Godbee Case Brims With Row Over Defense and Sentiment
A tense court scene features Judge Saffold and Judge Hammond clashing with prosecutors as six speeches unfold in the Mrs. Godbee homicide trial. Attorneys spar over self defense, motive, and the impact of sentiment on justice amid vivid personal testimony and dramatic courtroom exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saffold
Gadbee
Lee Moore
Georgia
United States
Godbee
America
Fung
Fender
G. C. Dekel
Dekle
W. H. Davis
Dixon
Mrs. Godbee
Hammond
The Merry Countess Big Hit At Atlanta Theater
Ned Mintosh reports The Merry Countess drew a full house at the Atlanta theater on Friday night. Mabel Baker led an able company delivering a musical comedy with operatic elements and varied acts including a notable ballet tag dance by Vera Lorenz. The show blends French farce American musical comedy with a touch of cabaret and burlesque in a well paced program.
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Atlanta
George
Mabel Baker
Withal
Car
Haydn
Grand Opera
Arthur Clough
Pate Winter
Vera Lorenz
Harry K
Ned Mintosh
Divorce Trial Echoes Rage and Public Critique
Testimony in the Godbee divorce case reveals defenses attacking cross examination tactics as a moral drama. Jurors weigh love, betrayal, and property while questions of murder and justice hang over Millen courthouse amid accusations of dollar-driven motives.
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Saffold
Suffold
Eriend
Millen
Rene
Mra
Hdna Godbee
Florence Godbee
Fou
Zaes
Brinson
President Wilson at Summer White House in Cornish
Sprinter, Mass September 12 President Wilson passed through en route to the summer White House at Cornish New Hampshire. He rode the private car Federal and was accompanied by Secretary McAdoo Tumulty and Dudley Wield Malone. They split from the train at New Haven and headed to Beverly Mass to confer with Colonel Mr. M. House on Boston collectorship and two other Massachusetts federal appointments.
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Mass
Wilson
White House
Cornish
N. H
Federal
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Tumulty
Dudley Wield Malone
Messrs
Malone
New Haven
Beverly Mass
M. House
Boston
Masgashusetts
Senator Thomas Named Likely Georgia Commencement Orator
Washington reports Senator Charles S. Thomas of Colorado is likely to deliver the commencement address at the University of Georgia next June. His Georgia birth and Bibb county boyhood are noted, with earlier ties to Jere Willis, a prominent planter, and a welcome from Senator Bacon to Chancellor Barrow for the invitation. The water powers speech earlier drew attention among Democrats.
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John Corrigan
Washington
Charles S. Thomas
Colorado
University of Georgia
Bacon
David C. Barrow
Senator Thomas
Darien
Kat Jana
Bibb County
Jere Willis
Wao
Thomas
Senate
Judge a Title That Clings
A column notes how the title judge lingers on respected figures from Taft to Thurman. It cites Gossman of Cincinnati and various officials who preferred being called judge over other titles. The piece traces how career judges and lawmakers carried the honor beyond office.
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Washington Post
B. F. Gossman
Cincinnati
S. Yoder
House
Ghio
Wilard Alley
White House
Taft
Yale
Senator Foraker
Foraker
Washington
Hoadly
Ohio
Woraker
Goff
West Virginia
New York
O'Gorman
William R. Tay
Wiliam S. Holmes
Indiana
Allen G Thurman
Ola Roman
Judge Thurman
United States Supreme Bench
All About Prunes in California’s Golden State
An overview of prune production in California, detailing variety flavors, climate advantages, and the vast scale of the industry. Notes include the first orchard in 1870, a crop of roughly 290 million pounds from about 5 million trees, and the process from fresh fruit to dried prune, with grading by size and the point system.
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O Henry P. Dimond
Leslie
California
America
Oregon
Washington
Good Roads Foster City Families and Country Life
A reader argues that better roads unite city and rural living, letting families move to farms yet keep city conveniences. Improved highways enable school, church, and work access, boosting education and religious life while spreading southern road improvements and gratitude for progress.
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W. N. Hutt
Ancient Automata And Their Makers Across The Ages
The article traces early automations from Archystas and Brier Bacon to Albertus Magnus and Camus for Louis XIV. It notes the 1769 Maelzel chess automaton, the invisible girl, and other feats such as the automatic duck by Vaucanson, a talking machine exhibit in 1804, and later feats including Psycho card player and an automatic hare in 1878.
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Kansas ‘City
Archystas
Bacon
Albertus Magnus
Camus
Louis XIV
Vaucanson
Baron Kempelen
Presburg
Hungary
Maelzel
London
St. James’ Hall
Faber
Vienna
Palais Royal
Argyll Street
Crystal Palace
Psycho
Hendon
Landon
Shipboard Newspapers and the Rise of Wireless Journalism
A brief history traces shipboard journalism from Marconi led Transatlantic Times aboard the St Paul to a growing global network. North Atlantic papers like The Daily Bulletin and Das Atlantische Tageblatt expand, with news from ships near Africa and South America. Wireless stories arrive after midnight via high power stations, with linotype presses soon to follow.
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Shipboard
C. F. Taisman
Leslie
Transatlan
Ic Times
Marconi
St. Paul
New York
Southampton
Daily Bulletin
Cunardine
Das Atlantische Tageblatt
Hamburg-Americanne
Ocean Times
White Star Line
Wireless Herald
Alaska
Poidhu
Cape Cod
Hind
Smashing the Record by a Turky Trot Star Daughter
A judge notes a daughter breaking a trotting record with a clean, slick performance. The crowd teases about the steppers as the father proudly confirms the feat, saying she recently set the turkey trot record. The exchange highlights the surprising rise of a young female horse performer in local racing lore.
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Walter G. Doty
The Only Way for Road Care and Oversight
The article argues for continuous road maintenance rather than one time construction. It notes costly repairs from neglecting side ditches and clay, estimating $10 in repairs per year per mile, and calls for a system assigning daily responsible oversight with funded authority. It condemns the free labor approach and urges constant care for all roads.
Progressive Farmer Calls for Early Ages Driving Road Reform
The text argues that the state implementing the earliest compulsory age for a goal will set the pace for broader road improvement across the South, urging progress in agricultural and regional development.
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Gedbee
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DR. Gault
Dr Hathaway & Co
Inman
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E. Mitchell
Essig
Silk and Opera
Essig Bros. Co
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HY E
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Pres. Wilson
Summer White House
Pathe P
B.toy
Agent Union
Moore’s
W. Lin
Ewell
Waturday
Libby
Welch
Cannes
ceEs
Sewell Commission Co. Wholesnne and Estati
Whitehall 31
Decatur St
Altry
Merry Countess
Ee Forsyth
Siete Oiss
WGRLD
Frank Inex Hale and
Patterson Lydia Barry
Geo
Estn
Giemes Folmore &Ise
Doris Wilsons
Gall OF the Heart
Greattage
Tours
Ariaur
Alston
Estha Williams
Owen Davis
Startling
Cunard
Lusitania
Mauretania
Fishguard
Paris
Berlin
Carones Oca
Campania
Caronia
Carmania
Fcarmanina
Eee
Campan
LAM
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el VoOv
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Madeira
Egypt
India
Japan
Manila
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
South America
Europe
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Penensular & Oriental
N. CO
Indea
W. 14Th St. North River
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Batelery
Hicago
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