Clarke County Georgia levies 1905 and charter amendments
Clarke County commissioners approve 1905 state and county levies for juries bailiffs paupers roads and bridges including a total 9.00 mills on the thousand. Also petitions Athens Manufacturing Company to amend its charter lowering capital stock and adding electricity supply rights with officer changes. Administrator to sell Catherine Buchanan estate lands in two parcels at courthouse sale.
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Office of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
Clarke County
Georgia
Athens Manufacturing Company
Witist
Court of Ordinary
Taenes
Ustm
Wil Haim G. Pittard
Athens
Salu
Pittard Admin Notices Residence and Date
Notice records William G. Pittard’s death and admin details dated October 5, 1905, noting residence at the time of death and listing T. Pittard as administrator.
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West
William G. Pittard
MO. T. Pittard
Paralyzed in Prayer Shocks Greenville Church Pastors
In Greenville Georgia Professor Calloway head of the schools faintly cries I believe I'm paralyzed while kneeling in prayer at the Baptist church during a weekly service. Dr E K Terrell assists the swoon and finds one side of Calloway paralyzed and he is carried home.
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Greenville
Calloway
The
Baptist Church
Callaway
EK. B. Terrell
Professor Calloway
Charleston
State Board approves Atlanta and West Point railroad assessment
The comptroller general's assessment for the Atlanta and West Point railroad was accepted by the board of arbitrators, adding about 400000 to the road's taxable value. The case closed the arbitration season with a strong state victory, as the road's value jumped from 1 913 533 60 to 2 341 444, with 743 189 for the franchise.
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Atlanta, Ga
Comtroller General
Atlanta and
West Point
Atlanta
Wright
For Sale Fine Farm and Improvements in Scull Shoals
For sale a large farm in Scull Shoals district Oconee county known as the David Willobougby place. 100 acres cultivated 76 acres meadow and bottom lands 25 acres original forest with dogwood timber. Two hundred acres heavy pine timber. Land borders James Elder to the south Jordan Harvey John Oliver and the Oconee river to the west. Will cut up to salt purchasers. Cash terms. Call on E P Thomas or Taylor Wood tenants in possession.
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Scull Shoals District
Oconee County
David Willobougby
James Elder
Jordan Harvey
John Olver
Oconee
E. P. Thomas
Taylor Wood
Banks multiply in Jackson county Georgia during October
Jefferson Georgia October 11 there are or will be eleven banks in Jackson county with branches at Commerce Winder Hoschton Statham Pendergrass Maysville and Jefferson plus a bank in Banks county across the road in Maysville. Local capitalists including cotton buyer H S Mobley plan a larger bank in Maysville soon, highlighting Jackson county’s notable banking growth.
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Jefferson, Ga
Jackson County
Commerce
Winder
Hoschton
Statham
Pendergrass
Maysville
Jefferson
Banks County
H. S. Mobley
Jackson
Iowa doctor to attend sanitation conference on beards
Dr. J. F. Kennedy, secretary of the Iowa state board of health, heads to Washington as U S representative to the General International Sanitary Conference. He lobbies beard abolition in infected areas arguing germs pass from patients to the healthy via facial hair. The 60 year old physician is known for urging Iowa doctors to shave. The item ends with an ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a one day cold cure.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. F. Kennedy
Iowa State Board of Health
Washington, D. C
United States
Wyman
United States Public Health and Marine Corps Service
Kennedy
E. W. Grove
Cough Remedy Peacefully Ends Child's Malady
Mrs Ora Bussard of Brubaker UL writes that two years ago her daughter suffered pneumonia followed by an awful coughing spell. A bottle of Chamberlains Cough Remedy stopped the cough and helped her gain weight, ending a long ordeal.
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Mrs. Ora Bussard
Brubaker
Fox Sale
Hine & Bons
Eng WY
J. Smath
Hanging by His Fingers in the Berkshires
Julian Hawthorne recollects hitching a rugged autumn and winter in the Berkshire hills with Harvard training in mind. He climbs sheer cliffs, slips, and, after a nail biting moment of danger, saves himself using a barn trapeze learned from Hoffmann the math professor. The tale blends endurance and misadventure into a vivid memoir of youth.
Aged 95 walks from Middletown to Richmond on foot
Alexander Downing aged 95 walked from Middletown Indiana to Richmond Indiana covering about thirty miles to visit his son north of Richmond. He was robbed of a watch and $100 in Chicago and used remaining money to buy a ticket to Middletown where he continued on foot arriving fatigued in Newcastle then reached his son's home yesterday.
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Hoffman
Crefeld
Edward Pay
Weston
Richmond
Ind
Alexander Downing
Middletown
Downing
Dubuque
Iowa
Chicago
Newcastle
Boy Narrowly Escapes After Improvised Cross Prank
Five year old Eddie Cullinane, son of East Chicago Avenue patrolman Tim Cullinane, was tied to a wooden cross by peers at dusk. The makeshift crucifix toppled after hours of struggle, but Eddie freed himself and escaped as the group dispersed frightened by darkness and train noise.
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Eddie Cullinane
Tim Cullinane
Chicago Avenue
Marie Pearl
Berenica Avenue
Arthur Pearl
Arthur Pluckles
Barron Avenue
Allen Walker
Lincoln
Berenice
Ralph Allyn
Berenice Avenue
Eddie
Actress Claims Wealthy Banker As Husband
Lima Ohio October 11 Miss Anna M F Biller an actress claiming to be the daughter of Prof Joseph B Biller of Louisville Ky is seeking a claim to Cloyd J Brotherton a prominent attorney and former manager of a bottling company She says she wed Brotherton in Lagange Ky August 7 last year and that the marriage was kept secret by request of Brotherton He denies the marriage calling it untrue and refuses to comment Brotherton is wealthy and the woman claims to be sister of Prof Joseph H Biller known in musical circles.
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Lima
Ohio
Anna M. F. Biller
Joseph B. Biller
Louisville
Cloyd J. Botherton
Ironton Consolidated Bottling Company
Biller
Brotherton
Lagrange
Miss Biller
Cigar explosion harms man in California joke gone wrong
In Grass Valley California Jas Lawson a former Cleveland contractor was given a cigar that exploded when lit a tiny dynamite charge killed him after half the cigar burned. The joke man remains unidentified. The report notes the danger of such pranks and cites other items in the issue.
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Grass Valley
Cal
Jas. Lawson
Cleveland
Ohio
Lawson
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