Harmony Bell address call to United States veterans and citizens
A fragmented 1910s style appeal from the Harmony Bell committee of the Blue and Gray urging harmony after the Civil War. It proposes casting a harmony bell to be hung in Washington and rung annually on July Fourth, with funds sought from veterans, citizens, and organizations and a published donor record. The notice lists committee members and an Atlanta address for correspondence.
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Carengle Library
United States
Confederate States
Preas
America
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Republic
Washington
Veterans of the Blue and Gray
Atlanta
Caase
EB. R. Haskins
Luckie Street
Lynching and Mob Violence in North Carolina After Jail Break
A mob overran a jail, dragged three black men from custody near Spencer, and hanged them from a tree. Fireman McLendon was shot and died, others wounded as the crowd opened fire, amid reports of parts of Whitney Power Company activity in the region.
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Charlotte
Botthern Railway
Sean
Will Troutman
Drafrman
Whitnes
Spencer
Henderson's
John Gillespie
Lyserly’s
George Ervin
Meare Gillespin
Ha Barber
Wishing Start and Digestive Breakfast Record
A teacher relates how a simple breakfast may trigger indigestion and nervous strain. She credits Postum and Graze-Nuts with stabilizing her mornings, noting improved digestion and steadier energy for office duties.
Lynching at Salisbury Prompted State Shock and Dispatches
A fragmentary report describes a mob incident in Rowan County with blacks charged for murder of Isaa Lyerly and family at Barber Junction. The lynching attempt prompted Governor Glenn to order militia to Salisbury, later countermanded, as he vows to find and prosecute those responsible.
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Charlotte
Rowan County Court
Barber Junction
Isaa ‘Lyerly
Salisbury
Jovernor Auere
Raleigh
M. C
Glenn
Long
Greenaporo
Statesville
Anderson substitute passes committee in 7 to 5 vote
The Anderson substitute for the Baykin measure passed the Senate Agricultural Committee by seven to five yesterday. It would shut bucket shops but permit legitimate wirehouses to operate. Representative Boykin said a minority report will be filed after committee consideration. three members were absent, and Senator Hogan supports the measure.
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Anderson
Baykin Anu
Senate Agricultural Comittee
Senate
Boykin
Constitution
Hogan
Agricultural Committee
Northeastern Fiddlers' Convention in Dahlonega Draws Crowds
In Dahlonega Georgia August 6 the Northeastern Fiddlers convention opened with large crowds. W W Townsend led the Dahlonega Nugget team and prizes were cash. Reeves won first prize, Ling erfelt a blind boy took second, Couch third. John Anderson's singing class won. Barbecued meat fed town folk, no arrests.
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Ahlonega
Ww. B. Townsend
Dahlonega
Nugset
Can Reeves
John Linegerfelt
J. L. Couch
John Anderson
B. Baker
Paulding Superior Court Adjourns to September
The regnar term of Paulding superior court met today organized and adjourned until the second Monday in September. Hindrances among the legal fraternity caused unpreparedness and the adjournment. A portion of the citizenry composing the verse meeting delayed proceedings.
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Paulding
Glekners
Zenabin
Union Leaguer Fined for Gambling at Piedmont Club
Albert Rodgers proprietor of the Union League negro club at 42 Piedmont avenue was fined 25 dollars and costs by Acting Recorder Oldknow for running a gambling house. In court a fight broke out as Rodgers assaulted Charlie Jones, attempting to chew Officer Williams’s thumb. Rodgers was also fined 26 dollars for contempt of court and faces further assault charges.
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Albert Rodgers
Union League
Piedmont Avenue
Oldknow
Rodgers
Williams
Charlie Jones
Wiliams
Jones
Stabbed Wife and Poison Death in Kentucky Farm Town
Cautteburs Kentucky August 6 Mrs J H Brocker wife of J H Brocker a prosperous farmer died this afternoon from knife wounds inflicted by her husband at noon They were walking when Brocker seized her with one hand drew a knife and cut her as she fell He then drank tincture of aconite from a bottle and died wife had filed for divorce several days earlier Jealousy cited as motive
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Cautteburs
J. H Brocker
Brocker
Vaudeville Thrills At the Casino With Abadel Kader
The Casino in Atlanta presents a top week of vaudeville led by Abadel Kader and his three wives. The Algerian act, Brindamour the jail breaker, and Charles F. Bennon spark audience acclaim with sensational routines. Also featured were Bob Harty and Johnny Johnson, Eddie Mack, Will Dockery, and moving pictures, plus matinees and a pitch for Japanese fans from the Chicago Northwest Railway.
