Chamber of Commerce to Press for Better Rail Schedules
Athens Chamber of Commerce plans early talks with the railroads to secure improved schedules. Citizens praise the move and urge a business like approach to remedy unsatisfactory timings affecting residents and retail trade. A leading local says action by the chamber can yield proper adjustments through direct dialogue.
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Athens Chamber of Commerce
Railroads
Chamber of Commerce
Athena
Fifty Lunatics Burned to Death in London Asylum Fire
London January 27 about fifty insane patients were burned to death when a fire swept the Colony Hatch asylum in the Jewish wing. Five wooden buildings including dormitories and doctors apartments were gutted. Officials struggled to remove inmates as panic spread. About fifty bodies recovered and the final toll feared higher.
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London
Colony Hatch Asylum
Pettus Re elected Senator In Alabama Legislature
Montgomery Alabama January 97 two houses of the Alabama legislature balloted separately for United States Senator Senator Edmond W Pettus was reelected as his own successor by a practically unanimous vote The text also mentions Hood s Sarsaparilla as a noted medicine in the same article.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
United States
Edmond W. Pettus
Brighter Prospects for UGA Spring Baseball
The University of Georgia begins spring practice with much brighter prospects than before. Only two regulars from last year depart, Coile the catcher and McWhorter the second baseman. Three strong new pitchers contend, with Anderson and Bower continuing in good form in college.
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The
Atlanta News
Sporting News
University of Georgia
Coile
McWhorter
Anderson
Bower
Sick Savannah businessman John R. Young
John R. Young of Ellis, Young & Co. in Savannah, a leading South Georgia figure, is seriously ill at his home. Friends report no improvement in days and possible deterioration, though not immediately critical. The notice also includes an editorial request about Green's August Flower for indigestion and liver troubles, offering a book and trial bottles.
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John R. Young
Ellis, Young & Co
Savannah
South Georgia
Mee Young
Lacy Dobb Institute
Young
Norces
G. G. Green
Woodbury
N. J
Alabama child labor bill agreement reached
Montgomery Jan. 27 The child labor committees and cotton mill representatives have agreed on a bill approved by the Federation of Woman's Clubs of Alabama. The plan sets a 12 year age for factory work with allowances for 10 to 12 year olds under conditions. No one under 10 may work in cotton mills in the state. The agreement aims to satisfy all parties.
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Montgomery
Als
Tthe Federation of Woman's Clubs of Alabama
Bank Robbery Hits Steelville in Broad Daylight Heist
In Steelville Alabama on January 37 robbers blew the bank vault at Jo'clock, securing about $3,000 before escaping in a carriage. The sheriff and posse set out in pursuit.
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Steelville
Bank of Steelville
Traveling Libraries and Athens Woman's Club Officers
The Athens Woman's Club met for its annual session with officers elected: H O White president. Billups Phinizy first vice president. Walter B Hill second vice president. E J Watt recording secretary. Dorothy McPherson corresponding secretary. W J Peeples treasurer. A book reception for free traveling libraries is planned at Mrs Crawford's Saturday with gifts received, including a hundred volumes from Miss Bingham. The club supports free kindergarten work begun last fall in East Athens and seeks more materials. Marion Carlton leads the kindergarten. Back dues nearly all paid. several new names proposed for the executive board.
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Athens Woman's Club
Billaps Phinisy
H. O. White
Billups Phinizy
Walter B. Hill
Mias E. J. Watt
Misa Dorothy McPherson
W. J. Peeples
E. A. Crawford
Mias McPherson
W. B. Hill
Euler B. Smith
Miss Bingham
Miss Rutherford
Mile Battel
East Athens
H. ©. White
Billops Phinizy
M. W. Welch
M. A. Edgecomb
Crawford
Marion Carlton
Mre
Peeples
Treaasurer
Paine's Celery Compound Offered As Health Help
In winter, crowded insulations cause poor ventilation and health decline among women and children. Paine's Celery Compound is pitched as a lifeline delivering fresh blood and renewed vigor, claiming it rebuilds flesh, bone, tissues, and wards off illness, urging readers to try it for relief.
