Athens to issue school bonds and fund University of Georgia
The bond validation dispute for Athens city school bonds and University of Georgia funding has been definitively dropped. Attorneys report no appeal, allowing the bonds to be engraved, advertised, and placed on the market. Proceeds will later fund university buildings and related plans, with twenty five thousand dollars to be turned over to the University of Georgia.
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Athens
Schoollal
University of Georgia
Supreme Court
H. C. Tuck
T. A. Smith
W. P. Jackson
Committee of Council
Board of Education
Georgia
March Rallies 10 Or Jones Appoints Frye to Pulpit
In Trenton New Jersey Bishop Wilson assigns Rev Dr William A Frye to the pulpit of St Pauls Church with Rev Dr Charles O Jones supplying at First Church. The move marks the church as independent uniting with a 36 year history and follows Frye arriving from Kalama, Missouri two years ago.
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Trenton
N. J
Magok
Wilson
New Jersey Methodist Episcopal Conference
William A. Frye
St. Paul's Church
Charles O. Jones
Fitchurch
Br. Jones
Wage
Kise
Rome
Negro Methodiat Biscopal Conference
Janes
First
Shiurch
Frye Cy
Kalama
Carnegie 13 Not Out With Rockefeller
Washington report notes Andrew Carnegie leaving the White House amid talk of a golf challenge with John D. Rockefeller and J. Pierpont Morgan. He teased possible future games, joked about the outcome, and warned observers to watch Rockefeller, who he said plays the game with earnestness. An unrelated health advertisement for Dr Shoop's Restorative appears at the end.
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Washington
Joy B. Hagieter
Andrew Carnegie
White House
Wrarnegle
Kane
Rockefeller
Carnegle
Suil
Brown Announces Candidacy for Governor of Georgia
In Atlanta on March 18 1908 Joseph M Brown announced his bid for Georgia governor challenging Hoke Smith. He pledged economy and reforms including railroad regulation, a department of labor, tax cuts, Confederate pension restoration, public school funding, anti lobbying laws, and stricter prohibition enforcement while urging unity to restore prosperity and attract investment. Brown planned a campaign kickoff at Marietta with headquarters to open soon.
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Atlaata
Joseph M. Brown
Hoke Smith
Georgia
United States Senate
Hoy
Democratic Party
Becatur
Filal
Railroad Commission
Tosk
Department of Labor
General Assembly
O J
Marietta
Brown
Grand Opera House
First Story Walls Finished at New Hotel
The four main walls of the new hotel are completed to the first floor level. The basement walls are near completion. Cross walls will rise after excavation ends. Cream face brick up to the water table will be granite. above it red brick. Owners expect occupancy before next year.
Cotton Seed Saved At Deadwyler Fire
Fire destroyed two large barns of Mr A V Deadwyler but firefighters and state normal school volunteers saved about fifteen hundred bushels of cotton seed. The seed cannot be used for planting but will serve as fertilizer. Mr Deadwyler thanks the firemen and helpers.
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A. V Deadwyler
State Normal School
Deadwyler
Little Babe Dies at Seven O'Clock in Ovonee Street
Yesterday at seven in the morning a 16 month old child of Mr and Mrs Adolphus Wood died at home on Ovonee Street after a brief illness. The infant had seemed to recover when the mother gave it water and laid it back to rest. about ten minutes later she found the child dead. Funeral arranged for two this afternoon at Oconee Street Methodist Church with Rev A J Beara officiating. The Wood family shares in their bereavement. Dr Shoop had offered $100 for any recent grippe or acute cold case that Preventics could not cure. the ad touts Preventics as a safe candy cold cure tablet for feverish children with no quinine and no laxative. H R Palmer & Sons advertise 45 Preventics.
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Adolphus Wood
Ovonee Street
A. J. Beara
Oconee Street Methodist Church
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Glay Has Rider On Ocean Mail Bill
Washington dispatch reports Senator Clay attaches an antishipping amendment to the ocean mail subsidy measure as the House and supporters struggle with constitutionality debates. Mrs Ella Thatcher testifies on Tirrells liquor ban in federal buildings, praising canteen removals but noting governors fears. Dr Shoops Cough Cure praised for gentle relief of dry and productive coughs without harsh additives. H R Palmer & Sons advertise.
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Washington
Clay
Tirrell
Massachusetts
United States
Ella N. Thatcher
Florence
N. J
Soldiers and National Department
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
House Committee On Alcoholic Trade
Thatcher
Soldiers’ Homes
Army
Navy
Evangelist William J Wright to preach at Athens church
The evangelist William J Wright will preach at the Christian church tonight at 8:30. He helped unite Baptists and Christians in Western Canada and is the corresponding secretary of the American Christian Missionary Society. A large audience is expected and no offering will be taken.