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Atlanta
Abadel Kader
Brindamour
Charles F. Bennon
Bob Harty
Johnny Johnson
Chip-Mary Marble Company
Eddie Mack
Will Dockery
Minstral Man
Moving Pictures
Mrs Paul Hausman Dead After Three Week Illness
Mrs Paul G Hausman died at her residence 487 Washington Street at about 9 last night after a three week typhoid fever battle. She was about years old and is survived by her husband and a six year old son. Funeral plans await arrival of a brother from New York.
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Paul G. Hausman
Washington Street
Presence of the Girl Ends in Murder in Blur Springs
In Blur Springs Florida on Apellet 6 J W Linton a farmer shot and killed Sim Mason a young man who had visited a girl. Linton said Mason cursed the girl and drew a revolver prompting Linton to grab a shotgun and fire. Police took Linton into custody.
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Ena
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Fle
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J. W. Linton
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Meswan
Mason
Tanton
Major William B. Schofield Ends Life in San Francisco
Major William B. Schofield, Paymaster in the regular army and son of the late Lieutenant General Schofield, shot himself in San Francisco this afternoon while on leave of absence due to ill health. Authorities state he feared locomotor ataxia and believed he would become a burden to his writings.
Rally for Hoke Smith At Fulton County Bijou
A crowded Bijou theater hosted a rally called by the Fulton County Hoke Smith Club. Speakers included Judge George Hillyer and W A Covington, with audience members from the Atlantic and Quit Com press Association. The event featured reform calls and mixed reactions as critics cited wage and policy issues.
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Atlantic and
Quit Compress Association
Holy Smith
Constitution
George Hillyer
Hoke Smith
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Judge Hillyer's Notions of Wages. Judge Hillyer
Hon
W. A. Covington
Willan van Houten
Mir. Armold
Reuben Arnold
H. H Cabamins
Mr. Smith
Smith
Cabanias
Piedmont Hotel
Mr Smith
Hillyer
Local field stories recount multiple legal actions
Mrs Mamie Garvin seeks divorce from Claude Garvin claiming he stabbed her in the shoulder with a fork while intoxicated. Renea u files suit against Atlanta and West Point and Central of Georgia for 10000 damages from Pearl Springs picnic train wreck. Two wills probated in Fulton county. Various local offenses and arrests listed including license inspector case, disorderly conduct fines, and a Birmingham murder fugitive reward. Internal revenue reports show Georgia collections near 600000.
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Medault
Claude Garvin
W. A. Fuller
3. 6
Reneau
Atlanta and West Point Railroad
Central of Georgia
Pearl Springs
Lamar Hul
Atlanta
West Point
Castleberry Street
Pearl’ Springs
Order of American Mechanics
Lamar Hill
Fulton County
Tyrus T. Smith
John J Jordan
John J Jordan, In the Solemn Form, Mr Jordan
Mortuary notices and obituaries across several cities
A compilation of funeral services and interments from various towns. Tryphosa Marshall daughter of the late Rev A A Marshall dies after a long typhoid illness at a private sanitarium and is to be buried in Montezuma Georgia. Other services include Mrs J J Moore in Cochran and Dr A Wilen in Battle Hill with Westview cemetery later interments. Also noted are services for Mrs Rhoda Woodall in Richmond Va and several local deaths in Atlanta and Columbus Georgia with interments at Westview and Oakland cemeteries. Major J B Davenport to be buried in Austell Georgia with travels from New Orleans. Mrs Rebecca Brown, Martha Chandler, Gilbert N Fleming and others are listed with funeral times and burial plans. Also reported are obituaries from Columbus, Americus, Cordele and nearby towns with survivors enumerated. A separate note covers the case of former County Auditor John W Neff sentenced to seven years in Auburn prison in a Buffalo graveyard scandal.
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Tryphosa Marshall
Mies
A. A. Marshall
State Normal School
Athens
Branson
Barclay & Brandon
A. T. Spalding
Mr & H
Warsaw
John W. Neff
Bufffalo
Auburn Prison
Central of Georgia Offers Summer Excursion Tickets
The Central of Georgia Railway announces summer excursion tickets to mountain and beach resorts in the north and east. Fares to New York Boston Baltimore Philadelphia and eastern points are available through coupon ticket outlets.Schedules and details are provided by local agents and the district passenger agent in Atlanta.
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