Death of Gen Clement A Evans Ends Georgia Heroic Era
Gen Clement A Evans died at his Atlanta home on Sunday July 2 at 4 40 pm of Brights disease after nearly a month in ill health. He was 79, born in Stewart county Georgia in 1833, a lawyer turned preacher and Confederate veteran leader who served as commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans from 1908 to 1910 and later as honorary commander in chief. Survived by six children, his life included political service in the Georgia State Senate and prison commission work, and he authored Military History of Georgia. His funeral saw a large Atlanta cortege, First Methodist services, and a ceremonial salute at Oakland Cemetery.
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Atlanta
Bright
Gen. Evans
Stewart County
Georgia
Griffin
North Georgia
Southern Methodist Church
Preachers' Aid Society
Evans
Veterans’ Organization
W. S. Eve
Ll. B. Evans
Augusta
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Mexico City
R. G. Stephens
Sarah Lee Evans
Tie
State Senate
Abraham Lincoln
Jackson
Early
Gordon
Virginia
Appomattox
Methodist Church
Democratic Party
Stephen D. Lee
Heo
State Prison Commission of
Cleet Hoke Smith
The
National Guard
Athinta
Daly
Cen
Adjutant General of
Oalland Cemetery
Weeom
United Confederate
Daughters of the Confederacy
Sons of the Confederacy
Children of the Confederacy
First Methodist
A.oo Ppm
Roetunda
Capitol
Oklahoma letters on drought and prices from Enos Bottoms
Former Oconean writes from Muldron Oklahoma describing extreme dryness with little rainfall for years. He notes crops and livestock prices including Irish potatoes yielding 50 to 125 bushels per acre, corn 50 to 100 bushels, cotton half to 1.25 bales, and items like hay, eggs, chicken, hogs, and cows with varied prices. He mentions chills and fever, license requirements for firearms, and presence of Oconee and South Carolina visitors wrestling illness.
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Muldron
Okla
Keowee Courier
Oklahoma
Oconee
South Carolina
Enos
Sabbath Reverence Urged by Senator Simmons in Carolina Speech
Greenville Piedmont reports Senator Simmons of North Carolina urged stronger Sabbath observance at the Fourth of July Rural Letter Carriers' meeting. He tied Sunday observance to the fate of nations, noting Declaration of Independence and Constitution as world changing documents and warning of national disintegration if the Sabbath is neglected. Philadelphia dispatch notes a hot Independence Day with many injuries, drownings, and minor deaths from prostrations and fireworks incidents.
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South
Jacksonville
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Nashville
Philadelphia
Constipation Remedy Ad Promises Quick Relief
A vintage ad touts a patent tonic claiming to ease constipation and associated headaches nausea dizziness and weakness. It emphasizes gentle action under the Dean’s Reguats act and, priced at 25 cents, urges readers to ask their druggist for the product.
Manasseh's Wickedness and Penitence in 2 Chronicles 33
International Press Bible Question Club presents July 16 1914 study on Manasseh's wickedness and penitence with the golden text Cease to do evil learn to do well Isa 1 16 17. Questions probe parental influence idolatry occult practices punishment and divine forgiveness in this Sunday School lesson.
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DR. Linscott
International Press Bible Question Clubs
International Press Bible Question Club
Manasseh
Isa
Queen Dowager Maria Pia Dies in Stupinigi
Queen dowager of Portugal Maria Pia dies at the royal chateau in Stupinigi at 3 15 pm after suffering uremia She was born 16 October 1847 daughter of King Victor Emmanuel II Her husband King Louis I of Portugal died in 1889 Her sister Princess Clotilde widow of Prince Napoleon was mentioned in Italy As with many other royal losses the piece notes a string of familial misfortunes and political upheaval around Portugal and Italy.
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Turin
Italy
Maria Pia
Portugal
Stupinigi
Victor Minaneli
Louisa I
Clotilde
Napoleon
Chicago Heat Wave Claims Over Two Hundred Dead
Chicago records 201 deaths and 273 prostrations from a five day heat wave. Infant deaths total 125 as cooler rain and a north wind finally reduce temperatures, while other cities report lingering heat and hospital strains.
Complaint About Salem to Chapman's Bridge Road
Anderson reader criticizes Oconee officials for a costly bridge over Keowee River with no usable approach. He describes a dangerous climb up the mountain, cites better routes on the Pickens side, and urges a safer, easier grade road to connect the bridge to the surrounding area.
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Seneca
Keowee Courier
Oconee County
Salem
Chapman's Bridge
Keowee River
Oconee
Anderson County
Pickens
Big Eastatoe
D. WH. Russell. Anderson
Four deaths by lightning strike reported in North Alabama
Four deaths by lightning were reported in North Alabama. Rafe Lowery a prominent farmer near Huntsville was instantly killed. Mrs H M Harmon and her one year old baby died near Cullman last night as the mother stood on her doorstep holding the child. A negro man was killed near Anniston by a bolt of lightning.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Rafe Lowery
Huntsville
H. M. Harmon
Cullman
Three in double millions hold Upton Piano contest votes
Vote tallies from the Upton Piano Contest recorded at C. W. Pitchford’s store last Wednesday show three contestants in a double digit lead. Voley’s Honey and Tar Con touts a cough remedy with a yellow package and no harmful drugs. Bartons at Walhalla and W. J. Lunney in Seneca are noted in local endorsements.
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C. W. Pitchford
Voley
Barton's
Walhalla
W. J. Lunney
Seneca
Bloody Fourth at Augusta Police Blotter Darkest Yet
Augusta Ga July 5 The citys Fourth of July celebration yielded the darkest police blotter in memory with one killing two stabbings two concussions from brickbats one axe wound and thirty four cases of drunkenness. Wm A Lauder 24 was disemboweled by W S Hall Jr over a love triangle, both well connected, after an ambulance took Lauder away.
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Augusta
Wm. A. Lauder
W. 8. Hall, Jr
Lauder
Interior Explosion Sank to Washington July 5
General William H. Bixby chief of engineers United States Army returns from inspecting Maine salvage work and states the blast in three magazines caused the sinking not an external explosion. The cross of the vessel was attributed to internal explosion according to his opinion.
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Washington
Vaine
Wm, H. Bixby
United States Army
Maine
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