Preacher Denounces Secret Societies At Athens Rally
Rev H Abbots preached against Masonry and Odd Fellows at Cowan's tent in Athens claiming secret orders oppose God's law. A confrontation with Rev Sherman England followed over the "mark of the beast" remark and Masonry questions. Audience reaction was heated, with critics calling the performance unwarranted and crowd-drawing.
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Cowan
Athens
Snorg
Sherman B England
Oconee Street
God
Mr. England
Mr. Abbott
Masonry
Odd Fellowsip
Christ
Afsir
Alpha Mills Project Aims to Reopen at Former Pioneer Site
In Athens the Alpha Mills, a new joint stock enterprise, is planned in the former Pioneer Paper Mills building. Superintendent Lovern reports progress and hopes to start soon as financial conditions ease. Shafting is in place and machinery partly installed, with stock financing still needed to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Alpha Mills
Pioneer Paper Mills Pany
Ary Lovern
Lovern
Dr Williams Pink Pills Featured In Personal Revival Tale
A Minnesota man recounts crippling illness and desperate nights until Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People allegedly cured him. He credits crutch-free walking, restored health, and compares his recovery to a revived youth after using the remedy marketed by a local druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. White
le Moniteur Acadien
Geena Drug Store
White
Financial stringency seen beyond Athens in 3 percent money
A prominent Athens merchant told a Banner reporter about a Denver letter noting money commands three percent monthly on gilt edge securities. The remark illustrated broad financial tightness. The Augusta and Atlanta dispatches mention the Southern league in midseason. J B Nicklin of Chattanooga becomes league president replacing C C Hart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Denver
Colorado
Giltedge Securities
Georgia
Blount to Be Shot Over Hawaii Annexation Tensions
Six or seven hundred annexationists form a Citizens Reserve armed with rifles to target royalists, including prominent Hawaiians, if royalist trouble erupts. A placard reading Gold and silver will not stop lead sparks fears of violence. Blount plans to sail to San Francisco July 19 with his final Hawaiian report. Claus Speckles and family also prepare to depart for San Francisco.
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Hawaii
Hononary
San Francisco
Blount
Archibald Livelain
Clsus Speckles
Sneed
Claus Speckles
Second Day Session of Georgia Bar Association
In Rous Georgia July 6 the Georgia Bar Association met with record attendance. Judge Bleckley gave a humorous lecture on women lawyers arguing that a woman’s place is motherhood first and the nursery should take precedence over the bar. He praised motherhood and urged lawyers to marry within the profession to strengthen the bar.
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Judge Bleckley
Rous
Georgis Bar Assacisation
Alex King
Georgia Bar
Bleckley
DOWN AT BRUNSWICK Weekly Editorsassume Next Week
Atlanta July 6 The weekly press association remains active despite recent bad weather. Lospon July 7 British steamers Ellie and William Balls collided ninety miles off the Humber. Justice Blatchford’s condition remains critical with little change and may deteriorate in the coming weeks or hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
Weekly Press Association
Lospon
Ellie
William Balls
The
Humber
Justice Blatchford
Newport
Athens Citizens Push City Salary Reductions Next Year
A prominent citizen urges across the board cuts to city salaries to ease finances. Proposals include reducing the Clerk of Council to 1500 dollars, the Mayor to 800, the Chief of Police to 800, and Street Commissioner to 800, with broader department cuts to save over five thousand, aiming for ten thousand annually. The waterworks case in New York Courts fuels calls for retrenchment as tax burdens grow.
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New York
Citizin
Basser
Athens
Mitchell
Athen
Lapeer Dal Gheaer
Soraer
Honor the Dear Old Mother Creed on a Editor's Desk
A faded article found on W. H. Moore's desk extols a mother's love and duty. It paints the mother as a guiding, protective figure who endures hardship to shelter and bless her children. The piece urges readers to honor and care for their mothers in old age.
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W. H. Moore
Augusta News
Earth
Fight Over Knife Leaves Dawes Seeker Injured
A county resident Fes Dawes was badly hurt after a confrontation with a intoxicated man named Rafe English in Athens. English drew a large knife and Dawes struck with a shoe in a struggle over control of the weapon, leaving Dawes injured and the assailant detained.
