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Newspaper
Sandersville Herald
Location
Sandersville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
1
Short on trunks and bags but a full range is shown by D. L. Collins in Sandersville Georgia. Prices are low for hand bags steamer trunks and other styles noted as handsome well made and practically indestructible.
Timetable notes show west bound No 43 reaching Sandersville at 11 58 am and No 27 at 8 45 pm in fast time. West bound No 29 and east bound No 44 arrive at Sanderaville and Sandersville at listed fast times with Sunday constraints.
Chicago dispatch reports Bridget Dempsey, 21, patient at county hospital, remained with pulsating heart for eight and a half hours after clinical death from tubercular meningitis. Doctors tried nitro glycerine and stimulants with no effect. heart eventually ceased. Royal news from London notes King Edward VII improving though coronation week fatigue prompts Windsor stay. Queen Alexandra and the Prince and Princess of Wales attend Ascot races, with a large royal procession amid cheering crowds. Caracas and Port of Spain items describe Venezuelan rebel advances and government losses as Matos marches toward Guarico.
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson has been granted a three months leave and may appear before the retiring board after it ends. He remains troubled by eye problems, which the board previously found not incapacitating for service in the construction corps. Senate bills seek his retirement, while House action is postponed to the next session.
Nebraska Republicans head into tomorrow's state convention with seven candidates for governor active among delegates. Experts admit no clear favorite as they assess rival strengths. Lincoln June 17 report notes talks of reforming state offices and awaits light on the gubernatorial puzzle.
A Mt. Sterling Evening Post dispatch reports an oil well near the Levee, Louisville area, struck a rich flow at 280 feet and averaging 50 barrels daily. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland is convalescing at Castle Schaumburg on June 17.
Knoxville, Tenn. June 17. A wealthy 70 year old man John Nelson seeks divorce from Lillian Henderson whom he married in May after she wed him for his money. Six weeks after marriage she vanished and is now living with a former sweetheart. The divorce bill cites the desertion and loss of companionship as grounds.
Herman A Tubbs, prominent San Francisco capitalist and Tubbs Cordage Co. member, was instantly killed in a runaway near his Sausalito home on June 17.
Madrid announces the Spanish American treaty of friendship will not be ready for conclusion before autumn. United States Minister Bellamy Storer is expected to return to Madrid by then.
The overthrow of the Colombian revolution appears complete with leaders like General Uribe Uribe fleeing to Caracas, Venezuela to seek aid after a eight day pursuit along the Meta river. Other items note Rev John Thompson declining a Doctor of Divinity title and a Knights of Pythias convention at Madison with talks of a Hot Springs sanitarium.
Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage preaches from Galatians amid spring rural imagery on the inevitable retribution for sin. He cautions that seeds sown in wrongdoing yield fleshly corruption, citing farmer logic, Roman slave anecdotes, and public life to warn that past sins affect present and future outcomes.
A Sandersville High School program invites Prof. Gibson, teachers, and pupils to promote Hamilton-Brown Shoes as the school’s preferred footwear. Students compete to earn medals by selling ads, with a spring incentive offering a year’s supply of shoes for top sellers and best ads. The plan routes through monthly goals, samples, and guaranteed quality.
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