County Commissioners Meet Over Tax Rise and Repairs
Clarke county officials debated raising the levy to 4 mills from 3.85 to fund road improvements and bond interest. Total state and county rate becomes 9 mills. Bids for county farm and stockade upgrades were awarded to Athens Electric Railway Co and Childs & Stanley. Street plans near Branch Street and Oak Street were outlined, with city involvement and $1,000 rock crusher sale to Athens.
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Clarke County
Thia
Dornblatt Plumbing Co
Childs & Stanley
Athens Electric Railway Co
Branch Street
Georgia Milroad
Spanish War Veterans Meet in Tacoma Encampment
Spanish War veterans gather in Tacoma for the sixth national encampment opening with decorations and entertainment. Delegates outline routines, a parade, and contests for national officers with a push to elect Colonel Edward J. Gihon as commander in chief.
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Tacoma
Wash
Army
Navy
United ‘States
National Council [of Administration
Edward J. Gihon
Massachusetts
Direct primary law tests cities and towns in Ohio
Columbus Sept 7 The direct primary law enacted by the last legislature has its first test Tuesday in cities and towns throughout Ohio. Candidates for city village and township offices to be filed at the November election are to be named at primaries held by each party. Special interest centers on Cincinnati where candidates are to be named for mayor to succeed Leopold Markbreit.
Financing Cotton Crops for the South Citizens Aim
Henry S. Reed argues the American cotton crop needs southern financed support to compete with foreign buyers. He outlines a plan for warehousing, a cotton bank, and a southern money center to move cotton from field to spindle, reducing dependence on external financiers and stabilizing markets.
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South
Ike Foley Urine Laxative Health Advertisement
Cosmetic and beauty aids cannot cure pimples or blotches. Ike Foley's Urine Laxative claims to cleanse the system for indigestion stomach and liver trouble and habitual constipation. Pleasant to take and marketed to all dealers.
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Foley
Martin Institute Fall Term Opens in Jefferson Ga
The fall term of Martin Institute opened with about two hundred students present. Board of trustees president Judge H W Bell spoke, Superintendent A S Hill outlined plans, and local patrons voiced support. The article notes the school’s favorable outlook and praises the institution’s quality. It ends with a stray aside about Theodore Roosevelt opposing buffalo hunting here but liking white elephant hunting in Africa.
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Jefferson, Ga
Martin Institute
Board of Trustees
H. W. Bell
A. 8. Hill
Citzens
Confed veterans to be honored by Daughters of the Confederacy
The Laura Rutherford Chapter plans an Athens city hall event on September 28 honoring visiting Confederate Veterans. Daughters will host an elaborate reception at 7 30 pm with decorated halls, flowers, lights, refreshments, and a musical program including Confederate songs. Mildred Rutherford to give welcome address.
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Laura Rutherford
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
M. W. Welch
Ana
R. W. Chesley
Cobb-Delaney Camp
United Confederate Veterans
Mildred Rutherford
Miss Rutherford
Athens
South
Cobb-Delaney Camp of
Veterans
City Hall
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promoted by Local Drug Store
A lively prompt touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a universal healer for burns cuts sores and pains. The ad claims quick relief for many minor injuries in a household and notes it is sold by W. J. Smith & Bro and H. J. Palmer & Sons.
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Dr. King
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Moses
Baby
Johnny
Mamile
Billie
Bella
H. J. Palmer & Sons
Solitary Prisoner Enters Thirty-Third Year in Charlestown
Jesse Pomeroy, once the most notorious life prisoner in America, begins the thirty-third year of confinement in the Charlestown state prison. He was sentenced at 14 for torturing and murdering children. For decades he has seen only his mother during rare visits, has food passed unseen, and exercises in a private corridor. He has never requested medical care or the prison chaplain, yet he clings to faint hopes of a pardon.
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Loston
Mass
Jesse Pomeroy
America
Charlestown
Pomeroy
Pomeroys
Painkiller Ad Promotes Quick Relief for Aches
When joints stiffen and muscles ache from cold or rheumatism or after slips sprains strains and bruises Painkiller offers fast relief. Perry Davis' Painkiller has advertised for over seventy years as a universal remedy for internal and external pains and emergencies. Buy 50c or 36c bottle sizes.
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Perry Davis
Convention Opens of American Veterinary Medical Association
The annual convention begins in Chicago with several hundred leading veterinary surgeons from the United States and Canada in attendance. The United States army is represented by Veterinarian Charles H. Jewell of the Sixth Field Artillery.
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Chicago
American Veterinary Medical Association
United States
Canada
United States Army
Charles H. Jewell
Sixth Field Artillery
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Georgia
Atlanta, GA
Addrean
K. G. Matheson
A. M
Atlanta
Court House
Walrbanks-Morse Co
International Harvester Co
Athena Foundry and Machine Works
Elty
Oak Street
Oconee River Bridge
Carlisle Center
G. B. Burhans
Ohio
Henry S. Reed
Cotton Journal
Cotton Joral
Dixie
Toth
Horace Greely
Martin
Roosevelt
Africa
E. R. Betterton & Co. Quarts Quartsway
West Third St
Cincinnati, Ohi
Hamilton Club
Kentucky
Belmont
Tenn& Lincoln Co
Betterton
Hamilton Co
White Oak
Bondee
Tennessee
Daughters OF Confederacy
Gray
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