American Warship Hoists Flags on Borneo Islands
An American warship visited several northwest Borneo islands near British North Borneo and raised U S flags on uninhabited isles including Baguan Taganac Fakkungaan Tinimen Boasin Sibaung and Lankayan. The action is viewed as a misunderstanding not an act of aggression with no expected trouble.
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London
Borneo
Baguan
Taganac
Fakkungaan
Tinimen
Boasin
Sibaung
Lankayan
Bonam
Sendakan
British North Borneo
Washington
State Department
Philippine Archipelago
Georgia Girl Given Fortune
Barnesville Georgia July 17 Special wra MW Arnold and family have gone to New Vorne to consider making that city their home in the future. Magnita Arnold was left a large fortune by her aunt Mrs Kruger, a wealthy resident of that city. They have gone north to manage property including New York real estate valued at 200900. Local friends rejoice and hope they may return to Barnesville.
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Barnesville
Wra
MW Arnold
New Vorne
Muing Magnita Arnold
Mre Kruger
New York
Berrien County Tax Returns Reach Million Dollar Milestone
Tax returns in Berrien County show a steady rise over two decades. The 1805 milestone marks a new peak as the Tifton district posts $162,134 in tax values this year, with gains of $68,054 over the previous year and $245,301 over 1901.
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Berrien County
Tifton District
Tifton
Negro Painter Falls to Death in Car Barn Accident
Columbus Ga July 17 Special Richard Chambers colored 32 was killed in the car barn of the Columbus Railroad Company this afternoon. He stood on a high ladder painting the roof underside when it slipped and he was thrown against a trolley wire. He was badly burned and shocked by the live wire to neck chin and mouth, fell to the floor, struck the iron rail and fractured his skull before plunging into the car pit. He died shortly after.
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Columbus
Richard Chambers
Columbus Railroad Company
Mote Granted $3000 Damages in Railway Case
In Columbus on July 11 a jury returned a verdict for Charles M Mote against the Central of Georgia railway for 3000 damages. Mote, a fireman, was injured on the job. The jury deliberated about a day.
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Columbus
Guty
Charles M Mote
Central of Georgia Railway
Mote
Cube Mote
Nervous Nerve Remedy Ad Claims Relief
An advertisement touts Miles' Nervine as a cure for shattered nerves and heart weakness. It cites personal testimonials praising improved nerves after use, urging readers to try the product and address the Miles Medical Co for the remedy and a book on nervous health.
Tanner Trial for Next Week
The July term of Hall superior court opens Monday with Judge J Kimsey presiding. Civil and criminal cases fill the docket, including the highly anticipated trial of Mrs Onle Tanner charged with poisoning her husband WyMe F Tanner. Rumors tie the case to her alleged relationship with James C Pool, who denies the accusations in a statement to the press.
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Tanner
James C. Pool
Pool
Sugar Factory for Valdosta and Rome District Conference
Valdosta board of trade aims to build a mammoth cane sugar factory costing about 500000 with a daily capacity of 6 tons or more. Promoters seek 3000 acres of cane within 60 miles at 34 per ton. growers could net 350 per ton delivered, possibly 5250 per acre at 15 tons per acre. Also seeking Gulf States Refining Company cassava starch plant. Rome Methodist conference to meet at Dallas Monday with large attendance expected and 150 delegates planned.
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Valdosta
Valdosta Board of Trade
Michigan Beet
Board of Trade
Gulf States Refining Company
Rome
Dallas
M. Foote
First Peaches From Rome Headed to Cincinnati
The first car load of Elberta peaches will depart from Rome on Monday morning. They will be shipped to Cincinnati by H. D. Cothran & Co. and shipments are expected to be heavy for two weeks. The crop is short this year with some failures in other areas, but Rome's peaches are described as the finest ever seen there and should fetch a fancy price. The fruit has already been on sale in Rome for several days.
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Home
Rome
Cincinnati
H. D . Cothran & Co
Valdosta Board of Trade Chartered and Elects Officers
The Valdosta board of trade has become a regularly chartered organization after receiving articles of incorporation this week. At yesterday’s meeting an election was held with T. G Crawford named president and W. P Darough as vice president along with the new board of directors.
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Valdosta
Wuly Tf
Valdosta Board of Trade
T. G Crawford
W. P.darough
Panthers from Everglades to be shown at rally in Bartow
J C Green and J D Pool of Lee county plan to exhibit a panther captured near the Everglades. They rented a hall in Bartow for the animal display at the big rally tomorrow, according to Bly Cy press.
