Darktown Junto King of Hobos Plays Night Craps
In Darktown circles Junto is the king of hobo chaps. He loses and echoes and plays at night the festive game of craps.
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1903
Page
2
Darktown Court Hears Axed Reform Tales and Whippings
A colorful courtroom scene features Peter and Junto Brown as the recorder admonishes coercive tactics. Peter is jailed for looting and gambling while Mattie Valentine faces juvenile reform, with sharp exchanges about using an ax handle on a wife and a warning to desist from child-whipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darktown
Junto Brown
Jedge Briles
Junto
Dean
Jedge
Briles
Dean Berlong
Mattie Valentine
Wattle
Leede
Berg
Ritter
J.dge Briles
Mattie
Desperate Vagabonds Deny Convict Status in Barracks
Two desperate white men, B W Starnes and John Daly, were arrested and held without clothing. Starnes, who lost an arm and had spine surgery, and Daly, missing a leg, claim escapeist roles but officials doubt it. The pair, both professional beggars, will likely be released after a brief city departure window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B W Starnes
Aliny Stratton
John Daly
Starnes
New York
Daly
Starnea
Bloody clash on Trans-Caucasian Railway ends in deaths
Reports from St Petersburg dated August 2 recount a confrontation on the Trans-Caucasian railway near Tifis last Thursday where troops fired on strikers armed with revolvers, killing twenty-one workers. Rail removal by strikers wrecked a train, twelve cars smashed, two people killed, with Armenian incitement alleged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Petersburg
Frontier
Tifis
Expert Opticians At Hawkes Store Offer Finer Eyeglass Lenses
Experts at Hawkes optical establish ment constantly attend to customers. They guarantee scientific, artistic comfortable frame adjustments and precision eyeglass lenses. Whitehall on the viaduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkes’ Optical Establishment
Thief steals from Governor in twilight mansion caper
Governor Terrell reports loss of a fifteen dollar Panama hat an ivory handle umbrella and two boxes of cigars during a Saturday night theft. Detectives search in rain for a suspect carrying the umbrella and hat but offer no trace as they pursue the case. The paper also includes an advertisement praising Budweiser and a light humorous exchange about a temperance lecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrell
Panama
Georgia
First Look At The World By A Man Born Blind
Special Correspondence from Glasgow describes John Carruth a Scot born blind who recently gained sight after a Glasgow Ophthalmic Hospital operation. He details his early life delivering groceries tending cattle and growing flowers with tactile skill and his reactions to faces colors and landscapes now seen for the first time. Carruth notes beauty in green fields rivers and hills and wonders at a possible Creator.
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Glasgow
Thas
John Carruth
Weir
Carruth
Seiny
Colura
Rural free delivery expands to multiple counties and towns
Rural free delivery is established or expanded from multiple U S post offices across states including Alabama Florida and Connecticut. New routes and office name changes are announced for communities such as Banks Tatum Owensburg Hanks Goshen Ozark Troy and Juno among others with August and September effective dates. The Enterprise training ship arrives at Lisbon for a U S Navy visit.
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Washington
Georgia
Bonnyhall
Tattnall County
Lyons
Anheter
Cherokee County
Finity Springs
Lew
Vance
Goldsboro
Pulaski County
Arnold Milton County
Woodstock
Aaron
Sandy
Cebina
Jefferson County
Matthews Sheba
Hancock County
Devereaux
Robertstown
Nacoochie
Jesse Cannon
Nacoochee
Butler
Rupert and Royal
Stewart
MIN
Flem
William Angin
Star
Marcus
Fulberry Mall
Mareug
Winder
Lincolnton
Metanville
Sybert
Linecon
Matthews
Spread
Orchard Hill
Spalding County
Cairo
Thomas County
Pelham
Mitchell County
Preston
Webster County
Alabama
Betha
Escambia County
Still
Bandy
Bittle County
Vick
Slades
Washington County
Bathre
Flat
Geneva County
Ganadarque
Shelby County
Miles
Talladega County
Barclay
Honeysuckle
Elmore County
Wetumpka
Boneyville
Maringo County
Cates
Ruby
Cullman County
Logan
Natla
Winston County
Motes
Yale
Wacooshee
Lee County
Salem
Affonee
Bagley
Harrisburg
Jamesville
Bibb County
Centerville
Echols
Dale County
Clark
Barrs MN
Buckhorn and Tatum
Pike County
Banks
Owenburg
River Bend
Scottaville
Blocton
Cetalpa
Troy
Hatcher
Keyton
Kyser
Coffee County
Enterprise
Oates
Henry County
Plessant Plaine
Holston County
Ashford
Hanks
Bessemer
Ribb County
Headlands
Bevill
Choctaw County
Blecton Bibb County
Camden
Wilcox County
Goshen
Ozark Dale County
Lafayette
Chambers
Jacksonville
Duvell County
Jennings
Hamilton County
Duvall County
Major W F Slaton Returns From Educational Meet
Major W F Slaton superintendent of the Atlanta public schools returned to Atlanta from a month in the north and east. He attended the National Educational Association meeting in Boston where organizers reported the meet among the largest with about 40 000 teachers and educators present. Slaton led a party of 10 Atlanta teachers traveling by special train to Norfolk then by boat to New York and Boston aboard the Priscilla. Alabama teachers joined the Atlanta group. The convention ran from July 1 to its close and featured many conferences and broad representation from around the world. Slaton found the trip thoroughly pleasant and plans to resume work in Atlanta.
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Boston
W. F Slaton
Atlanta Public Schools
Major Slaton
National Educational Association
Atlanta
Norfolk
New York
Hoston
Boxton
Alabama
Play Trix Test Card Pricing Details
The note references Play Trix with a test and best card two, mentioning Flinch and Dogon at the same price for Columbian Buok Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TRIX
Flinch
Dogon
É Columbian Buok Co
Story of Charles Reade at Queen's theater misfire
London tale recalls Charles Reade facing a failed staging of A White Lie at the Queen's Theatre. Charles Matthews quotes the author on stage, clenched fist raised to the unseen foe, smiling through the dismal scene.
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Charles Reade
London Telegraph
Charles Matthews
Old Queen's Theater
London
Charles Id
Weather forecast by state and region for Monday and Tuesday
Forecasts cover Georgia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Eastern Florida Western Florida Alabama Mississippi Eastern Texas Western Texas Arkansas Kentucky Tennessee Louisiana and adjacent areas. Expect showers, fair conditions, warming trends, and light to fresh winds with regional variations on Monday and Tuesday.
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Washington
Georgia
West
Virginia
Cirlina
South
Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Texas
Tennessee
Development of Some of the Weber & Fields' Features
A fragmented critique notes the growth of Weber and Fields on stage. It highlights their height-based physical contrast, new dramatic features, and the flawless dialogue delivery credited to long experience and exact knowledge shaping their distinctive humor.
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Weber & Fields
John a-Dreams
Weber & Fieldz
Lt D
August Pearson
Mober & Flelis
Kansas Latest Amusement Nanas Peanut Party
The piece describes a progressive peanut party where four women jab peanuts with hat pins while seated around a table as a man watches, noting the activity strains the men and is a social oddity. It reflects a Western social scene and amusement in a peculiar pastime.
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Kansas
The Bachelor's Consolation
A humorous reflection on the supposed perks of a faint heart avoiding marriage and its duties. The lines imply benefits like avoiding alimony, mother in law, Easter bonnets, and late nights, ending with a wry note on the many supposed advantages.
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