Mrs. G. C. Maddox Passes at 85 Near Sandy Creek
Mrs. C. O. Maddox aged 85 died at home near Sandy Creek church Tuesday afternoon from old age. Formerly a respected teacher, she taught in the county and was widowed earlier this year. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Sandy Creek church with Dr. Robert Van Deventer officiating and burial in the church cemetery.
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C. O. Maddox
Sandy Creek Church
Sallie Brittingham
Forsyth
Merly
Major H. D. Russell Returns Home From Overseas Duty
Major H. D. Russell, a popular military figure, has arrived back from overseas service and is awaiting discharge at Camp Gordon. He visited Jackson on Wednesday as friends prepare a welcome for him.
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H. D. Russell
Camp Gordon
Major Russell
Jackson
Moonshine Court Convictions Sweep Macon Week
The moonshine court operates in Macon this week, delivering a wave of convictions as authorities crackdown on illicit alcohol activity during the harvest season. Local officials report multiple cases and swift adjudications.
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Macon
Severe Hail Storm Ravages Cotton Crops in Worthville District
A severe hail storm struck Worthville district late Wednesday, damaging cotton, uprooting trees, and blowing down houses. Open cotton littered fields as farmers faced heavy losses. the storm reportedly stretched from Inesboro through portions of Butts and Henry counties.
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Worthville
Inesboro
Butts
Henry Counties
Jackson
Fall Time in the Country
A cheerful verse extols autumn country joys with fiddles and happy days. The speaker invites friends to celebrate, weathering summer toil, and praises sunshine and happiness as the world grows merry. A citation attributes the quatrain to the Atlanta Constitution.
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Atlanta Constitution
Three U.S. Generals Share Historic Four-Star Rank
The article notes the U.S. has three active four-star generals at once Tasker Bliss Peyton March and John J Pershing in France. It recalls earlier four four star generals Washington Grant Sherman Sheridan and details their promotions and service timeline.
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United States
Tasker H. Bliss
Peyton C. March
John J. Pershing
France
George Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
Philip H. Sheridan
Vicksburg
Grant
Chattanooga
Congress
Army
Sherman
Little Phil” Sheridan
Carl Schurz Lowden
Wedding ring mishap in Cripple Creek tale
A Chicago Tribune correspondent recalls a Cripple Creek Colorado wedding where the groom cannot find the ring. After his mother in law orders him to remove his boot the ring is found but reveals a hole in the stocking through which five toes protrude. The telltale hole prompts the mother in law to exclaim it is high time they married.
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Cripple Creek
Colo
Chicago Tribune
Sam
Electric Transmission Breaks 25 Year Gap In Power Links
California now links three large hydro systems by a 300 mile continuous transmission from near the California Oregon line to the San Francisco Bay region. Experts once said such a feat was impossible in the nineties, yet it is real today and others fear what may follow.
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California
California-Oregon
San Francisco Bay
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