Georgia County Levies and Charters in 1905 Budget
The document details a county budget with state and county levies set at 9.00 mills totaling $9.00 per $1,000 assessed value, plus allocations for paupers roads and bridges and salaries. It includes official orders authorizing the levy and outlines impending public notice. Also recorded are charter amendment petitions for Athens Manufacturing Company reducing capital stock and expanding powers to furnish electricity, with clerk certification and court confirmation forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Difco of Commissioners of Roads
Clarke County
Georgia
Athens Manufacturing Company
Witist
Hale and Tuck Dissolution Notice
The firm of Hale & Tuck dissolved by mutual consent with S. J. Hale retiring. L. J. Hale and J. W. Tuck remain in partnership as of September 20, 1905.
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Hale & Tuck
S. J. Hale
Markets Newsflash From Athens to New York Trading
Athens notes 95 to 8, New York at 10 with futures quoted. Prices show March, May and December contracts across Chicago Grain and Product, Pork, and Lard markets. Ranges appear around 66 to 29 with mixed movement and notable dates in futures activity.
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J Panay
Chicago
Cotton Letter from New Orleans on Liverpool Bullish Outlook
Advices from Liverpool were bullish due to small spinner stocks and expected demand driven by price declines. New Orleans opening prices rose as weather maps showed rain, Miss Giles crop estimate of 10.3 million bales supported higher prices, and wage advances hint at prosperity. The text notes bumper crops and yields, with calculations toward a 10.6 million bale target.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
New York
Giles
North Carolina
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Territories
Gilow
Frost, drought hit cotton yield prospects across states
New York report details crop conditions from Oklahoma to Georgia and the Carolinas. Prospects vary with frost and dry spells, most belts showing poor to fair yields and delayed picking. Analysts urge conservative buying on declines as prices may ease before demand strengthens.
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Terday
Oklahoma
Indian Territories
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Texas
South Carolina
Arkansas
Tennessee
Roosevelt Starts On Southern Trip
President Roosevelt begins his southern journey with a brief stop at Fredericksburg Virginia where about 200 locals greet him from a train platform. He delivers a speech praising the South and stressing unity among Americans as he plans to visit more states along the route.
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Fredericksburg
Roosevelt
Old Dominion
South Atlantic
Gulf
Upron
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada Line
Miss Roosevelts Duty Plea Goes to Higher Power
Washington reports Secretary Shaw and the San Francisco collector faced weeks of trouble over duties on Miss Alice Roosevelts gifts from Asia. The president ordered collection of duty on all dutiable articles, totaling about 60000 dollars, treating the baggage like any private citizen.
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Washington
Shaw
San Francisco
President Roosevelt
Alice Roosevelt
Miss Roosevelt
United States
Insane Prisoner Refuses Food in Anderson Jail
Anderson Ind Oct 18 Today marks seven days since Micajeh Chamness an insane prisoner at the county jail began a voluntary fast refusing all foods amid the delusion he has eaten his share of the world provisions. He fears death from starvation and even sent for an undertaker with burial instructions. Chamness is years old and was captured six months ago after living alone in a hut near Alexandria thought to possess property unfound.
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Anderson
Ind
Micajeh Chamness
Chamness
Chamneas
Ving
Alexandria
Russell Invites Howell and Smith for Georgia speech
Judge Richard Russell plans to open his campaign for Georgia governor in Atlanta on November 1 addressing Fulton county voters. He invites Hoke Smith and Clarke Howell to a joint discussion of campaign issues, noting the right of the sovereign people to hear nominees face to face.
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Atlanta
Richard Russell
Georgia
Fulton County
Judge Russell
Hon
Hoke Smith
Mr. Smith
Winder
Jackson County
Tom
Clarke Howell
R, B. Russell
Russell
Clark Howell
Judge Uses Ruse to Save Prisoner in Indiana
Bloomington dispatch reports Leafy Johnson, a young Black man who attempted to assault Mrs. Mulky, was secretly brought back from Jeffersonville and sentenced by Judge Wilson to two to fourteen years in the penitentiary. The colorful handling drew bitter remarks from Frank Mulky and crowd scenes surrounded the courtroom as Johnson was moved toward incarceration. A separate item notes a revived effort to produce a flawless portrait of General Robert E. Lee by the John A. Lowell Bank Note Company, using the Richmond residence photo for a precise steel engraving.
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Bloomington
Ind
Leafy Johnson
Frank Mulky
Wilson
Johnson
Jeffersonville
Pao
Martinsville
Indianapolis
Robert E. Lee
John A. Lowell Bank Note Company
Bea‘ton
General Lee
Richmond
Lee
Women Sold Into Servitude In American Traffic Case
Chicago authorities uncover a ring trafficking young American women for forced servitude in China. Leaders are named in Chicago and Shanghai, with bait of wealth and maid positions. Recruits are promised expenses and clothing before being sent abroad and sold for 500 to 1000 dollars.
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Chicago
Empire of China
Shanghai
China
Orient
Unique spanker boasts odd juvenile correction service
A Toronto based feature profiles Maude Kelly a young woman who hours to visit homes and privately offer to whip and correct children for pay. She says she limits punishments to under 12 years old and treats it as a natural profession with many friends among the children she disciplines.
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Maude Kelly
Harry
New York
Rousseau
Kelly
Toronto
Brother shoots wrong man in TV feud triggers hospital stay
Chicago report says two brothers Fry ay Norway and Justin resemble each other, leading John to shoot through a front window of their home. Justin suffers a bullet wound while Frank, enraged by a real estate dispute and an indictment for conspiracy, fled believing he had punished Justin. The injured man’s condition is described as not serious.
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Chicago
Fry
Norway
Big Ty
Justine
John
Jussije
Walt Qly
Frank
Justin
Silent Siblings of Franklin County Stir Curiosity After 42 Years
On a 75 acre farm near Chateaugay New York James and Mary Darney brother and sister have shared a home for decades yet have spoken no words to each other for 42 years. The rift began when Mary was 13 after an incident over going to a party. Neither one ever speaks ill of the other and neighbors are baffled by the undisturbed home life despite the silence.
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Chateaugay
Franklin County
N. Y
James
Mary Darney
Mary
New York World
Nothing to Fear in Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
A health note asserts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is safe for small children and free of injurious substances. It touts a world wide reputation for cures of coughs and croup and urges reliance, with sale through H. R. Palmer & Bons and local merchants.
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H. R. Palmer & Bons
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T. P. Vincent
J. M. Hodgson
W. H. Morton
Jas. Barrow
Lars
Henry C. Tuck
I. E. J. Crawford
Superior Court
Said County
E. J. Crawford
Greene County
Greensboro
G. M. Greene County
Oconee River
Landa
T. A. Branch
Joseph H. Maddox
Said
Lucia C. Car
John F
Lucia C. Carmichael
John F. Carmichael
Court of Ordinary
Cald County
Catherine Buchanan
Court House
Athens
Towit
Buchanan
Ga. R. R
James Hancock
G. P. Brightwell
Frai Cooper
Ed Johnson
House
Ht. R. Fitzpatrick
Admin
William G. Pittard
Edwards
MO. T. Pittard
L. J. Hale, J. W. Tuck
Athens, Ga
New York Futures
Upes Cllone
Gidert & Clay
Virginia
Ge Fine Printinge
The
Renner Leeds
Nadinola
Esa
Paris
Tenn
MS Roosevelt
Philippines
Japan
Korea
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Howell
Smith
Indiana
America
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James M. Smith
Hutcheson
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