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Bartow, Fla
J. c. Green
J D. Pool
Lee County
Pee Bly Cypress
Great Everglades
Valdosta Pear Shipments Press Ahead in July
Pear shipments from Valdosta begin a rush despite a short crop this season. WT. Staten shipped 700 to 800 barrels earning about 2 to 3.50 per barrel. Some planters sell pears on trees and report good prices. Cantaloupes and watermelons shipments are declining as prices hold for pears. McReeder, noting profits on first car of cantaloupes, sent payment.
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Valdoste
Staten
Savannah Distance Telephone Company Proposed Here
Savannah Georgia July 17 a Savannah company to be known as the Southern Distance Telephone Company to be formed to build long distance lines largely through new territory capital stock to be $100000 and names including Betty Myers L Adler H oat aint and A Bisbee among organizers.
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Savannah Telephone Company
Savannah
Spencial
Southern Distance Telephone Company
Betty
An Myers
L. Adler
H. Oat Aint
A. Bisbee
Smong
Not enough readable text to identify a proper headline
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Rome Ga Fury and organized events with stirring speeches but lacks clear facts, names, dates, or outcomes to form a coherent summary.
Gainesville Sunday School Institute Opens With Large Attendance
The Northeast Georgia Sunday School normal institute opened at the First Baptist church in Gainesville with Rev R D Hawkine directing. Rev R W Spillman led lectures on Sunday school work at 10 am and 3 pm, a question box session followed at 4 pm, and Dr Jameson spoke on home missions. Sessions continue through Sunday with devotional services and additional lectures planned, as Gainesville residents host many delegates.
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Gainesville
Northeast Georgia Sunday School Normal Institute
First Baptist Chuch
R. D Hawkine
R W Spillman
Southern Baptist Convention
J. R Spillman
Georgia
Northeast Georgia Sunday School
W Spillman
Dr Jameson
Home Mission Board
The
State Baptist Convention
Jameson
Grindle
Three Drowned Near Augusta In South Carolina Clay Hole
Three boys aged ten to fourteen drowned after diving from an old boat into a clay hole near brickyards across the Savannah River in South Carolina. Claude Nees John Brown and Fred Parks were among several children at the site when water depths proved fatal.
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Augusta. Oa
South Carolina
Claude Nees
John Brown
Fred Parks
Hereford's Acid Phosphate Remedy Ad
A historical ad touts Hereford's Acid Phosphate as a valuable cure for the immediate ill effects of heavy smoking or drinking. It claims to relieve a heavy dull headache, low mood and languor while inducing renewed alertness.
Gem Knitting Mills to Hire About One Hundred Operatives
Barnesville Ga July 17 Special The Gem Knitting Mill Company recently chartered began operations in the Hanson Crawley building. It plans to employ about seven hundred? Wait the payroll details indicate a weekly pay range of 280 to 90 dollars. Officers are President J L Kennedy Vice President J L Fora Secretary Treasurer J F Thurman J W Hanson named superintendent.
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Barnesville
Gem Knitting Mih Company
Hanson- Crawley Company
J. L. Kennedy
J. L. Fora
Sec
Fast Escaped Car Wheels Incident in Tifton
At the Main street crossing of the Atlantic Coast Line in Tifton Georgia a Golden Hardware employee was struck by an unknown assailant while returning home from supper. He was knocked senseless and dragged from the scene. Further details are unavailable in the fragment.
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Tifton
A. Golden
Golden Hardware Company
Basel
Montgomery Case Attracts Savannah and Indiana Demands
Montgomery, the man who fled Savannah with his brother's wife, is held in Macon under police guard after a tip from a craps player. Savannah seeks a misdemeanor charge, Indiana claims a murder. Montgomery denies Louisiana ties and says the woman with him is his brother's wife, who accompanied him for her husband’s alleged harshness. The prisoner will await Savannah’s decision before Indiana action. The brother’s wife was briefly released from custody. Ralph Altmeyer departs for Boston. Burglaries hit Marshalls drugstore. few coins, cigars taken. Fireman Waller injured, in dangerous condition at city hospital. Steed Gabriel wedding reports. Ella Louise Steed and Clarence Gabriel wed. Bibb County Sunday School Association to meet. former President Witham may attend.