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William J.wright
Canada
Christian Church
Wright
American Christian Missionary Society
Atlanta
Athens
Southern Railway Withdraws Georgia Funds to Chattanooga
Atlanta reports that within forty eight hours the Southern Railway, by order of its Washington treasurer, moved about half a million dollars from Georgia banks to the First National Bank in Chattanooga. Deposits statewide are being sent nightly by express to avoid garnishments and attachments in damage suits, with funds leaving Atlanta daily and the action described as temporary or indefinite. Officials deny legislative motive and say funds will remain outside Georgia while operations proceed.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway Company
Washington, D. C
First National Bank
Chattanooga
Ceargis
Southern
Georgia
Rome
Southern ‘Railway
Trwpean
Treasury
Washington
Alabama
Express
Tennessee
Judge Buchanan Dies From Wound On Rail Car
Augusta Ga March 18 Judge C W Buchanan died this morning from a bullet wound suffered yesterday while riding train No 36 of the Southern road. A stray rifle bullet shattered the window and entered his right side causing lung congestion. No shooter identified and a guiltless accident theory prevails. He was en route to meet Col James H Tillman, his brother in law, in Augusta. His wife was Sophie Tillman. No burial arrangements yet.
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Augusta
C. W. Buchanan
Southern Road
Dow
Fred
Buchanan
South Carolina
James H. Tillman
Sophie Tillman
George D. Tillman
Woman Nearly Marries Her Own Father In Swiss Tale
Paris reports a curious Appenzell case where Anna, adopted as a baby by a Lucerne butcher, becomes involved with two suitors. When she learns the man she plans to wed is actually her half owner, the father she never knew, her marriage to the local doctor proceeds after a dramatic revelation and a $40,000 check.
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Paris
Appenzell
Switzerland
Ather
Lucerne
Anna
Joseph Muller
America
Muller
Berlin
Rev J W Beck Dies in Florida
Atlanta mourns the death of Rev J W Beck father of Justice Marcus Beck. A prominent Baptist preacher for fifty years he served nearly all his life in Georgia aside from Civil War service in the Fourth Georgia as lieutenant colonel. Bequeathed by his son Marcus Beck a Georgia judge, the body to be moved from Florida to Jackson for funeral services at 11 oclock Thursday.
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Atlanta
Marcus Beck
J. W. Beck
Florida
Georgia
Supreme Court
Jackson
Lome
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Quick Relief for Catarrh
No false pretense marks Ely's Cream Balm career, claimed harmless unlike harsh cocaine snuffs. It supposedly cures nasal catarrh and hay fever swiftly, backed by long-standing reputation and thousands of testimonials. Available from pharmacies or by mail order from Ely Brothers, 60 cents.
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Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Bt
New Yor
New Derelict Destroyer Seneca Commissioned
Newport News March 18. The steamship Seneca the first derelict destroyer built for the United States was launched today at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Funded by a $250,000 appropriation, she will join the Revenue Cutter Service for aiding distressed vessels and clearing obstructions along the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida.
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Newport News
Seneca
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Congress
Revenue Cutter Service
Treasury Department
Atlantic
Maine
Florida
Sunbury Mayor Endorses Peruna Medicine Claim
Hon C C Brooks mayor of Sunbury Ohio and attorney endorses Peruna as a virtue in medicine citing personal use and friends' bene ficial results. The ad notes weather causes mucous membrane disturbances and promotes Peruna as a standby for minor ailments with ordering details for one or six bottles from The Peruna Drug Mfg Co Columbus Ohio.
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C.C. Brooks
Sunbury
Ohio
Farmers' Bank and
Sunbury Building and Loan Co
Hom
C. W
Peruna
Peruna Drug Mfg. Co
Columbus
Express
Labor Leaders Meet in National Capitol in Washington
In Washington on March 18 President Gompers and AFL executive council with leaders of major unions held a secret conference to discuss Supreme Court rulings against labor and the coming presidential campaign. Gompers signaled the AFL’s stance on the boycott decision and its broader implications for labor rights.
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Washington
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Supreme Court Against Labor
Federationist
Supreme Court
Gompera
Dred Scott
Health Coffee Deceived Taste Test With Mixed Goods
A fragmentary notice describes Dr Shop’s Health Coffee as a mix of toasted grains malt and nuts promising quick preparation in minutes. It warns it could fool a discerning Coffee Critic and mentions sale details including 112 pounds at 25 cents by G J Williamson and references to Gale Bancroft’s Prolific Cotton Seed and a Story warehouse listing FP Eppa.
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Dr. Shop
Gale
Bancroft
Eppa
Story’e
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George Moore
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Glay
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The
Southern Railway
Marcus W. Beck
Beyord
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