Ruth’s End and Ruth’s Secret Child Secretly Married
Ruth, dying in a prison cell, recalls a secret registrar marriage to Henry Hendricksen and a life of hardship. Naomi and a physician’s daughter tend the dying woman, while legal inquiries loom over the marriage as Ruth clings to memories of she and Naomi and their baby. Ruth dies in the morning, leaving questions about legitimacy and love.
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Naomi
Harry
Bac
Ruth
Middlemist
Henry Hendricksen
Disgrace and Forgiveness Weigh On a Prison Child
A troubled speaker recalls a harsh stigma from a convict incident, insisting no child deserves such disgrace. She searches for forgiveness from a husband and the judge’s woman, reflecting on shame, obedience to rules, and the impact on a innocent child guided by a prison doctor’s kindness.
Honorable Harry Stoke and a web of suspicion unravel in probate tale
In a Sunday morning reveal, librarian exposes that Henry Hendricksen Stoke, known as the Honorable Harry Stoke, secretly married Ruth Heron years ago and that Ruth has died, forcing upheaval for Lady Beatrice and the Stoke lineage. The confession uncovers a public scandal, with Lords Perivale and Beatrice shocked as the truth comes to light and a lawyer holds the evidence.
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Harry Stoke
Beatrice
Thordisa
Harry
Perivale
John Stoke
Threadneedle Street
Henry Stoke
Hendricksen
Ruth Heron
Rew
Middlemist
Ruth
Mr. Stoke
Lord Perivale
St. James
Pall Mall
Observer
Henry Hendrickson Stoke
Chester Square
Nathaniel Heron
J. P
Barchester
Henry Hendricksen
Joe
Naomi
Governor Offers Rewards for Lynchers in Williams Lynching
Georgia Governor Atkinson announced rewards totaling 800 dollars for the arrest and conviction of the men involved in the lynching of Oscar Williams in Griffin. The plan targets both direct participants and those who hinder investigation, following the Spalding county grand jury presentment. Williams was seized after a failed assault on a farmer’s child and mobbed while being moved from Bibb to Fulton counties.
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Atkinson
Georgia
Oscar Williams
Clayton County
Griffin
Ryder
Spalding County Grand Jury
Secretary of State
Spalding County
Williams
J. C. Campbell
Lovejoy
Barnesville
Macon
Bibb County
Atlanta
Model Farm Moves as Georgia Trustees Buy New Land
The prudential committee of Georgia State University in Athens plans to sell the current Rock College-adjacent model farm after purchasing a new fertile parcel to support diverse vegetation. The move ends years of hesitation over buying better property and aims to provide a more productive agricultural site.
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Georgia
Prudential Committee
Georgia State University
Athens
Department of Agriculture
Rock College
Georgia Railroad Officers Indicted for Sunday Freight
DeKalb county grand jury has found six true bills against the Georgia railroad for running freight trains on Sunday after legal hours. Witnesses testified the company operated through freights after 8 AM on February 7 14 and 21 last.
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Georgia Railway
Grand
DeKalb County
Georgia Railroad
Mathews Cotton Mill in Selma Fails to Sell at Foreclosure
No bids were received at a Wednesday foreclosure sale for the Mathews Cotton Mill property in Selma Alabama. The plant had been offered at upset prices of 150000 and 100000 with no bidders. The property, once valued as a profitable operation paying dividends on 300 workers, may be offered again at a lower upset price as the wait for a sale continues.
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Mathews
Alabama
Selma
Ala
Lee
Ihose
Brown Alumni Petition Urges Andrews Resignation
Brown alumni circulate a petition to be presented at the Brown corporation meeting in Providence on September 1. They urge resignation of President Andrews to counter claims that faculty liberty is restricted and to affirm enlightened toleration as the university’s guiding principle.
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Brown Corporation
Providence
R. I
Brown University
Andrews
Faure’s Departure Sparks Excitement and Rumors in Paris
Advices from Paris report President Faure’s departure for St. Petersburg amid intense crowd excitement and sensational rumors. A bomb exploded along the route shortly after he left, causing no injuries but stirring a long surge of speculation about an intended attack. The public gave Faure an ovation as he began his journey, with crowds lining the route from the Elysee to the railway station and shouting Vive la Republique and Vive Faure.
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Paris
Faure
St. Petersburg
Russia
Elysee Palace
la Republique
Judge Field Breaks Record for Continuous Service
Associate Justice Stephen Field of the Supreme Court topped 34 years five months and six days on the bench, surpassing John Marshall. A future vacancy is anticipated and Attorney General McKenna is expected to succeed him upon retirement.
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Supreme Court
Stephen Field
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Bench
John Marshall
McKenna
Georgia farmer killed in dynamite blast at home
W B L Davis a wealthy farmer three miles west of Rockmart Georgia died at 5 AM Wednesday in an accidental dynamite blast. Seventeen cartridges exploded after he placed the dynamite under a kitchen stove to dry. The kitchen and dining room were wrecked and the body was badly mutilated. Davis was 60 years old.
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Georgia
W. B. L. Davis
Rockmart
Davis
Dust Explosion Kills Four at Davenport Guloose Works
At Davenport Iowa two massive dust explosions rocked the Davenport glucose works Thursday morning. Four men died and two were seriously injured as walls and a fire escape collapsed. Names of the dead include John Raap John Haam William Wolffe and Paul Wolffe.
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Davenport Glucose Works
Davenport
John Raap
John Haam
William Wolffe
Paul Wolffe
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Ted
Usband
Tion
Celal
Authors’ Alliance
Toronto
New York
Waring
Jones
Meaning
Spalding Grand Jury
New Model Farm
BROWN
Judge Field
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