Georgia pastor urges more schools for children
Rev William C Foster of West End Christian Church calls southern men and women to overcome lingering war bitterness and provide schools for every district in Georgia. He cites low teacher salaries and a shortage of schools, urging action to educate southern children and honor past heroes.
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Lee
Wiliam C Fuster
West End Cristian Church
Gettysburg
Pennslvania Town
Dacinus
Urion
Sectiumatium
Foster
Outer
Georga
Pa Irculenl
Suitor Assailed as Police Warned After Street Confrontation
A young woman at 9 Cherokee avenue phoned police after a late night incident involving her suitor. The youth, identified by police as Lee Balu win of 8 Ellis street, fled the home as officers arrived to investigate an attempted drag from the street. The call prompted a police investigation into the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polis
Bess
Waller
Cherokee Avenue
Ziten
Lee Baluwin
Ellis Street
Two Men Die In Fire fight With Police At Champaign
In Champaign on July 6 two men were killed and two wounded after a gunfight with officers seeking to arrest Ray Williams a bootlegger. Police Chief Albert Keller and Officer Oliver Harding were wounded as Williams fired at them from the stairs before he was fatally shot by another officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Zeitiquor Sellers
Ray Williams
Thomas Dodsworth
Albert Keller
Oliver Harding
Melier
Dodsworth
Williams
Harding Keller
Kellar
Williama
Gard
Weller Harding
DROWNS WHILE BATHING IN THE SATILLA RIVER
Waycross Georgia July 5 Ross Ledlow aged 23 drowned this afternoon while bathing in the Satilla River. The young man recently married two months earlier came from Alabama to take work with the Atlantic Coast Line railroad. His body has not been recovered at a late hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waycross Ga
Ross Ledlow
Satilla
Waycross
Alabama
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Special Train Mountain Excursion to Asheville
Southern Railway advertises a daylight round trip excursion from Atlanta to Asheville with parlor and dining cars. Departs 8:05 a.m. and returns 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost 6.00, good ten days, featuring Edison talking pictures daily from 2:30 to 10:30 with all seats 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Asheville
Land OF the Sky
Southern Railway
Sulfosol Promoted for Rheumatism and Gout Relief
Eminent doctors endorse Sulfosol as a soluble sulfur remedy for rheumatic conditions. The brochure claims it quickly enters the blood, expels uric acid, and treats sciatica rheumatism gout and skin and blood disorders. Contact Sulfogal Company for a free book and purchase through druggists in New York.
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Sulfogal Company
Washington St
New York
Carl Thompson May Be Signed by Crackers Today
Carl Thompson, ex Georgia star pitcher, may join the Atlanta Crackers as manager Smith plans a meeting today to discuss terms. Thompson has been with the Birmingham Barons but struggled to win, while praising by Johnny Dobbs and Molesworth. Musser’s fate depends on Smith Thompson talks. President Calloway is in New York and new developments are possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Thompson
Smith
Georgia Star
Musser
University of Georgia
Crackers
Carl
Thompson
Birmingham Barons
Barons
Molesworth
New York
Johnny Dobbs
Montgomery
Hia
Thurmpyon
Dobbs
Paul Musser
Washington Americans
Motesworth
Lowell Mays
Atlanta
Imeal
Thompsons
Calloway
Burglary Wave Reported Across City Streets
Four burglaries were reported Sunday to the police across multiple streets including Vowsid and Peachtree and Auburn avenue. One arrest occurred on Duke Street after a hold up near Guekie and Harrie, with no other arrests in the remaining incidents.
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Peachtree
Fulton Street
Auburn Avenue
Ilabama Avenue
Kom Duke
Guekie
Harrie
Robhar
Phone Operator Cathryn Reed Attempts Suicide
Miss Cathryn Reed a Westminster England telephone operator ingested strychnine at her Fraser Street home around 10 last night. Landlady found her in convulsions and rushed her to Grady Hospital where doctors fought to save her life. Reed refused to cooperate on the cause of her act.
