Americus district ministers named in Savannah conference
Savannah reports appointments for the Americus district by Bishop Answorth at the South Georgia Methodist Episcopal conference. W. C. Lovett heads as presiding elder with assignments across Americus First, Lee Street, Americus circuit, Arlington, Blakely and surrounding charges, including missionaries to Czecho Slovakia.
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Savannah
Answorth
South Georgia Methodist Episcopal Church
Amegh
Americus
W. C. Lovett
First Church
J. M. Cutler
Lee Street
L. A. Harrell
A. G. Brewster
Howell Smith Near Death in Fairfield
Relatives received a telegram from Dayton Ohio reporting Owen Smith connected with the Fairfield aviation camp is gravely ill with blood poisoning after a thumb injury a week earlier. His mother Mrs W D Smith and brother Harry Smith will travel by train tonight to Dayton to be with him. He formerly lived in Americus and spent his life there.
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Americas
Dayton
Owen Smith
Fairfield
Smith
W. D. Smith
Harry Smith
Southland
Americus
Peanut Oil a Prime Need for South China People
The article notes peanut oil ranks among essential staples for southerners in China, serving as a key substitute similar to how lard functioned for Americans, highlighting its importance in daily cooking and economy.
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South China
Ordered to chop wood and tragedy ends a boy's life
Dec 3. James Walker, a 14 year old negro orphan, killed himself rather than cut stovewood. He lived with an aunt who asked him to fetch a load of wood. He retrieved a loaded revolver and fired it into his head, dying soon after at a hospital.
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Savannah
James Walker
Legion Post Plans Membership Drive and Back Pay Effort
John D. Mathis Post American Legion meeting at the courthouse outlined a membership drive and a drive to collect back pay for Sumter county ex-service men from the third officers training camp. Commander Robert Lie urged applications for back pay while committees will be named soon to promote membership and locate new eligibles who moved into the city. Back pay amounts vary up to 100 dollars per month, with the post vowing to collect without cost to the men, regardless of Legion membership.
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Sumter County
John D. Mathis
American Legion
Court House
Robert Lie
Americas Post
Supreme Court
Lane
Washington
Wend
John D. Mathis Post
Woman Kills Man Then Self in Texas Car Crash
Mrs. C. O. Fuller, a wealthy Houston widow, struck Fred Hickman with her car, throwing him 30 feet. Moments later she rammed head on into a street car, dying almost instantly. Witnesses said she drove at about 50 mph through a crowded boulevard and did not seem to brake. The street car carried passengers with no serious injuries.
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Houston
Texas
C. O. Fuller
Fred Hickman
Notable Chinese Inventions Highlighted
The article lists acclaimed Chinese inventions including the compass printing lithography suspension bridges and gunpowder, noting their impact on technology and history.
Daugherty Reports Department's Work
Washington December 4 The annual report of Attorney General Daugherty shows increased federal prosecutions and civil cases across crimes from prohibition to tax and land laws. War frauds drive recoveries while anti trust and public lands suits rise. recommendations seek stronger criminal laws and unified bankruptcy fees.
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Washington
United States
Daugherty
Congress
Department of Justice
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Chemical Foundation
Wilmington
Del
Augustus T. Seymour
Seymour
William D. Rater
Robert H. Lovett
Court of Claims
Heber H. Wotan
Atlanta
Leavenworth
McNeil’s Island
Attorney General
Revenue Collectors Inspect Tax Returns In Americus
Deputy Collectors Paul Cobb and Dave Reese of the internal revenue department are in Americus all week reviewing income tax returns. They will assist upon request and can be found in the post office building room 205 from 8 30 to 5. They are also working on delinquent returns.
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Paul Cobb
Dave Reese
Internal Revenue Department
Reese
Americus
Choice City
G. R. Ellis Cor
G. C. Webb
Empire Loan & Trust Company
Americus, Ga
Trains and Telegraphs of Devil Told Student Body
In Cleveland on December 4 Rev. Fred Eastman of New York told the National Presbyterian conference that American frontiers exist in cities. He recalled a 19th century Ohio school board ban on railroads and telegraphs as devices of Satan, noting rail travel and telegraphy reshaped America.
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Cleveland
Fred Eastman
New York
Presbyterium Board of National Missions
National Presbyterian Conference
Eastman
Ohio
Hell
America
Richmond Shows Gains Cotton Growth for Year
Augusta report by A A Seago of the Commerce department shows a gain of 2349 bales in the 1923 cotton crop up to November 14. Richmond County ginned to that date compared with 5169 bales the year before, indicating a positive trend in the local cotton harvest.
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Richmond
Augusta
A. A. Seago
Richmond County
Swamp Root Kidney Medicine Ad Claims Purity and Safety
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant remedy for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It stresses vegetable herb ingredients a sworn purity statement and sample offers by sending ten cents to Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY with pane r mention.
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Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Paner
Adv
Language barriers blamed for daily New York factory accidents
Safety workers say ignorance of English fuels frequent incidents in New York factories. The miscommunication leads to losses estimated around 50,000 dollars daily. A separate note mentions seven University of California football players who faced a setback after a tractor was forced backward under strong force.
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New York
New
York
University of California
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