John Robinson's 10 Shows Advertise Balsam of Benzoin
An Americus Georgia advertisement highlights Jones Balsam of Benzoin as a versatile remedy for cuts sprains bruises and sores in horses and mules and claims suitability for human use. The piece urges large stock owners and dealers to obtain the product and notes availability through druggists and dealers nationwide.
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Americus
John Robinson
Claud Orton
Boss Hostler
Jones
De Saulles Custody Restored After Acquittal
Blanca De Saulles, acquitted of murdering her estranged husband on August 3, regains custody of her four year old son John L De Saulles Jr. at a Westbury Long Island home. The acquittal followed a high profile trial ending late Saturday night.
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Rosyln, N
John L. de
Saulles, Jr
Blanca de Saulles
Westbury
L. I
Negro Found Not Guilty of Murder in Superior Court
In Superior court this morning Shump Duggan was found not guilty of murder in the shooting death of Albert Williams near the courthouse two months ago. Attorneys R E White and W D Lane defended him. No date set yet for Warren Johnson's trial in the Wade Chapman case.
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Shump Duggan
Albert Williams
R. E. White
W.D. Lane
Warren Johnson
Wade-Chaplan
Beat The Boll Weevil Plant Express Cotton Seed
Ira Williams, government cotton breeding expert, calls it the earliest variety known. Pred in Misatasipp for weevil conditions, jelly priced 4¢ to 8¢ above normal cotton. Seed now available at $2.50 per bushel or $2.25 per bit, in 10-bushel lots. SHIPP BROWN Finleyson Ga.
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Ira Willams
Shipp & Brown
Finleyson, Ga
War Budget Seeks Record 1919 Military Funds
Treasury estimates submitted to Congress propose a war budget exceeding thirteen and a half million dollars for 1919, including over eleven billion for war purposes. The package funds army and navy expenses and harbor improvements, with Georgia projects in St Marys river Brunswick harbor and river maintenance across the state.
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Washington, D.C
Congress
Treasury Department
Dawson
Douglas
Washington
West Point
Georgia
St Mary's River
Department
Brunswick
War Loan 13 Raised by War Supply Interests
Copenhagen reports the seventh German loan shows 1 032 subscribers averaging over three million marks each in subscriptions above one million. The six loan had 770 super million subscribers. Small subscribers declined, while those above half a million fueled over a third of the total, indicating strong war supply interest participation.
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Copenhagen
Miss Alice Singer Dies After Long Illness in Lumpkin
Lumpkin Georgia December 3 Miss Alice Singer aged 63 died Saturday night after months of organic heart trouble. A longtime WCTU leader and M E church member she championed church service projects. She leaves two brothers three sisters and numerous Georgia relatives. funeral held in Lumpkin.
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Lumpkin
Alice Singer
Atlanta
Columbus
M. BE
Messrs
J. G
F. 8. Singer
Carrie Singer
A.L. Raleigh
Jennie McNabb
Eufaula
Ala
Georgia
Minutes of Americus Board of County Commissioners 1917
The Americus Georgia Board of Commissioners minutes from December 3 1917 record regular session attendance A Rylander chair R S Oliver E S Statham N A Ray T B Hooks with last minutes approved and numerous expenses listed to J H Moyers Gulf Refining Co Planters Seed Co Columbus Sewer Pipe Co Walker Evans & Cogswell and others totaling numerous payments for materials services and hospital and library support. The narrative includes shorthand remarks and a commentary on farming practices for oats and corn as discussed by the board.
