Special swindle nets two in Rome as forgery rings exposed
Special correspondence reports W. W. Brown and wife from Huntsville Alabama at the Sargeant house, posing under forged names to obtain $284 on drafts. Brown is captured after disguises and forged endorsements. his companion Willie Hunt, a prostitute, is jailed. A mayoral bond is pledged and a funeral proclamation follows. A separate murder inquiry in Shoal Creek county ends with an inquest finding foul play.
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Sargeant House
W. W. Brown
Huntsville
Als
Sargeant
Brown
Broa. & Co
Sno
Simpson & Ledbetter
Mr. Pristup
Messrs
Simpson d. Ledbetter
McWilliams & Co
Condon
Rame
Dailey
Willie Hunt
Chattanooga
Calera
Ala
Heiginail
Sam W. Small
Senater Hill
Rowe
Noble's Hall
Rome
Senator Hill
Nevin
Opera House
Hill
Howerin
DeSoto
The
Constitution
Hamwrnt
Mary Sadler
Ike Sadler
Hartwell High School
Morgan L. Parker
Belle Kennedy
Atlanta
Franklin
Cannesville
Franklin County
I¢ig
Bstehens
Sam Jones
Poplar Springs
Socrat Cincle
Rockdale
Newton
Livingston
Pope Barrow
Clarke
J. M. Pace
Barrow
Stewart
Fayette
Decatur Lumber Market Praised as Best in State
A Decatur observer cites tax records and recent construction to claim Decatur is the state’s best lumber market. He notes rising real estate values, new buildings, debt freedom, ample treasury funds, and strong local institutions, praising trains to Atlanta, hotels, schools, churches, and mineral springs as evidence of superior living and growth.
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Decatur
Decatur Society
Constitution
Ot Ut
United States
Alda
U. C. Robertson, M. D
Atlanta
Dalton Doings A 250 Pound Buck Killed On Calcutta Mountain
Special Correspondence reports Mr John Tibbs and companions killed a 250 pound buck on Calcutta Mountain after a dog chase. Tibbs struck the deer with a rock to finish it, claiming age and hunger follow. The piece also notes wagon thefts during camp meeting with wheels and taps taken, and reports the death of William Hill from injuries after a train accident. Mrs Bogle dies of typhoid fever. sympathy offered to her husband Joseph Bogle and family.
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Constitution
Danox
John Tibbs
Calcutta
Tibbs
Hasslin Mul
Wiliam Hill
Teachers Institute Progress Report from Georgia
Topcoa normal institute is in its third week with seventy five teachers present. Dr. Orr and northern benefactors fund three institutes to train one hundred seventy five teachers. Lectures cover geography English grammar arithmetic and calisthenics with social evenings and field trips. South Georgia institute also growing with many instructors and varied topics.
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Specia
Foccoa
Topcoa Normal Institute
Quisigto
Orr
Peabody Fund
Georgia
North America
Miss Haygood
Sanford
Haten
White
Athens
R. W. Smith
Dalton
Sam Barnett
Toccoa
Currahee Mountain
South Carolina
Tallulah Falls
McAllister
Colored Normal Schools
Atlanta
Teachers’ Institute
Americas
Antmous
South Georgia Teachers’ Institute
J. G. Orr
J. W. Smart
Indiana
Miller
Macon
Fleming
Ewton
John Wheely
Americus
W. H. Baker
J. M. Ganyon
Savannah
Battle
Benjamin T. Hunter
Albany
Willitt
Smartone
Professor Baker
Mr. Fleming
Mr. Smart
Sea
Georgia Snippets of Oddities and Local Notes
A collage of small reports from Georgia papers: a mule atop an oak in Dublin. a near assasination tale from McDuffie. Marietta’s colored population enlivened by a Sunday gathering. eerie sightings near Rufus Beacham's swamp. a Condor man’s devil encounter. a Bee order to Medina Ohio. patent cartridge interest by John Hales in Rome. a 2434 pound loggerhead turtle sighting. fire risks from dry wells. Jack Vaughn shot at Hawkinsville stables. a squash vine wonder. western corn demand and local tax counts. a curious clay-like plough discovery near Ogeechee. open bowl inquiry turns humorous. Gainesville road trestle work progressing. Skyscraper ore samples to New York. millet stripped by caterpillars. a marriage license for a colored couple. three ladies nearly injured after church. miscellaneous notes.
