Dismissal, wills, and public notices in Clarke County
Clarke County notices include K A Anderson petitioning for discharge as administrator of J B Lowe estate with hearing in August 1908, an act to amend Athens city charter creating a Recorder of Judge of the Police, and a citation for Myer Stern as administrator of H Rosenberg estate. Also notice of discharge for Lillie M Harris administratrix and a countywide plan for a City of Athens sinking fund commission. A Clarke Sheriff sale lists a parcel in Athens fronting Vine Street, bounded by St Marks church lot and other streets, leased to satisfy a Clarke County ffa in favor of A H Talmage.
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Georgia
Clarke County
Anderson
J. B. Lowe
Athens
S. B. Wingfield
Judee
Pullee
Myer Stern
H. Rosenberg
Hl. Rosenberg
Oalino
Skeen Hae
Wingfield
General Assembly
State of
Orb Council of
Lillie M. Harris
Otis Harris
B. Wingfield
Ordy
City of
Athena
Court of Ordinary
Clarke Sheriff's
Vine Street
George Brightwell
St. Mark's Church
Mary and
Richard Thomas
Superior Court of
A. H. Talmage
Mary
W. E. Jackson
Sherif
Lands Sold for Cash in Danielsville Road Area
Property described as two acres located at the Nowhere road and Danielsville road intersection, bounded by Park line and Nowhere road. Levy to satisfy a fi fa in favor of John T. Pittard against Robt. McJohnson. notice given to tenant. Dated July 7, 1908, J. H. Hancock, Deputy Sheriff.
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Towit
Nowhere
Danielsville Road
Park
Nowhere Road
Robt. McJohnson
Superior Court of
Clarke County
John T. Pittard
Johnson
J. H. Hancock
New land sale notes list varied per acre prices
A fragment lists several per acre prices from 15 to 35 dollars with inconsistent formatting. The readable items show amounts such as 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 dollars per acre, suggesting a land sale or lease listing with multiple price points.
Wilkes County land sale offers four acre plots apart from high lands
Notices advertise land and estate actions in Clarke and Wilkes counties. Wilkes County offers two to four acre tracts for sale, while Clarke County court orders a public sale of a half interest in Athens Park lots 5 and 6. Administrators seek probate matters and appraisals, with hearings set for August and sale dates in August 1908.
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Wilkes County
Georgia
Clarke County
W. S. McManus
M. W. Brown
B. Wingfield
Outrageous Conduct of Irate Husband at Dinner
A St Louis wife wins a legal separation with $20 weekly alimony after a court found her husband cruel for tossing her dressing room items into the street when dinner ran late. The piece denounces the husband and extols a wife’s right to beautify herself for her household. It quotes Owen Meredith on a woman’s mission and praises female adornment as a noble virtue.
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Washington Herald
St. Louis
Owen Meredith
Mad dog choked to death by brave Memphis woman
In Memphis on Buntyn avenue Mrs. Mary E. Forrester fought a 60 pound mad dog for ten minutes as the animal bit neighbor Miss Marie Ditto. With a swift feint she seized the dog by the neck and strangled it on the porch, ending the attack on her and her neighborhood pet.
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New York Medical Journal
Philadelphia
Camden
Joseph Pancoast
Wadsworth
Memphis
Tenn
Mary E. Forrester
Buntyn Avenue
Eighteenth District
Barroom Shootout in Jamaica Plain Leaves Victims
Three armed men robbed a bar in Jamaica Plain near Washington and Boyleston streets, firing as patrons fled. One dead, one dying, another wounded. assailants escaped after exchange with Officer Butler. Bar owners Winters and McManus reported among the wounded.
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Boston
C. 8. Butler
Frank J. Drake
Patrick R. Doran
City Hospital
Thomas Winters
Winters & McManus
Washington and
Boyleston Streets
Jamaica Plains
Royal Reception for Prince of Wales in Quebec
The Prince of Wales arrives aboard the Indomitable amid a harbor of warships and cheering crowds. Canadian leaders meet him aboard and at Parliament House while salutes and royal processions greet the royal party. The week includes naval reviews, pageants, and the dedication of the Plains of Abraham as a national battlefield park.
