Wedge career shines through tangled marriages and mysteries
In Atlanta and beyond, William S. Wedge’s past includes six marriages, presumed deaths, and suspicions of life insurance fraud. Dr. Curtis says the Battle Creek wife died from heart weakness under anesthesia. Wedge’s London case mirrors a pattern of charm and deception linked to Adventist circles. The case draws scrutiny on Wedge’s travels, finances, and the London inquiry, with Atlanta connections underscoring potential implications for his fate.
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Barton Huff
Atlanta
Food Company
Birmingham
England
Curtis
Wedge
The
Constitution
Battle Creek
Huff
Matimony
Baltimore
Indiana
Gulf
Maude Kirby
Philadelphia
Battle Creek i
Edith
Lydia Hoy
Leyton
Wedgers
London
Lfe
Williams
Savannah saloons closed as Good Government League eyes clubs
In Savannah on July 21 the Good Government League pushes Sunday observance action against saloonkeepers and gamblers amid arrests. Though prosecutions continue, no convictions yet. The league weighs indicting social clubs running Sunday bars, signaling a broader crusade in the city. H J Wilpon confirmed discussions but offered no details. A parallel item notes W F E Bullard, declared insane, paralyzed, moved to Milledgeville with doubtful recovery.
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Good Government League
Savannah
Sam Jones
League
H. J.’ Wilpon
Manhood health guide promises cure for chronic diseases
An advertisement from Bathsway M. Du of Atlanta promotes a book on “LOST MAN HOOD VARI Ccoarnrwr avTURE,” claiming it covers 34,000 poisons and diseases. It offers free symptom blanks and a sealed envelope, urging readers to obtain a complete restoration to health.
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Atlanta
Ben Jones moves to block Macon city hall remodel and annex
Ben Jones hires Judge A L Miller to represent him in injunction against Macon mayor and council over remodeling plans. Judge to draft injunction papers while bids for the $10,000 city hall addition with 8000 seat auditorium proceed, aimed to halt or delay the project. Jones acts at his own expense as officials bid to defend the measure.
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Macon
Ben , Jones
A. L.miller
City of
Milter
Jones
Smith Arrested For Recruiting Macon Factory Workers
W F Smith of Valdosta was arrested in Macon for distributing handbills seeking 16 cotton mill operatives to move to Valdosta. Companion J H Bryant accused. charges include disorderly conduct and violating the city license ordinance. Vineville Station named as headquarters. case to be heard by the recorder tomorrow.
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Valdosta
Macon
W. F. Smith
J. H. Bryant
Smith
Bibb
Oglethorpe Strees
Bryant and Smith
Vineville Station
Gliv
Hosses
Veldusta
Minder and Carroll to be resentenced in Georgia murders
In Macon on July 21 special report notes the Georgia supreme court refused new trials for Isador Minder and Levi Carroll. Judge Felton may call a special superior court session to re sentence both to death. Minder may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on constitutional grounds after resentencing. Carroll, ready to die, killed a negro woman and his father. Minder had abandoned fasting.
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Minder
Carroll
Macon
Supreme Court
Isador Minder
Levi Carrol
Superior Court
Felton
Minders
John R. Cooper
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Supreme Court
Levi Carroll
Death of A E Holites Funeral Services Today
Charles E Holmes longtime Macon meat dealer dies at his Vinéville residence aged 58. Funeral services set for tomorrow from the home with Rev Y D Sillis officiating and pallbearers listed. News notes mention Wesleyan president sermon, umbrella theft arrests, and local diversions.
Americus City Court Docket Promises Busy Session
Americus Georgia faces the busiest city court term since its establishment as Judge Charles P Crile presides with over a hundred cases on the docket. Many cases involve gaming indictments from a grand jury and a notable influx of others moved from Sumter Superior Court.
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Americus
Siusy
Charles P. Crile
Prand ‘Jury
Ceees
Sumter
Camden County rice crop seen yielding near $190000 this season
Special report from Brunswick Ga quotes Hon Rufus Ling former state senator on Camden county rice prospects. With 3000 acres under cultivation the yield could reach about forty bushels per acre at roughly $1 per bushel totaling near $190000. Glynn and St James Dent growers named. talk of a Brunswick rice mill revived with investors eyeing stock participation.
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Brunswick
Rufus
Ling
Camden County
Camden
I Houston Clinch
D. P. Rose
J. K. Bedell
Glynn County
Machen On The Line Again Freight Cars For The B and B
Brunswick Ga July 21 Special Brunswick and Birmingham railroad matters continue lively President Machen arrived today and went out on the line after consultation with General Manager MacDuffie and some citizens Telegrams from the car works at Savannah state that work on the freight cars is progressing favorably and the work of trading the track from Taylors mills to the main line is under way The Seaboard Air Line will have its offices opened here by the first week in August in time to catch the first business after the connection is put in at Thalman the station name of the junction with the Brunswick and Birmingham
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Brunswick
Brunswick and Birmingham
Hvely
Machen
MacDuffie
Savannah
Taylor's Mills
Seaboard ‘Air Line
Thalman
Birmingham
McDonald Backs Brantley as Governor Candidate
Waycross Georgia July 20 Special John G McDonald said he would back Brantley for governor if Brantley runs, and if not he would back Brantley for Congress to succeed himself Brantley had not yet confirmed a gubernatorial run and South Georgia would decide the matter.
