Fires That Burned For Years In Coal Mines And Moss
Report cites long burning coal mine fires at Tand Valley Collieries Skelmersdale and Whitwick Colliery Selecat ershire with walls trenches and water attempts. mentions a 30 foot peat bog blaze near Bron nitisl Moscow and other underground fires extinguished by heavy rains or flooding.
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Tand Valley
Skelmersdale
Liverpool
Preston
Withead
Warwickshire
Birmingham
Whitwick
Selecatershire
Darlaston
Staffordshire
Longstos
Bronnitisl
Moscow
Volcanic Upheaval Threatens Michoacan Setting
Reports from Michoacan indicate San Luis valley danger as Cerro Dolores hillside rises and rocks tumble. Daily earthquakes persist for months with subterranean rumblings. Observers note hot stones and possible new volcano forming while farmers prepare for a poor cotton season.
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Mexico City
Michoacan
Mexico
San Luis
Cerro Dolores
Alderman Cooper Petition Sparks Athens Council Seat Fight
At a July city council meeting the Athens alderman seat held by C W Cooper was declared vacant after he missed most meetings and moved to Commerce. Cooper contests the move claiming council overstepped charter and seeks to block vacancy with an equitable petition. A restraining order and hearing were ordered, allowing Cooper to attend meetings for now.
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Russell
Cooper
Commerce
Athens
Col. E. K. Lumpkin
Col. Lumpkin
City of
Thi City
Gwinnett Journal Endorses Col Charlie Brand for Judge
The Gwinnett Journal prints a strong complimentary notice for Col C C Brand as a candidate for judge of the circuit. The piece predicts Brand will carry Gwinnett by a large majority and could win about 3500 of an anticipated 4000 votes in next year’s elections after crops are laid by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Gwinnett Journal
Cc. H. Brand
Gwinnett County
Charlie Brand
Brand
Short Cotton Crop In This Section
A traveler reports the cotton crop in several counties around Athens cannot exceed sixty percent of last year, with farmers claiming as low as one half. In Elbert the crop is very short with fields nearly cleaned after fist picking, while the best crops are near Athens. generally late cotton appears better than early planted.
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Ath I
Elbert
Athens
Letter from T L Gantt on Russo Japanese war
During the Russo Japanese war T L Gantt wrote on dangers of the Yellow Peril and warned American manufacturing interests about Japanese competition and possible domination in the Far East. He argued that if Japan allied with China, modern civ ilization and Christianity might be threatened and Russia remained preferable to Japan for reform. A following letter from the Russian embassy at Portsmouth dated September 2 1905 expressed thanks for his sympathy toward Russia.
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Larry Gantt
United States
Far East
Japan
China
Russia
Gantt
Portsmouth
T. L. Gantt
Athens
Witte
J. Korostovetz
Will Not Redeem Fertilizer Tags 1905 Notice
Georgia officials warn fertilizer manufacturers that the 1904 1905 season ends October 1 and all tags must bear the 1905 1906 year. The department will sell 1906 1906 tags starting September 20 to ensure tagging by October 1. No out of date tags will be redeemed or exchanged. The notice is signed by T G Hudson commissioner of agriculture. The page also recounts light political anecdote from Blaine on the stump and a commercial plug for King King King's New Discovery for Coughs and Colds with local drugstore availability.
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Atlanta
Thomas G. Hudson
Georgia
T. G. Hudson
Ike
W. C. Barber
Sandy Level
Dr. King
H. R. Palmer & Bons
W. J. Smith & Bro
Elberton to Macon Railway Proposal Details
Enterprising citizens of Union Point back a new railway from Elberton to Macon via Goose Pond Woodstock in Oglethorpe and Union Point White Plains Greene. Locals will grade and equip the line, a company has agreed to fund iron and equipment. The route will open up farming areas and spur development. Atlanta remains calm amid one yellow fever case, wary of urban panic.