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Michigan City
Ind
Montgomery
Bia
Louisiana
Indiana
Bugsy
Honda
Savannah
Murphy
Mra Montgomery
Ralph Altmeyer
Macon
Bam Altmeyer
Boston
New England
Macon Hospital
Waller
Maicon and
Birmingham Railroad
Thomaston
City Hospital
Waler
Gabriel
Louis Gabriel
Third Street
Helme
Ella Louise
Clarence Steed
J. G. Harrison
Tattnall Square Baptist Church
Mr. Steed
Avguatz
Bibb County Sunday School Association
Witham
Rural Free Delivery Policy Clarified by Post Office
Washington July 11 the post office department released a statement addressing rural free delivery. It rejects plans to discontinue routes serving fewer than 100 families, while noting petitions for new routes that will serve over 100 families. The department emphasizes serving the greatest number with available funds and maintaining essential established routes.
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Washington
Port Office
Faskey Charged with Murder in Cochran Trial
Berry Faskey was found guilty of murder in a commitment trial held in Cochran Georgia. The defendant, who killed Ben Holmes in the county weeks earlier, remains jailed in Hawkinsville awaiting the fall term of court.
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Faskey
Cochran
Berry Faskey
Ben Holmes
Seo
Hall
Hawkinsville
New Theory Advanced in Missing Merchant Steele Case
Atlanta detectives propose a theory that W O Steele, a Decatur merchant, fled to Chicago while possibly suffering a mental hallucination about his Chicago property. The missing man left home without notice. police circulate his photo and description nationwide to police chiefs and officials in hopes of locating him.
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W O
Chicago
John W Ball
Steele
Memorials for Officers at Santiago de Cuba Society Session
Detroit July 17 At the first business session of the Bandago de Cuba reunion in the Masonic Temple Major A C Sharpe U A secretary treasurer reported 1793 members in good standing with 1596 dropped for delinquency and other reasons A balance of 700 remained in the treasury Memorials were given this afternoon for officers including Major General H W Lawton Major General William Ludlow Lieutenant Colonel John D Miley Major John A Logan Captain Anton Springer First Lieutenant E F Hoehler and Second Lieutenant Maxwell Keys Abner McKinley noted not seriously ill Somerset Pa July 17 Abner McKinley’s illness was not as serious as earlier reported After heat prostration in New York he worsened Saturday and vertigo followed but he was nearly recovered today and walked through town
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Detroit
Society of
Bandago de Cuba
Masonic Temple
A C Sharpe
Society
Sharpe
Treasury
H W. Lawton
William Ludlow
John D Miley
John A Logan
Anton Springer
E F Hoehler
Maxwell Keys
Abner McKinley
Somerset Pa
A Not Asseriong
New York
Beford
Newbill Praises Mississippi Guard After Inspection
Special report by Captain Newhbill of the regular army details inspection of the Mississippi National Guard under the Dick military bill. Overall satisfactory with praise for the organization yet notes lack of field practice and lax enforcement of attendance penalties. Finds average proficiency in the manual of arms and suggests standards can improve as the guard becomes a reserve for the regular army.
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Newbill
Jackson Mills
Newhbill
Regular Army
Mississippi National Guard
Druin
Growing Cotton in Hawaii
Honolulu July 17 reports say Pactie Cable Jared G Smith of the United States special agency in charge of the Hawaiian experiment station has succeeded with Rose cotton and suma tobacco. He believes both crops may become staple products of the islands.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Pactie
Jared G Smith
United States Special Agency
Hawaiian Experiment Station
Electric Bitters Praise By Colusa Man For Pain Cure
Joe Golobick of Colusa California recounts enduring fifteen years of rheumatic pain with no relief until he tried Electric Bitters. He claims a few bottles cured him completely and notes benefits for liver and kidney troubles and general debility. Satisfaction guaranteed by all druggists.
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Joe Golobick
Colusa
Calif
State Treasury Low After Midyear Expenditures On Capital Work
The state treasurer reports six months of current expenses and capital work totaling 6 818 16 91, with funds dwindling to near 100 000 before tax receipts arrive. The note lists scattered figures and names but confirms the treasury sits at a low water mark for the year prior to new tax inflows.
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Jackson
Mass
Cone
Atlanta Excursion Train Reaches Charleston in Two Sections
Charleston reports that a large excursion train from Atlanta arrived in two parts with nineteen coaches and three sleepers. About fourteen hundred excursionists traveled to the Isle of something, drawn by a banner crowd. The party plans to depart Charleston tomorrow at 6 p.m.
