Excursion Plans for Georgia Press Association Trip Northwest
Maj. W. L. Glessner leads Georgia Press Association on an extensive Northwest excursion from Atlanta to Chicago Mackinac Island and Detroit. The trip excludes ladies due to railroad policy, with stops at the World's Fair, Grand Pacific Hotel, Lake Michigan sail, Put-in-Bay, Cedar Point, and San dusky.
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W. L. Glessner
The
Georgia Press Association
Northwest
Atlanta
E. T
Chicago
Queen & Crescent
Louisville Southern
Monon
Grand Pacific
Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Transportation Co
Lake Michigan
Mackinac Island
Mackinac
Cleveland Navigation Co
Lake Turon
St. Clair River
Lake St Clair
Detroit
Detroit River
Lake, Erie
Pot-in-Bay
John T. Mack
Sandusky
CBI Lees Rapees Sg
Put-in-Bay
American Eagle
Herajeaty
Sheridan Point
Pelee 4
Middle Bays
Webble’s
Kelley's Island
Cincinnati
Fas
Nano
Gas Company of Americus forms board and plans rapid construction
In Americus a new gas company elected UU B Harrold as president and W E Murphey as secretary treasurer, with a Baltimore capitalist to fill a vacancy. Harrold heads to Baltimore to open bids and finalize the contract for a modern gas plant, promising a tank sixty feet across and ample gas to meet demand. The effort aims to deliver the best gas, ahead of schedule, with work to begin soon.
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Americus
UU. B. Harrold
J. B. Felder
H. R. Johnson
W. E. Murphey
Baltimore
U. B. Harrold
Harrold
Americus poised for cotton factory boom and court adjourns
A Tiues-Recorder report says Americus may land a cotton factory after alliance efforts and Maj. Randall support. A $50,000 capital plant could boost farmers and merchants, with stock offered locally as talks proceed. Sumter County superior court adjourned for June 23, with Judge Fort concluding civil business and noting this term’s end.
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Americus
Alliance Cotton Bagging Factory Association
Americas
Maj. A. Randall
Griffin
Maj. Randall
Maj
Randall
Recorps
Sumter
Polk Campaign Rally Schedule and Murder Probe
The article outlines Polk Educational Campaign rallies across the South with speakers including Sockless Jerry Simpson and J. B. Weaver, and notes Col. Five Stone’s duty in Ida and Mississippi. It also reports Charles Glass, a Negro in Americas, wanted for murder after a body was found in a creek near Wigwam hotel with a bullet wound, and a warrant filed despite his two-day head start.
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Grand Alliance
Polk
Georgia
Sockless Jerry Simpson
J. B. Weaver
Iowa
Poffer
Americus
A ‘Ery
Birmingham
Ala
Col. Bio
St. Louis
I- Americas
Charles Glass
Americas
Indian Springs
Lewis Ivey
Glass
Ivey
Anid
Tyny
Jt Aatiore
Reassignment of Companies in Second ae pia Regiment
Col C M Wiley announces a new order designating companies by letter and fixing line positions. Floyd Rifles occupy the regiment’s right, Putnam Rifles left, Southern Cadets as color company, Americas Light Infantry as second on the right next to Ida Rifles. The positions will be observed during the encampment stay.
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C. M. Wiley
Ae ‘Pia
Floyd Rifles
Putnam Rifles
Americas Light Infantry
Ida Rifles
Hail Strips Cotton Stalks Across Area
A cyclone with hail as large as hen eggs paused near farms of G. W. Marriatt W. Moore Charles Jernigan W. L. Thomas and Messrs Wise Jennings and Derrick causing severe crop damage. Cotton stalks were stripped and many fields left bare. growers fear poor seasons to follow though some hope recovery if weather improves.
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G. W.marriatt
Moore
Charles Jernigan
Gannon
W. L. Thomas
Messrs
Wise, Jennings and
Derrick
DeMolay and Templar to Attend St John’s Day Celebration
Richland will host a grand St John’s Day celebration on June 24. DeMolay commandery Né and i Templar, of this city, accepted the invitation and will escort the blue Masons of Americus. Uniforms will be new and elegant for the first time, making a striking appearance.
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Richland
DeMolay Commandery
I Templar
St John’s Day
Jdge Masons
Americus
Commandery
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John G. Peal
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Schley
LaCrosse
Glover's
Opera House
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Americus National Building and Loan Association
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Lott Warren
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