Divorce and corporate notices flood Clarke County adverts
Clarke Superior Court entries announce suit for total divorce by Will Henry Adams alias Will Henry Jones against Susan Cole Adams allas Susan Cole Jones with October Term 1906. Also libel for divorce in Sallie Rowe vs Jenks Rowe, and a removal of disabilities under the verdict. A petition for Athens Terminal Company railroad charter is filed, with details on route, capital stock, term, and notice publication. Additional items include a divorce action against Otto Hubert, a clothing company charter petition for Charles Stern Company, and a mortgage sale notice plus an estate lease application for Miss S. Hale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke Superior Court
Will Henry Adams Allas
Will Henry Jones
Susan Cole Adams
Allas
Susan Cole Jones
Will Henry Adams
Clarke County
C. H. Brand
Jenks Rowe
Clark Superior Court
Superior Court
William W. Mackall
T. M. Cunningham, Jr
H. W. Johnson
W. V. Davis
J. H. Straus
George
H. Richter
C. L. Heller
Chatham County
Georgia
William EE. Eppes
County of
Clarke
E. B. Eppes
E. L. Douglass
Hall
State of Georgia
Athens Terminal Company
Athens Terminal Line
Broad Street
City of
Athens
Foundry Street
Seaboard Air Line Railway
County of Clarke
Lin
State of
Otto Hubert
Erwin & Erwin
E. J. Crawford
Said County
Charles Stern
Simon Asleman
Aaron Gohen
Company
H. L. Mullins
8. C. Hale
Hale Place
Macnut Creek
Winn Bros
Winterville Election on County Line Change Planned
Notice states that on Wednesday October 17 1906 an election will be held in Winterville Georgia to decide whether the county line should be changed and if so which adjacent county will wholly include the town. J T Pittard Clerk F W Colle Mayor.
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Winterville
Clarke
Oglethorpe
A Compromise Urged in Cuban Internal Talks
Havana reports a strong push for a political settlement in Cuba as peace through compromise dominates informed circles. President Palma’s stance on negotiating with the insurgents is said to have softened privately and newspapers from all parties back a political settlement to end the conflict without sacrificing sovereignty or dignity.
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Havana
Cuba
Palma
White Man Narrowly Escapes Lynching in Bibb Jail
Macon Ga Sept 5 W W Amerson a cotton mill operative is jailed in Bibb on alleged assault charges involving a 13 year old girl the mother of the home where he boarded a crowd hoped for lynching but kept calm while Amerson awaits investigation The story notes the girl summoned him to supper and fled in hysteria after the alleged attack while a gun in the father’s hand was kept from harming him Also an employment ad seeks a traveling agent for a firm with 2250 000 capital offering 1072 yearly plus expenses in Athens Ga
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Macon
W. W. Amerson
Amerson
Jal
Stealing Ride Negro Is Arrested In Judge Foster Court
In Judge Foster's court yesterday a single case was heard against Charlie a negro charged with stealing a file over the Seaboard from Chester 8.1 to this city and for carrying concealed weapons. He was bound over in the sum of one hundred fifty dollars for each charge the pistol was wrapped in a newspaper and not in his pocket but the judge will let the city court decide that issue. Also noted is an advertisement for Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar sold by Orr Drug Co.
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Athens
Findlay Street
Gaft
Whitman
Zackson
Tom Epps
Athens Saving Bank
Clarke Super
J. J
M. B. Morton
Sald Bank
Sald
Clarke County Building Loan & Improvement Company
John W. Bradley
Isald
Y. Y
I Sald Company
Bradley
Sald Company
John D. Mell
Knitting Mills in the South Multiply and Expand
An article notes 154 cotton hosiery and underwear knitting mills across the South, with 103 finishing operations. Total invested capital tops $7.11 million, 14,920 machines, 134,404 spindles, and 18,660 workers. Main facilities include American Hosiery mills Kernersville and many others across North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Georgia, and Washington DC, detailing daily capacities and locations.
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Merchants and Manufacturers Journal
South
Mera
New York
Planta
American
Kernersville
N. C
Orlop Building Mills
Kinston
Martin Hosiery Mills
Raleigh
Scotland Neck
Columbia
8. C
Jonesville Manufacturing Company
Jonesville
Excelsior Knitting Mills
Union
Westminster Knitting Mills
Westminster
D. C
Richmond
East Chattanooga
Tenn
Davis Hosiery Mills
Chattanooga
Cleveland Hosiery Mills
Cleveland
Knoxville Knitting Company
Knoxville
Nashville Hoslary Mills Company
Nashville
Mascot Knitting Mills
Sweetwater
Rock City
Berkley Knitting Mills
Berkley
C Brooks Johnston
Norfolk, Va
Kilbourn Kniting Mille Company
Martinsburg
W. Va
Fired Negro Quits of the City in Abbeville
In Abbeville South Carolina Thomas H Amos president of Harbison College a coeducational institution for negroes was asked to leave after remarks about negro women bringing white women to kitchens and wash tubs He telegraphed that a director would arrive to take charge Ex-Speaker Frank B Gary confirmed the statement Also an unrelated notice seeks fair educated person to travel for a firm offering $2250000 capital with weekly salary and address to apply
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Columbia
8. C
Thomas H. Amos
Harbison College
Abbaville
Abbeville
Frank B. Gary
Evangelist R B Hayes jailed over child death in Athens
R B Hayes an itinerant evangelist known in cotton mill towns is jailed on a warrant charging criminal neglect in the death of his eleven year old son Baxter. Doctors urged surgery but Hayes and his wife sought divine healing, delaying care until the boy died after ten days of suffering.
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Athens
R. B. Hayes
Baxter Hayes
Buddle" Hayes
Hayes Ilvey
Toccoa
Hayes
Cuticura Remedies Praised By Doctor For Skin Cure
A physician, G M Fisher M D of Big Pool Maryland, writes in 1905 that after 1897 battle with eczema his face healed using Cuticura Remedies. He states he prescribes Cuticura Resolvent and Soap in such cases and notes cures others tried failed. He grants permission to publish the excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
G. M. Fisher
Big Pool
Cuticura Set $1 Complete Treatment for Skin and Blood
An advertisement extols Cuticura Set priced at one dollar promising relief for pimples scrofula and other skin and hair conditions. It instructs bathing with Cuticura Soap applying Ointment and taking Resolvent Pills. A separate crime-law notice describes neglect of children case and possible prosecution with a mother described as religiously supportive of her husband.
City to Build Crematory in Athens Health Debate
Athens officials, led by Health Committee chair McMahan, discuss the cost and feasibility of establishing a crematory as the city plans rapid growth and needed improvements. If affordable within the city’s financial means, the crematory would be built promptly this year. Also includes a testimonial for Chamberlain's Pain Balm and local retailers selling it.
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Athens
McMahan
Chamberlain
James N. Nichols
Vernon, Cent
Imakes
Michael Strauss
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
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Dupree Hunnicutt
Sallie Rowe
the State of
Gear
Athena
Ward Company
Brock
T. M. Cunningham, Or
J. H. Strous
George H. Richter
William E. Eppes
Mrs. Mamle Hubert
Chas. H. Brand
RE. J. Crawford
Charles Btern
Simon Sloman
Aaron Cohen
Charles Stern Company
Wevetn
H. Myers
B. Wingfield
Ordy
J.T. Pittard
F. W. Colle
J. A, Alexander
Charlie Johnson
Ride
Kennedy
Orr Drug Co
J. A. Alexander
Evangelist Hayes
Anderson 8. C
The
Charleston News and Courier
J. C. Harris
McCully
Moa
Harris
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