Seminole Limited wreck near Birmingham shocks holiday travelers
The Central's Seminole Limited derailed en route to Florida near Birmingham injuring a dining car waiter and damaging multiple cars. Most passengers were uninjured. trains resumed with minor delay as wrecking crews cleared twelve rail lengths of track. A festive note highlights stronger ties between Americus and Jacksonville through gifts and letters during the season.
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Bobby's Christmas Plaint Poetical Note
Willis Hawkins contributes a noted Christmas poem titled Bobby's Christmas Plaint. The Times-Recorder cannot reproduce due to copyright restrictions and presents the line about being tired of wealth as an example of the verse.
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Willis Hawkins
Bobby
Timea-Recorder
Six Indictments Filed Against Aged Sisters
A Special to Times-Recorder reports six indictments were handed down in Essex county New Jersey this afternoon regarding the death of Mrs Ocoy W Snead the East Orange bathtub victim. The three aged sisters are connected to the case and face serious charges.
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New Jersey
Ocoy W. M. Snead
Seed Oats For Sale In Americus Ga One Dollar Per Bushel
McCullough seed oats offered for sale with delivery in Americus Georgia at one dollar per bushel. Connors advertises the lot and price as a local sale in the Americus area.
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Americus
Assassins Strike for High Officials Across Nations
Reports from Washington to Bombay detail a wave of political killings. The Korean prime minister was stabbed to death amid anti Japanese sentiment, Col. Karjoff of St Petersburg’s secret police was killed by a bomb, Nasik magistrate Arthur M. Jackson was assassinated, and Romania’s prime minister was wounded as regimes face growing threats from radical elements.
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Col. Karjoff
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Arthur M. Jackson
Troumania
Christmas Gift of 1200 Likely for Americus College
The Americus Agricultural College may receive another $1,200 this week in addition to $1,000 already received last week. State reports indicate 11 district agricultural schools could get about $1,200 each before Christmas from fertilizer tax revenues. A $1,000 payment was recently sent from a $22,000 state appropriation, with total shares estimated under $7,000 for the year, leaving a $1,000 short of the maximum.
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Americus Agricultural College
Thomas G. Hudson
Executive Department
Prisoner Delivered From Charleston to Battleship Texas
Officer John Bragg returned to Americus from Charleston where he delivered a prisoner to the battleship Texas. Bragg toured the navy yard and city, enjoyed Uncle Sam's expense paid trip, and earned a cash reward for returning the escapee. A sale ad for two horse wagons appears at the end.
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Americus
Charleston
Texas
Mr. Bragg
Navy Yard
Uncle Sam
Wheatleys to Spend Holidays in Cuba and Florida
Mr and Mrs Crawford Wheatley and their son Charles Huntington Wheatley left for Manatee to spend ten days with friends, then plan a quiet visit to Havana before returning to Americus around mid January.
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Charles Huntington Wheatley
Manatee
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Americus Wbout
Political Split Is Urged In The South
Chicago December 22 Andrew Jacksony Montague former Virginia governor urges practical government participation by the South to foster fall development and prosperity. He calls for relaxing political rigidity and dividing the region into parties to advance welfare of both the South and the nation.
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