Georgia News Highlights From The Progress
A roundup of county and state items including Governor Candler handing office to Terrell on October 25, the Georgia State Fair at Valdosta touted as the greatest yet, and local crime notes. Mentions of a $1.72 fine for whipping a billy goat in Atlanta, a Morgan county official bond of $85,000, Confederate veterans moving to a new Atlanta home, and new tree boxing in turpentine country. Also notes a 200,000 acre timber deal by Ocmulgee Lumber Co. in Irwin and Coffee counties, a Putnam County Bank failure with assets $198,000 liabilities $875,000, and depostors paid in full. Additional items cover an Atlanta policeman’s bond after shooting a drunken barkeeper, a Stockbridge escapee captured, and a crime report of Jim Free jailed at Statesboro for assault. Occurring crop failures hit Butts county widely. The Americas Times-Recorder criticizes electors’ diligence, warning about trust in reps. Final line on Relative Chocolates promoting a constipation and liver remedy.
Hanging ends Hyers murder case in Adel
Boisa Bryant, a youth not yet 16, was executed in Nashville for the murder of Marshal W. A. Hyers. A special court trial preceded the hanging, Bryant professed religion, confessed sole responsibility, and described the fatal shooting after stealing the pistol. The jail service included baptism, then the trap was sprung at 11:40. The body was buried at the county's expense.
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Adel News
Bryant
Marshal Iyers
Mr. Syers
Swindle
Etta Hall
Parker
Botanic Blood Balm advertisement and ice delivery notice
An odd mixed notice promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for ulcers eczema and other blood disorders with offer of samples and $1 bottles from the Blood Balm Co Atlanta Ga. It also describes ice delivery by wagon in fifty pound lots within city limits and asks readers to cash tickets after the 15th to stop nickel sales and free medical advice mailed in sealed letters.
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Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Tam
Thompson
Smith's Sure Kidney Cure Advertises Health Claims
An advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Cure for kidney troubles with claims of restoring health. It promotes 50 cent bottles via Vienna Drug Co and mentions local druggists. A separate note reports Sheriff Milt Cooper capturing Columbus Coleman alias Tom Sparks in Birmingham, Alabama for a murder in Houston county.
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Smith
Vienna
Milt Cooper
Houston County
Columbus Coleman
Tom Sparks
Birmingham
Ala
Vienna Drug Co
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