Four Men Shot After Prize Shooting Dispute at Statham
Four men including Lillians Thurmond Arthur Flanigan Charlie Hammond and Tom Holiday were shot following a dispute at a prize shooting match in Statham Ga Thurmond escaped but promised to surrender later Flanigan received a rib wound Hammond was shot near the hip joint Holiday had a minor leg wound Sol Flanigan was shot in the chin with serious injury feared for Imimond’s arm operation and prognosis.
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Statham
Lillians Thurmond
Arthur Flanigan
Charlie Hammond
Tom Holiday
Thurmond
Sol Flanigan
Seif
Imimond
Holiday
Pleasant Valley Community Marriages and Local Visits
Last Friday Miss Clara Mae Smith married Lester Hardison in Pinehurst with Judge Torbert officiating. Nora Smith wed Gilbert McNeese Sunday at Shiloh with Judge Hargrove. Florence Smith visits Adel relatives. multiple local travels and family news accompany the union ceremonies. A new baby girl arrives to Idus and Mrs. Hughes. social visits recur across Pinehurst, Lilly, Tippetville, Snow.
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Clara Mae Smith
Lester Hardison
Judge Torbert
Pinehurst
Jacob W. Smith
Dickerson
Shiloh
Nora
Gilbert McNeese
Judge Hargrove
Florence Smith
Adel
The Winter's Fire Wood
Farmers are urged to select fire wood from dead or inferior trees to save high value timber. Choosing poorer trees preserves better species like hickory and oaks for lumber, while improving woodlands and growth. Athens, Ga.
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Athens
Boy Hurt as Wagon Runs Over Nearby Home
Tom Bush a 12 year old in the Kerns community was run over by a loaded wagon Wednesday morning. Details were not learned but he was reported improving at last report.
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Tom
W. S. Bush
Kerns
Williams-Chalker Wedding in Pulaski
On Sunday afternoon Mr J W Chalker and Miss Alma Lee Williams were joined in matrimony by Mr Ridley. The bride, a popular and beautiful Unadilla figure, is admired for noble character and charm. The groom is a well known, trustworthy young man.
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J. W. Chalker
Alma Lee Williane
Handsome Railroad Calendar for 1906 Ready
The Atlanta Birmingham Atlantic Railroad calendar for 1906 with a line map is ready for distribution. Send 6 cents for postage with a request to W H Leahy G P A Atlanta Ga.
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Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railroad
W.H. Leahy
Atlanta
Messina Earthquake Toll Raises Italy’s Destruction
Reports from Rome describe 200000 dead as Sicily and southern Italy reel from the quake. Reggio and Messina lie in ruins with ships used as hospitals, refugees pouring in, and foreign fleets offering aid to Italy amid a continent in shock.
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Rome
Sicily
Italy
Stringher
Darailai
Messina
Giovanni
Palermo
Pellaro
Reggio
Calabria
Sach
Ostria
Europe
Ieles
Russia
Germany
England
France
Chacca
Strait of Messina
Richwood social and church notices and travel disaster notes
Richwood social items recount visits and guests including Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claug at the Xmab'tree event and multiple locals hosting friends. A preview of church and community events appears with Rev. Pool to preach next Sunday. The narrative shifts to a disaster scene with reports of wrecked harbor, trenches for the dead, and refugees arriving in Naples aboard the Admiral Makaroff.
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Santa Claug
M. C. Bullard
R. E. Ward
Mies Mary Goodman
Sutton
Near Here
Pearl Fraser
Near Shiloh
F. L. Bradshaw
Boston
Mies Maggie Tribble
Elberton
G. T. Franklin
Annie Sims
Cordele
Rosie Greene
Claude Shell
Clara Sime
J. E. Brown
Sallie Jackson
Misa Pauline Franklin
C. E. Fraser
Rev. Pool
Naples
Makaroff
Catania
Messina
Therapia
Lindale Woman Falls Into Prolonged Christmas Sleep
Rome Ga December reports a Lindale resident, Mrs Mily Huff, has slept since Christmas noon. Doctors cannot wake her after over three days, despite waking attempts. This spells recurs. she awakes dreamy for a day then sleeps irregularly. Physicians cannot explain the phenomenon.
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Rome
Mily Huff
Lindale
Paulk kills assailant in Fitzgerald. coroner rules justifiable homicide
John B. Paulk, a well known Fitzgerald resident and former clerk of court, confronted by a negro as he stepped onto Elias Paulk's porch, wrestled for a pistol, shot the attacker in the head after the weapon was seized, and killed him. A coroner's jury found the death justifiable.
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Fitzgerald, Ga
Jy B. Paulk
Elias Paulk
Paulk
Irwin County
Wright Brothers Airship and Byrne Shorthand at Athens College
The Athens Business College in Georgia promotes the Wright Brothers airship as a forward step in progress. It also touts Byrne Simplified Shorthand and practical bookkeeping, claiming fast mastery and real business training without theory.
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Wright Bros
Byrne
Athens Business College of Athens
Estrayed Cows Seek Owner in Vienna Area
Two cows stray into Nathan Dennard’s Vienna Gay RD homestead on July 1. A red cow with white stocking feet bears two half crop one swallow fork under bit, and a dark red spotted cow bears the same brand. Owner must pay costs to reclaim.
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Marksman
Pleasant Valley News
C. N. Smith
Alma Cole
Lilla
Guasie Bowen
Kate McNeese
Innie Smith
Mary Swearingen
Jes Alma Cole
Minnie Smith
Brother J. 8. Smith
Tippetville
R. G. Swearingen
D. R. Swearingen
Ora Lilly
Lilly
Gussie Bowen
Lilla Bowen
Eola Ingram
Vernon
Idus Hughes
J. T. McNeete
Sod
B. L. Wilson
Bea
Doctor Inn Town
John B. Paulk
Fitzgerald
Nathan Dennard
Vienna
Gay
RFD
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