Tragic Death of Mrs Hussey Shocks Watkinsville Area
Mrs. Clarence T Hussey dies after a buggy accident near High Shoals. Her sacrifice to shield her four year old daughter saves the child but costs her life. Funeral and mourning follow as the community recalls her devout Christian character and service to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence T. Hussey
Mr. Hassey
James Cook
Watkinsville
Mr. Cook
Mr. Hussey
Chesi
Allen Talmage
Hussey
Athens
Henderson Avenue
Hodgson Proposes Dispensary Profit Split Plan
Ex county commissioner Joseph M. Hodgson addressed Athens officials proposing a method to divide dispensary profits. He urged separate cash registers to track city versus rural purchases and suggested allocating lands to the county education board rather than the general land fund. The mayor explained views. council took no action as division rests with the mayor under law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Hodgson
Council of
Athens
Red in the Blood Emulsion Ad Promises Vitality
An advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil as the cure for weakness by restoring red in the blood. It claims the product builds muscle bone and nerve, enabling control over daily diet, with a call to receive a trial sample addressed to Ike Scott Bowne at 409 Pearl Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
Scott Bowne
Pearl Street
A Negro Boy’s Watery Grave at Old Waterworks Pond
Sunday afternoon around three Charlie Harris a ten year old negro boy drowned at the old waterworks pond after four boys in a boat leaped out to swim. Two companions were saved by a nearby negro man as the third disappeared under water and later was recovered with effort. Willis Harris, the boy’s father, arrived to mourn the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Harris
John Elliot
Mr. Elliot
Willis Harris
Col Isaac Lowe laid to rest in Oconee cemetery
The funeral for Col Isaac Lowe was held at his residence on The Heights and drew a vast crowd, one of the largest in the city’s history. Rev A B Reeves led Scripture readings from Corinthians, with hymns Abide With Me and How Firm a Foundation, and interment followed at Oconee Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Lowe
Oconee
Georgia raid nets largest revenue officers haul yet
Athens officers report the biggest seizure by raiders in Georgia last week near Athens four miles northwest of Rudden on the Apalachee river in Putnam county. The distillery included two stills and a 1000 gallon vat, with 2000 gallons of beer and 50 gallons of whiskey. managers escaped, raid cited as a clever officers’ success. plus a follow up on drying catarrh remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Georgia
E. R. Bergstrom
O. L. Vigil
T. P. Trammell
J. M. Barch
Rudden Post Office
Apalachee River
Putnam County
Smut on Flax Crop Alarms North Dakota Growers
North Dakota flax growers report diseased crops after investigations by Professor H. L Bolley of North Dakota Agricultural College. A parasitic fungus akin to smut on wheat has been found in the flax crop, prompting trials of soil treatments or grain treatments with formaldehyde to curb the growth and protect harvests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farco
N. D
Northwest
H. L Bolley
North Dakota Agricultural College
Forrest
Died in church choir in Macon during service
Macon April 29 R L Strozier a well known Macon citizen dropped dead yesterday at Centenary church during the choir service He sang Lord I Am Coming Home and fell against the pulpit dying instantly Heart disease suspected He left a wife two children and two brothers Strozier worked for the Central railroad and was a church member
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
R. L. Strozier
Centenary Church
Testament Saved His Life in Virginia Feud Duel
Ricumoxo April 20. Thomas Beavers son of Judge Alexander Beavers of Grundy Virginia owes his life to a small testament in his inside pocket after a duel with Ebb Witten deputy US marshal's son. They fired rapidly. Witten was shot in the left lung shoulder and abdomen while Beavers was only grazed by a shot through the vest book. Witten will almost certainly die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricumoxo
Thomas Beavers
Beavers
Alexander Beavers
Grundy
Buchanan County
Ebb Witten
United States
Witten
Itten
Vernon Watson Shot Dead in Anderson County Farm Incident
Vernon Watson, 25, a well known Anderson county resident, was killed on a plantation 11 miles from Anderson after an altercation with Charley Owens, an 18 year old neighbor. Owens fired a shotgun wounding Watson and his mother, then fled but was tracked and jailed in Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigga Farmer
Columbia
Vernon Watson
Anderson County
Anderson
Charley Owens
Owens
Watson
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C. J. Hussey
Christ
Mrs. Hussey
Prince of Peace
Haly Hash
A B Reeves
J. M. Hodgson
Scott
Érice
Coy Chicago
OLD Waterworks
Col
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren St
N. Y
Glascow
Shamrock
Dumbarton
Caetoria
Pre
Buurr
Ark
George Pickett
Woolfork
Pickett
Loxpox
Pingaoe
J. Br Moroes
Leyland Line
Steamera
Budapest
Emperor Frank Joseph
Addison
Harris
Eitier
Roe Macormici
Cocukan
Wiley Paul
Clee
C.C.C
Purina Feed
Durina
St.Louis
Michael Bros
Michael
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