Twenty-Second Y M C A Convention To Be Held In Macon
State Secretary J V Read visits Macon to gauge local Y M C A conditions and spark interest in the twenty second annual convention scheduled for Macon later this month. Sessions at Mulberry Street Methodist Church feature E O Collier and choir, with lectures by notable figures from across Georgia and beyond.
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Reade
J. V. Read
Atlanta
Young Men's Christian Association of Georgia, Sn
Read
YY. M
Macon
College
Georgia
Mulberry Street Methodist Church
E. O. Collers
History of Georgia by an Athens Lady
Miss Francesa Letcher Mitchell, daughter of the late Hon. Wm. L. Mitchell, authors a historical work titled Georgia Lands and People. Published by Franklin Publishing Co., Atlanta, the volume, ready by May, carries endorsements from the Georgia Division of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Copies are being sold at Levy Gobb Institute and chapters have already secured several orders.
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Francesa Letcher Mitchell
Georgia
Franklin Pub- Mashing Co
Atlanta
Miss Mitchell
Wm. L. Mitchell
University Law School
Silence From Bloemfontein Amid Boer British Fighting
London reports scarce news from Bloemfontein where sharp fighting is believed to have occurred as Lord Roberts presses toward the Orange Free State capital. Mafeking's relief remains uncertain while Colonel Plamer and Colonel Peakman move to break Boer resistance. Natal quiet. Cronje heads to St Helena. Rhodes ill. Salisbury peace replies welcomed in Natal. Johannesburg dispatch contradicts mines flooding claims. machines intact.
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London
Lord Roberts
Bloemfontein
Orange Free State
Mafeking
Plamer
Herache
Rhodes
England
Natal
Lord Salisbury
Pietermaritzburg
the Times
Johannesburg
Live snake found in woman's throat shocks Augusta crowd
In Augusta Georgia a seven inch live brown and yellow snake was removed from Mrs Sallie McMillan after two years of throat distress. Dr G W Baughman kept the venomous creature in a glass jar as the patient recovers. The incident follows a Chicago note that author Lillian Bell will wed Arthur H Rogue on April sixth.
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Augusta
G. W. Baughman
Sallie McMillan
Savannah Road
Tinally
Baughman
Chicago
Lillian Bell
Arthur H. Rogue
Lydia E. Pinkham
Only One Warrant Says Sheriff Nelms in Williams Release
Sheriff Nelms flatly states only one warrant existed for Pegleg Williams, and he released him after bond was posted as solvent and customary. He says Clarke County’s warrant arrived after the prisoner was gone and would have been forwarded if timely. Further developments are expected as the matter unfolds.
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Clarke County
The
Atlanta Journal
Pegleg
Nelms
Williams
Gibson
Resolutions Adopted by Lola Sunday School on Col Huggins Death
The Methodiet Sunday School at Lula Georgia adopted resolutions praising Colonel James Huggins for longtime service as superintendent and teacher. They note his gentle Christian character, express sympathy to his family, and request records be sent to the family and to the Wesleyan Christian.
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Lola
Col. Huggins
James H. Huggins
Lula
Huggins
Lala
Reform Wave Deters Gambling Dens and Disorderly Resorts
Long report from New York dated March 14 notes police raids on Tenderloin concert halls and gambling dens, with proprietors jailed or bailed, amid a city crackdown on disorderly resorts. Indictments against ten gambling house keepers, closing of poolrooms, and anti policy movement fuel the drive, while editorials recount related reforms and a humorous aside on journalism standards.
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New York
Tenderloin
Sapho
Olga Nethersole
Anthony Comstock
Seasion
State Senate
Value of Consulships and a Diamond Misconception
A Pittsburgh Dispatch piece warns that consul fees attract brokers and hypothetical riches, citing Liverpool as a highly profitable post before fee abolition. A New Orleans Times-Democrat excerpt then recounts two diamond breakage cases, one in Chattanooga and one in New Orleans, illustrating unexpected fragility of gems.
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Illinois
Capitol
United States
Liverpool
Pittsburg Dispatch
Kimberley
Reid House
Chattanooga
New Orleans
St. Louis
Crawford
New Orleans Times-Democrat
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Marion McH. Hall
Athens
Hall
Lawton B. Evans
W. W. Landroom
First Baptist Church
Elijah W. Halford
Fort McPherson
E. H. Thornton
Neal Loan and Banking Co
W. J. Northen
John M. Dick
B. D
Boston
Mass
W. L. Tracy
Southern Railway
Cecil L. Gates
International Committee
W. Woods White
Walter B. H
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Macon Association
Hon
Atlanta Fire Sect
Omineurt
General Cronje
Cape Town
St. Helena
Seven Indies
Sheriff Nelms
Ballltfineou
Mes
Lewis Ackerman
Goshen
Ind
DeWitt
Palmer& Sona
North Dakota
U. R. Welcome
Arias
John 8 Stonepounder
Abraham Crumpacker
Emily Freshbread
Sarah Deerhoof
Henry Bookstruck
David Newsall
Millie Newlove
Abraham Saltpeter
Seabright Sunbloom
A. Quickfinfeh
W. K. Goforth
St. Paul Dispatch
Missouri
Cockrell
Bia
Senate
Jack
Papa
Gadaby
Jagsby
Brooklyn
Salmos
Henry D. Capers
Beo’s'y
Police
Reform Movement
Barr
Society For the Prevention of Crime
Broadway
New York City
Aberdeen
Thomas Jefferson
John J
W. J. Juengert
Landon St
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Williams
AL. Hajos Gallery
Clayton
Geo. Williamson’s
Weatherly & Bro. Iron Brokers
R. E. Weatherly & Bro
Broad St
R. R. Telephone
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