Press Elder Suffers Severe Sunstroke on Broad Street
Foreman G Press Elder of the street gang collapsed from heat while directing men on Broad Street near Thomas Street. He received immediate care in a Smith & Bro. drug store as doctors treated him with ice water and ice packs after hours of exposure in extreme heat. This marks the sixth prostration from heat in five days amid intense sun on heated pavements.
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G. Press Elder
Broad Street
Smith & Bro
Thomas and
Broad Streets
Huggins & Son Tinware Lamps Glassware On Broad Street
J H Huggins and Son advertise tinware lamps and glassware with new goods arriving daily. They promise up-to-date plain porcelain tinware at cheap prices and invite customers to visit on Broad Street for cash prices and flexible payments.
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Pepet
Broad Street
County Tax Levy Inches Up While State Rate Drops
County commissioners set the levy at 8.87 mills, up .10 from last year, with the state rate at 5.86 mills, down .85. Combined rate now 9.25 mills versus 10.00 last year, enabling funding for county expenses and permanent improvements including road work.
Athens Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Miss Louise DuBose promotes a new humane society in Athens to curb cruelty to animals. The Athens Society will enroll over 75 active members and work with police to report and prosecute cruelty, funded by proceeds toward enforcement. It aims to recruit leading businessmen and fashionable ladies in the city.
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Athens
the Society For Prevention of Cruelty To
Humane Society
Athens Society For the Prevention
Louise DuBose
Concensus
Women of
Georgia
Price
Macon
Women of Georgia
Puerto Plata
San Domingo
Imbert
Jiminez
Santiago de Los Caberellos
Capitol
Animal cruelty society seeks support to form local chapter
The article notes efforts to improve the condition of lower animals and the likely broad impact of society work. Miss Segures seeks enough names to formalize the group with a $2.50 annual membership. A New York cruelty society formed before 1968 inspired others, with Massachusetts' 1868 branch growing and spreading nationwide.
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New York
Massachusetts
Che Bannét
University of Georgia to play Auburn in Macon during Carnival
The Macon Telegraph reports the Carnival Association nearly arranged a Georgia Auburn football game in Macon during the Carnival. Manager McWhorter said he would go if expenses are guaranteed or paid admissions cover any loss. He warns Macon’s poor athletic patronage but calls the event a potential big drawing card.
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Macon Telegraph
University of Georgia
Auburn
Carnival Association
Macon
Alabama
McWhorter
Mr. McWhorter
Athens Market Report from the Athens Cotton Exchange
Market report issued by Murphy and Co New York office 44 and 46 Broad Way Athens Ga Sept 7 1899. Middling Uplands 8.17 82. Sales 15 000. Tone firm.
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Athens Cotton Exchange
Murphy & Co
New York
Broadway
Athens
Daly
Chronicle crop report notes large bar es and steady wheat market
The Chronicle projects last year’s cotton at 1134 million bales with a drought hit upland crop. World supplies show 314 million bales visible and in visible. World consumption near 14 million, prices steady amid Texas drought and strong buying. Chicago wheat trade quiet with steady close as dry weather affects supplies.
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New York
Chronicle
The
Texas
Europe
Chicago
Ill
Accommodating Ear and Wendell Phillips Encounter
The piece describes a man using his ear lobe as an earache remedy in Philadelphia satire, then recalls a Washington meeting between Wendell Phillips and James G. Blaine. Blaine quips that Phillips would not have heard his attack on Massachusetts Federalists if he had been present.
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Quaker City
Wendell Phillips
Blaine
Washington
United States Senate
James G. Blaine
Phillips
Congress
King
Maine
Capitol
Massachusetts
Federalist
Great Britain
John Phillips
Dawes and Hoar
Massachusetts Federalists
Mr. Blaine
Harper’s Magazine
Sardou and stage management contrasted with cat tails
The article quotes Sardou as a top European stage manager who directively guides actors on stage and can erupt if rules are not followed. It also discusses cat tail signs, noting dogs signal friendship with tail wagging while a tomcat’s tail movement often precedes an attack, per Dr. W Main.
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W. Main
Main
Lucy Cobb Girls for 1098 at capacity in fall term
Lucy Cobb reports strong early fall enrollment led by principal Mrs Lipscomb. A partial list includes Lola Simmons Statesboro Kate Hollis Americus Juliet Lanier West Point and many others across Georgia.
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Lucy Cobb
Lipscomb
Lola Simmons
Statesboro
Kate Hollis
Americus
Juliet Lanier
West Point
Claire Felker
Monroe
Mamie Minter
Atlanta
Alison
D. Pope
Albany
Dot Shannon
Elberton
Lula Mobley
J. Mobley
Bertha Leonard
Vienna
Augusta Williams
Buena Vista
May Duncan
Columbus
Edna Avery
Maybeth Taylor
Macon
Joseph
Meldrim
Savannah
Lacy Goodrich
Augusta
Helen Angier
Annie Walker
Hazel Holmes
Grace Benson
Hartwell
Fragmentary dialogue on a boarding house selection
A fragment from a Cleveland boarding house scene features a character noting the umbrella is a neat selection and reflecting on its quality. The exchange touches on where the item was found among seven options.
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Cleveland
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J. H. Huggins & Son
Broad and
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Sidney Boley
Athens, GA
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A. Scudder
Bramby Drug Co
University
New York Market
Port Receipts
Cvekeeses
Wee
Shanewall
Ely
Jess Warslokdy
Ginlisetlae Geelose
Warren
Liverpool
Brumby Drug Co
Britamby Drug Co
Sardou
Sir Henry Irving
M. Sardou
Sir Henry
Mr. Honeytongue
Lucy Cobb Girls
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Castonria
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