Experts to Speak on Farming in Third District
Congressman Hughes announces government farming experts will tour Sumter and other counties to address farmers. Dr Knapp leads the group, promising yield increases of at least twenty five percent in tested cash crops. They will visit Americus in September and Macon on September 6, outlining an itinerary for the district.
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Dudley M. Hughes
Americas
Sumter
Americus
Hughes
Knapp
Congressman Hughes
Macon
Mermaid Tells of Lost Farms From Rising Venus
In a whimsical Chicago note Venus laments misplacing farms due to motor boats. A mermaid questions the sea’s rising fault, while Venus sighs that she cannot button her waist at the back. The playful scene uses mythic imagery to tease modern transport pressures.
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Chicago News
Venus
Bargains in Real Estate Offered by G H Waddell Americus
G H Waddell Real Estate, Americus, Ga, advertises house and investor bargains. Speaker offers to sell, arrange build, or provide funds to buy a home, or mortgage on current home, with monthly payments near rent. Office at Allison Furniture Store.
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G. H. Waddell Real Estate
Americus, Ga
PUPILS ARE COMING IN FORCE TO COLLEGE AMERICUS
The Third District school at Americus is near opening with expanding reach beyond local patrons. Superintendent Collum notes applications have come from Cobb Harte Madison and Tifton, showing wider interest as Sumter County awaits a large attendance next school year.
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Collum
Cobb
Harte County
Madison
Tifton
Sumter County
Kidney Remedy Claim From Wayne Woman
Mrs Bowen of Wayne West Virginia writes she suffered kidney disease and could not stand or rise from bed. After taking Foley's Kidney Remedy a one dollar bottle and part of a second cured her. It will cure you. Sold by all druggists.
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Bowen
Wayne
W. Va
Foley
Hall
F. G. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
No Chance For A Drink Over Beyond The River
An Americas city traveler returning from Montgomery reports Alabama bone dry and unable to find a drink. He tested dry counties for an hour, noting places once not dry remain parched. He claims Georgia seems tighter, but Alabama leads in protracted drought and nerves. The piece ends with an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Sahara
John Barleycorn
Georgia
Duncan's Store Fall Linen Sale Teaser
Duncan's Store advertises a one day sale with 90 inch linen sheeting heavy quality at regular 1.25 per yard a 36 inch white linen at a reduced price and Huckaback towels 17 by 34 inches at 5 per dozen. It also promotes Toile du Nord ginghams and brown linen 32 inches wide at discounts around 12 1 2 to 20 cents per yard.
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Toile du Nord
Selection of fabrics and linens advertised for Wednesday sale
An advertisement lists deer skin suiting fabrics 36 inches wide at discounted yard prices, yard-wide bleaching, and Androscoggin count. It also promotes 72 inch linen satin damask with matching napkins at 75 cents per yard, Huckaback towels 20 by 40 inches, and 1,000 yards of all silk ribbons No. 60 and 80 in black white and colors, with regular 15 cent prices.
Sumter county hosts Winslow road building demo
Two delegations of citizens from neighboring counties visit Americus to inspect the government road building demonstration led by Superintendent D H Winslow. Stewart and Dougherty counties plan to send officials to study methods as Winslow spends ten days overseeing the project near the Josey place, two to three miles west of Americus.
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Americus
D. H. Winslow
Roads Department
Washington
Georgia
Sumter
Winslow
T. E. Barbie
Stewart County
South Georgia
Dougherty County
Supt
Ilke Sumter
Americas
Josey Place
Supt. Winslow
Convict Stole Hounds to Evade Capture in Georgia
Thomasville Georgia August 24 a $50 reward is offered for Charlie Allen a 30 year old black convict who escaped from the Thomas County chain gang and stole a pack of track hounds to throw pursuers off his trail. He released the dogs in the woods a short distance away. Allen stands about 5 feet 9 1 2 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. He stammers slightly when speaking.
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Thomasville
Charlie Allen
Thomas County
Allen
Donation by J P Williams Boosts Emory Endowment
J P Williams of Savannah, staying in Atlanta, donates 25000 to Emory College endowment in Oxford Georgia. The fund grows toward 300000 with pledges totaling 216000, Williams’ total Emory gifts reaching 55000. Also a consignment note for Foley's Honey and Tar drug products appears in the notice.
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Atlanta
J. P. Williams
Savannah
Emory College
Oxford
Williama Vat
Emory
Mullets Shipped In Georgia By Savannah Wholesalers
Savannah wholesalers report 90 000 mullet shipped to nearby markets in seven days. The fish, sourced from Florida, command a several thousand dollar value and dealers anticipate exceeding 200 000 fish distributed this week across the region.
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Savannah
Florida
Father in Law Weld Arrested on Murder Charge in Georgia
Reports from Lumpkin Ferry state that Jack Vickery father in law of Mrs Joseph Vickery is under arrest suspected of murdering Mrs Vickery and her child. It is alleged she threatened to reveal family secrets. Two suspects John Welle and Wax Durr are being sought.
Greeks of Atlanta Drill in Readiness for War
One hundred young Greeks of Atlanta have been drilling to prepare for a possible Greece Turkey war. A well equipped company forms the core and is already partially armed. Trained militiamen drill the group most every night as tensions rise in August in Atlanta Georgia.
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Atlanta
Greece
Turkey
Nine Bales Hauls by Four Mules From Sumter Plantation
Mr. T. Tt. Hooks sent to Americas yesterday from his plantation a load of nine heavy cotton bales drawn by four mules over six miles along Sumter's good roads. The feat, on a grand road to his plantation, showcases easy pulling despite the distance and load.
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Sumter
T. Tt. Hooks
Americas
Hooks
Three candidates enter Fifth district race in Georgia
Atlanta August 24 three men contend for the Fifth district seat in Congress. Lucius I Middlebrooks of Newton county has officially announced. Likely rivals are Lon Livingston and William Schley Howard of DeKalb county. The contest promises to be warm and highly interesting.
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Atlanta
United States Congress
Lucius I
Middlebrooks
Newton County
Lon Livingston
William Schley Howard
DeKalb County
Sale of cotton governed by price advice for farmers
An editorial argues buyers should not sell too soon when cotton prices are uncertain. It notes two exceptions: sell only when profitable or avoid selling during market over-supply driven declines. It cites past pricing, warns against overconfidence, and urges marketers to balance current values with future demand and crop estimates, especially favoring September timing. It emphasizes 12 cents as a viable floor and cautions against speculative holding.
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Texas
Land for Sale Near Americus and Rail Lines
Real estate ad listing multiple parcels of land for sale near Americus including 235 acres with a five room house and running water at 8.50 per acre and 516 acres near R A at 5 per acre. Also 200 acres with a four room house and open farmland at 15 per acre and 460 acres near Americus with multiple houses at 15 per acre. Additional parcels include 200 acres with a new five room house near R R at 16 per acre, 400 acres with four room and tenant houses at 10 per acre, 850 acres with seven rooms and ten tenant houses across pine timber at 15 per acre, and 6100 acres unimproved land with railway frontage at 4 per acre. One-third cash option and invitation to contact seller for home or investment.
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Americus
R. A
R. R
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