Tifton Votes Bonds for Waterworks School and Fire Dept
In Tifton Georgia on May 12 voters approved 17000 in waterworks bonds 13000 for school improvements and 7000 for a fire department. An 8000 city hall bond failed to reach two thirds constitutional majority with twelve opposed to waterworks and fire department twenty opposed to school improvements and thirty seven against city hall. The school funds may build a new high school or add to the public school. The waterworks bond aims to qualify for a second class insurance rating and the fire bonds fund a chemical engine auto trucks and a citywide fire alarm system.
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Hopewell Home in Dublin Burns in Morning Fire
A Hopewell home near Dublin, Georgia, burned this morning with total loss. One woman and a small boy were the only occupants, and they had not moved to the new house. The fire, likely from yard stump burning, caused uninsured damage.
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Montero Rios dies a key Spanish statesman and treaty drafter
Madrid May 12 Eugenio Montero Rios a famed Spanish statesman who drafted the 1898 peace ending the Spanish American War died today He led the Spanish parliament for 45 years and served as prime minister in 1906 He introduced civil marriage and helped shape the criminal code and chambers of commerce in Spain Meanwhile in Leeds a hunger strike prisoner Lillian Lenton is released after threats and hunger strike actions.
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Suffragette jailed for arson at Westfield House Doncaster
A suffragette was sentenced in May to one year in prison for setting fire to Westfield House in Doncaster. The case centers on an act of protest linked to the suffrage movement, with authorities pursuing full enforcement of penalties.
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Body of Summerlin 18 Expected Today
Dawson Georgia May 12 special Stonecast in chapter D A R of Daw son sent a floral offering of red and white roses and masnullus red with the national colors resting on a United States flag to be placed on the casket of Randolph Summerlin the young Georgian killed at Vera Cruz whose remains are expected to reach Willacoochea tomorrow
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Fiddlers Convention Reveals Rare Stradivarius
At a Newnan Georgia fiddlers convention A H Haynie found his heirloom fiddle, an instrument marked Cremona 1712 making it 201 years old. The Stradivarius valued highly, overshadowing the old store owner’s plan to discard it. The find sparked excitement among Lions and other attendees.
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