Death of William B Lowe at 13 Peachtree Street Atlanta
William B Lowe a leading Georgia financier and Atlanta business figure dies at his residence. He suffered a long illness dating to 1883 and served in Cobb's Legion during the Civil War. Survived by wife Rebecca Douglas Lowe and two children William B Lowe Jr and Mrs James W English Jr. Funeral at 2 pm at 513 Peachtree Street with extensive civic and Confederate veterans pallbearers listed.
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William B. Lowe
Atlanta
Peachtree Street
Mr. Lowe
Lowe
Europe
Ayall
Mr. Laws
Rebecca ‘Douglas Lowe
General Federation of Women's Clubs
James W. English
William Bell Lowe Wig
Green Ville
Meriwether County
Georgia
Greenville
Newnan
New York
E. Stone & Co
Crampton's Gap
Baltimore
George Hull
Aunts and
West Point
Lowe, Douglas & Dallas
J. A. Anderson
J. A. Anderson & Co
George W. Parrott
AB. Steele
Chattahoochee Brick Company
A. B. Steele
J. W. Pope
Enterprise Lumber Company
Cobb's Legion Confederate Veterans’ Association
Dam No. 2
Virginia
Sir. Loewe
La‘Grange
Rebecca Douglas
J. W. English
Local items note Wardroper returns from railroad project
D Lee Wardroper of Tilis City has returned to Atlanta after successfully supervising a yearlong Georgia Northern railroad construction. Colonel John Simpson, deputy U S Army quartermaster general, received rush orders to relieve the San Antonio post and left for his new assignment. Articles of incorporation filed for Fraternal Building and Loan Investment Co of Baltimore. Rev J C Solomon to lecture on the Old Testament Prophet at Capitol Avenue Baptist Church to benefit city Christian Culture classes. In City Court Mrs Histe Hawk sues Southern Railway for 20000 over her son James J Hawk’s March death at a crossing. Jacob Hawks sues for 1000. Boilermakers Union held a meeting at Federation Hall.
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D. Lee Wardroper
Tilis City
Georgia Northern Railroad
Atlanta
John Simpson
United States Army
San Antonio
Tex
Stimpson
Fraternal Building and Loan Investment Company of
Baltimore
Pil Cook
J C. Solomon
Fifth Baptist Church
Capitol Avenue Baptist Church
Histe Hawk
Southern Railway Company
James J. Hawk
Jacob Hawks
Rail
Georgia Cotton Company buys large cotton sale in Columbus
In Columbus Georgia on April 4 the Georgia Cotton Company bought about 1000 bales, cutting the warehouse stock by a quarter. Blade & Farish supplied around six hundred bales of the jet cotton in the sale.
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Columbus
Georgia Cotton Company
Blade & Farish
Seid
Elks Install Officers as E J Walker Exalted Ruler
Atlanta lodge No 78 Elks to install officers tonight with E J Walker as exalted ruler. Banquet and musical program planned with a long list of named officers and a seasonal menu. The event reflects renewed activity since a recent reorganization and features a varied concert including overtures and marches.
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ELKS
E. J. Walker
Atlanta
Brotherhood of the Protective Order of Elks
The
Elks of Atlanta
Thie City
Seaboard Air-Line
Knight
C. Guthman
William Kling
John Kelley
Theodore Mast
Macon C. Sharp
Tyler
Fred
Crabbe
Weinstein
Jolly Musketeers
D. Ward
Tobani
Mascagni
Mackie
Milly
Sousa
Dresser
State party sets May fifteenth primary date and ticket order
Georgia counties adopt the state committee plan for a uniform ticket with Governor to Attorney General and a long list of state and county offices. Coweta will test registration in 1900 so voters may split the ticket. Rumors swirl around Prison Commissioner race as two possible withdrawals are discussed. Governor Candler appoints Judge George Hillyer to uniformity commission to replace Chancellor Hill.
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Fulton
Bibb
Coweta
F. G. duBignon
Bibbag
Supreme Court
United States
de Bignon
Thomas Kasen
South Georgia
J. D. McLeod
Lumber Cry
J. H. Heery
Tattnall
Eason
C. C. Thomas
Ware
Atlanta
North Georgia
Messrs
Heery and McLeod
Candler
George Hillyer
General Assembly
Walter B. Hill
The
State University
Peter Meldrim
Savannah
Hill
Hillyer
New York
Georgia
Red Hot Ball Brought Civil War Wound Remedy
A Civil War era ball nicknamed Red Hot hit G. B. Steadman of Newark Michigan causing severe ulcers. Bucklen's Arnica Salve later cured him. Noted as a versatile cure for cuts bruises boils felons corns skin eruptions and piles. Sold by druggists 25 cents a box with guarantee.
