New Hope News Notes Weather Delays Meet and Visits
From New Hope February 24 weather disrupts Sunday school attendance and pastor Rev W C Seaborn misses a service. Reports say Jay Hubbard recovers from pneumonia fever and neighbors share visits and social events amid winter conditions. Local residents travel, attend weddings, and plan trips as sleigh riding and school activities continue despite storms.
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New Hope
W. C. Seaborn
Jay Hubbard
Tiiswen Ciara
Ryan Tolligan
Blanche Donutbit
Sallie Alexander
Anderson
J. C. Alexander
Creighton Wood
Spartanburg
Emma Leonard
Harrison Jones
Liberty
John A. Kelley
Charlie Knox
Harrison Morgan
Valentine
Ballentine
Pickens
Tom Elrod
Edd Tollison
Seneca
Will Hunnicutt
Mary Mr. Huot
Dunking
Dan Stevena
Calhoun
Houde Brown
Wolf Stake
Harvey Kenneman
J. B. McMahan
Oklahoma
Folded Arms Wedding Proposal Report
Fragmented text describes Madge and Sam planning an engagement after a man named Hany asks to marry. The dialogue hints at excitement and a folded arm gesture as a reaction, with a slangy dialect impression of a casual social scene.
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Madge
Hany
God Save the Czar and Vaccination Law Report
The New York Outlook pieces mix verse praising the Czar with a report on Justice Harlan’s vaccination decision. The piece notes Massachusetts authority to enforce compulsory vaccination as a police power, affirming state primacy in health measures and stating the federal constitution is not violated. It also mentions a humorous anecdote about Sam Jones and a Bible thrown in a sermon, with the deaf and dumb man as the intended target.
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Justice Harlan
Supreme Court of the United States
Troobeor Va
United States
Massachusetts
Nation Harlan
Ife
Sam Jones
Ian
Brown estate heirs seek removal of executors in Georgia
The petitioners allege Julius L. Brown and Joseph M. Brown mishandled the estate of Gov. Joseph K. Brown. They accuse Julius of habitual drunkenness and mismanagement while asserting the estate, valued between a million and one and a half dollars, includes pivotal Atlanta properties and holdings. Rosser & Brandon represent the petitioners as a long courtroom dispute looms with the co executors yet to announce counsel.
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Atirats
Patiton
Joseph K. Brown
Julius L
Joseph M. Brown
Atlanta
Hallroad
Julius Brown
Buainoas
Joseph Brown
Colorado
Wall Street
Union Depot
Hrown
Alabama Atreet
Frank E. Block Manufacturing Company
Georgis
Connally
I. L. Connally
Joe Brown Connally
Mr. Connally
Elijah A. Brown
Sesood Bap Wat
Rosser & Brandon
Nn Peither Juline
Joseph’ Brown Ares
The Man Behind the Hoo Pleads for Help on Cotton
Florence Times notes a farmer tenant argues with landlord over rent and crop reductions to ease cotton production pressure. A Snodlord proposes paying in bales to adjust yields, while the tenant suggests a 25 percent rent cut and a corresponding crop cut to reach a fair price. The piece frames the dilemma as a plain but unresolved issue needing farmer assistance.
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Florence Times
Molitor
Snodlord
Negro Farmers Convention In Lancaster County
In Lancaster February 24, several hundred colored farmers attended a county convention. The gathering echoed support for the New Orleans convention platform, calling for reduced cotton production and increased fertilizer use. Leaders pledged united action and firm loyalty to the party line on the cotton issue.
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Lancaster
Lancwater County
New Orleans
Stepa
The Apothe Alling of Lincoln and a Confederate Tale
A Confederate Veteran excerpt discusses Lincoln assassination as the dying effort of slavery. It includes a long anecdote about two men on a train debating money and insanity, concluding with a jab at the editor of the Religious Perscope for not being English.
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W. Tank
Atlantia Douerael
Lincoln
Dayton
Ohio
Sim
Thure
Chattahooohie
Saylum
Brigklayer
Perscope
Dr Miles Nervine Promises Cure For Nervous Ailments
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Nervine as a tonic for nerves and various internal disorders. It claims to restore health by toning nerves, curing headaches memory loss fits and nervous prostration, and extends to indigestion kidney trouble constipation and rheumatism. It targets readers with nervous ailments and promises dramatic improvements.
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Miles
Milos
Alnon Muds
Nick
Miloa Norvinos
Mil Inc
Ranke
Ground Hog Story and the Weather
A weather expert voices belief in the groundhog forecast on February 2, noting a sunny day that preceded a spell of bad weather. He cites local belief and national weather data, urging Atlantans to watch the tradition in the future.
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National Weather Bureau
Will of MoQue Probated in Charlottesville Probate
The will of J Samuel McCree, filed in Charlottesville, named his wife and four brothers as heirs, left legacies to the four children, and provided a hundred dollars for the erection of a monument to McCree. The document, dated October 10 1904, was probated shortly after his death.
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Charlottesville
Wissie
J. Samuel McC
eSary
Borg
McCue
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