Georgia Legislature Eyes Tax Reform and Education Funding
The Georgia general assembly convenes for fifty days to tackle tax reform and education needs. Advocates urge broad property tax measures, university support, and sewerage upgrades at state institutions while debating franchise restrictions and militia funding.
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General Assembly of
Georgia
Capitol
University of Georgia
Girls’ Normal and Industrial College
Milledgeville
State Normal School
Rock College
Hood's Sarsaparilla Proclaims Best Medicine
An advertised slogan claims Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best medicine money can buy. The copy argues health improves longest with good clothes, food, and medicine, citing past poor health with pain in shoulders back and hips as context.
Bails and Pimples Give Warning Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Bails and Pimples Give Warning as a vegetable blood purifier. It claims to cure scrofula eczema cancer rheumatism tetter boils and sores by cleansing impure blood. Free books offered by Swift Specific Co. Atlanta Ga.
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Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Boer and Uitlander tensions in South Africa debate
An American observer in Johannesburg outlines Boer fears of British rule and Uitlander demands for fair governance. The piece contrasts pioneer origins, land ownership, and voices seeking equal rights amid rising tensions, noting broader scandals as signs of national illness. Major Howard dies in Manila. Fanton to return to duty in the Philippines.
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Southampton
Cape Town
San Francisco
Manila
Philippines
England
Wellington
Waterloo
Macon
New York Independent
Johannesburg
Cape Colony
Free State
Natal
Eudarisak
The
Uitlander
Edgar
High Court
Four Persons Die From Hydrophobia in Georgia
In Greenesboro Georgia during late summer a Black man John Colquitt kept a car dog that had bitten a mad dog. The dog bit Colquitt’s wife and three children and a horse. The horse died after showing hydrophobia signs and the woman and children are gravely ill. Local stock and dogs in the county have shown hydrophobia but the Colquitt family are the only confirmed victims.
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Greenesboro
Greshamville
John Colquitt
W. E
J. S. Smith
Colquitt
Law Officers Elected After a Struggle
The Law class of 1900 elected their president James Ridley of LaGrange after three and a half hours of balloting. Vice president secretary treasurer historian and chaplain were chosen later that night though several offices remained for court discretion. J Hartshorn and T D Beck won positions, with F Wilson as historian and W McDuff as chaplain.
Total Eclipse Eyed By Global Scientists In Athens
A May 28 total solar eclipse will span 1500 miles by 10 wide with Athens near its center. Observers from the United States and Europe are expected, possibly led by a government party from the Coast and Geodetic Survey. The event offers about 92 seconds of totality at optimal sites, prompting widespread preparations and international attendance.
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Hil
United States
Europe
Washington
Coast and Geodetic Survey
New Orleans
Norfolk
Scientific American
Union Town
Green County
Russia
Asia
Africa
Andes
Mid Pacific
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Omaha
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Fupsten
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Law
H. R. Palmer & Sons
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Topeka
Sister Mary
Kansas City Journal
Michael Curtain
Plainfield
King
Brumby
Dewey
Hallianma
Bram
Harry
New York, Journal
St. Paul, Minn
Fortypatos Volunteer Infantry
Java
Cening Castoria
John L. Arnglid
East Clayton Street
Lipscomb & CO
Fire Insurance
Griffith & Welch
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JY. Camthers & Co
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