MacArthur may be invited to Tabernacle. Roosevelt for President HQ opens in Chicago with EW Sims in charge.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Atlanta Athletics Set For Two Hard Games This Week
The Atlanta Athletic Club basketball team faces Cumberland on Friday night in Atlanta and the Columbus Y M C A in Columbus on Saturday. The club has been playing well and aims to split the two games, with the Columbus showdown described as a corker regardless of the opponent.
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Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta Athletic Club
Cumberland
Columbus Y. M. C. A
Columbus
Parker to Speak at 19th South Carolina Bar Association Meet
Judge Alton B. Parker of New York is scheduled to deliver the annual address as the nineteenth annual South Carolina Bar Association meeting opens in Columbia. Leading lawyers from across the state attend, with P. H. Helson presiding. proceedings continue tomorrow.
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Alton B. Parker
Columbia
8. C
New York
South Carolina Bar Association
Asscciation
P. H. Helson
Willian I attends Frederick the Great anniversary events
Emperor William I presided on the second day of the 200th birth anniversary celebrations for Frederick the Great in Berlin. A solemn memorial in Potsdam honored the ancient ruler, followed by a parade and numerous festivities as crowds filled the streets.
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Berlin
Willian
Frederick the Great
Potsdam
Unter den Linden
Friedrichstrausse
Bishops Gather in Pittsburg to Honor Bishop Whitehead
Bishop Daniel 8 Tuttle of Missouri officiates as senior church leader leads a delegation to Pittsburgh to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the consecration of Rt. Rev. Courtland Whitehead, bishop of the Pittsburgh diocese.
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Whitehead
Pittsburg
Daniel 8, Tuttle
Missouri
Protestant Episcopal Church
Courtland Whitehead
Pittsburgh
Fire destroys Elberton home. jewelry lost in blaze
In Elberton Georgia on Heard street the home of Sam W Thornton burned last night about 11 o clock. Mrs Thornton and Mr Thornton woke in their room as the fire raged. Nearly all furniture and many bridal presents from Mrs Thornton were destroyed. origin of the fire remains unclear.
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Elberton
Sam W. Thornton
Heard Street
Mr. Thornton
Sam Thornton
Negro Met Most Horrible Death At Elberton Mill
Wiley Brown, colored, met a horri ble death at the Elberton Ol! Mille Monday morning between 9 and 10 o'clock. He was caught on an up right revolving shafting and his head arms and legs beaten against the wall near by. One arm and one leg were torn off and his body mutilated as the shaft moved. A fellow workman saw him about five minutes before his death but not after. It is thought his clothing wrapped around the shaft caused the accident.
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Elberton Star
Wiley Brown
Elberton Ol! Mille
Worsman
Wile
Congregational Home Missionary Society Meet in Madison
The officers and directors of the Congregational Home Missionary Society representing work in every state gather in Madison Wisconsin for their midwinter meeting. State secretaries and superintendents also attend as the two day session begins with plans to prepare the annual budget.
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Hsome
Madison
Wis
Home Missionary Society
A Girl's Wild Midnight Ride To Safety
A young girl rides on horseback in the Catekills at midnight to save lives. The ad praises Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and lung trouble claiming cures for consumption and pneumonia, with testimonials of regained weight and health. Trial bottle offered free by local sellers.
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Ives
W.J. Smith , Bro
R. Palmer & Sons
Joseph H Choate Reaches Eighty Years in New York
Joseph H Choate eminent New York lawyer and former ambassador to England is eighty years old today. Congratulatory messages arrive from friends on both sides of the Atlantic. A native of Salem, Massachusetts, he has lived in New York since shortly after Harvard graduation in 1852.
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Joseph H. Chiate
New York
Joseph H Choate
England
Frinshe
Atlantic
Mr. Choate
Salem
Mass
Harvard
Crosses to Veterans at Confederate Reunion in Macon
The ceremony honors cronies of honor at the Confederate Reunion in Macon on May 7 8 9. Gen Corvine Walker and W G Pritchard lead the tributes with the United Daughters and United Sons of Confederate Veterans guiding officials and sponsors. Mrs Walter Dougan Lamar plans a crowning event for the Daughters with state regents and chapter members in supportive roles. Details on the meeting site remain undecided. Also an ad urges Foley Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder relief.
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Macon
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Corvine Walker
Veterans
W. G. Pritchard
United Sons of Confederate Veterans
Aida
Walter Dougan Lamar
Georgia
Sidney Lanier
Lamar
Cotton Fire At Depot Damages Bales Worth Eleven Dollars
At 4 10 p m yesterday the fire department was summoned to the 8 A L depot after a spark from a passing engine or a smoker set two bales of cotton ablaze. The damage totaled about twenty five pounds of cotton, worth around 11 50 in cash at current prices.
Divisions in Eighth District Republicans Prompt Contested Delegates
A dated notice from Athens Georgia reports dissension within the Eighth congressional district Republican ranks. Thomas Heard acts as chair declaring proceedings void and calls a March 16 1913 convention in Athens to elect two delegates and two alternates for the Chicago June 18 1912 Republican National Convention.
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Eighth District
Thomas Heard
Harris
Athens
Georgia
Clarke County
W. H. Harris
Eighth Congressional District
State of Georgia
Chicago
Illinois
Atlanta Independent
National Committee
National Republcan Committee
Cleveland Avenue
Ill
General Assembly
State of
Athebe
Tidmss Heard
Eighth
A Hero In a Lighthouse
J. B. Donahue of South Haven Webs served as a Civil War captain and lighthouse keeper who averted wrecks. An ad claims Electric Bit Era cured kidney trouble chills improved sight and digestion, selling at Smith and Palmer stores for 5? per bottle.
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Donahue
Haven
Web
Beneft
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R Palmer & Sons
Fruit men discuss problems at regional horticultural meeting
Rochester N Y January 24 prominent fruit growers gathered in the city to open the forty seventh annual meeting of the Western New York Horticultural Society. The three day program includes addresses by noted horticultural experts from Illinois New Jersey Michigan and other states.
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Rochester
N. Y
Western New York Horticultural Society
Illinois
New Jersey
Michigan
Unclear Classified Offer for Reading Material
Ad fragment offers Warner sit months and Uncle Remus Home Magazine for 3.50. Text lacks clear publication details or dates and reads as a bulk sale prompt with no identifiable entities or location.
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Warner
Uncle Remus
Home Magazine
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