Second Day of State Shoot at Camp Candler
Macon July 8 Special The second day of the state shoot at Camp Candler drew many riflemen as additional teams arrived. The day featured a full schedule from reveille to tattoo, with dress parades, a growing bugle corps, and divisions forming provisional companies for the Fifth regiment. Colonel Cann praised the parade and range operations while officers organized the day’s drills and rifle practice.
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Macon
Camp Candler
Candler
Assembly
Attalion
Flawes
Fourth Infantry
Helker
Oetgen
Third Infantry
Johnson
Hunt
Sumerkamp
Cann
Atlanta
Lumber Plant Burns Down in Thomaston Ga
Fire at the Hing and Allen Lumber Company plant destroyed houses and storage rooms. Flames spread to the roof on the west side as Mansfield and Baldwin steamers fought the blaze. Estimated loss from two thousand to two thousand five hundred dollars. Insurance coverage listed at one thousand dollars. William Maulding dwelling, valued at twelve hundred dollars, uninsured, also burned last night.
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Thomaston
Hing and Allen Lumber Company
Thomaston Oif
Macon
Birmingham
William Maulding
Water Runs High as Rochester River Floods Tracks
Water levels rise on the Genesey river in Rochester New York with Erie railroad tracks submerged for about 50 feet and Exchange Street flooded 600 to 700 feet. Charlotte shipping nearly halted as log jams and debris back up the flood threatening docks and river traffic.
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Rochester
N. Y
Erie Railroad
Exchange Street
Charlotte
Havana Health Report Mansions and Markets Note
Health Officer A H Doty reports Havana Cuba and Matanzas as in healthy condition with continued sanitary measures under the US military government. He notes Dr Finlay’s mosquito theory and Cuban President Palma’s cooperation. Nearby art display advertised at Thurmond’s Art Studio. Also brief items on Mrs Cheney operated for appendicitis in Boston and W R Smith nominated in Dallas for Congress.
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Doty
New York
A. H. Doty
Ward Line
Morro Castle
Cuba
Havana
Finlay
Gorgas
Palma
United States
Matanzas
Thurmond
Whitehall
Death stalks over Augusta in sudden deaths
Augusta loses three well known citizens Charles F. Degen M E Macauley and Thomas M Savage. Degen general manager and treasurer of the Augusta Lumber Company died in Asheville of consumption after a protracted illness He leaves a widow and one child Macauley 48 unmarried born in Ireland came to the United States as a youth and later joined Thomas Barton firm He died after collapsing at work while cooling in a store Savage a J B White clerk for twenty years died suddenly in his sleep leaving a widow and four children
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Augusta
Charles F. Degen
M. E. Macauley
Thomas M. Savage
Degen
Asheville
Augusta Lumber Company
LaPorte
Ireland
A. T. Stewart
New York
Thomas & Barton Furniture
Tom Savage
J. B. White
CAPT RALPH E ELLIOTT DEAD GALLANT SOUTHERN SOLDIER
A Spartanburg telegraph reports Captain Ralph E Elliott of Columbia died after illness traced to his service in the Civil War. Born March 16, 1834 in Beaufort County he era served as a private with Beaufort Artillery and rose to staff roles before the war ended. He had lived in Columbia since 1891 and worked with The State newspaper’s business department. He declined captaincy when offered by fellow soldiers. He partook in Fort Sumter action and later duties under Generals Beauregard and Hagood. His death follows illness at Spartanburg infirmary after earlier battles and campaigns.
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Columbia
D. C
Spartanburg
Ralph E. Eliott
Elliott
Glenn Springs
Beaufort County
University of Virginia
George B. Cuthbert
Palmetto Guard
Fort Sumter
Beaufort Artillery
Stephen Elliott
Fort Beauregard
Port Royal Harbor
Beauregard
Guide Corps
Second Military District
South Carolina
N. G. Evans
Johnson Hagood
Chester
A. P. Haskell
A P
Haskell
Nicholas Austin Black
I. W. Scruggs
Stone Mountain
John W. Scruggs
DeKalb County
Greenville County
John Fitzgerald
Savannah
Mr. Fitzgerald
Ireland
Newport
R. J
Robert Johnston
Geneva
Richmond
Boys die on railroad tracks near Vienna Illinois
In Cairo Illinois on July 8 two boys ages 13 and 11, sons of Stanley Beges, were found dead after reportedly running away from home to avoid forced work on the Fourth of July. Their bodies were discovered on a railroad track.
