East Athens Water Bonds Rally Sparks Speeches
Citizens gathered at the Swift building to hear advocates push a water works bond proposal. Mayor Tuck presided as Dr. H. H. Carlton argued for a pure water supply and income bearing system. Others urged voting for bonds to fund mains and a tower across the river ahead of the election.
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Athens
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Athens Dog Swallows Fork and Survives
A prominent Athens citizen fed his dog beef on a silver fork. The dog grasped the fork with meat and swallowed it whole. After a reporter witnessed the event the owner carefully extracted the fork with a knife, then sewed the small wound and the dog resumed playing.
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Athens
How to Cook a Husband
A fragment lists bizarre instructions about preparing a husband with odd kitchen metaphors. The tone parodies domestic guidance with nonsensical steps and jumbled wording. The reader should note the uneasy, surreal quality of the text and its archaic diction.
Clarke County Building and Loan Association Declares 7 Percent Dividend
The Clarke County Building and Loan Association held its semiannual meeting and announced its third semiannual dividend of seven percent. In two and a half years the company had loaned over forty thousand dollars and helped build or buy more than one hundred homes in Athens and Clark county. It now has over fifteen hundred shares of stock and offers 50 cent entrance fees with withdrawals on two weeks notice. Officers are A E Griffith president Griffith and Charbonnier secretary treasurer, with directors H Charbonnier H A Lawrence A H Crawford C Stern C G Talmadge and J J C McMahan.
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Athens
Clarke County Building and Loan Association
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Prompt Attendance at Athens Public School Noted
The Athens public school system shows strong pupil punctuality with Washington Street School reporting over 350 pupils and no girl tardies in the previous month while few boys were tardy. This evidence highlights the students’ appreciation of school advantages and desire to gain all benefits offered.
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Washington Street
Editorial shifts in Carolina papers hint at Democratic Alliance ties
In Columbia and nearby, T L Cantt remains in charge of the Columbia Register while T Larry Gantt now writes for the Columbia D C Register. Easter Gantt will steer the paper on Alliance lines. He stays in the Eight District and plans to contest the congressional race if the Alliance backs him.
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Turbulent Guatemalan Crisis Draws Near Civil War
A Guatemala correspondent reports rising anti Barrillas sentiment with guards around him, assassinations attempted, officer defections, and Barrios opponents punished. Fears of war with El Salvador grow as press bans tighten and calls for concessions intensify. Meanwhile in Tripoli a firman provokes riots and conscription clashes. Lagos braces for conflict as Egbas mobilize, and Spanish authorities expel foreigners amid revolutionary agitation.
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Stay the cough or lookout for a coffin
An old ad style warns that neglecting a minor cough leads to consumption and death. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is promoted as a guaranteed cure for catarrh bronchial throat and lung ailments with a money back promise if not cured.
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Reed clashes with Speaker Crisp as Georgia House laughs him off
In Wasureton on March 5 Tom Reed presses a Democratic attack during a deadlocked private bill session. Speaker Crisp enforces rules, Reed grows red in the face, and Democrats applaud as Reed backs down. The dispute ends with Reed defeated and plans to push further thwarted.
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Norwood Denies Third-Party Governor Bid in Georgia
Col. C M Norwood says he is not seeking any public office and has heard no credible offer to be third-party governor candidate in Georgia. He favors farm relief and home-rule policies, denying plans to run and noting his focus on rational, not state politics.
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Emigration Plan Tied to Hamburg-America Lines
A joint arrangement by the Hamburg American Packet Co and Prussian authorities will route Russian emigrants to the United States aboard Hamburg American steamers after two physicians verify they are fit to embark. Cramped details mix with reports of jewelry theft convictions and broader European news items.
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Glendale train robber sent to Jefferson City for twenty years
Albert D. Sly, known as the Glendale train robber, has been taken to the Jefferson City penitentiary to serve a twenty year sentence imposed by Judge Edwards of St. Louis County. He was received at the facility.
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Sr. Louis, Mo
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Glendale
Jefferson City Penitentiary
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North Carolina
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Raleigh
Terminal troubles rock Richmond Terminal plan
Wall Street reacts to rumors of a failed reorganization plan for the Richmond Terminal company as securities fall and a $24,500,000 syndicate funding target appears at risk. Bond and equity losses threaten to derail efforts and raise fears of broader rail debt and restructuring.
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Richmond Terminal Company
Terminal Preferred
Central Railroad of Georgia
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WORN AND WAN AND WEAK AND WEARY
Advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as an invigorating tonic and nervine for weariness overwork and various ailments. It claims to soothe nervous excitability aid sleep and relieve anxiety and despondency. Reports mention a local arrest in a separate crime case with updates from multiple cities and counties.
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de. Pierce
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Markets and oddities blend in chaotic Athens to New York notes
The report blends market figures from Athens and New York with scattered prices, receipts, and cotidian notes. It cites middling prices, futures openings, and Liverpool returns, alongside a sensational local accident and an injury update at a Brunswick saloon with a weapon incident and a drugstore amputation.
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Ayuens Markny
Salea
New York
Railroader Dorsey Resigns From Georgia Road
Colonel EB BR Dorsey resigns as sector freight and passenger agent of the Georgia road. He has served ten to twelve years and is highly regarded as one of the finest railroad men in the nation. The report of his resignation is widely discussed though not officially confirmed.
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EB. BR. Dorsey
Freigh
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