Reunion Train to New Orleans Camp Macon Special
Central of Georgia Railway lists a Camp Macon Special for Confederate Veterans attending the New Orleans Reunion May 19-22 1908. Departure May 18 Macon Union Station 2:00 pm via Fort Valley Columbus Birmingham with sleeping cars and parlor service. Returning May 22 from New Orleans with final hour and extension details at offices in Savannah and New Orleans.
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Georgian Railway
Queen and Crescent Railway
New Orleans
Duesday
Claiborne Street
New Orléans Coictinis
Central of Georgia Railway
Corman Street
St Charles Hotel
H. B. Byrne
Queen
C Resa
St Charles T Pe
St Ferdinand and Chartresse
Savannah
Southern Baptist Convention
Cen. of Ga
Central of Ga
Georgia
Alabama
San Francisco
Los Angeles
CAL General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
USA
Nashville
Atlanta
American Medical Association
Monteagle
Tenn
Monteagle Bible School
Confederate Veterans Reunion
Central of Georgian Railway
Central of Georly Railway
Asheville
Southern Educational Ass’n
Athens
Peabody College Summer School
Key to Examinations for Georgia Public Schools 1858 onward
A Descriptive circular offers a complete questions and answers volume for every Georgia public school examination since 1858. Fifteen years of work compiled by B. S. Holden, with paste paid on receipt of one dollar. Send requests to Ellijay, Gilmer County Bank.
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Georgia
Wille
Holden
Gilmer County Bank
Ellijay
FIGHTERS OF FIRES PRAYING FOR RAIN
Forest fires rage across Cambria Somerset and Westmoreland counties as lumbermen and mountaineers join Altoona and Johnstown firefighters to save Dunlo Wintondale and Twin Rocks while Laurel Hill houses burn and a factory threat is held back. Latrobe reports Waterford Laughlins towns also menaced by a sweeping fire.
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Johnstown
Penn
Cambria
Somerset
Westmoreland
Altoona
Dunlo
Wintondale
Twin Rocks
Laurel Hill
Westmoreland County
Conemaugh Powder Company
Seward
Latrobe
Waterford
Laughlinstown
Boers Seek Freedom Emigration to Mexico for 1000 Families
Benjamin Viljoen and General W O Snyman arrive from Mexico after securing 88000 acres in Chihuahua for Boer immigrant settlement. Viljoen to sail May 17 to lead first expedition. Snyman to join family arrival in New York. Plan to land newcomers at Vera Cruz. aim to attract about 1000 families seeking a home on the American continent.
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Mexico
New York
Benjamin Viljoen
Johannesburg
Transvaalvolkasraad
W. O. Snyman
South Africa
Snyman
Viljoen
Santa Rosalla
Chihuahua
Ortzstadon
Vera Cruz
United States
Diaz
Enrique Crel
Limontour
Finance
Railway Conductors Meet at Pittsburg Biennial Convention
Nearly five thousand delegates and guests filled Old City Hall in Pittsburg as the Twenty-Ninth Biennial Convention of the Order of Railway Conductors of the United States Canada and Mexico convened. Grand Chief Conductor Clark outlined two years of work and future prospects. The Ladies Auxiliary gathered Alvin theater with Mrs J H Moore presiding. Proposals include raising death benefits from 300 to 500 and a competitive field for the next convention among Salt Lake City Denver Boston and Buffalo.
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Pittsburg
Old City Hall
Clark
United States
Canada
Mexico
Alvin Theater
Ladies’ Auxiliary
J. H. Moore
Toledo
Salt Lake City
Denver
Boston
Buffalo
Edinburgh in gala attire as king and queen visit
Immense crowds greeted King Edward and Queen Alexandria in Edinburgh as they traveled from Dalkeith Castle to Hollyrood Palace. A court and levee were held, the first in the historic palace for 80 years, with public addresses and presentations to the royals.
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Edward
Edinburgh
Scotland
Queen Alexandria
Dalkeith Castle
Holleywood Palace
Hostile tribes strike terror at Tetuan
Tangier May 12 Advices from Tetuan say the town is surrounded by hostile tribes that have set fire to gardens and plantations. Inhabitants are in fear as troops are despatched.
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Tangier
Tetuan
Prominent Montgomer y Man Shoots Self in Personal Crisis
Montgomery reports Arthur L. Jones a leading young society figure and bookkeeper at People's Cotton Factory and manager of National Air Moisturing Co. shot himself in his room at his father's home. Coroner's verdict death by own action. He was 80, Auburn alumnus, noted club man and tennis player. Also brief items on police chiefs meeting in New Orleans, engineer preventing wreck near Pak Creek, and death of author Richard Henry Stoddard aged 96.
