Clarke County Road Levy Adopts 1905 State and County Taxes
Clarke County Georgia commissioners adopt state levy 4.90 mills and county levy 4.10 mills for 1905. total 9.00 per thousand dollars. funds designated for paupers roads salaries coroner lawful charges and indebtedness. surplus may be used for lawful county charges. petition and charter amendments for Athens Manufacturing Company filed in Clarke County Superior Court include capital reduction and electricity rights as added powers.
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Office of Commissioners of Roads
Clarke County
Georgia
Athens Manufacturing Company
Henry C. Tuck
E. J. Crawford
Superior Court
Said County
Recovered sight drives Colbrook preacher mad in CT
Benjamin Taylor a 70 year old former preacher from Colbrook regained sight after years of blindness in Winsted Connecticut. His joy unbalanced him and he became a raving maniac. Probate Court ordered commitment to the State Hospital for the Insane in Middletown after he injured himself and his religious hallucinations began.
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Lake Street
The Very First Air Flyer and Its Inventor Thomas
A New York man hosts a Kansas City guest on a Hudson outing in a wind driven wagon era tale. The inventor Thomas rigs a sail wagon to cross plains, impresses Santa Fe investors, and escapes a dramatic chase after a zigzag flight that ends with a broken down mule and a dejected inventor.
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Santa Fee
Doc
Thomas
New York Cotton Market Sees Slight Rise on Labor Day
New York reports firmer Liverpool cables easing offshore selling as casual traders led gains while southern holders and foreign demand could steady values. New York spots rise 15 points to 10-80 with a dull session ending steady. options likely to slip 10 to 15 points per Athens Cotton & Stock Exchange notes.
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New York
Liverpool
Athens Cotton & Stock Exchange
Land For Sale In Scull Shoals District Oconee County
For sale is the David Willobougby place with 100 acres cultivated, 15 acres meadow and bottom land, 25 acres original forest with dogwood timber and 200 acres of heavy timber. Adjoins James Elder on the south, Jordan Varvey, John Oliver, and the Oconee River on the west. Lands to be sold to purchasers, cash terms. Call on E. P. Thomas or Taylor Wood, tenants in possession.
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James Elder
Jordan Varvey
John Oliver
Oconee
E. P. Thomas
Taylor Wood
Notice of Dissolution of Law Partnership
On September 1, 1905 Judge Mc Whorter will retire from the partnership with Strickland and Green. His duties as Assistant General Counsel for the Southern Railway Company require his full time and the partnership is dissolved by mutual consent. McWhorter will keep offices in the Moss building while Strickland and Green continue to practice together at their old offices. This August 24, 1905. McWhorter and Strickland and Green.
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Judge McWhorter
McWhorter
Strickland
Santa Fe Navigation Company Disbands in Auto Era Debate
The New York Sun quotes a New Yorker and Kansas City man debating transport shifts as the Santa Fe Navigation Company disperses. The pair consider abandoning horses for automobiles, marking a transition period in travel and commerce.
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Santa Fe Navigation Company
Mick
New Yorker
Kansas City
New York Sun
Question on the thong's role in Rusala peace
The fragment asks whether the thong had any part in securing peace for Rusala. It presents a speculative or symbolic query without clear sourcing or context. Additional readable context is needed to determine factual relevance or origin.
Remarkable World of Human Anomalies Reported
A Vladikavkaz girl named Luba displays magnetic powers moving nearby objects and furniture. A Trinidad born woman Miss Evatina Tardo reportedly senses no touch yet controls her heartbeat and resists poisons. A Narbonne girl allegedly sees through objects like X rays aiding surgeons. A Hunterdon County family in the United States shows chronic laughter from father to children, baffling doctors.
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Vladikavkaz
Caucasus
Luba
Jon
Cronstadt
Evatina Tardo
Trindad
Miss Tardo
Narbonne
Delaware River
Hunterdon County
United States
America
Susie
Charles
Wilkesbarre
Remarkable recovery after brain tissue loss in Brooklyn girl
Mary Gaffney a 12 year old of 95 Sutton Street Brooklyn was discharged from Flower Hospital after surgeons removed nearly two ounces of damaged brain tissue during treatment for a compound skull fracture. Despite the loss she regained all faculties and was preparing to go to the country for further recovery after a 20 foot elevator shaft fall.
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New York
Mary Gaffney
Sutton Street
Brooklyn
Flower Hospital
Mary
Dominick
Hornby
Little Mary
New Harmony Editor Hoists Lion Guard at Office
Clarence H. Wolfe editor of the Times in New Harmony plans to place a lion on guard at the paper office, becoming a “fighting editor” if needed. The injured circus lion, bought for a nominal sum after an accident, will reside at the office once recovered, with Wolfe hoping it deters objectionable visitors while supporting quarantine aid to epidemic-struck sister cities.
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New Harmony
Ind
Clarence H. Wolfe
the Times
Wolfe
Veterinian
Origin of inventions and early machines detailed
A survey traces the origin of printing, type, and early devices from Korea and Egypt to Britain and America. It notes Korea’s arch-based metal type, the penny-in-the-slot water dispenser by Percy Everett, and early sewing machine patents by Thomas Saint and Elias Howe. It also covers the first steam engine myths, Blasco de Garay’s 1543 steam vessel, and the 1790 sewing patent era. Includes a classified rental notice for Winterville, Georgia.
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Japan
Britain
Korea
Yellow Sea
China
Heron
Alexandra
Percy Everett
Milwaukee
New York
Everett
Great Britain
Elias Howe
Patent Museum of
Washington
Thomas Saint
London
America
Lyman Blake
Gordon Mackay
Massachusetts
Henry Mill
London Patent Office
Marquis of Worcester
Solomon de Cans
Cans
Don Blasco de Garay
Emperor Charles
Barcellona
Pearson's
Fortune Found and Then Lost
A rusted iron pot with fifty thousand dollars in gold coins, the oldest coin 116 years old, was found by Tyler Teal and Will Edwards on a farm near Chesterfield Maryland. The pot was buried near a creek bank two miles away and vanished when the finders returned two days later. Edwards accuses Teal of theft. Teal denies the tale. Detectives say evidence confirms the discovery but no gold location has been found.
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Charlotte
N. C
James Rivers
Chesterfield
D. C
Tyler Teal
Will Edwards
Teal
Edwards
J. D. Evans
South
Negro Giant Rogan Dies in Tennessee
Nashville Tenn Sept 13 Bud Rogan Tennessee famous negro giant is dead at his Gallatin home. Rogan stood nine feet nine inches tall and measured 28 inches from knee to heel 31 inches knee to crotch hands twelve inches long and feet sixteen and one quarter inches. He was drawn about in a wagon by two goats his legs too sleepy to support his gigantic body.
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Nashville
Tenn
Bud Rogan
Tennessee
Gallatin
Rogan
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