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Cathryn Reed
Westminster
Fraser Street
Convatlons
Grady Hosnite
Along Broadway to Boost Bison Theater Viable Vaudeville
Theaters promise a notable boost this week at the Bison with Along Broadway. Minnie Palmers and Norman Friedenwalds latest cabaret revue garners strong endorsements from Atlanta. Will Stanton and Rosalind May lead a 20 member company famed for travesty and comedy with a large chorus in stylish costumes.
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Broadway
Minnie Palmer
Norman
Will Stanton
Rosalind May
Grand 239 PM Screen Show Delights Atlanta Audiences
At the Grand theater the daily program begins at 239 PM and runs nonstop until 730 PM with 10 cent admissions. Three first rate pictures from Biograph Edison and others headline a bill featuring Cecil Lean and his sabre act The Moving Picture Wan Tae a Vinters tale Niter the Wedeine Grace sisters Kennedy Melrose and the Houghton troupe provide musical and vaudeville variety plus juggling and comedy acts.
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Forsyth
Cecil Lean
Gia Taylor
Miss Taylor
Gettysburg Peace Lesson Highlighted by Dr Ogden Sermon
Dr Dunbar Ogden at Central Presbyterian church cites Gettysburg reunion as a world lesson in peace. He notes 1913 saw no battle due to a shift in conscience and asserts Christ’s personal power in lives of men as key to peace.
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Gettysburg
Ogden
Dunbar Ogden
Central Presbyterian Church
Hive
Gray
Christ
Extreme heat hits Augusta with 104 degree reading
Augusta Ga July 23 24 1907 records indicate the Ararat weather station reported 104 degrees the hottest in six years and a similar peak noted in 1903 with readings around 102 degrees for the same week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
German Shot as Spy by Huerta's Forces
Gustave Hanson described as a German mining engineer was shot last Sunday as a spy by Mexican federals at Torreon. Francisco Martinez, an American citizen, arrested by rebels at Colombia Coahuila for allegedly passing information to federals. Reports reach Piedras Negras via Carranza sources. Martinez is being transported by captors. Skirmish near Juarez as federals push Ortega command. Salazar seizes ammunition and supplies. martial law tightens. transit between El Paso and Juarez largely suspended.
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Bagie Pass
Texas
Gustave Hanson
Torreon
Francisco Martinez
Colombia
Coahuba
Piera Y Morgan
Lansaon
Carranza
Modeva
Torre
Venustimane Catrangs
Mexico
Cacranaza
Monclova
Juarez
el Paso
Paragosa
Inex Falacat
Ortega
Salazar
Meashcan
Badly Shocked When Lightning Strikes Tree in Georgia
Idesta Ga July 6 Spacaly Charles Swilley a farmer and his three young sons were severely shocked and narrowly escaped death when a tree at Knights Ferry was struck by lightning. Their two horses were under the tree moments before the strike splintered the tree and one mule fell. Swilley and his sons were violently shocked but survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idesta
Spacaly
Charles Swilley
Knight's Ferry
Swilley
Duelist Dies of Wound in Tillman Duel
Savannah July 6 W C Mears of Tarboro South Carolina died in a local hospital this morning from a pistol duel with William Barnhill of Tillman South Carolina after a Saturday night confrontation. Mears survived by wife and two sons. His body sent to Taihora. Barnhill jailed in Tillman awaiting charges.
