Arles plantation sold to Macon syndicate for future auction
A long time Arles plantation of 2100 acres, 1800 under cultivation, has been sold to a Macon syndicate with plans to divide into 80 to 400 acre tracts and auction before January 1. W T Joan, an owner, announced the sale terms though buyers and price remain undisclosed. Calhoun aims to move to Monticello Florida to develop a high class stock farm.
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Arles
Macon
W. T. Joan
Macon Syndicate
Calhoun
Calhhoun
Monticello
Fla
Thomasville
M. Tarees
New York
Urges Limit To Size Of Paper To 24 Pages
Washington reports urge to cap daily newspapers and periodicals at twenty four pages amid a severe newsprint shortage. Critics blame large dailies and magazines for hoarding stock, arguing smaller papers could cut fifty or more pages without harming the public, while ad volume should be trimmed.
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Washington
Steenerson
Cotton yarn factory bid eyed for Americas Georgia
The Americus Chamber of Commerce reports a cotton mill inventor from another Georgia city seeks to open a small factory here. He requests a 50 by 100 foot building for two to three years, offers local stock sales or loan terms, and asks interested parties to contact Secretary Perkins.
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Chamber of Commerce
Georgia
Americas
Americus
Perkins
Aged ex convict Dick Horne recalls benefactor on deathbed
Dick Horne, an old faithful ex convict, died in Sumter County on December 15. On his deathbed he asked Captain John A. Cobb, a man he credited for his life, to be informed of his passing. Cobb had worked to secure Dick's pardon in 1865 after a wrongful murder conviction, and Dick spent 45 years working for Cobb before his death.
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Dick Horne
Cobb P'Intation
John A. Cobb
Cobb Plantation
Judge Horne
Captain Cobb
Sumter County
Capt. Cobb
Old Dick
Atlanta
Plantaton
Horne
Cobb Place
RAT-SNAP Rat Control Ad Promises Quick Results
A local advertisement touts RAT-SNAP for mice and rats with claims of fast action and pet safety. It lists three cake sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 and notes sale by Nathan Murray Druggist Sheffield Hardware Co and Sparks Grocery Co Americus Ga with guarantees and distribution details.
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Nathan Murray
Sheffield Hardware Co
Sparks Grocery Co
Americus
Joe Armetrons
U. Oseee
Ion
Pel
Shofield Hardware Co. and Grocery Co
Miss Bridges to Lecture on Persia at First Baptist
Miss Ena Bridges, recently returned missionary from Persia, arrives in Americus and will lead a 3 o'clock service tomorrow at the First Baptist Church. She will sing hymns in Persian before speaking and answer questions about the faraway land.
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Ena Bridges
Persia
Americus
Miss Bridges
Sugar Board Continued For One Year By House Panel
Washington dispatch reports the house agriculture committee ordered a favorable report on a bill to extend the sugar equalization board through next year, following authority under the food control law to regulate prices and movement of sugar. Also, notice from the Ivey family of Douglas Ivey’s plan to return home December 20 for a vacation.
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Washington
Asboeiaitéd Press
House Agricuiture Committee
W. 8. Ivey
Douglas Ivey
Buick Motor Company
Women's Outfit Sale with Deep Store Reductions
The Standard advertises reductions on dresses coats and suits. Serge dresses formerly 925.00 now at 24.78 while velvet dresses and silk stockings are highlighted with multiple price points. Also featured are silk handkerchiefs crepe de Chine and boxed gifts with sizes noted for ladies and boys union suits and all wool rugs.
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Serge
Sawmill Tragedy Claims 28 Year Old Soldier
G R Tidd aged 28 a returned soldier was killed when a flying beam struck his face at his father s sawmill four miles from Ellaville on the Oglethorpe road at 10 o clock Monday morning. He died instantly and the body was taken to the family home near the mill where efforts to save him failed. He leaves a large family and several siblings. The funeral was held at Providence church near Buena Vista with interment nearby.
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G. R. Tidd
Ellaville
Oglethorpe Road
Américus
Enine
Mr. Tidd
H. L Tidd
W. C
H. 1
Graver
Willas Tidd
Schely County
R. L. Cook
Macon
W. A. Wadsworth
Buena Vista
J., P. Wall
Americus
Luells Tidd
Bedley County
Providence Church
T. D. Roberts
Five more added to county chain gang in term
The county convict gang rose to 21 prisoners for the current Superior court term as five more were turned over to stockade officials. Among the new inmates is a man convicted for murder in City court, plus three felons including Joshua Floyd condemned for life, Sidney Ware for liquor making, and Jack Sailor with a three year term for assault with intent to murder. The court also recorded Willie Jones's guilty verdict for whisky selling despite earlier proceedings.
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Superior
Joshua Floyd
Sidney Ware
Duckworth
Jack Sailor
State Supreme Court
Your Back If Rat Snap Comes Up To These Claims
RAT-SNAP guarantees to kill rats and eliminate all food for them. Rodents die with no odor and are not touched by cats or dogs. Advertisement from a hardware company in Americus Georgia mentions bait, scents, and distribution.
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Zeta
Fem
el Hardwa
Americus
Whisky selling case yields misdemeanor recommendation
Oscar Lee Puller, colored, and others faced charges related to whisky selling. The verdicts mention a potential sentence not yet passed, with a recommendation for misdemeanor punishment and references to Fuller, a mother figure, and related intent and guilt notes.
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Oscar Lee Puller
Ong Fuller
Oscar Lee Fuller
Ely
Bush
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Feme
Rosetta
Jno
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PRID
Alexander Smith
Standard Dry Goods Co
Toreyth St. Next Bank of Comer Americus, GA
Superior Court
Willie Jones
Singer Sewing Machines
Singer
N. Jackson St
Ee Setae
Coffe Teta Company
Nelson
Perrol
Teno
Tike Neben
Flere
Mt. Deahody
Troy, I. Y
Wea
Lewis Cigar
Newark
N. J
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