Great Southern Inter-State Fair offers record premiums in Atlanta
The Great Southern Inter State Fair in Atlanta from October 10 to 27 will feature the largest premiums yet for agricultural products. Awards include 250 dollars for the best bushel of wheat and 250 for the best bushel of oats, plus 250 for corn, potatoes, hay, upland cotton, and a 250 pumpkin. Exhibitors pay no entry or space fees, only transportation costs. Secretary T. H. Martin, 218 Prudential Building, Atlanta, can provide details.
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Atlanta
Bashel
Fair Association
Farmery
Fiir
T. H. Martin
Prudential Building
Atlant
War News From South Africa Baffles British Plans
Reports from London detail slow British advance toward Wepener as Boers contest every step. Dewet and Villieres reportedly arrive at Thaba N'Chu amid clashes near Dewet's dorp and Capetown arrests a contractor for harboring escaped prisoners. Fighting persists around Swartkopjesfontein with Boer artillery and British Yeomanry holding firm.
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London
Buller
Wepener
Thaba N'Chu
Dewet and Villieres
Gatacre
Rundle
Kop
Brandfort
Pretoria
Dewet
Dorp
Transvaal
Lord Robers
St. Helena
Adelbert Hay
Bloemfontein
Capetown
Bam
Simonton
Sherife's Sales Offer Property At Public Auction
First Tuesday in May sale at the courthouse to highest bidder for cash. Listings include 120 acres of land with defined bounds in Washington County and two acres in Harrison town, plus eighty acres of land and a lot with a residence in Sandersville area. Taxes, fi fas, and tenant notices noted. various properties levied to satisfy judgments. Also mentions an organ offer and Dr Miles Nervine claim.
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Pai
Setollows
Jandy
J Young
T TE Vickers
Linda
M& Smith
Olet
G. M
Les & Bothwellye
G Mason
WB Forbes
Lds
Lana
Tore
Tiss
Harrison
J G Harrison
L Goben
Peter Brookington
Jannie Hawking
Fifa
I. Hermann
Washington County
Freeman Sroghiogiou
Counly
Daniel Kenwiv
Hannah Kootely
W Robison
Wiubisea
van Erichts
Said
J‘ Walker & Co
J Hodges
Viker
MG Smith
WI Jondos
Vickers
Clifford & Mason
Lhlermaan
D&c
Doctors Elect Officers of Medical Association
In Atlanta on April 1 the Medical Association elected officers. President Dr Samuel O Benedict of Athens first vice president Dr D Lockhart of Mayenville Secretary Dr Sonia H Jones of Atlanta and board of censors Dr Floyd W McRae and Dr W S Elkin of Atlanta. Terms vary from one to five years.
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DC. Benedict
Medical Association
Atlanta
The
Samuel O. Benedict
Athens
D. Lockhart
Mayenville
Sonia H. Jones
Atanta
Board of Censora
Floyd W. McRae
W. 8. Elkin
Jones
Dr. McRae
Board of Censors
Elkin
New Field for Hypnotism Promises Reform in Atlanta
Hypnotism used to extract a confession from F. A. Parham in Atlanta after a hypnotic session by Melvin Venable. Parham admitted stealing data and other articles, and detective work recovered goods for R. I. Graves. The case is hailed as a landmark in the science of hypnotism.
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Venable
Parham
Atlanta
F. A. Parham
Melvin Venable
Roy
R. I. Graves
Mysterious Disappearance and Local Incidents Across Counties
Reported cases include 13 year old Don Pullen missing in Dunix Georgia with possible river accident or elopement, a black woman shot dead on a plantation near Louisville Georgia, Berry Howard fugitive sought in Tennessee mountains for Goebel assassination, Raymond Wynn drowned while fishing near Senoya Georgia, Gainesville Georgia mill progress with Woodside Cotton Mill funding, West Point Georgia building boom and railroad roundhouse work, Hydrophobia scare after a mad cat attack in Aquanta Georgia, Morven Georgia post office robbed of about 25 dollars, Mrs Louise Colson near death in Mippieszoxe Tennessee awaiting trial of her son Colonel D G Colson.
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Dunix
Don Pullen
Annie Pullen
Homer
Oconee River
Seven Negroes Drowned Escaping Pearl River Flood
In Jackson Mississippi on April 28 a man identified as John Horton his wife and five children drowned trying to flee rising Pearl river waters. Their wagon fell through a broken bridge as they attempted to escape a flooded cabin. The Pearl river levee remains stationary after last night’s rain with rail traffic hindered.
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Mobile
Pascagoula
Moai
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Ilinois Central
Northeastern
Oho
Westle
River
Scranton
J. G. Metcalf
Louisville
Nashville
Leeds
Bertee
Onio
Ohio
Jackson
Miss
John Horton
Pearl River
Baker Sentenced to Hang for Wife Murder in Atlanta
James L. Baker was convicted of murdering his wife last Friday and sentenced to death by Judge Candler in Atlanta. The jury returned a swift verdict of guilty, with May 10 set for execution. Baker delivered a self-serving narrative on the stand, attempting to shape public blame.