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Union Point
Elberton
Macon
Upper Goose Pond
Woodstock
Oglethorpe
White Plains
Greene County
Wall build by Mrs F L Taylor on Charbonnier lot
Mrs Francis Long Taylor plans brick home on the old Charbonnier property. construction to begin soon and be finished by January 1 for occupancy. The project honors the avenue and reflects local development.
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Milledge Ave
Francis Long Taylor
State Normal School opens with civic talks and music
The State Normal School began sessions Tuesday with talks by Dr. I S Hopkins pastor of the First Methodist church Troy Beatty rector of Emanuel church and others. A four hundred strong crowd heard a delightful musical program including March Y M C A Mediation Dance of the Honey Bees and a cornet solo Beautiful Home of Paradise. The faculty list features Eugene C. Branson as president and C S Stanage directing the music department with numerous chairs and assistants named for English mathematics literature and practical arts.
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State Normal School
I. 8. Hopkins
First Methodist Church
Troy Beatty
Emanuel Church
W. H. Young
First Baptist Church
Mr. Longdon
The
Christian Church
T. D. Cartledge
Presbyterian Church
Eugene C. Branson
A. M
Euler B. Smith
A. B
Chloe Loyd
David L. Earnest
Emily
Harlson
Fred J. Orr
Annie Linton
Mary Clem Shepperson
J. Henry Walker
Outbreak in Russia leaves many dead and cities aflame
Reports from Baku and Kishineff detail renewed fighting in the Caucasus. In Baku Tartars clash with troops, hundreds dead or wounded, buildings set ablaze, streets filled with corpses. In Kishineff a funeral procession is fired upon. workers wounded, arrests heavy, hospitals surrounded as sectarian tension runs high.
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St. Petersburg
Baku
Prince Nishoradzee
Caucasus
Shusha
Jong
Kishineff
Ben
Marshal Field Weds Mrs Caton at Westminster Church
London reports Marshal Field of Chicago wed Mrs Arthur Caton in a noon ceremony at St Margaret's Westminster. Canon Hensley Henson and Rev Samuel Kirschbaum officiated. Attending were Ambassador Reid and embassy staff. The bride wore gray chiffon with lace and ostrich feathers. The couple signed the register in the vestry with Reid, Carter, Eddy, and Field Jr. present.
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London
Marshal Field
Arthur Caton
Chicago
St. Margaret's Church
Wesminster
Herbert Hensley-Henson
St. Paul's Cathedral
Samuel Kirschbaum
St. Margaret’s
Whitelaw Reid
Marshal Field, Jr
Augustus Eden
Church of England
Ambassdor Reid
Carter
Augustus Eddy
Marshall Field, Jr
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Astoria
Fac Sinle Signature of
New York
Bears
Cycs
Bia Suppy Coq
Colin
C. W. Cooper
Rand
HON. C. H. Brand
Mr. Witte
Blaine
New York World
James G. Blaine
Bourke Goekran
Cheng
Imperio Ium
Bourke
Gate City
F. L. Taylor “Wall Buld
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Panama
Shants
Catrant
Sessio
C. 8. Stanage
Katie Jester
Moran
Augusta
Morrison
Richmond
Cornet Solo
Beautiful Home of Paradise
King
Ida A. Young
Helen Louise Sprout
Joseph Lustrat
Susan Newton
Alexander Rhodes
Jane B. Taylor
Fannie Sale
Maude C. Kathan
Mary Creswell
Misa Mildred Shepperson
Tice School
Mae Renfroe
Prac
Annie B. Miller
Mary D. Lane
Susie B. Reaves
Anpley. Miller
Wvaanen
ITV
Omie Lane
Winne Davis Hall
Bessie M. Richards
J. J. Greene
Mas
Caton
New Yorker
Charles C. Nott, Jr
Martin Sexe
New York Sun
Joe Hall
Hoke Smith
Ho Bover
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