Birds of Passage Come and Go in Americas Gazette
Social notes from Americas list residents and visitors traveling between Columbus Macon and Atlanta. Guests include Mr and Mrs Charles Bringon, Miss Nan Philpot, Miss Mary Davenport, Miss Annie May Williford, Mrs Walton Callaway, Miss Carrie Addison, Miss Jessie Norzan, Miss Jettie Hardy, Miss Maggie Buchanan, and many others visiting relatives or staying with hosts on Jackson Street Elmore Street Cunneh Street and Lee Street. The column records arrivals departures short visits to Athens Buena Vista Macon Forsyth and other locales with local families hosting guests and planning return journeys.
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Charles Bringon
Columbus
Gud Mre
Sy Miller
Nan Philpot
Unasville
Albany
Mary Davenport
Athens
Annie May Williford
Buena Vista
Miseelle Ansley
Jon
DeSales College
Macon
Americas
Sam C. Dean
Gulf Port
Miss
Clifford Napier
Forsyth
Americus
W.ilgc
Dudley
Lula Bell
Wylie
Boston
Maggie Buchanan
Hickland
Mus
Jettie Hardy
Montgomery
Thomas
Cunneh Street
W. P. Wallis
Rlay
Rome
Epworth League
Currie Speer
Sara Wheeler
Nellie Lurpin
Central
Monteagre
Tenn
Yenr
Gvorge W. Bagley
DeSoto
Ajlister
Johnson
Testine Ler Eousin
John A. Cobb
Mlorresidence
Lee Street
Alanis
Clyde Adams
E. L. Matra
Elmore- Staghoole
Dark
Virginia Bryan
Union
Davie Clements
Vista
Clegg
Agett
Mary Walker
Harrold
Lonelle Mobley
Mice Taylor
Mavoo
Ilard
Drove at a Fine Profit Sides Cotton on Lamar Street
A fragment reports a small roadside scene on Lamar Street where a team drove wagons with sacks of seed rye. The owner, identified as Mr. Manson, along with Mr. Little, left for home carrying about 150 dollars in goods or earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar Street
Manson
Sr County
Atte Bashela
Mr. Little
Wreck on Southern Railway Claims Fortunes of Lives
A late Saturday collision on the Southern Railway near Americus, Georgia, resulted in a catastrophic loss of life with fatalities reported around thirty five. The train plunged fifty feet into a raging creek, many perishing by fire or drowning, including notable local figures such as Capt W. W. Spark of Macon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas
Sera
W. W. Spark
Macon
J.C. Flynn
Flovilla
McDononeh
Atlanta
South
Purchased a Suburban Farm Near Forsyth Street
John Daniel bought a 30 acre suburban farm from Mrs. T. M. Farlow yesterday, trading a city lot and dwelling on Church Street. Though new to farming, he plans to grow potatoes and truck crops, occupying the pretty home just out Forsyth Street. He intends to live there alone, a point the writer deems deplorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Daniel
T. M. Farlow
Church Street
Brown
Daniel
Forsyth Street
Wheatley's corn field on Lee street yields fifty bushels per acre
Mr Geo D Wheatley, a respected merchant and rising farmer, showcases a near six acre corn field on Lee street. The crop promises about fifty bushels per acre with four foot rows and two foot drill spacing, stalks bearing two to five ears, and the land noted as well improved as passers-by admire the display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. D Wheatley
T Lee Street
Price of Wheat Still Jumps in Market Rally
Farmers who grew a surplus of wheat may receive about a dollar per bushel as prices rise due to crop destruction in the wheat region. In the past two weeks prices advanced 22 cents per bushel with fears of a market corner. The Northwest crop is reported a failure, signaling potential further increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Advertised Letters List From Local City Post
A list of names under letters A through W including Miss Bowie de Battle Miss Katha Brooke Mrs ML Danks SW Hart Mrs Geuie Sennings Prank Jones Altice T Law Miss Vannie Mitchel Mrs Nies Millikin J If McClenor Mr Ad Newen Miss Jane Paryear Mr JD K Ray Mr Mary W Watch Mr Green Wilk Mry Janet Wicker Miss Lou S A Socrrit P.M remains as advertised letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A-Adams
Bowie de Battle
Katha
Brooke
Bobbie
C—Cary
ML. D—Danks
It Hart
Geuie
J —Sennings
Prank
Jones
Altice
T. Law
Vannie
M —Mitchel
Nies
Millikin
McClenor
Ad. N—Newen
Jane
p-Paryear
JD. K—Ray
Mary
W—Watch
Mr. Green
Wilk
Mry
Janet
Wicker
Miss Lou
S A. Socrrit
P.M
Allen's Foot-Ease offers quick foot relief and comfort
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease powder cures painful smarting swollen feet ingrowing nails and instantly relieves corns and bunions. It helps shoes feel easy and eases sweating callouses hot tired feet. Try it today. Sold by druggists and shoe stores or by mail for 25 cents in stamps. Trial package free. Allen Olmsted Le Roy N Y
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Town Notes and Busy Trades in Americus
Short items from Americus recount ice cream orders and a tax books closing, plus real estate demand, crop reports, and local business updates. Mentions Prof Miller, a local insurance firm change, fire losses, rail overhauls, and fruit markets with ongoing fruit and crop commentary.