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Quebec
Prince of Wales
New Hampshire
United States Navy
Exmouth
Duncan
Albemarle
Russell
Venus
Arrogant
Leon Gambetta
Admiral Aube
Citadel
Dufferin Terrace
Laurier
Earl of Dudley
Australia
Francis Hopwood
Colonial Office
King's Wharf
Parliament House
Royal
Northwestern Mounted Police
Duke of Cornwall
York
Plains of Abraham
Lord
Lady Grey
Charles W. Fairbanks
United States
Earl Dudley
Jauregulberry
Republic of France
King’s Bastion
Champlain
Champlain Monument
American Athletes Show Up Well At Olympic Games
London, July 22. Melvin W. Sheppard of the Irish American Athletic Club won the 800 meters with a new Olympic record 1 52 4 5 minutes and ran 1500 meters prelims. Harry F. Porter also took high jump with 6 feet 3 4 inches as America dominated day. Porter failed to add world mark. crowds packed stadium from morning to evening, with no interruptions.
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London
Melvin W. Sheppard
America
Harry F. Porter
Slade
Porter
H. A. Gidney
Boston
A. A
Monson
Norway
England
Gidney
Mateh
Leahy
Somody
Hungary
Ireland
Andre
France
T. Moffit
University of Pennsylvania
Sheppard
Just
Fairbairn-Crawford
Lunghi
Italy
Braun
Germany
Lawson Robertson
Irish-American Athletic Club
Roche
W. W. May
University of Ilinois
Kerr
Halswelle
Montague
Paul H. Pilgrim
New York Athletic Club
B. Taylor
Taylor
Rhys
Cambridge
Rector
United Kingdom
Canada
South Africa
May
Stevens
Walker
Justi
Sherman
Dartmouth University
Robertson
Rev.tor
Harry J. Hillman
C. J. Bacon
American Athletic Club
Great Britain
F. Narganes
J. C. Craige
New York City
J. B. Greene
Brooklyn
Aciatic Ciuy
EU Ku
Vanderbilt Horses Fall to English Buyers at Tattersalls
New York reports Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt’s coach horses shipped to England faced a syndicate of English buyers at Tattersalls. Fifty horses sold in the private sale for about 3250 each, with later resale in public rings yielding large profits, roughly 16000 dollars overall for British dealers.
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New York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Atlantic Transport Company
Inez Minnehaha
Tatersall's
London
Brighton
Tattersall’s
Tattersall's
Vanderbilt
America
Nnerning
Mr. Vanderbilt
Illinois Central bars liquor sales on trains south of Ohio River
Chicago July 22 General Passenger Agent Samuel G Hatch announced the Illinois Central Railway will not permit liquor sales on any diners or buffet cars south of the Ohio River. He cited numerous local option states and noted Texas and Louisiana laws influenced the decision.
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Chicago
Samuel G. Hatch
Ilinois Central Railway Company
Ohio River
Ohio
Texas
Louisiana
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W. L. Wood
B. Wingfield, Sr
Clarke
Irge
E. J. Wilkinson
Tignall
Mra
B. H. Kinnebrew
S. B. Wingfield, SR
State OF Georgia
Clarkes
W. L. McManus
Court House
Gale
Athens Park and Improvement Co
Buener Vista
Buens Vista Avenue
Yonah Avenue
Greene
W. A. Chastain
B. A. Crane
W. L. M'Manus
Earth
E. C. DeWitt & Co
DeWitt
Dewitt & CO
A. Palmer & Sons
New York Times
Airl
Philadelphia Ledger
Amilin
J. W. Foley
Alt
Bert Barber
Eltom
Wis
de- Witt
Liverpool
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