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G. B. Steadman
Newark
Mich
Bucklen
Burglar Arrest In Caboose Theft On Southern Railway
Officers Bris Zachary, a neighbor, was arrested last night for burglarizing Caboose No. 264 on the Southern railway. Conductor J A Wood’s coal, dynamite, and railroad tools were stolen. some items found in Zachary’s possession. He said another man helped but could not name him and faces arraignment and possible burglary bound over.
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Bris Zachary
Jones
Southern Railway
Walker Street Church Revival Draws Large Crowds
Much interest is shown in the Walker Street Methodist church services with large congregations daily. Morning services are scheduled from 7:30 to 10 o'clock as part of the revival effort. Athens plans a bond issue to build a sewer system in the Hancock avenue to Oconee river area, seeking $30,000 in bonds.
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Walker Street Methodist Church
Athens
Hancock Avenue
College Avenue
Oconce River
Reading College Entertainment At First Methodist Church
Epworth Reading College of the First Methodist church presents another evening program on Friday titled an Evening with the World's Best Hymns led by Rev. R J Bigham D D The program features old time songs sung in the traditional manner by Rev George W Yarbrough of Barnesville including Wrestling Jacob and What Wondrous Love Is This with audiences expected to fill the church.
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Reading College
Epworth Reading College
First Methodist Church
R. J. Bigham
Jacob
George W. Yarbrough
Barnesville
Georgia cotton acreage guidance from Commissioner Stevens
Commissioner O B Stevens issues April guidance to Georgia farmers urging careful planning of cotton acreage this month. He warns against overplanting, emphasizes planting other crops, and notes fertilizer use and stock feed analysis. The address promotes balanced farming to sustain prices and farm prosperity statewide.
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Gror
State Department of Agriculture
O. B. Stevens
Georgia
Stevens
Department of Agriculture
McCandless
Georgie
C. B. Stevens
Peruna Proved Worthy by Letters of Praise
Margaret Kincey of Elk Michigan writes that after forty nine years she is cured and will not be without Peruna. Her husband also notes their improved health after taking Peruna three times daily. J H Bankhead of Alabama endorses Peruna as one of the best medicines for catarrh. The company claims Peruna reaches mucous membranes and cures catarrh with a half century record and offers a free book from The Peruna Medicine Company in Columbus Ohio.
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Margaret Kincey
Elk
Genessee County
Mich
Dr.Hartman
JH. Bankhead
Alabama
House of Representatives
Washington, D
Penruna
Peruna
Peruna Doe
Peruna Medicine Company
Columbus
Ohio
Pea tossing and a foreign row at the matinee court
In a Columbia theater defamation of the gallery gods case Jimmie McDonald and two others faced Recorder Broyles. McDonald admitted dropping peas on pit spectators while another man fought a knife incident with a rival. Fines were imposed amid cross accents from a dubbed interpreter and a billiard cue tale by Eu Brown.
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Columbia Theater
Jimmie McDonald
Jimmie
Recorder
Recorder Broyles
South Carolina to Erect Memorial Shaft for Choctaws
A Columbia dispatch reports Captain E. White plans a marble memorial in memory of Confederate soldiers. He previously funded a monument for faithful enslaved people near Rock Hill and now sponsors a memorial honoring the Catawba scouts. The Catawba nation, reduced to a small Corse County reservation, once lost land to long leases.
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South Carolina
Columbia
N. C
E. White
Captain White
Rock Hii
Whbite
Corse County
Confederates to Erect Marble Monument for Catawbas Heroism
A marble monument will be erected near the Confederate Soldiers’ statue in York County. It stands about ten feet high and features an Indian with bow and arrow. Reliefs show a buffalo and primitive forest life, with inscriptions celebrating the Catawbas’ heroism and fidelity. Unveiling may occur during May memorial exercises.
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Uribe
York County
Wéherang
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John K. Ottley
J. Wyle Pope
John L. Hopkins
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W. J. Northen
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J. M. Terrell
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Robert J. Lowry
Frank P. Rice
G. W. Gress
Samuel A. Carter
Merritt Dickson
State Capitol
Walker ST
Commissioner Stevens
Peruna’s
MR. and
Mrs. Kinsey
Elk, Michigan
Hon. J. H. Bankhead
Shimmie Bhockelfoodles
Jose Villaris
Natonallity
Whilarees
Meester Shorkelf
EU Brown
Brown
Darkey
Sedge Briles
Carter
Ball
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