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Atlanta
James L. Baker
Auperior Court
Baker
Candler
Khot
Greene Dies After Morphine In Campbell House Incident
In Vicksburg Mississippi April 21 1901 a man named O L Greene died after taking morphine in his room at the Campbell house. Dr D P Street attempted resuscitation for about fourteen hours but respiratory paralysis ended the case. Possible motives include rejected love and career desperation tied to former duties as a bank bookkeeper in Fort Valley Georgia. Admiral Dewey delays political statement as allies press for support in Georgia and Texas.
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Kilroy
Vicksburg
Miss
Dewey
South Green
Campbell House
D. P. Street
Dr. Street
O. L. Greene
Greene
Go Bank
Fort Valley
Washinatoy
Admiral Dewey
Bryan
Georgia
Texas
Kansas City
Cleveland
Yoynet
Thomas Jefferson
Brooklyn
Famine misery and unrest amid relief strain across districts
Dispatches from Catcurra report indescribable misery in famine districts with inadequate relief and cattle mortality. Natives grow angry and attack Europeans as a Friday assault on soldiers in Shappur ends with troops rescued in a collapse. Separate notices include a $125,000 compromise in the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley back tax suit, Florida canal work to begin on the St Johns to Indian River route, a fatal shooting in Sanderson, and May dates for Nicaragua canal consideration.
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Catcurra
Shappur
Greenville
Miss
Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company
J. B. Harris
Jackson
Walter Sellers
Florida’s
Tallahassee
J. N. Whitner
Chest of Money Found by Americus Woman
Mrs Parker sweeping her yard near Americus, Georgia, unearthed a rusted iron box filled with mildewed paper money two inches thick. The bundle appears Civil War era and its value is undetermined but likely in the thousands. origin and buried date remain unknown.
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Mra Parker
Americus
William Parker
Bacon Resolutions Aim at Civil Pay and Office Costs
Senator Bacon of Georgia introduced two resolutions in the Senate. One asks the secretary of war whether officers received or are receiving extra salaries for civil duties beyond regular pay. The other seeks details on rent, equipment, and similar office expenses. He cited a challenge by Mr. Chandler but had no specifics.
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Calla
Secretary of War
Washington
Senate
Bacon
Georgia
Chandler
Broom corn culture notes from the State Agricultural Department
The plant thrives on land where native cork grows best and soil should be well broken. Seed mixed with oats makes good feed for horses and poultry. The report traces broom corn to Dr. Franklin and outlines cultivation, harvesting, and curing methods, with yields from a few hundred to over a thousand pounds per acre and prices from 5 to 10 cents per pound.
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Franklin
State Agricultural Daranmague
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Prop’r
Gleorgta
MSW
Santersville Postafice
Rahibite
Mioe
South Africa
General Buller
Waakkerstroem
Bralazov
Yeomanry
Lonpoy
Lord Roberts
Spion Kop
Natal
Lord Kitchener
Soudlans
Afghanistan
Khalifa
Methuer
Bosnorr
Orange Free State
Methuen
Swartakopjesfontein
Boshoff
Cheride
Dewet's Dorp
Kelly
Tring
Awlings
W. Hardwick
Rawlings
Hardwick
A P Law
Sandersville
Hariig St
Sanderksville, Ga
Theus Brothers
Savannah, GA
Wm, Gallaher
Fivemhen’s Fund Insurance Co
California
J. W Daniel
Oflce
Evans & Evans
Attorneys AT Law
Sanduraville
Olbes
Evans
Morrison
Savannah - Georgia
Gorne Broughton
Drayton Eleads
Savannah
Lombard Iron Works & SupplyGo
GEO
R. Lombard Anzini
Mavy
Dra
Starksy & Palon
Starkey & Valen
Arch St
Philadelphia
Toronto
Dan
Santa Pianos
New Jerney
Warenton & Wilsom
New Ham
Sinnorn
Chicago
the Herald Omica
Pian Nos
Organs
Ena
Fros
Jhddrous Danno I
Sehinton
Sherife
Henaro
Miles’ Nervine
Savanah
John Babcock
New Georgian Terminal Company
Sherman
Carolina
Babcock
Boy
G. H. Williams
Mose Strowbridge
Mary Anderson
Strawbridge
Selning
Senoya
Raymond Wynn
Here
Gaitnesville
Gainesville
Woodside
West Point
Chattahoochee Valley Railroad
Aqianta
Frazer Street
Morven
Quiran
South Georgia
Vis
India
Sanderson
Fla
Pons
James Altman
Altmans
Hepburn
Nicaragua Canal
Brown
Macon
Julius Brown
Cotton Avenue
J. R. Everett
Metropolitan Concert Company
Alvyino
Sabre
Preston Everett
Mra. Everett
Fort Vallary
Fort Valley Fruit Growers’ Association
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