Facts From Fair Play Pair Play July 12
Farmers mood damp as rains persist and crops suffer. Notable in the community, Jim St Lt Barton of Hounds Okla visits Lavonia Ga with his family. T Leslie Stribling to Miss Nelle Nichols wed June 20 at Due West. reception at Stribling home in Seneca. Miss Louise Shelton returns from visit to Valhalla cousins. Baptist church youth class host event at Knox's Ridge. 80 attendees. John Reeder wins blue ribbon at picnic. Rev W A Chastain and family visit Athens Ga. Chastain preaches on Soul Winnings. Hila Dobbs sister of W L Dobbs aids pastor.
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Jim St
Lt. Barton
Hounds
Okla
Lavonia
Lee
Sime
Mark D. Stribling
T. Leslie Stribling
Nelle Nichols
Due West
Leslie
Our County
Seneca
S. Stribling
Louise Shelton
Maxwell
Valhalla
Taracea Elas
Baptist Church
Philathea Elas
Knox's Ridge
Mith
John Reeder
W. A. Chastain
Athens
W. L
Mr. Chasta
Westminster
Chafain
Christ Ehurch
Real
Hila Dobbs
Aml
Dobbs
Maury
HL. Newlesien
Atlanta Woman Found Dead with Brother in Suspected Dope Case
In Atlanta on July 17 Miriam Poindexter a 50 year old woman was found dead in a dark upstairs room at 52% Jones avenue beside her brother Albert Poindexter 30 who was held as a witness by Justice of the Peace Dodgen. Police found morphine equipment and the claims of dope use by both siblings with the body discovered by Mrs Shaw and coroner absent.
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Atlanta
Jones Avenue
Miriam Poindexter
Albert Poindexter
Justice of the Peace Dodgen
Donehoo
Poindexter
Aftics
Artevi
Atlante Man Invents Life Preserver in Atlanta
L D MacDonald, an Atlanta man and longtime engineer on the Atlanta and West Point Railroad, has invented and patented a leather belt life preserver with four hermetically sealed zinc spheres that slide around the belt to support a person. The spheres are six inches in diameter and will sustain a weight of 500 pounds, with the full device weighing four pounds. A recent test was conducted to validate the invention.
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Atlanta Constitution
National Board of Life Saving Appliances
Atlanta
L. D. MacDonald
Peachtree Street
Atlanta and
West Point
Man Returns From 21 Years Gone To Reunite Family
The Rev John Tay ut presents Enoch Arden style tale as Wilkes reappears after 21 years believed dead. Lizaheah Ivey Taggart, wife of Bloomsburg preacher, remarried in 1892 after flood death rumors. Taggart claims loss of self control and returns to take wife and children away with Van Horn jailed.
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Wilkes
Enoch Arden
John Tayut
Taggart
Isst
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bloomsburg
Lizaheah Ivey
George Ivey
Peared
Johnstown
Amuel van Horn
Hemlock Township
Columbia County
van Horn
Swede lighthouse keeper kills self to avoid arrest
Charleston July 16 A Swedish second keeper Ludwig Jacobson killed himself rather than be arrested for attempting to assault the daughter of another lighthouse keeper. Deputy Marshal Adams and posse forced entry as he shot himself in the mouth. Jacobson, a member of the Eagles, died after the dramatic attempted arrest. The woman involved had been chloroformed earlier, while Jacobson had been drinking. The report includes a testimonial from A E Davis of Sulphur Springs Texas about Dean's Regulates.
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Charleston
Ludwig Jacobson
Morrisland
Adams
Posse
Liunch
Jacobson
Flour Price Drop Predicted and Fulfilled in Atlanta
A wholesale flour dealer forecast a $1.25 drop per barrel around July 10. Last week flour fell from $7.75 to $6.50 a barrel, with the dealer selling hundreds of barrels for delivery after the date. Fatten's wheat corner kept flour high until the new crop.
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta
Earthquake In Greece Causes Destruction And Losses
A London dispatch reports a violent earthquake in Southern Greece near Athens and Pyrgos. Many villages destroyed with heavy material loss and numerous casualties. Twenty dead and about a hundred injured across affected areas. In Atlanta Georgia, the state senate passes a bill penalizing false or defamatory remarks about women, challenging free speech debates.
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Athens
Els
Pyrgo
London
Avlanta
Penitentiary States
Georgia Senate
McCurry
Bishop Moore Advocates Resistance to Chinese Mission Work
Steuben Ohio dispatch reports Bishop D H Moore of the Methodist tradition warned against Chinese missions in the United States. He recalled the murder of a mission worker in New York and urged men not to sow or send women to be tested by Chinese missions. He urgedaction to keep women out of mission work.
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Steuben Ohio
Wiil
New York City
United States
D. H. Moore
China
Hall amaryllis blooms without foliage in midsummer
Garden note describes Hall's amaryllis as a remarkable plant that blooms in midsummer from bare ground, preceding leaf growth. Flowers are fragrant, rosy filamented with yellow bands, with leaves appearing after flowering and dying back in spring before rest.
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Garden Magazine
Hall
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