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Waycross
John G. McDonald
Brantley
Congress
South Georgia
Manor School House Demolished After Lightning Strike
In Waycross Georgia on July 21 a Manor Ware county school building was struck by lightning and nearly destroyed. The bolt hit the roof tearing off one end and dislodging a hanging block. a block was split to splinters. Fifteen minutes earlier the school had dismissed. ninety pupils and two teachers had just left.
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Waycross
Manor
Ware County
Holt
Express Company Promotion Moves Stark to Charlotte
W W Stark promoted from Waycross agency to Charlotte N C after only a week in Waycross and will leave tonight to assume duties. G W Spencer shifted to a Jacksonville to Richmond run remains at Waycross temporarily due to Saul Winstead family illness as Stark’s replacement is sought.
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Southern Express
Waycross
D. Stark
Southern Express Company
Savannah
Charlotte
N. C
Stark
G. W. Spencer
Jacksonville
Richmond
Crop conditions in Sumter improve with rain
Sumter County reports a marked upturn in crop conditions after recent rains. Cotton and corn show new vigor though dry spells delayed fields. farmers cleared grass and expect cotton harvest two to three weeks late with Americus not shipping a new bale until mid August. Corn is generally very good.
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Sumter
Amerteug
Americus
Wounded Officers Improving After Americus Riots
In Americus Georgia on July 21 special reports say Police Officers Howell Albritton and James Glawson were badly shot by rioters while suppressing unrest. Both are now considered out of danger with Albritton recovering from a lower abdomen wound after receiving extensive care. Four Macon rioters remain in Americus. one suspect Bil Bagish was killed in the disturbance.
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Americus
Howell Albritton
James Glawson
At & Mienic
Albritton
Bil Bagish
Americas
Death by Own Action Shocks Columbus Officials
A negro on Captain N Gottis's property in Columbus's northern county slashed his throat with a razor and fled before dying from blood loss. Officials report no known cause for the act, noting such self harm is uncommon among local Black residents.
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Columbus
N. Gottis
Pettett Hangs Self in North Pickens County
J J Pettett a prominent farmer living six miles west of town died by hanging this morning about 5 o clock His son found him in the shack house swing by a rope attached to the raf ter His wife had prepared breakfast and sent the boy for his father He leaves a wife and three children and many kinfolk His home life was peaceful and he was a longtime Baptist church member Pettett was a son of John E B Pettett a leading county citizen and farmer
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Pickens
Barmer
J. J. Pettett
Pettett
Baptist Church
John Eb.pettett
Drowns in Chattahoochee River near West Point
West Point Gu July 21 Special James Baker Cochran a young man from West Point drowned in the Chattahoochee River about ten feet deep near the railroad bridge. He was boating with Attie Fred Trimbach, lost an oar, jumped in to recover it, sank after struggling, and was not seen again as rescuers searched the river bottom. Cochran, about twenty, son of John A Cochran, a former prominent planter and local grocer.
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West Point
James Baker Cochran
Chattahoochee
Atlanta and
Cocaran
Trimbach
Cochran
John A. Cochran
For ‘County
Ble
Dublin Plan Has Been Sold to Virginia Carolina Chemical
Dublin Old Mill and Ice Company sold to Virginia Carolina Chemical Company for about 365000. Stephen A. Corker, Dublin manager, arranged the deal. The purchase includes plans to build a fertilizer plant to operate with the oil mill. The sale had been pending for weeks and factory plans are being prepared.
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Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Dublin
Dublin Old Mill
Virginia- Carolina Chemical Company
Stephen A. Corker
Port Rico Governor Allen Reaches Canton for Talks
Governor Charles Allen of Porto Rico arrived in Canton from Washington and plans an eastward trip for vacation. He presented to the president a Porto Rican legislature’s local taxation plan and expects a proclamation on free trade on July 21. He hopes to be relieved after the proclamation but will not resign yet. Allen praises conditions, education progress, and the new taxation system for the island.
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Allen
Canton
Washington
Charles Allen
Porto Rico
East
United States
Porto ‘Rico
Sergeant Desumuns Dies in Marietta Georgia
Augusta police sergeant William Desmond died in Marietta after a long illness. About 56, he earned a lieutenant’s rank years earlier for bravery arresting a murderer. A Confederate veteran, he left a wife and a grown son. Mrs I W Fox of Augusta reported his death, with notes of a family illness in Altsta Georgia.
