Military honors for captain slain by woman at Georgia camp
Captain Edgar J. Spratling of the Fifth Regiment was shot and killed at the Georgia state mobilization camp by Mrs. H C Adams of Atlanta. Adams, a former patient of Spratling, was held by a coroner's jury. The body was moved to Atlanta for burial in Opelika, Alabama. Nurse Maud Monk said she heard of a threatening letter. Adams claimed her acts would be justified when tried.
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Macon
Edgar J. Spratling
F. Company
Fifth Regiment
National Guard of Georgia
H. ¢. Adams
Atlanta
Opelika
Ala
Adams
Spratling
Bibb County
Captain Spratling
Maud Monk
National Guard
Camp Harris
Captain Spretling
Bodily Housekeeping by V M Pierce M D
Dr Pierce advocates drinking plenty of water with meals and avoiding ice water. He cites X-ray based studies and researchers Cannon Grutzner Pavlov Fowler Hawk to support hydration for bodily upkeep. He also recommends Anuric before meals and tablets daily for long life.
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Cannon
Grutzner
Pavlov
Fowler
Hawk
Federal Judge Rules U S Jurisdiction Over State Guard
Judge Sater of the U S district court held federal jurisdiction over national guardsmen serving under the new federal oath is supreme and cannot be interfered with by the state. The ruling released Captain Warron and Sergeant Doyle of the Ohio National Guard from habeas corpus confinement after a July incident in Hamilton when they allegedly assaulted a socialist orator.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Sater
United States District Court
Warron
Doyle
Third Regiment
Ohio National Guard
Woman shoots captain after claiming him as Spratling
The woman fired twice at Captain Spratling at a camp, wounding him in what witnesses say was a confrontation sparked by her belief he was the officer. She cried that he had ruined her home and later said she would go free when the testimony is released.
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Captain Spratling
Samuel A. Kyser
F Company
Atlanta
Fourth Child Is Soon to Be Born in Atlanta Affair
Mrs Adams, mother of four, left Atlanta home with three children after claiming alleged improper relations between her and Captain Spratling a physician and officer. She sent a telegram saying she is in jail and plans to tell all when her husband arrives. She asserts love for her husband and children and that Spratling is not responsible.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Matteawan Insane Asylum
Capain
F Company
First Cavalry Troop to Muster in Mobile Sunday
Mobile's first cavalry troop will be mustered Sunday morning at 9 o'clock. Lieutenant Colonel William Mickle announced the number needed to meet military law and that Howard Gaillard, formerly second lieutenant of Company A, Second Alabama Volunteers, would command the Mobile cavalry company.
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Mickle
Mobile
Tewtenant
Williamickle
Howard Gaillard
Company A
Second
Alabama Volunteers
Mobile Cavalry Company
Religious Services and Meetings Scheduled Aroundtown
Rev Singleton of Mobile to lead Bethany Baptist Sunday services at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. Rev Barnes at Whistler Methodist 11 a.m. and Rev Calhoun to preside at 7 30 p.m. J M Small travels to Thomasville for weeks visiting kin. Pentecostal meetings set near Eight Mile Creek Sunday at 11 a.m. 3 and 7 p.m led by Rev James L Slay. Bethany Baptist to call a pastor at 7 20 p.m. Wednesday. Vaughan resigned for missionary work.
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Mr. Singleton
Mobile
Bethany Baptist Church
J. M. Barnes
Whistler Methodist Church
Otis Calhoun
James L. Slay
Joseph J. Harris
George H. Hicks
Daniel Dykes
Hurley
Miss
Heywood T. Vaughan
Selma Knight
Indian Springs
Maud McCrary
Lena Busby
J. Hutchison Adams
Meridian
Martin Adams
Iena Pryor
Pensacola
Fla
Premiums Listed for Wilmer Corn and Livestock Show
The Wilmer Progressive Association announced a long list of premiums for its Corn Agricultural and Livestock Show set for October 20 and 21 in Wilmer. Exhibits are free to enter and must be sent in by October 19, with prizes from 1 to 10 dollars in multiple departments for poultry livestock farm and garden products.
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Wilmer
Fifteen People Receive Typhoid Vaccine at Health Office
Fifteen persons received free typhoid vaccine Friday afternoon at the Board of Health office. Dr. Charles A. Mohr, city health officer, directed the vaccination. Those seeking the vaccine should present themselves at the board of health between 8 and 4 30 on Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays.
