Address by Greenshore editor on Emancipation Day
Greenshore January special remarks by BJ. Davis editor of The Atlanta Independent delivered a principal address praising civil duties alongside rights. He urged the race to fulfill civic obligations before demanding rights, warned against demagogues, and urged voter participation and tax payment to gain equal protections in Georgia and beyond.
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Greenshore
Gat
BJ. Davis
Atlanta Independent
Congress
Christ
Heaven
America
Commonwealth
Ceylon Tea Advertises Quality and Brewing Tips
The ad extols Ceylon tea as universally recognizable and superb, urging readers to buy it from grocers. It offers a simple brewing method using half the quantity of other teas, fresh boiling water, and a four to five minute steep.
Real estate sales induce a two million dollar era
A. J. West & Co. report heavy 1905 activity with December alone accounting for $150,000 in sales. Properties include Baptist Orphans' home site to Baptist ownership, a Peachtree Street house to Major McCollum, and land for a sash and door factory near the Southern Railway route. The firm touts integrity and broad reach in Atlanta real estate despite a long, era-spanning outlook. The piece also prints a controversial white supremacist tract urging economic, not political, advancement for African Americans commenting on wealth, intellect, and progress.
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A. J. Weat & Co
Baptist Orphans' Home
Baptists
Jonathan Norcross
Atlanta
John W. Granton
Southern Railway
Grats
Fred M. Scott
Milwaukee
Peachtree Place
McCollum
Juniper Street
Dora
Willcoxon
J.ec
Lea Walker
Peachtree View
Bie Boylston
A.J. West & Go
Bell
K., Adams
Sen. Johni
Foreman Chosen for Fulton County Grand Jury
The Fulton county grand jury was formed yesterday in the superior court room with Asa G. Candler named foreman. Other jurors include J. C. Shannon F. J. Merriam Charles L. Sciple J. P. Field Jerome Silvey J. Haverty Thomas Sawtell B. H. Cameron David Woodward Sid Phelan J. T. Orme Dr. Cheshire W. M. Nixal Thomas Peeples Wm. Fr Manry and W. H. Power. Judge Pendleton outlined two month terms and urged focus on criminal cases and gambling laws while Judge Reid opened court and adjourned to noon.
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Fulton ‘County
Superior Nork Room
Asa. G. Candler
Grand’ Jury
Asa G. Candler
Foremanry Hiltyer
J. C. Shannon
F. J. Merriam
Charles L. Sciple
Jerome Silvey
J. J. Haverty
Thomas R. Sawtell
B. H. Cameron
David Woodward
Sid H
Reid
Calhoun
Electric Bitters Promised To Heal Longstanding Dyspepsia
Mrs Jennie Duncan of Haynesville Maine aged 70 reports lasting relief from chronic indigestion after using Electric Bitters. The tonic claims to cure stomach and liver disorders, blood issues and general debility, with a 50 cent price and two guarantee at druggists.
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Jennie Duncan
Haynesville
Emancipation Day Address Urges Negroes to Stay South
Rev Silas X Floyd, superintendent of the Augusta colored public school, spoke at St Paul colored Baptist church in Loutaville Ga on Emancipation Day. He warned against northern exodus, citing harsher conditions there, and urged self improvement in the South through conduct, thrift, and lawfulness to win respect and foster progress from within.
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Loutaville
Silas X. Floyd
Colored Public School
Augusta
St. Paul Wolored
Baptist
Senator Normen Resigns from Alabama State Senate
Montgomery Alabama January 1 Special B R Norman state senator from Chambers and Randolph counties has resigned He will take up work with the Anti Saloon League in February at a new location in Alabama
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Montgomery
Als
B. R. Norman
Chambers
Randolph Counties
Ant. Saloon League
Afebape
Girl Impelled to Kill Self in Russian Poland Backstory
A former Warsaw police prefect’s daughter banished from Russian Poland for inciting revolution in a private school, fled to Berlin, and later attempted suicide in New York. She told police court she acted on a sudden impulse, drank laudanum, and turned on gas, with a maid sensing the odor and prompting rescue. She is sent to a home for wayward girls.
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Russia
New York
Warsaw
Poland
Berlin
Cecilia Tantonia
Knights of Pythias and Masons Elect Leaders in Greenesboro
Greenesboro Ga January 1 special report Knights of Pythias elected Fi Noel P Park chancellor commander H MecCommons vice chancellor J H Parks prelate R L McCommons master at arms Miles W Lewis keeper of records and seal John T Boswell master of exchequer E W Copela master of finance Lane Lewis master of works E G Hixon inner guard W M Kimbrough outer guard The Masons chose M Markwalter W M B F Mills 3 W H M Spinks J W R KK Hoard chaplain J B Williame T s A Torbert B W Love J D O T Irby Tyler Odd Fellows officers to be elected Tuesday night.
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Masons
Greenesboro
Odd Fellows
Fi Noel P. Park
H. MecCommons
J H. Parks
R. L. McCommons
Miles W. Lewis
J. B. Williame
S .A. Torbert
B. W. Love
J. D
T. Irby
Tyler
House Moss and a Ga election mix in Norwood
In Norwood Georgia a New Year election produces Mayor M. W. Scruggs and council members M. Harrison J S Ward J T Avery A E Massengaie W T Hawes as included in the day’s results. Betsy scolds Mise Thompson over housekeeping while a child declares dust is really house moss under a bed.
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Mis Thompson
Mis ‘Thompson
Mother
Hetey
Mia Thompson
Norwood
M. W. Scruggs
M. Harrison
J. 8
Ward
J. T. Avery
A. E, Massengaie
W. T. Hawes
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