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Montgomery
Ala
Arthur L. Jones
People's Cotton Factory
National Air Moistering Company
Jones
Auburn
New York
Richard Henry Stoddard
Telegraphic Brevities From Around the World
A roundup notes Russia to evacuate Manchuria after assurances from Britain and the US. Georgia Military College chief Major Marchant resigns after Memorial Day episode. Sultans barred from attacking Bulgaria due to Salonica bombs. Chappell dismisses Pwhere Normal and Industrial College students for smallpox. Rock Island–Frisco deal completed. Rock Island courting Central of Georgia. Mindanao Moros chastised. 300 killed at one site. Marroquin of Colombia resigns amid political turmoil. Reyes slated to succeed. Kentucky sues Southern Pacific for 1 million over franchise tag. Arkansas steams through floods and will stay grounded into spring. Carlo Brizzi, noted composer from a distinguished Italian family, dead in Newark. Lick Observatory team selects Santiago de Chile site for an observatory near a hill. Tomasso Lombardi, Italian suspect in Miss Nellie Sturtevant murder, released after no case. Havana reports senate weighing government lottery as sugar and tobacco taxes shift. unlikely adoption. Melbourne letters seek volunteers for railroad strike. 150 university students enroll as vigilance committee.
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Great Britain
United State
Russia
Manchuria
A. H. Marchant
Georgia Military College of Macon
Bulgaria
Salonica
Chappell
Pwhere Normal and Industrial College
Arkansas
Mississippi
Navy Department
Carlo Brizzi
Newark
N. J
Lick Observatory
University of California
Santiago de Chili
Chili
Tomasso Lombardi
Italan
Nellie A. Sturtevant
Medford
Havana
Melbourne
Victoria
Row at a circus lynching attempt by university students
A circus employee fled a Columbia Missouri crowd after being attacked by Missouri University students. A student, Stanley Sisson of Toledo, was struck on the head with a tent pole. The mob rushed the ring, demanded the employee, and the show was interrupted amid groans and hisses.
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Chicago
the Chronicle
Columbia
Missouri University
Seate
Stanley Sisson
Toledo
Cotton Market Shorts Cover Amid Bear Panic
In New York on May 12 the cotton shorts rushed to cover as demand remained strong and encouraged realising while cables lagged. Receipts were heavy and weather fine with new crop hopes rising, yet shorts stayed active. July and August led, May still showing a lingering short interest near 11.18 to 11.29, while other contract movements fluctuated through the session.
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New York
Sixth Triennial Session Opens of American Physicians and Surgeons
The sixth triennial session of the congress of American Physicians and Surgeons convened at the Columbia theater in Washington at 3 PM. Dr Walter Keene of Philadelphia called the meeting to order, with attendees including Prof Von Mikulich, Prof Fans Kerr, Roswell Park, and Dr. Flexner. Papers will cover malaria, yellow fever, and disease prevention for Panama Canal workers, as sixteen affiliated societies held meetings.
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Congress American Physicians and Surgeons
Washington
Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia Theater
Walter Keene
Philadelphia
Jefferson Medical College
Adolf Lorenx
von Mikulich
Berlin
Fans Kerr
Halberstadt
Germany
Roswell Park
Buffalo
Almon Flexner
Panama Canal
Grow or Die The Call to Constant Self Growth
A long meditation on personal growth and progress. It argues that growth defines character and success, contrasting thriving individuals who seek higher goals with those stuck in past grooves. The piece warns that failure to grow leaves people and organizations unable to keep pace with modern times.
The Lau Molomelo And The Fishing Decoy Club
The piece describes Lalu melomelo the Hawaiian native fishing decoy club used to lure fish. A village sorcerer blesses it, then the club is set at the bottom with nut scent to attract fish and guided into a net. It notes the club’s power can fail if a woman steps over it. Later: a drug clerk jokes about marriage and life insurance.
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Hawialil
Washington Post
Pastors Have No Legal Hold On Congregation
A western Missouri court of appeals ruling says church members are not legally bound to pay a pastor's salary. Rev J H Riffe sued the First Baptist Church of Monroe City for the balance of $800 yearly pay after partial payment. The trial court favored the minister, but the appellate court reversed.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Kansas City
Western Missouri Court of Appeals
J. H. Riffe
First Baptist Church
Monroe City
Mr. Riffe
Court of Appeals
Was Determined To Die With Drawn Knife Stand Off
A Birmingham report says Dr W L Funderburg of Gadsden took morphine to end his life and, when rescue attempts began, drew a knife and refused aid until he died. Excessive drinking is given as the cause.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gadsden
W. L. Funderburg
Odors and odd tales cross era curiosities
Odor notes in gout and other diseases described with musk sour beer or haylike scents. A bashful suitor feigns death to spur a proposal then marries. A student writes a sentence using contents, mocking spelling. A moral on not teasing others closes the column.
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Sydenham
Bouchardat
Jack Mason’s Wager and the Scottish Sportsman
A Virginia tale recalls Jack Mason betting his horse to shoot on a Scotch planter’s preserve. Mason, in disguise, films his entry with a courtly dandy look, using two dogs and a string of quail to win the bet. The planter, amused, approves after witnessing the elaborate hunt and the dandy’s flawless method.
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Jack Mason
Quantico
Alexander Hunter
Virginia
Iie
Warwick Hall
Charles Sr
Marster
Rupert
Cromwell
Lin
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Pennsylvania
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International Association of Chiefs of Police
Richardson Sylvester
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Carolina Central Division
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