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Cairo
Ill
Stanley Beges
Johnson County
Vienna
Tifton Plans New Public School Building
Tifton Georgia will build a new public school on the present grounds costing 10000. Captain H J Titt donates the site extension and 3000 cash, offers a 7000 loan. Aldermen Slack Bowen and Hargrett to obtain plans. aim to complete by September for the next school term.
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Tifton
H. J. Titt
Slack
Bowen
Hargrett
Remarkable Walking Feats and Quips From Old Newspapers
A collage notes elderly travelers and feats such as a 62 year old walking backward twelve miles in 3.14 hours, and a 102 year old pensioner attempting Hyde Park Corner to Turnham Green Road in 2.5 hours. It adds tales of Tack the Greyhound, a London to Birmingham run with somersaults, and jests from the Summersville and Philadelphia papers.
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London Chronicle
John Alcock
Macclesfield
Buxton
Macleod
Chelsea
Hyde Park Corner
Turnham-green Road
John Cooks
Gentleman's Magazine
Foruly
London
Birmingham
Gloomy outlook for state crops shows drought damage
Captain J P Williams reports southwest Georgia corn and cotton crops severely harmed by drought with thousands of acres unlikely to yield. He notes statewide crop conditions lagging by 40 to 49 percent and farmers feeling blue as rain scarcity persists. Visits include Miller, Randolph, Barry, Stewart, Clay, Terrell, Sumter counties and regions along Central and Southwestern railways show contrasts near Tennille. Thurmond's Art Studio promotion closes the piece.
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Savannah
J. P. Williams
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Willams
Miller
Randolph
Barry
Stewart
Clay
Terrell
Sumter
Tennille
Central
Macon
Houston County
Southwestern
Thurmond
Marriage of Misa Burnett and John Banks in Athens
In Athens Georgia on a Thursday at noon a wedding will take place at the Burnett home with Capt and Mrs Wiley B Burnett hosting. Miss Burnett will wed Mr John Banks of Savannah with Rev Troy Beay officiating. Banks described as a rising Savannah businessman.
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Athens
Wiley B. Burnett
Misa Burnett
John Banks
Savannah
Troy Bea@y
Emmanuel Church
Miss Burnett
Banks
Gold Heels Crowned Best American Thoroughbred This Year
The report asserts Gold Heels as the top American thoroughbred this season, noting Watercolor’s withdrawal from the Suburban Handicap and praising Gold Heels’s speed and consistency. Major Daingerfield earns 3-year-old laurels while Mizzen shows potential after a flawed second. Kentucky ties run through Longfellow lineage, with Watercolor compared to the famed racer and Blue Girl dominating the 3-year-old fillies.
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Eral McLewee
Watercolor
Gold Heels
Gold Heely
Blues
Herbert
Wiliam C. Whitney
McLewee & Co
Ted Sloan
Althugh
Major Daingerfield
Mr. Brady
Brighton
New York
Kentucky
Longfellow
Ten Broeck
Louisville
Dalingerfield
Mizzen
Wis
Morris Park
Astarita
Daisy Green
Blue Girl
Endurance
Saratoga
Endurance By
New York Tribune
Allen's Foot-Ease Promises Quick Foot Comfort
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve painful feet, corns, and sweating. It claims instant relief, fits tight or new shoes, and offers trial packages for free or 75 cents in stamps. Sold by druggists and shoe stores with a caution to avoid substitutes.
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Allen
Ateat
Druggiata
Oimsied
Lo Rava M. TZ
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Governor Candler
Sitagne Oon
Bugle Corps
Camn
Cheney
Boston
B. F. Cheney
Arthur
Little Brewster Island
Boston Harbor
B. Smith
Dallas
Tex
W. R Smith
Minera! Wells
Sunday
Constitution Daily Constitution
Sunny South
AGFA
Sunday Constitution
Standard
ER. Macauley
Asheville, N. C
Ralph E. Elliott
F. W. Hopking
Stock Exchange
Hopkins Bros
Trenton
United States Steel Corporation
San Francisco
Washington
Navy Department
At. H. Tift
Fisuze
Summerville Journal
Polly
Harrisons
Dolly
Philadelphia Press
Puck
Ohio State Journal
Southwest
Chicago Tribune
Taillionaire
America
Tuggle and Hollingsworth
Charleston
Malta-Vita
Malta-Vita Pure Food Company
Battle Creek
Mich
Wallace & Company
E. J. Mathis
RE. J. Mathis
Southern Engraving Company
Atlanta, Ga
Cincinnati
Pullman
Chicago
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Toledo
Pittsburg
Meridian
Chattanooga
Oxville
Bristol
Philadelphia
Crescent
Great Southern
New Orleans
Texas
Mexico
California
Jackson
Vicksburg
Shreveport
Union Depot
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