Industrial Home Reports May Work and Appeals for Help
The Bessie Mell Industrial Home’s June 5 meeting reviewed May finances and activity. Records show wages, supplies, charity, garments, and 101 workdays with 56 people aided. The Athens Daughters of the Confederacy push the Winnie Davis Memorial at the State Normal School with plans to invite key committee members before October.
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Bessie Mell Industrial Home
Athens
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Winnie Davis
State Normal School
Normal and Industrial School
Milledgeville
Southern Mutual annual meeting elects officers and board
The Southern Mutual Insurance Company held its annual stockholders meeting at the insurance building. A 70 percent dividend was declared for the year with premiums totaling 276,625 and losses 59,808. Assets stand at 1,006,001.21 and risk in force exceeds 24 million. New director George Hillyer succeeds the late Col. N J Hammond on the Atlanta board. W W Thomas is president and general agent.
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Southern Mutual Insurance Company
W. W. Thomas
A. E. Griffith
T. L. Mitchell
Athens
E. S. Lyndon
R. I. Hampton
Billups Phinizy
R. Nickerson
K. H. Fleming
James White
E. R. Hodgson
A.S. Erwin
Augusta
H. B. King
G. T. Barnes
Savannah
C. H. Dorsett
Henry Blow
Macon
W. R. Rogers
O. F. Campbell
Atlanta
Geo. Hillyer
W. D. Grant
Columbus
J. R. Brown
Col. N. J. Hammond
Grasshopper Plague Hits Loganville Crops
In Loganville Georgia on June 6 a grasshopper infestation ravages farms in the area. Farmers report swarms eating corn and cotton, with E R Floyd warning his crops may be ruined despite efforts to drown and burn the insects. Local plans aim to drive them into woods and set fires to eradicate the pest.
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Loganville
E. R. Floyd
Floyd
DeWitt's Little Early Risers De witt obituary note
Colonel Robert Flournoy Maddox, a pioneer Atlanta financier, died early today after a long illness. He had been a leading civic figure and member of the First Methodist church. The funeral is scheduled for tomorrow at 4 PM at the First Methodist, with burial planned in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Robert Flournoy Maddox
Maddox
Air Volta Oia
Man slashes throat in failed murder suicide attempt
Ben Barnett attempted to kill his wife and child then himself at his father in law’s Broad street home. He slashed his throat four inches, missing the carotid, was taken to police headquarters, and a peace warrant was sworn out. Mrs. Barnett and her father Barnett’s actions likely saved the child. The incident follows alleged cruelty and abandonment by Barnett.
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Ben Barnett
B. O. W. Rose
Broad Street
Barnett
Mr. Rose
Police
W. B. Conway
Rose
Athens Girl Belle Turner Tops Local Honor Roll
Athens has another fair daughter of Lucy Cobb Institute. Miss Belle Turner, daughter of City Clerk and Treasurer W. W. Turner, was near the top of her class despite forty absences due to illness. Her strong academic record stands despite time away.
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Athens
Lucy Cobb Institute
Belle Turner
W. W. Turner
President Thomson Dead at Merion Home
Philadelphia reports the sudden death of Frank Thomson, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, at 7:30 PM in Merion after two weeks of illness from acute indigestion. He had just returned from a tour of inspection and was said to be in robust health prior to the illness. The story includes unrelated advertisements and notes on spelling reform discussions.
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Philadelphia
Frank Thomson
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Merion
Thomson
Brubaker
Guns for each state in Spain Cuba Porto Rico guns to governors
The war department has decided to distribute artillery captured from Spain in Cuba and Porto Rico by assigning one gun to each state. Governors will decide the disposition, limited to Soldiers' Monument Associations Grand Army posts and municipal corporations. A letter outlining the plan has been sent to every state governor.
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Washington
War Department
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Grand Army of the Republic
War Departments
Summer University Opens For Teachers This Summer
The University trustees consider summer sessions for Georgia teachers with two programs, Barrow Snelling mathematics and Lawrence Latin Greek, starting July 8 for six weeks. Alumni reunion July 20 offers reduced rail fare with full fare proof for one third return.
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Barrow and Snelling
J. B. Lawrence
Athens
Are You Bankrupt in Death and Dissolution of Nature
A sensational juvenile style page notes Tutt's Liver Pills with broad claims while racing into a violent murder report. It describes Mrs. Hubbard shot dead by two Black men at a Bibb county railroad station, the husband injured, and guards scouring the woods. The piece also advertises various remedies and personal-health testimonials from merchants.
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Sawyer
Warren J. Smith & Bro
Mary A. Beard
Claremore
Ark
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Tutt
Birmingham
Ala
Jane
R. H. Hubbard
Memphis and Charleston
Bibb County
R. H.hubbard
Alex Hill
Bud Hargrove
Prayer for rain urged in Athens amid drought
Skiff's once a week talk urges Athens to unite in prayer for rain to save vegetables and berries as Connecticut calls for services and rain begins. The note also advertises Skiff the jeweler with repairs and novelties and Brumby Drug Co products.
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Connecticut
Athens
A Quick Conviction Hannaway Sentenced in Georgia
In Vienna Georgia on June 6 John Hannaway a White man faced a special session of Dooly superior court for an attempted assault on N L Christmas’s young daughter. The grand jury indicted him within minutes. He pleaded guilty within an hour and received a twenty year penitentiary sentence. Deputy Sheriff Sheppard took him to Macon for confinement awaiting camp assignment.
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Vienna
Dooly Superior Court
John Hannaway
N. L. Christmas
Sheppard
Macon
Ancient Rome Racing and Jockey Color Rivalry
The article recalls Roman racing at the Circus Maximus with chariots and jockeys. It notes the size of the arena, seating for about 480000, and describes colors, tunics, and caps. It mentions prizes and the pay of victors like Crescens, amid historic betting and spectacle.
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Rome
Car Fignla
Circus Maximus
Spina
Crescens
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