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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1902
Page
4
Mrs. M L Myrick speaks at the State Agricultural Society in Macon on the value and promise of rural youth. She urges belief in hardworking boys and girls, condemns cynicism about modern youth, and celebrates practical effort in farming and industry.
A nostalgic Southern commentary argues that while metropolitan newspapers shape social life and stir discontent among farm youth, the author defends social enjoyments and praises American youth and women. He urges focus on virtuous civic reform and cherishes memories of home and Georgia’s great men.
The speaker extols the modern country girl as educated, independent, and capable, comparing her to Clara Barton and noting education as emancipation. She argues girls move with progress, value physical and mental discipline, and should seek home and family as life’s center, urging fathers and mothers to nurture knowledge, courage, and morality. The Speech praises Georgia State University, Milledgeville Girls Normal School, and Atlanta’s Technological School as engines of opportunity.
A smooth con woman in Savannah duped two jewelers, Theus Bros. and A. L. Desbouillon, by posing as relatives of prominent locals Mrs. J. P. Williams and Mrs. Henry Blun. She selected and carried away diamonds and jewelry valued at $1799, charging it to the Williams account and then to Desbouillon’s shop. Police search trains and inspect exits for the elusive suspect.
New Orleans August 13 A mortgage for eight million nine hundred thousand dollars in favor of the Farmers Loan and Trust Company New York was filed today by the North Eastern railroad. The loan secures 60 year 4 percent bonds and will fund terminals under lease buy rolling stock and machinery. The filing follows a March authorization meeting. Rebels Take Gonalves In Haiti Power Shift Port au Prince Gonalves is reported in the hands of revolutionary forces under General Firmin. Powell also reported Vasquez government said Gonalves with three provinces were in rebellion.
Two thousand veterans from across the country attended a Confederate reunion at Providence church in Charlotte North Carolina on August 18. Dr Henry Louis Smith of Davidson College delivered a two hour address on Education. A noon feast for 2000 followed by a tournament and a coronation ball marked the close of the event.
Mia Golden of Jeffersonville Indiana has been licensed to pilot steamers on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. She will command her husband’s steamer the Shawnee today, as it heads south with a large store boat in tow the Mount Vernon. Mrs Golden has spent much time on the river and has traveled many southern waterways with Captain Golden.
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