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Savannah
W C. Mears
Tarboro
S C
William Barnhill
Tilman
Tillman
Mears
Taihora
Barnhill
Killings in Tennessee shake Knoxville arrest scene
In Knoxville on July 6, an incident left two men seriously wounded during an attempt to flee with a prisoner Silcox of Lab oallette shot and wounded Lee Rucker and Bart Weatherby as officers tried to detain them Deputy Sheriff Charles Scarboro killed two Black youths near La Follette during a resistance to arrest.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
Ear Poiceman Jr
Silcov
Lab Oallette
Renn
Lee Rucker
Bart Weatherby
Silcox
Charles Scarboro
Halbersham
la Follette
Scarboro
Peach
Mortuary Notices From Local Parlors And Homes
Multiple obituaries from private sanitariums and residences detail deaths of Minnie Clay age 8, Eha Brown age 47, Ruth Wallace youngest daughter, CS Brown age 26, Daniel W. Gray age 56 of Cleveland Fla, Zora Jones age 14. Funeral times listed from Poole's Chapel and other local estabishments with interments at West View Stone Mountain Sardis cemetery and Hapeville Orphan Home. Surviving relatives named include husband Clay father WoT Brown wife A W Pringle and children George S Gray among others.
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CS. Brown
Houston Street
Wot Brown
Stone Mountain
TD Rankin
Misa Wille Brown
309 W. McoGardy
Stone Mountains Cemetery
Daniel W. Gray
Cleveland
Fla
B. T McCain
College Park
Orlork
George 8. Gray
Montgomery
Ala
A. W. Pringle
Utica
Gray
Methodist Burer 3 Mason
T Opa
Patterson
Br. Quillian
Zora Jones
Hapeville
Hemperley
East Point
Accused of theft B B Arwood pays up in Griffin
B B Arwood a vaudeville singer from Atlanta was arrested for theft of $50 from boardinghouse keeper Mrs Borders. The case settled out of court with Arwood paying the money and all court costs totaling $25. Also noted is a $100 contribution to Griffin board from Central of Georgia Power Company.
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B. Arwood
Atlanta
2 Pany
Sheri Hutson
A. J Borders
Japanese Prince Takehito of Arisugawa No Miya Dies
Tokio July 6 Prince Takehito of Arisugawa No Miya head of a volllat eral branch of the imperial family died today of tuberculosis Born in 1862 he was an admiral in the Japanese navy and served in the Japanese Chinese war
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Tokio
Prince Takehito
Arisugawa-No-Miya
Elks Meet in Rochester High Tide of Delegates Ahead
Rochester July 6 Hundreds of Elks reach Rochester for the forty ninth Bland Judge reunion. Delegates expected 160000 visitors to attend events including an electrical parade a grand parade and a water carnival. Campaign headquarters opened as contests loom with candidates for grand exalted ruler grand secretary and grand treasurer.
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Trechester
Rochester
Sulver
Howard Teach
New York
J. Cookman Rovd
Baltimore
Frea C Roymmaon
Dubuque
Themis J. Uarlurg
Temple
Tex
David Mearron
Port Huron
Mich
Charles ‘A. White
Chiense Lodge
Wiliam A. Evans
St. Joseph, Mo
P J Brennan
Denpisom, Lex
George PD Larke
Rogers
Ark
Admission lowered for talking pictures at Grand Opera House
After late information from New York the Grand Opera House announces continuous showings of Edison talking pictures this week from 2:30 PM until night. Admission price reduced to 10 cents. The program runs hourly and the theater emphasizes ventilation and cooling to comfort patrons during hot weather.
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New York
Lumlee
Grand Opera House
Edison Talking Pictures
Jada Qeloch
Edison’s Talking Pictures at Grand Theater
The Edison program runs daily from 2:30 to 10:30 with all seats priced at 10 cents. Local patrons can view a rotating selection of talking pictures in the Grand venue.
Suffrage Ranks Split Over Atlanta Civic League Factions
A Georgia Woman's Suffrage dispute centers on Atlanta Civic League members led by Mrs. McLendon and Mrs. Whiteside. They clash over state leadership, dues, and the legality of the Georgia organization, with plans for new associations and possible national backing.