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Dublin Post
D. Kea
McDuffie
Julian Boyd
Marietta
Atlanta
Dublin
Rufus T. Beacham
S. Dogsend Guna
Douglasville
Sparta
Hawkinsville
K. W. Lowe
Medina
Ohio
Waynesboro Herald
John Hales
John
Rome
Daily Bulletin
Jack Vaughn
Whit Harvard
Turner Suttons
Sime
Noah Whitehead
Merietta
Cox
Reidsville
Tattnall
Redden Yeomans
Trenton
Recorder
Sparta Sunbeam
Georgia
Gainesville
Southron
Jim Nunn
Dahlonega Road
Gainesville College
C. Scupin
Dawson County
Taylor Creek Belt
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Gregera
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Venne
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Otzclaw
D.C. Bryant
W. J. Harbin
Catoosa Springs
Erravua
W.P. Jordan
Quitman
Mercer's Mill
Georgetown
Jobin Harper
Harper
Professor Brownlee
Winchester
Moodie
Corton
Canton
John EK
Trippe
Talbert
H. H. White
R. L. Patterson
Upson
Thomaston
the Rock
Forsyth
Barnesville
Griffin
Cumming
Eatonton
Eatroxtox
H. A. Jenkins
R. ©. Humber
Putnam
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Madison
Shady Dale
George
Marshallville
M. 8. Ware
E. B. Baldwin
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South Georgia Teachers
J. A. Brightwell
Atlanta Constitution
Pennsylvania
Liam Tudor
Stewart County
Lumpkin
Torm Flowers
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Griffis
Christopher Jordan
Tom
West Point
Enterprise
Pike County
Charley Tyler
Charley
Fort Valley
Mirror
Celie
Darkey
Staning
Tha Corton
Gtonain
Marlette Journal
Chuck Anderson
Evei
Savannah Recorder
Philip M. Russell, Jr
Court of Ordinary
Alexander Ellis
Old Fork
Lucy Bloodworth
B. H. Bloodworth
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Han Eies
C. Brown
Boston
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Flynn
Maverick St
Brown Chemical Go
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Hunt
Seag Remedy CO
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CES
Mat Noit
Southern Sanitarium
I. B. Uegret
Janis
Washington Hotel
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
W. Farr
Minacen
Ris
Whit Collier
Brunswick
Slegent
Grulbas
Re Bate
George Coleter
Indian Spring
Jelyts
Rockbridge
Alum Water
Rockbridge County
Virginia
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L. Redwine
Atania, Ga
Old Point Comfort
Fort Monroe
U.S
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Magit—Dim
Architects
Whitehall Street
Pace
Broad Sra
ATLA
G. P. Humphries
G. L. Noreman, Poesrenees & Norrman
Marieis Street
Atlant, Ga
Magli
UCH & Morgan
Archti
Arlanta
Moser & Lin
Schumann
Obert
Pustic
Marietta Street
Eing
Superior Court
Bartow County
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Obb
RE & Beo
Mnreim Street
Minetlastreet
Washington City
OB DB
Cunningham
Rely Bymane Ravenel
E. Miles Gadsden
Venel & Gadsden
Jackson, Porter King
Taiebow'e Xxva
U, Jenkins
N. Gc
NEY AT Law
Marietta ST
Jenkins
Charlotte
Firat + ution Bank
National Park Bank
New York
Bon
C Phillips
Weston Lyo
Alabama
Sara Wrrests
Milledgs
Max Meyerhsnit
Weaborn Wright
Righy
Meveerardt & Wetoan
Georgie
Miley
Slaters and Roopers
EK Davis & CO
Mavracturers
Roorgas
Saidon Euarantesd
A. Blood'n Paint Store
Derrie
Dental Lnginasy
Maco
Paul Hitz
Sheare
Marietta ' Street
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