Athens Leader Washington B Jackson Ends His Life
Athens mourns as Washington B Jackson, vice president of the Athena Hardware Co, is found dead after taking strychnine. A letter alleges business clashes and a conspiracy to remove him from the store, with family devotion noted and funeral held at First Baptist Church. He served in the Confederate army and led a long career at the hardware company, leaving an intact financial record.
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Washington B. Jackson
Athena Hardware Company
Jackson
First Baptist Church
Athens
Fred C. Jackson
Joe C. Jackson
Reuben Jackson
George H. Thornton
John P. Perdue
Ruth Jackson
Millard A. Jenkens
A. H. Hodgson
M. L. Manne
D. W. McGregor
H.C. Branson
R. K. Reaves
G. G. Bond
J. M. Hodgson
J. N. Webb
Thomas Street
Witout
Mr. Jackson
Hart County
Athens Hardware Company
Athens Board of Education
New York
Europe
Ecem
Southern
Heavier Bullets Tested for Army Musketry
Experimental ammunition weighing 160 170 180 and 190 grains is sent to the Springfield armory and the school of musketry to assess adoption. Heavier bullets may reduce wind deviation but raise flight arc with current powder, requiring sights and range tables adjustments. Foley's Honey and Tar is recommended for throat and lung ailments and sold by all druggists.
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Washington, D. C
Ordnance Department of the Army
Springfield Armory
School of Musketry
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Quick Foot Comfort
A vintage advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a cure for sweaty feet corns bunions and ingrown nails. It claims instant relief from sting and pain plus easier fit in new shoes. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25c by mail stamps trial package free Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Mall
Olmsted
le Roy
Athens Chamber hears call to keep insurance local
At the Athens Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting the focus was on strengthening Georgia insurance laws and shifting fire and life policies to Southern firms. OC N Hodgson outlined Georgia spending on insurance, urged homegrown companies, and noted local firms like Southern Mutual fuel Athens growth and employment.
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Athens
Chamber of Commerce
OC. N. Hodgson
G. T. Hodgson
Columbia Fire Insurance Co
Dorsey
Endorsement Incorporated
C. N. Hodgson
Columbia
Messrs
C. B. Griffith
B.C. Branson
J. F. Sheperd
D.C Barrow
G C, Thomas
H. R. Palme
Mr. Palmer
Palmer
Dorsay
G. C. Thomas
J. EB. Gardner
Clarke County
Thomas
H. R. Palmer
Georgia Pharmaceutical Association
R. C. Wilson
Messrs. Palmer
Wilson
C. N.hodgson
iMr
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Athena
South
Georgia
East
North Carolina
Southern Mutual
Athens Electric Railway Company
Athens 1
Train wreck delays Southern service into Nicholson area
A Southern Railway train due Sunday at 7:30 PM reached the city after daylight. Near Nicholson the engine tender derailed, tearing up track. Passengers were shaken but safe, kept in the cars overnight while repairs and engine shuttles were arranged. about 15 to 20 people were aboard.
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Nicholson
Nichrate
Athens
Miners Consider New Wage Scale At Alabama Convention
Birmingham June 14 The Alabama division of the United Mine Workers of America convened in annual session here today. Officers were to be elected and the convention would discuss the yearly wage agreement with mine owners and labor conditions.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
United Mine ‘Workers of America
Minnesota Labor Federation Meet Opens in Red Wing
The twenty seventh annual Minnesota State Federation of Labor opens in Red Wing with delegates from leading state bodies. President George B. Howley presides as the session focuses on organization and officers reports. tomorrow the real work begins with the selection of a new secretary treasurer to replace W. E. McEwen. A tangential ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure follows, touting a $100 guarantee and urging readers to send for testimonials.
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Minnesota
ODD Fellows
St. Paul
Minn
Grand Lodge of
Rebekah Assembly
Odd
Knights of Columbus
Department Council
Patriarchs Militant
Capitol City Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Grand Lodge
Old
Capitol
Northfield
Minnesota Labor Federation
Red Wing
Minnesota State Federation of Labor
George B. Howley
W. E. McEwen
Insuring in Georgia Could Endure Any Panic, Speaker Says
A Georgia advocate argues that keeping premium money within the state would strengthen finances dramatically. He notes that fifty percent of insurance funds leave Georgia as profits and reserves, and asserts that bringing thirty million dollars into Georgia in thirty days would prevent any future panic, highlighting the need for rapid regional and state financial expansion. The speaker emphasizes Georgia’s growing influence and plans for bolder, more substantial steps ahead.
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Georgia
United States
East
Europe
Unitedstates
Powerful Sermon at University Chapel by Bishop Candler
Bishop Warren A. Candler delivered the baccalaureate sermon on Knowing God drawn from Paul’s Athens address. He argued that true knowledge comes only through Jesus Christ, denouncing reliance on philosophy alone and stressing God’s central role in history, morality, and personal life, with a passionate full chapel response.
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Warren A. Candler
Southern Methodi
University Chapel
God
Paul
Athens
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Christ
Hils
Europe
Candler
Athena
Earth
Job
Jesus Christ
Hera
Bishop Candler
Middle Fife
Amene
Wheat prices chaos and New York defense fears grow
New York faces soaring meat costs as prices rise 10 to 15 percent this week. Famine looms for poor tenement households amid higher prices for steak chops mutton and poultry. Meanwhile twenty thousand soldiers man harbor defenses and coat artillery regiments drill as city anxiously watches for imagined invaders.
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New York
Gothams
Uncle Sam
Wadsworth
Hamilton
Totten
Schuyler
Volunteer Service
East Ride
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MR. W. B, Jackson
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East River
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Astor Astor
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Astor
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