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Paine
Schoolmasters Club Plans Atlanta Meeting for January 1904
The Schoolmasters' Club met Tuesday and discussed methods used at the State Visual School and University as well as city schools. They decided the next annual session would be in Atlanta on the fourth Monday in January 1904, with a Tuesday night meeting at the Athenaeum.
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State Visual School
Atlanta
Sion
Athenmum
Brunswick Firm Closes Mohawk Steel Plant Deal
Bruns wick Jan 97 all fears about Brunswick closing the deal for Mohawk Steel and Wire Co Southern plant are ended. At 11 am President Frank Unite d signed a contract to begin operations at once. Surveyors to work on the site this afternoon, Brunswick achieves a major industrial milestone for the South.
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Bronswick
Brunswick
Mohawk ‘Salley Steel and Wire Company
Frank Uniited
Splendid Y M C A Work in Athens City
The Athens Y M C A reports productive spiritual work over three months. Meetings at the county jail converted four moonshiners and strengthened church members. At a Jan 18 meeting a university student professed religion, seven boys converted since September, and 55 boys attended a January 25 meeting with all but one declaring for religion.
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Athens Y. M. C. A
Theos
Forbes’ Manegenhal
M.O. A
Four Months in a Trance in Chicago
Dora Meek, 17, wrote a note to her mother in Cen tralia after a 120 day trance with ten days of total abstention from nourishment. She recovered and now appears healthy, while a dispatch in the Record Herald notes the strange episode and cites Bucklen's Arnica for various ailments.
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Chicago
Kate Fisher
Dora Meek
Record- Herald
Centralia
Mother s Friend advertisement promotes childbirth ease
An ad asserts a soothing balm reduces morning sickness and pains of pregnancy, claiming it improves outcomes for mothers and children. It touts popularity across social classes and urges readers to request a free book from The Bradfield Regulator Co in Atlanta.
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Eso
Bradfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
Ecstac and
Excri
Juniors Banquet At University Of Georgia
The University of Georgia junior class hosts a banquet on February 6 to mark their third year of college life. Representatives from Mercer Emory the Technological School and North Georgia Agricultural College attend. Speakers include Ralph Moeldrim Warren Parks Hill Wade Jadeo deLoach and Alvin Golacke with remarks on state institutions our class athletics and the future.
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University of Georgia
Mercer
Emory
Technological School
North Georgia Agricultural College
Athens
Ralph Moeldrim
Lee ‘Worsham
Fort Scott
Hudson Boyd
Emory College
Castro's Offer Seen Sincere in Caribbean Claims
London officials view Castro's offer of 20 percent of customs receipts from La Guaira and Porto Cabello as evidence of intent to settle. Doubts persist if 80 percent suffices since other nations' claims also included. Questions remain whether non coalition powers should share in benefits from naval actions.
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London
Castro
LaGuaira
Porto Cabello
Crazy Man Rogers Opens Fire in North Carolina
Charlotte January 27 Eli Rogers a white man who twice was in the state hospital as insane shot and killed a negro boy while leading a team near his home in Union county and shot Miss Nancy Pickley through a window of her house He said he killed the woman because he loved her No motive given for the killing of the boy.
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Charlotte
N.C
Eli Rogers
Nancy P.icwley
Union County
Torch and the Sword Is Already Bearing Fruit
A Virginia Negro lawyer draws fiery condemnation of federal policy at a Washington meeting. Speakers urge black self defense, including force, to resist disfranchisement and oppression in the South. A Virginia lawyer tests disfranchisement laws, while others warn of blood and fire if oppression continues. Local testimonial notes relief from lumbago with Chamberlain pain balm.
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Washington
Roosevelt
H. L. Johnson
Atlanta
James H. Hayes
Virginia
Egypt
South
Southland
Booker Washington
W. O. Williamson
Amherst
Chamberlain
Death Caused by Old Germs in Garret Clothing
In Kicksville L L January 27 Mrs Hugh Bennicker dies after typhoid pneumonia strikes following her husband’s death seven years earlier. She had stored her husband’s clothing in a garret trunk and on handling it contracted the same disease. Doctors say germs in the clothing caused the infection. A separate ad promotes Kodol for stomach digestion claiming it aids digestion and relieves stomach strain.
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Kicksville
L. L
Airs
Hugh Bennicker
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