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Americus
Board of Commiisioners
Noade
A. Rylander
R. S Oliver
E. Statham
N. A. Ray
T. B
Hooks
Billy
Geo. O. Marshall
Pinkston Co
J. H. Moyers
Columbus Sewer Pipe Co
A. B. Condor
Walker, Evans & Cogswell
Gulf Refining Co
A. le Rees
Central Railroad
Concrete Steel Co
J. R. Hale & Sons
A. Littlejohn
P. W. Hudson
G. W. Jordan
C. H. Summerford
Planters Seed Co
J. W. Harris
Wea
G. W. Wright
R. E
F. L. Cato
Albany Produce Co
Elbert Stallworth
Oats Or SheMould Co
Fred Campbell
City and County Hospital
Carnegie Library
Chas
D. Jones
Americus Lighting Co
Marshall, Bruce & Co
M. B. Connell
Lucius Harvey
Montgomery Lime & Concrete
Octo- Chappell Machinery Co
J. A. Pinkston
Pavan Bea Bender
Pranarad
Tha Aning
H. D. Watts
Rylander Shoe Co
Howell Pharmacy
Kent
Morgan & Go
Foote & Davies
Childers
Lucius Childers Glover Grocery Co
Americus Construction Co
Moreland-Jones Co
W. T. Weekley
Jc A. Witt
L Johnson
Dixie Oil & Grease Co
Allen
E. Black
Lodge of Sorrow at Americus Elks Opera House
The annual Lodge of Sorrow memorial at Americus Elks at the Opera House drew a large audience. Miss Ellen Estes delivered a Bryant poem with new interpretation while Hon. L Volney Williams of Waycross gave the memorial address and Miss Hila Polk sang a vocal solo.
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Waycross
Williams
Ellis
Hila Polk
Proper Way to Plant Winter Oats 15 Told
A 1917 Forsyth Georgia letter explains sowing oats on cotton stalk land with a special oat drill without breaking harrowed soil. The author notes 8 to 10 years of success and points to Athens College of Agriculture experiments and a bulletin for detailed data. The gist emphasizes placing oats directly on stalk land for good yields.
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Forsyth Ga
R. E. White
Americus, Ga
College of Agriculture At
Athens
Three-Row Drill Versus One-Furrow Machine Compared
A farmer notes that while a three row drill works in cotton, it lags behind the faster one furrow machine which makes three trips to the row. He asks for guidance and shares his experience with both methods. The writer signs as Sam, with THOS. G SCOTT.
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Sam
Scott
Savannah Delegation Returns From Deep Waterways Meeting
The Savannah delegation attending the Atlantic Deep Waterways convention in Milam returned to Savannah on Saturday afternoon. Mayor and Mrs. Pierpont did not accompany the group but will return later.
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Savannah
Milam
Pierpont
Deceptive Backache Promises Cure From Doan's Kidney Pills
D J Stevens a blacksmith from Spring Street credits Doan's Kidney Pills with easing his backache and kidney pains after days of bed rest and rheumatic discomfort. The ad notes the product costs 60 cents at dealers and urges readers to seek Doan's Kidney Pills specifically, by Foote rs Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Traveraed
Miles
Mila
Stiles
Oskland
San Antonio
Tex
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart
Ind
Lea
Dean
D. J. Stevens
Bpring
Doan
Stevens
Foaters-Milburn Co., Inters
Buffalo, N. Y
Inflation floods Russia as paper money devalues war effort
London dispatch reports Petrograd after the Maximalist coup notes Russia floods with inflated currency. Prices soar as shells cost 150 roubles vs 64, rouble trades at up to 380 per ten pounds, and daily paper money output reportedly reaches around one hundred million roubles.
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London
Petrograd
Telegrah
Russia
Negro Shot Dead by Walker Carter Near Americus
Walker Carter, overseer for Mr. Elton Parker, shot and killed Ed Denmark, a black man, at the Parkey Invitation about eighteen miles from Americus. The coroner's jury ruled the shooting justifiable homicide after Denmark, intoxicated, attacked Carter and tried to seize his pistol.
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Walker Carter
Elton Parker
Ed Denmark
Parkey
Americus
Ae Carter
No grand opera in Atlanta next spring
Atlanta Music Festival association says war conditions and conserving money and manpower justify a suspension of grand opera in Atlanta next spring. The decision may be revisited, but officials do not consider a change likely at this time.
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Atlanta
Germany
Atlanta Music Festival Association
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H. O. Jones Medicine Co
Was. Desaulles
Kaister
Thedford's
Blackdraught
Dr. Miles
Board OF County Commissioners
Lodge OF Sorrow
ELK
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Uatayne
the Reily~Taylor Company
New Orleans
EL Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Jackson Street
B. B. Kent
Tam
B. Kent
Garage Ammnices
Tom Westheimer
G. E. Buchanan
Washstanis
Bunny
Bragg
Pearlman
al Pearlman
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