Darktown Christmas row ends in jail for drunken brawl
In a police matinee at year end, Darktown residents face charges after merriment turned riotous. Mertilda Sims and others clashed with officers over her husband Chris and a Christmas night disturbance. A Santa Claus thief is sentenced to thirty days in the stockade.
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Recorder Brosses
Mertiidy Sims
Darktown
Mertildy
Mertilda
Yassar
Chris
Webber
Briles
Boling Bushee
Bolling
Broyles
Busbee
Broles
Great tomb for duchess object of nephew's suit
London dispatch reports Henry W. Fischer seeks to force Barons von Ket eschendorf and Ket schendorf to honor the late duchess of Bassano's will. The duchess is to be buried in the Naples mausoleum she built, but her descendants allegedly kept her body in a pauper grave in Paris. details include royal connections and scandalous family events.
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London
Henry W. Fischer
William II
Sult
Barons von Ketschendorf
Duchess of Bassano
Naples
Mr. Flecher
Parla
Randson
Faron von Ketdehendorf
Baroness von Hetuchen
Queen Victoria
Duchess of
Basepuo
Basasno
Rosina Stoltz
Baronest von
Brest
Baron Kelschendorf
Van
Baronesa von Rehowska
Mr. Fischer
Castla Ketschendorf
Dender
Duke of
Bassano
Ihcassant
Acworth Georgia Bride and Groom Tie December Wedding
Miay Lena Nichols wedding James Northcutt took place Wednesday evening December 23 at the Baptist church. Rev EH B Searight officiated with Misa May Lemon as maid of honor and bridesmaids Nettie Belle McMillan Clyd Galt Mabel Johnson Clara Wi Nems. Best man Will McEver with groomsmen Lemon AwWirey Clayton Lemon Joe Abbott Grover McDowell. Ushers Ell ilchfela Ed Lemon Rogers Lemon Walter Nichols. Parents J L Nichols hosted a reception afterward in a holly and mistletoe decorated home with many gifts received.
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Acworth
Miay Lena Nichols
James Northcutt
Baptist Church
EH B Searight
Misa May Lemon
Nettie Belle McMillan
Clyd Galt
Cartersville
Mabel Johnson
Clara Wi. Nems
Will McEver
Mesara Lemon AwWirey
Clayton Lemon
Joe Abbott
Grover McDowell
Messra Ellilchfela
Ed Lemon
Rogers Lemon
Walter Nichols
J L Nichols
Holly
Maistreto
Portraits In Mourning And Three Wives In One Picture
A wealthy Bristol patron commissioned a painter to include his deceased wife in a family portrait with his current spouse. The Toledo uses an 1886 claim offering $100 per uncured catarrh and advertises Cheney’s Catarrh Cure and Family Pills, naming F J Cheney & Co of Toledo as sellers.
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Copley
Bristol
State of
Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank L Chesey
Cartner
F J. Cheney
Gleason
Notary
Pablo
Cheney. & CO
Hal
Tape galore to unwind before Prince can visit St Louis
Special correspondence from London reports English interest in whether the United States government can unwind the red tape for inviting the Prince of Wales to the St Louis exposition. Six months remain before the fair, and England says no invitation has yet been sent. The royal commission in London is coordinating English exhibitions for St Louis, with St Louis commissioners completing their share and handing it to the English staff.
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ST. Louis
London
Prince of Wales
St Louis Exposition
United States
England
Royal Commission
St Louis
St Lotia
Narrow Escape in Wild Flames at Pryor Street House
Mrs John W Alexander barely escaped death when their home at 499 South Pryor Street caught fire early this morning. Fire started in the kitchen from a large range, destroying the house and $20,000 in property. Alexander and his wife narrowly fled as thick smoke filled the residence. The structure, once among the city’s handsomest, was consumed with its contents.
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John W Alexander
South Pryor Street
Oclek
Alexander Ie
Alexander
His Study of the Heart and a Banker's Suicide
Adolf Kussmaus recounts a Helderburg banker famed for austere manners who befriended Dr Kuhn, the anatomy professor, in a railway car, asked many heart questions, visited the dissecting room, then killed himself by a dagger to the heart the same day.
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Adolf Kussmaus
Helderburg
Dr Kuhn
Practical Demonstration at Sea Shower Valve Lesson
A Chicago Record-Herald item recounts a naval training scene where an officer demonstrates opening a valve to water the shower system. The sailor stands at attention, soaking in the lesson as the faucet setup yields a deluge, then remarks that he understands how the system works.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Bylaws Clash Over Conduct At Association Meeting
A tense exchange unfolds as President Jones urges order while a member accuses another of dishonesty. The debate centers on permissible statements under association bylaws and the limits of conduct.
Passing Throng in Atlanta as Georgia Supply opens office
George V Denny of Savannah, vice president of the Georgia Supply Company, arrives in Atlanta to open a machinery department and establish Atlanta offices as a key distributing point. In charge will be Allgood Holmes, a Cornell graduate, with many Georgia notables and travelers stopping at the Piedmont and Kimball hotels.
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George V.denny
Savannah
Georgia Supply Company
Atlanta
Mr. Denny
Old Massachusetts Society Protecting Livestock Celebrates
The Dedham based Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves held its ninety third annual meeting and banquet. Total membership stands at 260 with a treasury of 1202 dollars. toastmaster J Arnun Abbott spoke as members recalled early days of cattle and horse thefts and mutual protection efforts.
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Beaton Transcript
Dedham
Deram
Dave
Medfield
Milton
Norton (Mass) Horse Lef Detective Society
Walpole
N. FH
Worcester
Clark County Live Stock Protection Society
Moorefield
Ohio
Christmas Holiday Excursion Tickets Sale Details
The Western and Atlantic railroad and Nashville Chattanooga and St Pauls railway offer cheap holiday excursion tickets. For schools and colleges, tickets are valid December 1–22 with final limit January 8, 1904, upon certificates from school officials. Regular tickets east of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers are on sale December 24–28 and January 1 with final limit January 4, 1904, available from agents or by writing to Atlanta, Ga.
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Western and Atlantic Railroad
Nashville
Chattanooga, and St. Pauls
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac Rivers
Louis
Atlanta
Smith
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