Nation and Georgia briefs mix crime disease and politics
Reports note yellow fever totals in New Orleans with 1 080 cases and 172 deaths. A Georgia Senate child labor bill was killed 28 to 17 with Senator Lums den voting no. A public lynching murder and a divorce suit headline local Atlanta and Dahlonega links, while a Bartow county convict death and a Sulphur Springs mob recording stir controversy.
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Senate
Senator Lumsden
New Orleans
W. H. Cobb
Dahlonega
Royston
Mr. Cobb
N. G. A. College
Mrs. Cobb
Letter From Alabama Describes Coal Camps and Wages in 1905
A Georgia man in Alabama writes from Aug 1905 about coal camps Mineral Springs Brookside Republic and Birmingham. He notes daily wages 1.78 to 8.08 dollars for nine hours and 65 to 85 for general labor, car loading earnings 8 to 12 cars daily, high living costs and 700 workers with 800 idle, mule driving cruelty, upcoming motorized equipment, Birmingham as bustling town with banks First National and Woodward, and incidents of shootings including two recent fatalities.
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Ep. Nuserr
Georgia
Auraria
Alabama
Mineral Springs
Brookside
Republic
Birmingham
Ensley
Jbanks
First National Bank
Woodward
Hast Lake
Lewis Strauss
Atlanta
Southern
Weathered crops and odd town notes from Cana da and Gaddistown
Daily rain cripples crops with rye and May failing while apples are scarce yet fine. Old grain price 65 cents a bushel. Rabbits, beans, dried fruit plentiful. Moonshiners cheer liquor tax of 500 dollars and plan higher prices. Fox hunt reports, cattle mischief, and local social feuds pepper the scene. Grant Woody faces trouble with Luna Gilreath over mail contracts. CLrizEN
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John
Georges
George
Grant Woody
Quebec
Canada
Miss Luna Gilreath
James A. Gilreath
Clrizen
Rural carriers appointed as several post offices to close
Murrayville Georgia August 14 1905 announces Joe A. Elrod named rural carrier with Gordon Thompson as substitute on route No 1. Stobo Cross Roads Tesnatee Grace and Wahoo post offices to close September 1 with boxes left to be distributed for patron rolls. Murrayville R F D No 1 starts Sept 1. Route No 2 surveyed to serve Albert New Bridge Price and Little. likely to be established.
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Borror Nucor
Joe A. Elrod
Gordon Thompson
Murrayville
Stoko
Cross Roads
Tesnatec
Grace
Wahoo
D. Payne Sarra
P. M
Mail theft case bounds Floyd Thomason in Blairsville
Floyd Thomason was bound over by Julge Chastain at Blairsville after receiving misplaced mail and disposing of a money order. The report warns that meddling with mail invites trouble. A carload of bananas was shipped from New Orleans to Jacksonville, Florida, as fever concerns caused the council to halt the sale for a time.
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Floyd Thomason
Julge Chastain
Blairseville
Jacksonville
Florida
New Orleans
Jury drug case in Fen County ends without verdict
The jury failed to reach a verdict after a lengthy trial in state vs Alred in Fen County. The panel reported 2 to 4 weeks of deliberations with no accord on the murder allegations against Wright g and related charges. A new trial date was set for October fifty Movtt to reconvene and resolve the case.
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Ayer
J. W, Hanson
Boulder Creek
Cal
Alred
Fen
Alinta
Conte Wil
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Porter Springs
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Samantha Christian
Court of Ordinary
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Thomas N. Parrish
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Mary M. Fiddley
Thomas JH. Parrish
Harvey Uulsey
George Chapman
GG. Byans
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J. H. Carter
J. D. Gurley
C. Gurley
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W. R K. Joyner
Atlanta Fair Association
Hrank Wheeldon
Atlanta, Ga
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Gainesville
J. H. McKen
Mckee, Ga
B. R. Meaders
Etowah
Co. C. Puan
Manhattan Bldg
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Lowa
Homer Hem
W. B. Fry
Frazer & Chalmers
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Porsale
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