Roasting ears on the rise in Americus farming
N A Ray of Americus ships large quantities of green corn for roasting ears to Atlanta claiming earnings of about 50 dollars from six thousand or five hundred dozen cars. He notes no crates were used and freight was the only major expense while asserting the crop could yield up to 150 dollars per acre in a single field two miles from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman C. Miller
Cumberland Island
Georgia Teachers’ Association
N. A. Ray
Americus
Atlanta
Ray
Blood Balm ad promises cure for numerous skin and blood ailments
An advertisement for Botanic Blood Balm claiming to purify blood and heal conditions from eczema to ulcers. It asserts deep seated cures for blood poisoning and other ailments, promotes a free trial bottle, and lists prices and a mail address in Atlanta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blood Balm CO
Atlanta
Third District Democratic Convention Set for July 11
Mr T A Collins chairman of the Third congressional district Democratic executive committee announced in Americas that the district convention to nominate the congressional candidate will assemble at Leesburg on Wednesday July 11 and place Hon E B Lewis in nomination. Earlier confusion misdated the event as July 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third District
T. A. Collins
Third Congressional District
Americas
Collins
Leesburg
E. B. Lewis
Americus Band Grows To Twenty Players At Open Air Concert
The Americus Band performed near the Windsor Hotel last night, showcasing an excellent programme. New instruments expanded the group to twenty pieces, marking the best band in Land Americas in twenty years and stirring local pride. The town also reported busy hay pressing,finding work for hands, and plans of artesian wells as authorities urged action. A strange watermelon vine and a stray ad for Pain Killer Perry Davis also appeared in the notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Times-Recorder
Sumter
Central Depot
Americus Oil Co
Uptown
Florida Central and Peninsular Railway
McKinley
Windsor Hotel
Americas
Cnet
Perry Davis
Miners Strike Rich at Topukink Alaska Coast
Reports from Juneau and Nome confirm a major gold strike at Topukink, 55 miles below Nome. Two to three men with wooden rockers reportedly earn about 1000 dollars daily, and a 600 by 90 foot beach stretch has yielded around 175000 in recent weeks. Also noted is a second less sensational find 20 miles south of one area. A castaway survivor, James Murphy of New York, was rescued after four months adrift on St. Lawrence Island. The Cottage City arrives from Skagway with 200000 in dust and drafts and passengers from Dawson.
