Prohibition Wins in Athens as Dry Majority Declared
In a tight county contest the prohibitionists secured victory after a long, tense count. Early tallies showed a strong dry lead, with districts like Winterville and Sandy Creek contributing. Final results put the county dry by a narrow margin as speeches followed the tally.
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Usrice County
Athens
Venck
Cty
Abel
Poryears
Winterville
Sandy Creek
Bradberry’s
Kenney’s
Georgia
Princeton
Athens Clarke voters back Prohibition in close county race
The campaign ends with Prohibitionists and Anti Prohibitionists joining in unity. Official returns show Ath ens precincts and Clarke county voting details with Prohibition leading by a small margin. editorials note tempered third party talk and lingering political tensions in Georgia agriculture and local governance.
Georgia Editors Tour Put-in-Bay Wine Region Visit
A Georgia editorial party of 856 editors traveled from Sandusky to Put-in-Bay on the Frank E. Korby and Shearwater visiting wine cellars, hatching hatcheries, and Middle Bass. They toured Kelley’s Island vineyards, saw Pasteur wine filters, and enjoyed champagne lunches before proceeding to Catawba Island and Lakeside. The outing included a Confederate cemetery visit at Johnson’s Island and a grand dinner in Sandusky, ending with praise for hospitality from local editors and officials.
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Georgia
Sandusky
Cincinnati
Lake Erie
Peninsula
Pees
Put-in-Bay
Frida
Frank EK. Korby
Putin Bay
F. H. Glessner
Findlay Courier
T. C. Reynolds
Akron Beacon
Juno Tack
Ister
Associated Ohio Dailies
Ohio Fraternity
Cincinnatti
Beebe House
Shearwater
United States Fish Commission
Stranahan
Putinay Hatchery
Middle Bass Club
Wm. Rehberg
Wehrle
Cabaniss
Atlanta Journal
Bangston
Ringgold New South
V. Doller
Hotel Victory
Geo. Feick
Thomson Houston Electric Works
Electric
American Eagle
Kelley’s Island
Meagle
Henry Eifers
Arty
Vistors
Messrs
Chas. Sezholzer
Louis
State Geological Society
Younglove
Cleveland
Kelley’s Island Wine Company
Patin
Jon
Aioe
Webble
Detroit
W.L. Glessner
Catawba Island
Catawba
Danbury
Acre
Ohio
Henry Schweck
Lakeside
Gill & Jacobs
Gross
Ain John Tripplett
Johnson’s
Calloway
la Grange
Ram Crawford
Athens Banner
Pele
Johnson's Island
General West
West House
Buerkle
Manning F. Force
The
Experocet
Queen City
Major Glessner
Georgia Press Association
Islands
Empire State of the
South
Flying Pigeon Messages Reach Washington After Shot Near Athens
A Jackson County man shot a flying pigeon carrying two messages for Washington. One wing asked to report the death to F. Beamer, the other to C. W. Pumphrey. Two rings bore inscriptions. The incident caused a local stir amid headlines of a wedding and other notices.
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Athens
W. H. McGinty
Jackson County
F. Beamer
Washington, D. C
C. W Pumphrey
5Th Street
N. W
Washington
D.C
After the Battle Peace Reigns in Clarke County
Ordinary Herrington declares Clarke county dry by eleven votes after a tight local option election. Antis and prohibitionists alike praise the campaign and vow to aid Athens, with prayers and congratulatory telegrams from Rev. Culpepper, S B Scott, and C R Pringle. The city observes Thanksgiving on July 2 1892 as a memorial.
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Warsaw
Clarke County
Athens
Ten O’clck
First Methodist Church
J. W. Nicholson
Herrington
Court House
Georgia Factory
Princeton
J. B. Culpepper
Culpepper
Williams
Tillman
B. Scott
Prohibition Election Sparks Clarke County News
Captain A A Winn of Guyton Ga died suddenly from Tees. In Clarke county a prohibition election left the area dry. Monthly reports note speeches to counter Alliance principles. Montcomeny July 2 news discusses canvass plans by Democratic leaders and an executive committee meeting to organize campaign clubs.
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General News Dispatch
A. A. Winn
Guyton, Ga
Tees
Mabauia
Montcomeny
H. C. Tompkins
Iton
Eee
Elub
Gerd
Murder in Nashville Woman Convicted of Poisoning Coffee
Catherine Bib, a colored woman, was convicted of first degree murder with mitigating circumstances for poisoning coffee two years earlier. The case left Emily Persons dead and Lucinda Bedford’s cook Gracie ill, uncovering a plot that led to Bib's arrest and two trials.
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Nashville
Catherine Bib
Gracie
Lucinda Bedford
Mrs. Persons
Emily Persons
Catherine
Amaenteien Tonge Gee
Ridley
Through Carelessness John Smith Dead Miss Dawson Near Death
Nashville July 2 Through the carelessness of boys shooting bullfrogs John Smith is dead and Miss Mary Dawson is not expected to live They were riding near Franklin Kentucky when a frightened horse shied and threw them Mr Smith died of a head wound and Miss Dawson suffered fatal internal injuries They were to be married next Wednesday.
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John Smith
Miss Dawson
Nashville
Mary Dawson
Franklin
Mr. Smith
Rae
Smth Enon
Dawson
Smith
Gave the Gang Away in Bibb County Alabama
In Bibb County Alabama a year of terror by a gang of murderers ends as Cass Smitherman surrenders and agrees to betray the others. Four gang members jailed, four at large, and a state reward offered for the murders of Sheriff Jones of Louisiana.
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Birnieham
Ala
Bibb County
Jones
Louisiana
Cass Smitherman
Ioe
Stipnids
State of
Jana
Sheriff Jones
Hill arrested for forging postal resignations in Alabama
Ernest P. Hill was arrested in Brruincham Alabama on July 2 charged with forging the resignations of A. E. Daniel a postal clerk on the Memphis and Percyville route and W. A. Whitmore of the Memphis and Birmingham route The forged resignations led to the loss of their jobs as the implicated men were dismissed or suspended pending investigation.
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Fan
Brruincham
Ala
Ernest P. Hill
A. E. Daniel
Memphis
Percyville
W. A. Whitmore
Birmingham
Jons Ted
Correction issued on death notice of Mr F Williams
The Banner corrects a previous report of the death of Mr F Williams an old and esteemed citizen of the county stating the report was false and Mr Williams was better yesterday The Baxars had relied on a source deemed reliable and published the death notice in error.
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The
Bannze
Borror
Ist Inst
Carnesville
Isaac A
F . Williams
Willians
Baxars
Heathen Ragings Captives Taken in Dagomba Sacrifice
A Sierra Leone letter reports renewed slave trade violence in western Africa. Dagomba villages were raided by Wangarus, with over two thousand captives seized and slaughtered in a three day sacrificial feast. Coomassie and regional towns are cited as sites of mass killings amid fading hope for abolition.
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Dagormba
London
Sierra Leone
Interior
Coomassie
Dagomba
Western
Africa
Neither food nor drink passes for three years
Charles Schan a 22 year old man from Brazil Ind appeals to a trustee for a passport to Indianapolis after three years without swallowing any food or drink. An accidental ingestion of carbolic acid damaged his throat and a stomach hole with a rubber hose was fitted to feed him via a funnel.
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Braz
Ind
Charles Schan
Dickson
Indianapolis
Schan
Chicago
Germany
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