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Fes Dawes
Rafe English
Athen
Dawson
Rafe
Mr. Dawson
Young Georgia girl wins vacant Peabody scholarship
State School Commissioner S D Bradwell spoke at Rock College and described a modest applicant who, lacking funds, sought the Peabody scholarship to study teaching. He noted over two hundred applications for a vacancy and announced the young woman was appointed to the scholarship before leaving his office.
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S. D. Bradwell
the Rock College
State Normal School
Peabody
Gorgia
Nashville
Bradwell
Georgia
Horticulturists to Hold Royal Convention Here Next Month
State Horticultural Society meets in city during the first week of next month with many delegates expected. The Ladies Garden Club prepares royal entertainments for visiting delegates and the event promises great interest for attendees.
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State Horticultural Sociery
Ladies” Garden Club
Virginia preacher disrupts Irish whisky exhibit at fair
Rev John T James of Aldie Virginia caused a scene at the World’s Fair by smashing bottles of Sir John Powers Dublin whisky in an exhibit. Police or officials remitted the preacher’s fine as the incident halted mid hearing and one judge refitted the case.
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Virginia
Cmiaco
John Tjames
Aldie
London County
John Powers
Dublin
Ireland
Cincano
John T.james
Augusta Wins First Place Pennant In Southern League
Augusta is awarded the pennant for the first series in the Southern Base Ball league with Charleston in second by a close decision. J B Nicklin of Chattanooga is noted in the meeting recap.
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Augusta
Atlanta
Charleston
Saeseen
J.B. Nicklin
Chattanooga
Steamer Reported Ashore and River News
The Monocacy is said to be stranded in foreign waters near Victoria British Columbia with no further details available. A Cincinnati Southern freight depot fraud involved about 250 000 dollars with eight conductors ten engineers and a timekeeper issuing fraudulent time checks.
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Lzxtvetos
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Con
Chancellor Boggs Seeks to End Student Entertainments
The 1890 Board of Trustees records reveal Chancellor Boggs plans to curb student entertainments at the University by issuing letters to O B German Club members and enforcing a ban on club activities during term time. Some faculty oppose the move, but discipline rests with the Chancellor.
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O. B. German
Uiversity
A. A
Caeron
Boggs
Cooper Firm Named Division Counsel for Central Railroad
In Macon Georgia on July 7 the Central railroad appointed three young barristers to fill the vacancy left by Judge R P Lyon’s death. John R Cooper will join with Steed and Wimberly forming the new firm Cooper Steed and Wimberly to act as division counsel at this point.
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Macon. Ga
R .P. Lyon
Central Railroad
Macon
John R. Cooper
Lyon
Central
Messie, Steed & Wimberly
the Central
Cooper, Steed & Wimberly
Death of Dr William Furlow Holt in Chicago explosion
Macon Ga July 6 Dr William Furlow Holt fatally injured by a carbonic acid gas tank explosion in Chicago on June 23 lingered in an unconscious state until 5 am yesterday when he died at Cook County Hospital. Ab Holt left Chicago last night with the remains and will reach Macon tomorrow morning.
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Macon
William Furlow Holt
Chicago
Cook County
Holt
Ab Holt
Refunds of Excessive Duties Referred to Fairchild Commission
The secretary of the treasury directs the New York customs house to investigate refunds of excessive duties at that port. Commission to suggest improvements in handling samples and case processing as deemed desirable. Outrage in Illinois follows a separate report noting a 16 year old girl Miss Smith injured while en route to East.
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Fairchild Commission
Washingtox
Secretary of the Treasury
Customhouse Commission
New York
Ilinois
East
The Father
Thord Overaas, the wealthiest man, seeks banns for his son on the eve of his wedding He pays the pastor generously and later arranges the wedding journey But tragedy strikes when the son dies in an accident and Thord recalls his stern sonny, years later the pastor encounters Thord returning in worn condition
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Thord Overaas
Thord
Tay Bot
Karen
Storlideam
Sid
Tao
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Rey
Minneapolis
J.B. White
Auguste
J. B. Nicklin
Chattsnoogs
C. C. Hart
Brunswick
Bacy
Bill Moore
Fred Dawson
Bradwall
Victoria
B.C
Japan
Bouus
O. B. German Club
Col “Bunk” Cooper
Beecham
United States
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