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Agusta.s
Marietta
Augusta
Pecla
Ser_geant
William Desmond
Arown
Four witnesses die after Carter court martial in Savannah
Savannah recalls four key government witnesses in Captain Oberlin Carter's court martial who have since died. Marlon Twiggs John M Hall S. M Hale and Robert F Westcott appeared against Carter as inspectors on harbor work at Savannah and Cumberland Sound. Westcott testified before a New York commissioner and may still be used through prior testimony. The deaths reduce live testimony but officials expect other sources to corroborate their findings.
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Savannah
Robert F. Westcott
Richfield Springs
Oberlin Carter
Marlon Twiggs
John. M. Hall
S. M. Hale
RB. F. Westcott
Philadelphia
BR. F. Burnett
Twiegs
Hall
Hale
Carter l
Cumberland
Wextcott
Carter
Shields
New York
Greene
Gaynots
Westertt
Westcott
Siven
Gaynors
Era of Russian press reform hinted after czarist era warning
Nicholas and the editors in St. Petersburg describe a promised era of reform as liberal press regulations surface after the murder of the czar liberator. Creditors petition for press law, the emperor grants limited liberty, and new rules set time limits on censorship warnings.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Hkmgeror
Nicholas
Alexander J
Altar
Damocles
Very Warm Over the Powd Eighty-Eight Degrees in London
London July 21 very hot weather dominates the British isles with London at 8 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday. Bristol records 95 as provinces see higher temps. Cooler weather is forecast though storms bring many lightning strikes across England Germany and Holland. Several climbers on Mount Tribulation are noted and two Tyrolean deaths occur from lightning while others are disabled. In Palau France children ringing church bells to avert lightning result in four deaths.
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London
British Isles
Bristol
England
Germany
Holland
Whitle-sht Tourlata
Austrian
Tyrol
Palau
France
Stabbing at Notchey Creek Church Ends in Death
At Notchey Creek church near Knoxville on July 21 Azell Crafts and Walter Hooper, both about sixteen, quarrelled over remarks about Crafts's female friend. Hooper stabbed Crafts in the heart, killing him instantly. Hooper fled and was not captured by noon.
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Crafts
Knoxville
Tenn
Notchey Creek Church
Azell
Walter Hooper
Hooper
Youngest Boy Survives After River Tragedy at Potter’s Pond
In Augusta on July 2, Clay ton Whitton aged thirteen and Sum ter Bradley aged ten drowned after stepping into a clay excavation pond at Hankinson's pottery in north Augusta. The younger brother, six, returned home and spoke only after parents returned home. The bodies were found after several hours.
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Augusta
Clayton Whitton
Sumter Bradley
Hankinson’s Pottery
North Augusta
Sunday School Convention Adopts Donations in Greenesboro
In Greenesboro Georgia the African Methodist Episcopal Sunday school convention of the Monticello district adjourned after meetings from Wednesday afternoon. Rev J A Watts opened with prayer and Rev William Decker Johnson presided. Reports showed larger Sunday school membership and rising interest in Bible study among older residents. The body voted donations to the Sunflower church and toward the AME Southern Publishing House in Atlanta. Alice V Johnson led the Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society session. Delegates will fill colored pulpits tomorrow and next session will be in Social Circle.
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Greenesboro
M. EL Church
African Methodist Episcopal Sunday School Convention
Monticello
J. A. Watts
William Decker Johnson
Sunflower Church
African Methodist Episcopal Southern Publishing House
Atlanta
B. G. Bell
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
Alice V. Johnson
Elections in France Favor Ministerialists in Councils General
Paris July 22 ministerialists appear to have gained several seats in the councils general elections held yesterday across provinces. 1643 departmental seats were up in as many cantons. Returns are incomplete but indicate ministerial gains mainly at radicals and conservatives expense.
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Paris
American Sprinters Win at Leicester Meet
Arthur Duffy of Georgetown university won the 100 yard dash in 9.45 seconds, a world record, defeating Scotland’s amateur champion McLean by two yards. Krnezlein of the University of Pennsylvania won the 120 yard hurdles handicap in Dublin with time 15.2 seconds. News reports also recount ambush killing of Clint Legere in Yancock county Tennessee, and Major Pine-Coffin’s Boer commando surprise at Honingstrub with captures and deaths. A. B. Cummins, Republican governor candidate, was injured in a bogey accident in Dubuque.
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London
Arthur Duffy
Georgetown University
Leicester
McLean
Scotland
Krnezlein
University of Pennnsylvania
Dublin
Knoxville
Tenn
Tazewell
Clint Legere
Yancock County
Tennessee
New Poems by King James I Found in Bodleian Manuscripts
Westminster Gazette reports the discovery of original manuscripts of King James I in the Bodleian library. Edited by Robert 3. Rait, the volumes titled Lusus Regius present nineteen pieces, with twelve printed for the first time. Contents include early life verse, a masque fragment, a Scottish contribution by Montgomerie, poems to Princess Anne of Denmark, a Psalm ci. variant, a letter to Du Bartas, and King James’s translation work.
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Westminster Gazette
Robert 3. Rait
New College
Lusus Regius
James
Falconer Madan
Montgomerie
Anns
Denmark
David
DuBartas
England
Tames
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E. H. Goodshart, Jr
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