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Charleston
Toxaway Dam Still Feared After Inspection
Greenville South Carolina July 17 Special Colonel James Ir Org president of Piedmont Manufacturing Company returned from Sapphire county after inspecting the Toxaway dam and warned water rising above the dam could wash it away in two hours. He urged expert engineers be sent for a thorough examination as grave apprehensions loom in the strip of country at the mercy of mountain waters.
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Greenville
8. C
James Ir. Org
Pieidmont Manufacturing Company
Sapphire County
Toxaway
Armistice ends without battle at Ciudad Bolivar
Soledad Venezuela July 17 7 am reports say the armistice ended at midnight but no engagement had occurred. General Gomez has surrounded Ciudad Bolivar and civilians seek refuge aboard American steamers with Bancroft escort. Food supplies are scarce amid siege and shelling risk.
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Soledad
Venezuela
Gomez
Ciudad Bolivar
City
Culver
United States
Bancroft
American
Orinoco Steamship Company
Sanfelix
Trinidad
Harvard Summer School enrolls record crowd in Cambridge
At Harvard Summer School in Cambridge, mass the season opens with the largest enrollment in school history more than 1200 students listed from diverse states including Georgia Savannah Augusta and Birmingham plus several Alabama towns and Florida Jacksonville names among the attendees.
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Cambridge
Mass
South
Surmer School
Harvard University
Harvard
Georgia
Atlante
T. N. Chase
M. L. Strest
M. A. Burscheell
G. Brawley
A. L Alexander Savanneh
J. J Sime
F Etvans
Columbus
Ady Hawes
W. B Bonnet
Morgan Milleggaville
Lockhart Pbr
Lee
Secret Home Cure for Drunkards Promoted by Dr J W Haines
A dubious advertisement claims a secret remedy can cure drunkards at home by adding a tasteless substance to tea coffee or food. It promises a free package of Golden Specific via mail from Dr J W Haines Cincinnati Ohio and urges wives sisters or daughters to send names and addresses to receive the remedy.
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Oc TV
J. W Haines
Glenn
Cincinnati
Williams Pink Pills cited as cure for rheumatism in Lynn man
Charles F Jordan of New Chatham Street Lynn Massachusetts reports inflammatory rheumatism left him unable to walk. He credits Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with alleviating pain and improving mobility, noting skin tenderness and severe attacks. The ad claims the pills treat the blood and nerves, offering a permanent cure where other remedies fail.
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Atlantia
Charles F Jordan
New
Chatham Street
Lynn
Mass
Slater
Wiliams
Greatis
Willams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
Aiken County Riot After Postmaster Murder
In Aiken County South Carolina two Negro men were killed by a white crowd amid a manhunt for others believed involved in the murder of William Hall, postmaster at Ehihquepin. Dennie Head and Sesse Butler were seized and killed, while Lonnie Johnson and George Edwards are pursued. Local sentiment condemns the lynching.
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Columbia, & C
Wiliam Hal
Ehihquepin
Dennie Head
Sesse Butler
Head
Butler
Lonnie Johnson
George Edwarda
Halli Brothers
Athletics and a Bell team clash at Mirisbine Park
This afternoon at Mirisbine Park the Atlanta Athletic Club and the Southern Bell Telephone Company will each try to prove their dominance in a top amateur showdown. The game starts at 4 pm aligned with the professional game, offering a double feature for local fans. Lineups list White Gateber Wright Murray as pitchers and key infielders such as Reynolds Yarbrough and Haskins, with outfielders including Rane Naughert and other players from both teams.
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Mirisbine Park
Atlanta Athletic Club
Southern Bel Telephone Company
Brisbane
Southern
Bell White
Gateber
Wright Murray
Coleman Reynolds
Yarbrough Aiehener
Haskins
Tanner
Mbortatop
Gurne
Rane
Naugherrt
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America
Berrien County Tax Returns
Ronantad
Miles
Nervine
Ana
Miles Medical Co
Sikbast
Cranford
Nese
Panther
Everglades
Fury
Rev
Spillman
Augusta
Mayor Smith
Atlanta
Bridges Smith
Felder
Smith
Julian Stockton
Julian W Stockton
Washington Avenue
White
First Baptist Church
Stockton
Central Railroad
Thomson
Marshalls Dring
Cotton Avenue
Una Brosen
Parker's
Zack
Essig Bros
Clothiers
Whitehall St
Santiago DE Cuba Society
Montida
Bussey
Whiteball
Toxaway Dam
Colonel Orr
Big Dam
J C
Aiken County
Athletics and Phonies
Briabine Park
Beat Company
National Life Insurance Co
U.S
AQGH
Century Lidg
Atlanta, Ga
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