Taft Sweeps Georgia With Widespread Lead In 1908 Returns
Complete returns from 146 counties show Taft winning 27 counties and a large Republican gain, with Watson carrying nine counties. The article notes Taft’s biggest margins in north Georgia, the loss of the Populist vote, and the nearly 188,721 total presidential votes, with references to service pension amendments and prohibition outcomes.
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Gin
Bryan
Uroal
Taft
Georga Postion
Watson
Republian
Inhith
Brown
Atlanta Journal
Bowen Woodruff Wedding Recalls Peasant Valley Nuptials
Last Thursday at 2:80 o clock the home of the bride s parents and Mrs J H Bowen of the Peasant Valley community their daughter Miss Hattie was married to Mr John W Woodruff Rev B Ferrell of Byromville performed the ceremony The couple received several handsome as well as useful presents The News extends best wishes for a happy married life.
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J. H. Bowen
Hattie
John. W. Woodruff
B. Ferrell
Byromville
City Lots For Sale In Lilly Town
Several nice residence lots for sale in Lilly. Cash or easy terms offered. Apply to A. A. Fuqua, Lilly. Also guidance to deliver seed cotton to Vienna Cotton Oil Co. for best prices and a note on a laxative product.
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Lilly
A. A. Fuqua
Vienna Cotton Oil Co
Murder Trial Opens as Dooly Court Reaches Guilty Verdict
Superior Court convened Monday at 9 00 am to hear criminal cases. Rufus Powell colored was found guilty of murder in the Tyler killing on Col G W Busbee's plantation and given a life sentence after a mercy recommendation. Jim Wiggins is on trial for his wife’s murder in 1905. The grand jury reconvened after adjourning Thursday.
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Whipple
O. Jim Wiggins
W. J. Lashley
Third
Cols. W. W. Harvard
Watts Powell
Attempted assassination plot against Laidler Jones near Unadilla
A Leader man learned of a planned murder attempt on Laidler Jones son of A L Jones whose cotton house had been burned recently. Helped by his young wife the couple avoided danger as armed parties loitered around the house and fired into the sleeping quarters before abandoning the scene. The incident, six miles west of Unadilla en route to Montezuma, followed the earlier arson and sparked community interest. Some suspect a revenge plot by those involved in burning the cotton house.
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Laidler Jones
A. L. Jones
Unadilla
Montezuma
United States
Territories
District of Columbia
Greely
Georgia
B. Gratz Brown J
Congress
Thomas A. Hendricks
Brown
Washington
Colorado
Thomas Watson
Michigan
House
Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
J. Q. Adams
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Pennsylvania
Kansas City Star
Electoral Vote Process and Georgia Hydrophobia Case
A Georgia family from Hartwell sought free treatment for hydrophobia after rabid dog bites. J P Stewart and three children plus J E Vickery party traveled to Atlanta for care at the state Board of Health. They received anti-toxin with assurance of recovery. The article also explains U S electoral college procedures and past anomalies.
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Atlanta
J P. Stewart
J. E. Vickery
J. W. Vickery
Hartwell
J. H. Stewart
State Board of Health
Capitol
For Rent and Property Offers in 1909 Vienna Ga
Classified ad notes three good residences for rent with outbuildings and gardens in good neighborhoods, offering low rent or cash credit options. Dr C T Stovall of Vienna Ga invites inquiries and Walton Bros mentions special prices on boys salts. The Una dilla Leader reports the family fears attackers after a fire and warns would be assassins will face a hot welcome.
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C. T. Stovall
Vienna
Union Meeting Planned by Farmers' Union in Unadilla
The Farmers' Union will hold a help meeting in Unadilla on November 7 at 10 o'clock. The session will cover important business for members and local affiliates.
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Farmers’ Union
Unadilla
For Sale Mules Horse and Farm Equipment
Four good mules and one horse offered for sale by W J Page Byromville Georgia dated 12 1 08. Also cotton planting disk harrow rows solid and cut disks with tongue or tracks sold by F M Barfield Pinehurst Georgia.
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W. J. Page
Byromville
F. M. Barfield
Pinehurst
Butler House Hotel Promises Neat Rooms and Fine Meals
A new two story hotel near T. R. Smith's warehouse offers meals from the market. Patrons in town for court are invited to drop in for a meal, with clean rooms and reasonable rates advertised.
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Butler House
T. R. Smith
Woman's dramatic revenge interrupts Fall River wedding
A Fall River dispatch reports a sensational scene at the wedding of Carlos J. Reagan and Miss Mary B. Chadwick. A veiled woman claimed to be Reagan's former partner, presented a four year old boy as his child, and vanished. Reagan left town with the child as the bride fainted and returned home.
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Fall River Mass
Dispatch
Carlos J. Reagan
Mary B. Chadwick
Reagan
Charles Reagan
Sullivan
Dooly Exhibit Earns Four Prizes at Macon Fair
O B Perry carried a county exhibit to the Macon fair and received four prizes for different articles. Starting work October 1 he plans another exhibit next year with larger space. County farmers urged to prepare crops for 1909. Perry earns praise for promoting Dooly at the state fair.
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O. B. Perry
Macon
Perry
The Farmer and the Soil speech on soil as wealth and future farming
O A Gullatt argues in Farmers Union Nova that US soil is a limitless national resource supporting food clothing and much manufacturing. He praises the Agriculture Department, urges modern soil knowledge, and foresees future gains from agricultural education, better farms, and cotton becoming the premier money crop.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Ex Senator Killed in Street Duel in Nashville
Nashville Tenn Nov 9 ex senator E W Carmack editor of the Nashville Tennessean was shot and killed in a three cornered street duel. Duncan C Cooper and his son Robin Cooper carried out the attack sparked by political tensions. The incident occurred late this afternoon in downtown Nashville.
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Nashville
Tenn
E. W. Carmack
Nashville Tennesseean
Duncan C. Cooper
Robin Cooper
Coopers
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Wan
North
Bowen-Woodruff
Rufus Powell
Jones
Hope
Walton Bros
Butler
Dooly
O. A. Gullatt
Farmers Union Nova
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