Teachers Plan Friday Meeting to Organize Pedagogical Society
Clarke County educators including University of Georgia instructors and city and county schools are invited by Supt G G Bond to a Friday 5 PM gathering at Washington Street School to organize a Pedagogical Society. The move aims to improve teaching methods and support teachers with professional questions.
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G. G. Bond
Athens
Clarke County
Washington Street
University of Georgia
Lucy Cobb Institute
State Normal School
Captain Rafferty of New York Volunteers Nearing Death
May 23 report from New York states Captain Malcolm A Rafferty of the 71st New York Volunteers, noted for bravery at San Juan, is dying in Trinidad West Indies after illness from Cuba service. Also recounted is a testimonial for Dr King’s New Discovery and One Minute Cough Cure, with local store offers and guarantees.
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San Juan
New York
Malcolm A. Rafferty
New York Volunteers
Battle of
Trindad
W. I
Cuba
Rafferty
Trinidad
J. E. Lilly
Hannibal
H.R. Palmer& Sons
Wiie Smith & Bro
While coupling cars Earl Thurmond is killed at Moore street crossing
Earl C Thurmond a switchman with the Georgia railroad was killed at the Moore street crossing in Atlanta at 2 30 this morning while uncoupling two box cars His neck was broken and he died before crew arrived The body was dragged about 25 yards after the engine halted and could not be removed from between car wheels and the track.
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Earl C. Thurmond
Georgia Railroad
Atlanta
Moore Street
Boers Alleged Conspiracy Connection Highlighted
Johannesburg dispatch in Morning Post asserts the conspiracy to rise was Primely formed by Boer officials. The report accompanies notices of volcanic eruptions and a Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertisement promising cures for skin eruptions and various sores.
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London
Johannesburg
Morning Post
Best Co
H.R. Palmer & Sons
W. J. Smith & Bro
Seven Blacks Lynched Near Mexican Railway
In Diaz Mexico May 28 a mob hanged seven laborers on the Mexican Central railway after Jose Santo a Spanish Negro attempted assault on a ranch owner's wife. Three were hanged and four shot as others tried to flee. Authorities swear in deputies amid race tensions, with victims including Americans who had prior penitentiary sentences. Also an ad touts Dr Kings New Life Pills for health and energy.
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Diaz
Mexico
San’ Diablo
Jose Santo
Senor Duply
Eagle Pass
Six New Cruisers Approved for Navy Orders
The board of naval bureau chiefs set details for six new cruisers Denver Des Moines Chattanooga Galveston Tacoma and Cleveland funded by the last naval appropriation bill. They will be copper sheathed 8100 tons light 8400 tons full and speed 16.5 knots. At full speed they run 2500 knots coal onboard watchers note the 10 knot range of 15 miles.
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Washington
Board of Naval Bureau Chiefs
Denver
Des Moines
Chattanooga
Galveston
Tacoma
Cleveland
Bicycle Races Set for Big Athens Meet on Campus
Athens prepares for the first big cycle meet of the season on May 27 on the campus. Twenty riders compete in six races with prizes donated by local merchants. Notables include Tom Long and Joe Caldwell with Paul Fissinger, Marshall, Upshaw, Russell, Hailey, Heidt, Crane among entrants. Proceeds go to the Athletic Association. Admission is 25 cents.
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Athens
Tom Long
Monroe
Georgia
Joe Caldwell
Paul Fissinger
Will Puah
Marshall
Upshaw
Russell
Hailey
Heidt
Crane
John Russell
Hostle
The
Athletic Association
Raiford Falligant
Bicycle Association
D. G. Heidt
Wagstaff Kills Hayes in Chase City Yard
Walter Wagstaff a young married merchant shot James Hayes 21 in the neck fatally in Wagstaffs front yard at Chase City Virginia Hayes had defied a warned visit Wagstaff ordered Hayes from his home prior to the shooting
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Richmond
Chase City
Walter Wagstaff
James Hayes
Wagstaff
Hayes
Allen's Shoe Remedy Promises Instant Foot Comfort
An ad touts a product named Allen's for bunions and sore feet claiming fast relief and easy feel in new or tight shoes. It invites readers to try the remedy at certain stores and provides a Philadelphia style address.
