Leonard Wood Tech star and future Cuban governor general
Sidney Ormond recalls Leonard Wood as a standout Tech football left guard in 1893, a lean, powerful athlete and disciplined student who balanced medicine and sport. He later rose from army surgeon to major general, governor general of Cuba, legendary for leadership and diplomatic wit, while Tech teammates highlight his remarkable physique and leadership.
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Leonard Wood
Cuba
Eval Leonard Wood
United States Army
Roosevelt Rough Riders
Tech
Atlanta
Wood
Hale
Apollo Belvidere
Husky
General Wood
Weed
San Juan Hill
Athens
Grargla School of Technology
Leonard Wool
Island of
Lmit
Mort McPherson
Yale
Leland Standford University
Georgia School of Technology
Techs
University of Georgia
Pike—Lair
Hunter
Tech Team
President Hall
Hall
Ag & Candle
Jal
St. Albans
Toco
Ed Werner
George Forrest
F. C. Spain
Ed Whitney
Captain Hunter
Tisht
John Kimball
Park Howell
Murdock McRae
Harptell
Jule Heldt
Pam Raoul
Trelevant Holmes
Frank Ingletree
Lever
Bell Telephone Company
Neck of the Woods
Lennard Wood
Pratt
Ife
Fort McPherson
America
Hd Werner
Birmingham
Frank Spain
American Book Company
Jule Heidt
Spain
Sidney Ormond
Woman’s secret method cures drunk husband in silence
Mrs. Chas W Marry of Yorkport Kentucky endured years of shame and suffering from her husband’s drinking. She mixed a remedy into his coffee and food, curing him without his knowledge or help, demonstrating a woman’s ability to overcome the problem.
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Chas. W. Marry
York Port
Chas. W. Harry
Oon
Haines
J. W. Behbalding
Cineinna
Tragedy at a Distillery Ends in Fatal Shooting
John Q. Babb shot and killed Abe Lincoln at Babb’s distillery near Greenville, D C. Lincoln, intoxicated and quarrelsome, advanced with a rock and knife. Babb fired, the bullet entering Lincoln’s brain, killing him instantly amid a violent confrontation. Authorities report the incident as a fatal shooting following a dispute at the distillery.
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John Babb
Abe Lincoln
Greenville
D. C
Pris
John Q. Babb
Lincoln
Babo
Babb
Hol’ Simmers
Kava Kava Shrub Promoted as Kidney Cure Potion
An article extols the Kava Kava shrub Piper methysticum from India as a universal kidney remedy. It cites Dr Archibald Hodgson and Dr J M A Thomas, plus testimonials from Rev W B Moore and others, claiming Alkavis cures Bright’s disease, rheumatism, dropsy, and urinary disorders. The Church Kidney Care Company offers free trials and a book to readers who send their details.
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Ganges River
East India
Bright
Peru
Archibald Hodgson
Ganges
Europe
J. M. 4. Thomas
Hright
W. B. Moore
D.C
Washington, D. C
Religious World
Kc, Wood
Lowell
Indiana
Alkavia
Myr
Wood
Alkavis
J. N. Hood
Midway
Delaware
Calvin G. Bliss
North Brookfield
Mass
William Butler
Laporte City
Towa
R. Burke
Clarendon
Arkansas
T. H. Hooth
Utra
St Wright
Penn
North Constantia
Irev
Darling
James Young
Kent
Bie
Mra CG
AL Fowler
Levktown
Levktown, Noodd Mee Prancis Mssun, Bast Stone Grip, Virginia; Mee, Susan Castle
Doeetenkil
Alles Evans
Maltimore
Lymin
Neel
Sarah Vimk
Evinhoro
J. E. Copeland
Elk Fiver
Minn
Church Kidney Care Company
Fourth Avenue
New York City
Atlanta Sunday Constitution
Escape into North Carolina Ends With Chain Gang Term
Witnesses recount that a man named Babb forced to shoot to save his life, after escaping into North Carolina and being captured. He had just completed his term in the chain gang.
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North Carolina
Lye
Babb
Authorities Disagree Over Troop Duty Near Fort de France
February 10 dispatch from Martinique reports governor and Fort de France mayor at interment of soldiers killed in Le Francois attack. Civil and military authorities clash over rioting classified as strikers’ outbreak by administration. Twelve dead, five mortally wounded, six wounded. Troops remain at the disorder site. Also notes Germania Life Insurance Co. will continue in Georgia under G Loper Bailey.
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Fort de France
Martinique
Hayden
Knight
le Francois
Germania Life Insurance Co
New York
Georgia
G. Loper Bailey
Riot Among Tobacco Men at Spencer Factory
In Martina ville Norfolk area on Thursday night a tobacco strike at Spencer's factory led to about a hundred black workers surrounding the plant to beat Joseph Finney who had agreed to return to work. Finney fired a pistol into the crowd, injuring no one reported. nineteen rioters were arrested.
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Norfolk
Martinaville
Spencer’s
Joseph Finney
Finney
Georgia Sends Beef to Cuba
Fort Valley Georgia February 10 Special Several cars of fine Houston county raised beeves were shipped from this place to Key West to be shipped thence to Cuba They sold at good prices The Florida purchaser who made the deal says beeves are bringing cents per pound in Cuba and that the local governments forbid the slaughtering of cows.
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Georgia
Cuba
Fort Valley
Everal
Houston County
Key West
Florida
Dr Strickland Seeks Prayer After Fire Damage
Rev William Henry Strickland, whose home and contents were destroyed by fire last Sunday morning, lies seriously ill in Decatur and asks for prayers at all churches today.
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Strickland
William Henry Strickland
Distinguished lecturer at Grand Opera House this afternoon
Judge Ewing, a prominent Colorado figure and authorized lecturer of the Christian Science Mother Church, will speak at Grand Opera House this afternoon at 3:30 on Christian Science explanations. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.
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Wegion
Ewing
Caleugo
Christian Sirene
Reston
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Geo. Porrest
Frank Ogietree
Trezeyant Holmes
Whitney
Nourse
Tom Raoul
Wal Wood
Calvin & Bliss
Castle
Poestenkill, Ny
William G. Ewing
Grove’s
United States
Grove
IPA
Teins
Vance
Smo
Mexico
Colifer
Amus
Colfer
gRrHye
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