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Newspaper
Albany Daily Herald
Location
Albany, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1906
Page
6
In Albany this week merchants report better business for the season while the Georgia peach becomes common locally. The city clock is misread, the Flint river runs low, and fishermen face poorer conditions. Ice cream sales rise with heat, coal supplies stay steady, and Miller & Hart's smoked bacon appears in new shipments.
Passenger schedule lists routes between Albany and Savannah with connections through Thomasville Monticello Waycross and Tifton. Craig as Passenger Traffic Manager Wilmington NC and B A Atkinson as Albany Ga ticket agent appear among abbreviated times and train numbers 74 711 94 and 9 with arrival departure windows in the early morning and evening.
An essay extols nature sparing the rose from mental suffering and touts Newbro s Herpicide as a germ killer for hair loss. It claims science identified a parasite causing hair destruction and urges samples by mail order. Local agents listed.
The colored state Baptist convention held an educational day with Rev. J. W. Carr presiding. Mayors C. W. Rawson of Albany and J. Davis delivered eloquent afternoon talks. Night services featured Rev. S. S. Broadnax. Mission figures and collections totaled 1300 dollars. Also notes on local events, hay, tomatoes, and assorted ads and notices.
A special excursion train to Columbus departs Albany at 7 30 a m via the A L railway. The trip is scheduled for Monday June 11. The return details are noted with voyage numbers 1 2 4 6 8 9 and the round trip fare listed as 1 25.
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