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Albany lawyer Hon. Ed L. Wight announced he would run for the Georgia House after friend urging. The piece sketches senate prospects in the tenth and fifteenth districts, possible candidates in Worth Lee Irwin Dougherty and Telfair counties, and notes on the secretary of state charter controversy for Georgia Telephone and Telegraph Company. It also covers Commissioner Stevens’ sugar cane tour and a playful political poem exchange.
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Albany
Atlanta
Supreme Court
Statehouse
Wight
G. G. Ford
Worth County
Wilingham
Spence
Wooten
Senate
Friends of Local Option
Dougherty
Thas
H. B. Cheney
Irwin
Telfair
Montgomery
B. B. Cheney
Fitzgerald
Frobadvle
T. B. Young
William Henderson
Telfair County
D. ©. McClendon
Representative McRae
House
Supreme Court of the State
Agener
Secretary of State
Ao Telephone Company
Cook
Georgia Telephone and Telegraph Company of
Savannah
Superior Court
Stelegraph
Supreme Court of New York
Georgia
I Dea
Ter- Tell
C. B. Btevens
South Georgia
New Orleans
Stevens
Golls
Louisiana
Thomasville
Bainbridge
Colquitt
Arlington
Griffin
State Department
C. B. Stevens
North Georgia
Still After the Idlers the Prisoner Is a Jockey
The court continued both sides efforts to gather evidence in a case involving George B. Perry a well dressed man paid to loiter on Marietta Street between Broad and Peachtree. Officers Dobbins and Boone testified Perry loitered regularly and claimed to be a jockey since 1833. A saloonkeeper vouched for Perry’s occupation.
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Dobbins
George B. Perry
Marietta Street
Broad
Peachtree
Boone
Perry
Perry’s Coat Theft Case Delayed to Call More Witnesses
In a local court Perry stands accused of taking a coat worth $2 from a man, later borrowing it back for a friend bound for Birmingham. Perry requests more time to secure witnesses as prosecutors prepare additional testimony. the trial resumes at 2:30 this afternoon.
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Perry
Birmingham
Dr King’s New Discovery Gives Away Over Ten Million Bottles
The proprietors announce widespread generosity with over ten million free trial bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. The medicine claims to cure asthma bronchitis hoarseness and all throat chest and lung diseases. Available from druggists with two free bottles and a guarantee or money back.
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Dr. King
Truth January issue with Love Potion supplement
The January issue of Truth includes a large supplement titled Miting the Love Potion printed in warm colors by Harry Rosedale. Available at Miller's for framing, John M. Miller Co., 39 Marietta Street, Atlanta.
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Harry Rosedale
Miller's
John M. Miller Co
Marietta Street
Atlanta
Runaway Girl and Grand Features Highlight City Theatre Week
The program opens with the Daly Musical Company presenting A Runaway Girl in two acts with a strong cast, songs, and a popular "Listen to the Band" number. Primrose and Dockstader’s minstrels follow, offering a large ensemble and original specialties, with advance seats on sale. The Sign of the Cross, Wilson Barrett's drama, arrives Friday and Saturday with matinees, continuing a successful fourth American tour. Charles Dalton leads the same company long associated with the production.
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Daly's
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Augustin Daly
Atty
Jimmy Powers
Ivan Caryll
Lionel Moncton
Mr. Powers
Cook
Courleir
Primrose
Dockstader
George H. Primrose
Ocean
Lew ‘Dockstader
Dockstaders
Wilson Barrett
Charles Dalton
Family Slap Sparks Court Hearing In Small Town
Yarbrough admitted to slapping his sister in a dispute sparked by his ill wife. He claimed provocation after his sister slapped his sick wife. The court noted provocation and his good character and fined him $5.75. The fate of the young lady involved remained undetermined.
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Yarbrough
The Story of a Slap Ends in Court Fine
William Yarbrough a railroad engineer living on Jones Avenue was fined 5 78 in a police court for slapping his sister Mrs McKnight. The family row involved Miss McKnight’s daughter visiting Atlanta and the slap on the street led to her mother and brother clashing over custody and a failed reunion.
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Wiliam Yarbrough
Jones Avenue
McKnight
Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta
Yarbrough
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