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Georgia Woman's Suffrage Association
Atlanta Civic League
Woodall
Whiteside
Eney
National Association
Philadelphia
Georgia Organization
Uy Sue
Civic League
Atlanta Civile League
McLendon
Civic Toague
Civic
Wwe
Hale
Senate
Tennessee Tennis Title Decided This Week at Nashville Club
The Tennessee tennis title will be decided this week with play starting today on the courts of the Nashville Country Club in Nashville Tennessee.
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Ste of Tennessee
Nashville Country Club
Nashville
Tenn
When to Apply Nitrate of Soda to Cotton and Corn
R J Redding of Griffin Ga discusses nitrate timing for cotton and corn from The Progressive Farmer. He endorses early application of phosphates and potash with nitrogen and cautions that late use may darken foliage without boosting yields. He shares field notes on rye cover crops improving soil and moisture, and notes stable manure effects from green manures.
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J. F. Duggan
Flabdma
Duegan
Eight Grandmothers Likely To Spoil Frances Bell
In Athens Clarke and Elbert counties a nine month old girl Frances Elizabeth Bell, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Bell, is said to be spoiled by eight grandmothers and several aged ancestors. Her family includes three great grandmothers aged 69, 56, and 55, three great great grandmothers aged 92, 93, and 78, and two grandmothers ages 47 and 36, with only one living grandfather.
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Athens
Clarke
Elbert
Georgia
Frances Elizabeth Bell
Henry Bell
Mary E. Hanmond
Corrie Dye
Jennie Scott
Elizabeth Dye
Marthe Smith
Mary Butler
Georgia Bell
Hubert Ware
President Wilson Attends Quaint Church Sermon In New Hampshire
In Cornish New Hampshire July 6 President Wilson and family attended a sermon on reader and led interdependence at the old South Congregational church. Rev J W Schneider spoke briefly and the president stayed in seclusion at his home after a short motor ride. A press crew accompanied by a secret service man observed the service and golfing planned for tomorrow.
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Cornish
N. H
Wilson
J. W. Sehneider
Wison
Eleanor, Wilson
Cary T. Grayson
A. N
Secret Service
Jessie Wilson
Francis Bowes Sayre
Tis
Tor
Pastor Aids Cupid at Central Baptist Church
Dr A Ridley pastor of Central Baptist Church has wed a couple daily for a week and was asked to announce a seventh ceremony. The heat limited his other work and he will be away this week at Monticello Georgia for a few days of meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Ridley
Central Baptist Church
Ridley
Monticello
Erie Observes Perry Victory with Peace Sunday
Erie Pa July 6 observances mark the 100th anniversary of Commodore Perry s Lake Erie victory. Bells ring and church services honor a century of peace. A magi-meeting gathered at Perry Square while 10 000 incandescent lamps lit the harbor as the celebration continues through the week.
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Erie
Commodore Perry
Lake Erie
W. Pitt Gifford
Perry Centennial Commission
Perry Square
Court of Honor
Niagara
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Dr. Foster
Edison's Talking Pictures
Grand
Sciatica
L. M. Duke
Luckie and
Farris Streets
Mdisa
Witargragh
Es. Sanmay
Selic Edison Tathe
Anyeahrie Eise
Keith Vaudeville
Huerta
Mortuary
Minnie Clay
Saota
Clay
Harry G. Poule
West View
Ella Brown
Eha Brown
Inman Street
Oelock
Ruth Wallace
FB Wallace
Main Street
Harry G. Poole
Sardia Church
Co. S. Brown
B. B. Arwood
Edison's
Talking Pictures
Edison’s
Iseema
Washington
Bull Moose
League
Mia
Katherine Kneb
Margaret McWhorter
Bull Moose Party
Civics League
Ida B. McCleland
McClelland
Georgia Woman's Suffrage League
Tocal
McDigland
McLandon
A Whiteside
Premer
Mrs. Whiteside
Tennessee Tennis
Col. R. J. Reddin
Ase
Facros
D. Department
Geitia, Ganer
R. J Redding
Griffin, Ga
Little Frances Bell
Pastor Aids Cupid
Dr. Ridley
Perry
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