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Allen
Olmstead
Dauntless Tug Faces Filibuster Claims in Georgia Court
Federal court in Savannah hears cases alleging Dauntless filibustering expeditions to Cuba before the war. Florida cases were dismissed after owner Bisbee provides a probable cause certificate for detention, clearing the vessel of charges.
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Dauntless
Savannah
Southern District ‘of
Georgia
Gaba
Florida
Jeane Speers
Bisbee
United States
Confederate Museum Opens in Athens With Notable Relics
The Athens Daughters of the Confederacy opened the Confederate Museum at eleven o'clock, showcasing the original draft of the Confederate Constitution, the signing pen used by Howell Cobb, and related artifacts. Highlights include Cobb family items, autograph letters, a May 1865 Lincoln assassination conspiracy poster, a hat once worn by Jefferson Davis, and relics from the Confederate era. The opening week includes afternoon and evening events with charity lunches and a performance by the Poverty Party at MQA hall tonight.
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Confederate Museum
Athens
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Howell Cobb
Provisional Congress
Thomas R.R. Cobb
Longstreet Hull
A. L. Hull
Thomas R. R Cobb
Montgomery
Andrew J. Cobb
Georgia Supreme Court
Congress
Clement Clay
Jacob Thompson
Geo. N. Sanders
Beverly Tucker
W. C Cleary
Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Georgia
Atlanta
Ben Hill
Henry W. Grady
Davis
George Murrell
Sale of Macon Evening News Marks Change in Editorship
Macon Georgia May 23 The sale closes with Thomas W Loyless exiting The Macon Evening News and the News Printing Company McKenney retains control and will run as editor and president The new owners include prohibitionists led by W B Hill F L Mallery Dupont Guerry E L Martin Hearn and others The News likely becomes Georgia prohibition’s state organ.
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Macon
Thomas W. Loyless
Macon Evening News
News Printing Company
R. L. McKenney
McKenney
Loyless
Prohibition
W. B. Hill
F. L
E. Y. Mallary
Dupont Guerry
E. L. Martin
Hearn
The
Savannah Journal
Loyjless
News
G. W. Tidwell
Evening News
Jerome B. Pound
Chattanooga News
Messrs. McKenney
Navy Department Reports No Conflict With Detroit and San Jacinto
Navy officials say no report of any difficulty between the Detroit and the Nicaraguan gunboat San Jacinto. Detroit reached Bluefields on May 11 and has not sent further communications. the vessel was to transport the body of the late General Macauley to the United States. Receiver's Sale lists machinery including 36 knitting machines and sewing equipment to be sold by Clarke County Superior Court on June first, 1899.
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Navy Department
Detroit
Washington
Bluefields
General Macauley
United States
Superior Court
Court House
Clarke
Geo
Ie Hi
Follo
Towit
Branson
Jas. W. Camak
Cigarette Link to Crime Stressed at Charity Conference
George Torrence of Pontiac Illinois, superintendent of the Illinois state reformatory, told the national convention that cigarettes are driving many boys to crime. He cited reformatory data showing high cigarette smoking rates among inmates ages 12 to 15 and 92 percent of youths sent to reformatories were cigarette smokers. The discussion broadened to reformatories for boys nationwide.
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N. K. Fairbank Company
Chicago ST. Lous
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Raffety
California Fig Syrup Co
Mexican Central Railway
Texas
Texas ‘Penitentiary
Bismark
Dr. Kings
H. R. Palmer& Sons
Naval. Board
Wotton
South
Poverty Party
Museim
Thomas W. Layless
Sarah Pike
Broadway
Boston
J. W. Loving
Colquitt, Ga
Swift Specific Co
Lion
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
Ohio
Pet
Johnson
the Druggists
Johnson Laboratories
Philadelphi
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