Official Organ News Briefs and Vital Notices
A packed brief passage covers subscription prices, high executive salaries, yellow fever cases in New Orleans and Mississippi, peace terms between Russia and Japan, cholera threats in Manila, police actions in Atlanta, and a river of varied items. It notes the Seventeenth Regiment arrival at Fort McPherson, a large cotton fire in New York, rising state taxes, multiple capital cases in Jefferson county, and social tensions marked by lynching reports and municipal politics. It closes with labor news from John Mitchell and the UMWA about wage talks and the eight hour day.
Auraria Notes Signal Autumn Activity and Local Hopes
The Auraria column notes a spree of mining and agricultural optimism with patches of gold, roasting ears, and new stock of hogs. Local figures like Judge Simeon P. Shope and Mr Robert Stuyesant Disney are expected visitors as Prof Arnold returns from Philadelphia and Southern Power Co promises activity. A water project signals a big Sunday turnout. bids for a pontoon boat to salvage black sand are invited. A rare lightning storm in Atlanta causes fatalities and damages while Sheriff dogs become a potential new asset under Senator Barr’s bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Holloway
Frank Eldridge
Simeon P. Shope
Robert Stuyesant Disney
J. C
Prof
Arnold
Philadelphia
Southern Power Co
Pauline Whitehead
Atlanta
Bessie Miller
G. TI. Tanner
John Hutcheson
Tanner
Doe Dan Miller
Jim Colby
Ord
Nebr
Colby
Jim Whelchel
Tne Nucarr
Road work dominates Porter Spring Newsy district note
A local update recalls daily road work led by the district overseer. A merchant objects to higher taxes, buys cigars, and attends meetings. Reported finances show a sack of money and greenbacks. A court flare arises from a deacon quarrel with a neighbor’s wife before a planned effort to keep it out. The preacher faces pension troubles yet owns a new watch paid near nineteen dollars. A youth visits his girl, stays long, and must wash his shirt. Bill Cain attends Yahoda meeting in Derby attire signaling progress in the vine yard area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deacon
Bill Cain
Yahoda
What B. R. Meaders & Sons Have to Say
A local retailer announces a new large stock of shoes at low prices and the arrival of an extensive stationery and school supplies lot. They tout low costs on calico and groceries, with bargain prices on tea coffee brushes socks and shoes plus clocks lamp chimneys and other items. They invite customers to inspect goods and compare prices.
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B. R. Meaphrs & Sons
A. O. Bruce
Georgia county bills signed by governor and state display critique
The eight new county bills signed by the governor include Tift Crisp Jenkins Davis Turner Grady Stephens and Toombs counties. A Cleveland Ohio man shot at bats but did not violate the Georgia bat killing law due to poor aim. Georgia’s mineral and wood display remains tucked away in Atlanta’s capitol inaccessible after climbing three flights of stairs.
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Tift
Crisp
Jenkins
Davis
Turner
Grady
Stephens
Toombs
Georgia
Cleveland
Gia
Georga
Atlanta
Call for extra Alabama legislature session on rail rates
Birmingham dispatch reports Gov Jelks may call an extra session to pass an act mirroring Georgia rail rates. Atlanta News urges publication of side by side rate sheets and accurate figures to inform voters, arguing for fairness and honesty in the campaign.
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Birmingham
Jelks
Alabama
Georgia
Athlnti News
Georgia Commission
Brown
Sans Day Telegraph
Atlanta
Carolina
Jury Awards Gainesville Man Eight Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars
The jury awarded Lave Austin of Gainesville eight thousand two hundred fifty dollars in damages after he sued Electric Railway Co. for fifteen thousand. Austin claimed a leg injury from an incident involving a freight car the day after a cyclone. The Observer’s reaction to a Dahlonega convention is criticized as biased and defamatory in the muttered exchange.
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Lave Austin
Gainesville
Onderdict
Uchinst Electric Railway Co
Austin
Observer
Unionc Nasty
Dahlonega
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Paul Morton
The
Equitable
Mississippi
New Orleans
Russia
Japan
Manilla
Clifford’ Witchner
Atslanta
Seventeenth Regiment, Infantry
U.S. A
Fort McPherson
Phillippine Islands
New York
Jefferson County
Ala
Bessemer
Negro Baptists
Dallas
Texas
Tom Williams
P. Y. Jarman
Covington
Craven County
N. C
Land
Woodward
Chicago
League of American Municipalities
Dunne
John Mitchell
United Mine Worker of America
Chestatee Pontoon Co
Auraria
Dixie Boy
Atlainta
Capitol
Senator Barr
Romy
Ayer
Mies Maggle Cook
Divide
W. Va
Z.C. Ayer Co
Lowell
Alao
Mass
Porter Spring News
B. R. Meaders & Sons
James B. Anderson
Duahlonega
Last Thesday
Atlanta News
Lumpkin Shula Brown
Harvey Brown
Lumpkin Superior Court
Hetlin
Shula
TL. Coox
Tomer Head
Nery Wihihoneya
W. B. Pry
Dalllonewa
Frazer & Chalmers
W. 2
Chamberlain
C. HH. Jones
Dallonega
Beig
South
D. M. Stughes
Georgia State Agricultural Society
WR. Joyner
Atlanta Fair Association
Hmranis Weldon
Ee Eel
Sl Vvery Moore
College St
LOE
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Assurd
Jams Oy
Vis
Gillespie
SH Knoxville
Tiled &Co
Ponte Iy
Anderson & Jones
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