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Board of Health
Charles A. Mohr
GOP to Put on Movie Play Hughes Takes Lead
New York August 26 Republicans and Democrats plan to use a photoplay in the presidential race. Everett Colby signed a contract for a film depicting campaign issues with Charles E Hughes in the lead role alongside Colonel Roosevelt. William R Willcox is slated for a star part.
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Hughes
Associated Press
New York
Everett Colby
Republican Campaign Committee
Charles E. Hughes
Roosevelt
William R. Willcox
Oppose Receivership for Boston and Maine Ry
Francis V. Streeter of Medford a minority stockholder filed in federal court to intervene in the equity suit brought by Inter Continental Rubber Company for the appointment of receivers. He says the directors’ assent to a receivership disregards stockholders and railroad rights and interests.
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Associated Press
Boston
Boston and Maine Railroad
Francis V. Streeter
Medford
Inter-Continental Ubber Company
Jersey City
Streeter
Road
Birmingham Man Wins Barbour Bridge Contract
The state highway department awarded a $7,895 contract to Hubert Scruggs of Birmingham to construct a concrete bridge over a creek near Eufaula Barbour county. Work will start immediately replacing a flood damaged bridge. the contract was let by R P Boyd assistant state highway engineer.
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Montgomery
Ala
Eufaula
Barbour County
State Highway Department
Hubert Scruggs
Birmingham
R. P. Boyd
How to Give Good Advice
The best way to give good advice is to set a good example. When others see how quickly you recover from a cold by taking Chamberlain's Cough Remedy they are likely to follow your example. This remedy has stood the test of time and enjoys an excellent reputation. Obtainable everywhere.
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Chamberlain
Manufacturers Entice Buyers With Women
New York district attorney Swann announced an investigation into manufacturers employing women to lure buyers from across the country. He has found enough evidence to consider indicting men who entice women to meet buyers as potential white slavers following a complaint by one business owner alleging his wife was drawn into an immoral life.
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New York
Swann
Roumania Refuses German Diplomats Through Channels
A Berne dispatch reports Emperor William planned a mission by Ruhe Albrecht of Mecklenburg to King Ferdinand. Ferdinand replied the move was opportune as a constitutional monarch would refer the envoy to his ministers and preferred communications through normal diplomatic channels.
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Paris
Berne
William
Germany
Ferdinand
Roumania
Ruhe Albrecht
Mecklenburg
State Flood Committee Disbands After Federal Aid
John W. Durr, general chairman of the flood relief committee, announced its disbanding after Congress appropriated funds. The panel had collected statewide subscriptions and provided immediate aid to flood sufferers who could not wait for federal relief.
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Mr. Durr
Day Law Cases of Mrs Holt and One Other Continued
Prohibition cases on the recorder's court docket were continued when called for trial Saturday. Mrs Corrine A Holt said she would not be ready for trial until Friday. In inferior criminal court Ed Noyd Albert Douglas and Tom King pled guilty to violating prohibition laws and were fined 50 dollars and costs. Several liquor raids found prohibited liquors at multiple soft drink stands and private addresses in the city.
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Recorder’s Court
Tom Meyers
Corrine A. Holt
Inferior Criminal Court
Ed Noyd
Albert Douglas
Tom King
Henry Chamberlain
Vincent
Cavelleras
Matthew Williams
Missing Lieutenant Found After Disappearance
Second Lieutenant J. B. Rigdon of the Second Arkansas Infantry who vanished from the Deming New Mexico camp last Monday has been located in Little Rock. He was married two days before leaving the camp to Miss Mabel Archer. Colonel Stroupe wired for his resignation, which was received. Earlier reports claimed he was waylaid by Mexicans while walking into town. guards had searched the area.
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Associated Press
Deming
Sweet Dream Em Tonight The Mosquito Faces A Setting Sun
An ad style item promotes a product named Sweet Dreams with a setting sun motif. It targets new or inexperienced buyers as “fattening feast” and claims quick lessons. The pitch lists generic drug and wholesale distributors: Mobile Drug Co Mobile Grocery Co Van Antwerp Drug Co Wholesale Distributers.
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Mobile Drug Co
Mobile Grocery Co
van Antwerp Drug Co
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