Storm wrecks military camp at Camp Mabry
A severe rain storm with high winds wrecked tents at Camp Mabry Austin Texas. Capt Walker Ellis and a black driver were knocked unconscious by lightning and recovered. Lt Leslie A Chapman was named professor of military science at Norwich University Worthford Vermont and left for duty.
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Camp Mabry
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Fourth Texas Infantry
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Leslie A . Chapman
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Washington
War Department
Norwich University
Worthford
Vaudeville At The Casino Promises Lively Comedy Lineup
The Casino at Ponce de Leons presents a strong vaudeville bill this week with Elena ya Sisters delivering their popular comedy sketch, English eccentrics Morris and partners, physical culture by Male Latina, and acrobatics by Jacop 4 dogs. A lightweight, entertaining program aims to refresh patrons after work with brisk, non plot driven acts.
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Ponce de Leons Casino
Soare
Elenaya Sisters
Comediennes
Elfon
Are
Poll taxed street talk at Decatur laundry shop
Gordon Hartel recounts a chaotic scene on Decatur Street where a Chinese laundromat clerk and customers discuss politics and race while debating who will win the next county treasurer race. The overheard snippets reveal biased views and a blunt exchange about voting and money.
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Gordon Hartel
Jewhult
Chineeman
Bey
Brian
Bryce
Demierelats and Cartoons Stir Racial Fear in Salon
A long dialogue centers on Bryan Welly and Sonia Gregg cartoons about Hoke Amith and Tom Watson. An immigrant note describes persistent political apathy and racial tension as a crowd erupts outside with police involvement while a Chinaman mocks American elections and urges quiet, fearful voting behavior.
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Gregg
Sonia Greggs
Hoke Amith
Tom ‘Watson Larawn
Chineeman
Jewhult
Greggs
Union of News Carriers Demands Unusual Hours and Pages
The News Carriers Union, which began a strike against three afternoon papers in New Orleans, demands that 2 p.m. become the standard starting time for afternoon papers except holidays when issues move to 3.30 a.m. They also seek the right to dictate the number of pages, fixing ten pages for two papers and twelve for the third, with penalties of 18 cents for printing beyond the limit. The union was recently organized under the central trades council.
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News Carriers Union
New Orleans
Carriers Union
Central Trades Council
Dies of Col Benjamin F Jenkins Confederate Veteran
Colonel Benjamin F Jenkins aged 62 died at his Chicago home August 12. A Confederate veteran he enlisted in the Third Virginia Cavalry at age eight and served throughout the Civil War, being wounded over twenty times. He aided the Chicago chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy in its organization and activity.
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Benjamin F Jenkins
Jenkins
Third Virginia Cavalry
Chicago
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
New teachers in Alabama under state licensing plan
Alabama will authorize 9 085 teachers to teach with state licenses issued after July examinations. Counties report 6 600 teachers employed, leaving 2 885 not working though licensed. July exams had 2 638 applicants in 66 counties. Mobile excluded, 714 passed, 871 2 percent, 824 failed. Certificates do not expire before January. County exams varied by city, grading faster this year. Summer school nearly finished. 13 118 applicants, 118 passed.
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Ala
Alabama
State Department of Education
Mobile
Birmingham
Calhoun
Etowah
Passing Throng Lays To Rest Noted Stone Cutter Arthur Jackson
The body of Arthur Jackson, famed south stone cutter and labor union figure, was interred at Westview cemetery after a large turnout. Jackson, James McWhorter, David Walker, and Andy McElroy formed a respected quartet of skilled granite workers who helped build the Equitable building in Atlanta and later federal structures in Memphis and Chattanooga. Jackson returned from Scotland to join the Atlanta Stonecutters Union, where he was nominated for president shortly before his death from a hemorrhage early Friday morning. The Atlanta Stonecutters' Union and Gate City Lodge attended the ceremony, with markers planned for Walker and later for McWhorter and Jackson. Andy McElroy remains active at the federal prison worksite as the quartet’s surviving member.
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Westview Cemetery
Farge
Atlanta
Equitable
James McWhaorter
David Walker
Andy McElroy
Quartette Young
McWhorter McElroy
Jackson
Walker
Tate
Federal
Memphis
Chattanooga
Old Scotland
Tovhooa
McWhorter
McElroy
Westview
Atlanta Stonecutters’ Union
Gate City Lodge
Masons
Atlanta Stonecutters' Union
James McWhorter
Federal Prison
Dr Cooper Ill in Atlanta Home Still in Danger
Dr Hunter P Cooper a noted Atlanta physician remains dangerously ill at his residence 598 Peachtree Street though attending doctors expressed cautious optimism last night blood poisoning and other complications cited as factors while doctors and friends rally to aid his recovery.
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Hunter P. Cooper
Atlanta
Peachtree Street
Cooper
Entomologist details Georgia fruit pest control report
State Entomologist I I Smith presents Georgia Horticultural Society findings on woolly aphid and codling moth experiments. Kerosene emulsion tops methods for woolly aphid root treatment with 10 to 30 percent strength. tobacco decoction and salt show limited effect. Codling moth trials begin with arsenical poisons. leaf curl control confirmed by lime sulfur washes. soluble oils vary in effectiveness.
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Constitution Bureau
Second Street
Macon
I. I. Smith
Georgia Horticultural Society
State Board of Entomology
Georgia
Baldwin and
Cornelia
Marrow
Maryland
Adatraville
Middle Georgia
San Jose
Preaching Faithful Gospel Focus at Central Church
Dr S R Rickler urged a plain gospel over rhetoric to a large summer audience at Central Presbyterian. He contrasted Paul’s simple preaching with modern sensationalism, stressing salvation through divine revelation and transformative faith rather than entertainments or reform talk. He urged listeners to accept the gospel to begin sanctification.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Isaae
Corinth
Paul
Athens
Sth
Ile
God
Corinthians
Philosophery
Plato
Socrates
Christ
Bowden Lithia Water Promises Health Benefits
An advertisement urges readers to drink Bowden Lithia Water to prevent diseases tied to kidney neglect, listing rheumatism Brights disease and diabetes and recommending consultation with a physician.
Questionable Bordeaux mixture results for Georgia peaches over years
Historical report notes soluble oily treatments lack tree benefit beyond scale destruction. Bordeaux mixture tested since 1902 aimed to prevent brown rot and leaf curl but initial trials were unsafe to recommend. In 1904 partial success shown on Alexander peaches with dry Bordeaux dusting reducing rot. later large scale trial near Meo and Elberta Farm attempted to verify effectiveness with lime and Bordeaux formulations on 800 trees, yielding mixed outcomes.
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Georgia
Wo OM Seo
Willmon Newell
Hone
Elberta F Ott
Meo
Jewett
Rt Nager
Winter tourist rates spark high Southern rail traffic forecast
Southern passenger officials anticipate a record winter for travel as milder northern weather alternates with heavy southern demand. Atlanta is noted for unusually large visiting traffic with many pursuing health, golf, and winter homes, while investments by winter visitors push regional growth and provide opportunities for rail services.
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Atlanta
Florida
South
Georgia
Southern Society of New York
Southern Club of Philadelpha
Frank Weldon
Southern Roads
Instant Catarrh Cure Claims Rapid Relief
An advertisement touts Eclipse Catarrh Cure as a vegetable remedy that provides instant relief from catarrh by clearing nasal passages and soothing irritated membranes. It includes patient testimonials from Mrs. M. Black of Anderson and others, urging readers to request a trial package and mail orders to Hellpes Medicine and Manufacturing Company in Atlanta.
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