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Nowe
Alaska
Statrie
Wash
Topukink
Nome
James Murphy
New York
St. Lawrance Islands
Murphy
Nomo
Eacrett
San Francisco
Cape Nome
St. Lawrence Island
Strikers Still Hopeful in City Strike Talks
Louis June 25 Sunday quiet in strike circles with both Transit Co and union men content. Morrison grievance committee says no Tagorasiogs for settlement now. hopes grow daily as boycott solidifies. Transit side notes fewer threats, more riders as fear recedes, resumption of normal service possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Transit Company
A.W. Morrison
Friends of Organized Labor
Wanted to Get Married in Bibb County
A tale from Centenvire Alabama describes Judge Pratt denying a marriage license to Abe Moseley who proclaims himself 113 and Eliza Tingle said to be 89. Both inmates of Bibb county poor farm, Moseley vows to leave and marry elsewhere after the denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centenvire
Ala
Judge Pratt
Bibb County
Abe Moseley
Eliza Tingle
DECLARES FOR THE CANAL AND TRUST REFORM
Arkansas Democratic platform reaffirms 1896 Chicago pledge favors government ownership of the Nicaragua canal denounces trusts and lauds Arkansas legislature for anti trust act condemns U S Philippine policy advocates Cuban freedom and Filipino rights calls for national anti trust legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Little Rock
Committee On Platform and Resolutions
Nicaragua Canal
Philippines
Cuba
Young Lady Kills Herself in Gainesville Ga
Etta Wilbanks about sixteen years old shot herself with a 55 caliber pistol at the Gainesville telephone exchange. She died within moments after two shots pierced her body. She was a daughter of Mrs. Laura Willanks of Greenville and had lived in Gainesville about a year with her grandfather J C Sisk. In a letter to Miss Etta Sisk of Atlanta she spoke of being frightened and grieving after a man named Will and warned that she would be cold in death before the letter reached its destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Wilbanks
Gainesville
Gainesvide
Misa Willanks
Laura Willanks
Greenville
Gainnsville
J. C. Sisk
Etta Sisk
Atlanta
Southern wreck kills crew and 26 passengers
A northbound passenger train fell 60 feet into Camp Creek near McDonough, Georgia, after culvert undermining and embankment collapse. Only nine passengers survived, all injured. Six crew and 26 passengers died. many others were injured or missing. Fire followed the wreck amid heavy rain and rising waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
McDonough
Camp Creel
J. T. Sullivan
W. A. Barclay
H. R. Crossman
W. W. Bennett
J. J. Injan
Flagyman
W. H. Green
Camp Creek
Sullivan
Quinlan
W. W. Parks
W. FP. Maddox
George W. Flournoy
W. J. Pate
Apeacemt
Pate
Tlanta
D. C. Hightower
Stockbridge
J. L. Florida
Nashville
Asheville
N. C
J. H. Hunnicutt
J. E. Wood
G. Y. Griffith
Flovilla
W. R. Lawrence
W. O. Ellis
Bridgeman
John Brantley
J. H. Rhodes
W. L. Morrissette
Pocahontas
Va Vaires
Evans Won't Resign From Pension Chief Post
June 25 Cuatrascona reports a letter from Commissioner of Pensions Evans denying any urge to resign to run for Congress in the Third district. Evans says no one suggested his candidacy and nothing in the matter implies resignation. Southern Railway awards branch extension contract to Dann & Tallande of this city for a line at Balls Elles, Bibl Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Broixenau
Ala
Southern Railway Company
Bag
Dann & Tallande
Balls Elles
Bibl Lane
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Carrie Addison
Steliman
John B. Felder
Jessie Norzan
Slern
J. L. Horn
Webster County
Preston
Millareville
Southern Wreck
Dodson
Rufford
Niel Ray
W. C. Farlow
W. M. Jones
Farlow & Jones
Jackson Street
Fourneys
Taibot Club
China
Elton Parker
Bryan
Louisiana
Mississippi
UH. Wetteroth
GC. E. Dowman
Emory College
J. Hy Buaor
Sumter County
George Seig
Carl Schneider
Memphis
Wobechs
Topursue
Klondike
Seattle
Cottage City
Skagway
Dawson
Llicense
BE. N. Dowling
The
Archdioese of
Chicago
Hubert Spencer
Porter
Robert Buchanan
G. M. Leewall
J. C. Flynn
Walter Pope
Mary B. Merritt
Clara Alden
Jesse I
Rohr
Baltimore
E. Schryver
Chattanooga
E. E. Ek
J. J. Quinlan
Trai
T. O. Carter
Iris
Evans
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