Georgia university boards cut student living costs plan dormitory on campus
Trustees allocate 650 to enlarge the boarding house dining room to seat 100 and add a kitchen range and furniture. Two acres will become a garden. University farm supplies vegetables. Aim to reduce board to under seven dollars monthly and seek 25,000 for a new dormitory and mess hall. A student may attend for 125 per session. target 100.
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University
Tosk House
Board of Trustees
Bradwell
State Normal School
Georgia
Dewey Arrives at Colombo on Olympia Arrival
The United States cruiser Olympia with Admiral Dewey has just arrived from Singapore at Colombo Sri Lanka on June 22 in the early morning hours.
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Dewey
Colombo
Island of Ceylon
United States
Olympia
Dewy
Singapore
Prisoners Escape Halifax Jail With Keys
In Halifax County North Carolina prisoners overpowered a Halifax jailer this morning and escaped with the jail keys. A rescuing man was injured lightly while aiding the jailer. Bloodhounds have been dispatched from the state farm to pursue the fugitives.
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Norfolk
Halifax
N. C
State Farm
Nicaragua Quiet and Paper Money Retirement Effort Fails
The Bluefields Steamship Company steamer Breifond arrived from Bluefields as Nicaragua remained calm after February turmoil. General Estrada's effort to raise funds to retire circulating paper money failed as foreign merchants showed no interest in investing.
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New Orleans
Breifond
Bluefields Steam- Ship Company
Bluefields
General Estrada
Precautionary General Vaccination Enacted in Havana
Havana reports General Ludlow orders a citywide revaccination after isolated smallpox cases. Aimed at preventing spread within thirty days about 176,000 residents will be vaccinated using local calves as stock, with strict proofs required for exemption for those recently vaccinated.
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United States
Ludlow
No-To-Bac Tobacco Cure Ad Promises Quick Quitting
An old advertisement promotes No-To-Bac as a magnetic tobacco cure that makes weak men strong. It claims easy quitting forever with a 60c or 81 price, offers a booklet and sample free, and lists Sterling Remedy Co in Chicago or New York as contact points.
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Bao
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
Wheeler Expected for Philippine Duty Says Alger
A Petoskey dispatch reports Secretary of War Alger gave indirect confirmation that General Joseph Wheeler will be assigned to duty in the Philippines. Wheeler refused to discuss specifics, stating he is still in the service and subject to orders, with timing to be decided by Alger.
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Chicago
Times-Herald
Petoskey
Mich
Alger
Joseph Wheeler
Philippines
General Wheeler
Grand Army
Wheeler
Young Daughter of Millionaire Vanishes in Mass
Helen Eames, 11, daughter of Alfred M. Eames, disappears after leaving her father’s North Farming ton office and factory in South Farming ton, Mass. She rode away on a bicycle yesterday afternoon around 2 o’clock, leaving her wheel behind. Police have no trace and fear kidnapping.
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Jelen Eames
North Farmington
Mass
South Farmington
Helen Eames
Alfred M. Eames
Summer Schools Open At University On July 3
The Summer Schools of the University will open on July 3 for teachers of Georgia. Two sessions will be held this summer with affordable tuition and low living costs. If twenty students enroll, meals at the college boarding house will be available at reasonable prices. The two schools are Mathematics and Ancient History.
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of the University
University of Georgia
Teachers of Georgia
Affray leads to shooting at Augusta saloon
In Augusta Georgia on June 22 Pat Buckley of the fire department shot and wounded Joe Quinn in the Big Bonanza saloon after an argument and a strike. Buckley surrendered and said he was sorry he had to do it. The dispute stems from a two year old mayoral campaign.
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Augusta
Joe Quinn
Pat Buckley
James Cashin
Buckley
Columbia
Quinn
Child Dies After Carbolic Acid Spill in Post Office
Horseshoe of tragedy as two year old son of Homer postmistress Mrs. Thomas Appleton is found to have spilled carbolic acid on his chest and body while opening mail at the Homer post office in Mountainsboro Alabama. He dies within minutes amid great agony.
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Mountainsboro
Ala
Thomas Appleton
Homer
Double Hanging In Eastman For Murder Of Marshal Osborne
Eastman Georgia June 22 Two Negro men Will Wilson and Caire Stephens condemned for the murder of Marshal Osborne of Chauncey will be hanged tomorrow in Eastman. They shot him as he entered a room where they were playing cards. They were captured after escaping and later convicted and sentenced to death.
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Eastman
Will Wilson
Caire Stephens
Marshal Osborne
Chauncey
Negroes Beaten in Calhoun County Lynching Attempt
Twenty five masked black attackers forced entry at Bill Jenkins and Jim Jackson’s home near Thorn ton, tied them to a tree, and beat them severely before Captain Stroud intervened. The incident sparks outrage among local whites.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Jane
Calhoun County
Thornton
Bill Jenkins
Jim Jackson
Captain Stroud
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