Times Recorder Publication Details From Americus GA
The Times Recorder established 1879 in Americus Georgia notes publication details. It lists Lovelace Eve as editor and publisher and states post office registration, AP news rights, and national advertising representation in New York Chicago and Brunswick buildings.
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The
Times-Recorder Co., (Inc
Lovelace Eve
National Advertising
Frost, Landis & Kohn
Brunswick Bidg
New York
Peeples’ Gas Bidg
Chicago
A Thought The Lord Is Nigh Unto The Broken Heart
A brief quotation and reflection frame a somber mood noting no change or pause yet endurance. The fragment references Psalm 34 18 and Shelley expressing continued perseverance despite doubt or lack of hope. The tone mirrors a period newspaper card with a religious or literary emphasis.
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Shelley
A Solomon on Financing Farmers
The Times-Recorder notes C. S. Walker of Des Moines says farmers overindulge in motoring and leisure, while noting some banks withhold credit. The piece argues auto use helps marketing yet warns aimless driving harms farming, acknowledging variability by region and individual finances.
Woodruff Faces Georgia Pool Room Clash in Legislature
Georgia lawmakers head into session with Albert J. Woodruff of De Kalb pressing a ban on pool rooms while Herbert Clay, president of the senate, opposes the bill. Clay argues local control should govern dives and billiards, amid labor concerns and calls for regulation in Atlanta and other cities.
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Woodruff
DE Kalb
Crackdown on dives in Atlanta and DeKalb bill proposed
The statement argues large cities like Atlanta suffer more from nuisance dives on Decatur Street and other sites where negro and white youths waste time. It calls for measures to shut down such dens without new broad legislation, citing existing laws aimed at the DeKalb bill.
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Atlanta
Decatur Street
de Kalb
Retail grocer blameless for the sugar gouge
Agitation against the painful sugar price, led by women, argues the retailer bears little blame. The sugar barons take most profits and the tariff helps push prices. Consumers have endured near 100 million loss, while retailers sell sugar close to cost when wrapping costs are included.
Roundup of assorted global notes and quips from 1920s press
A breezy compilation cites Bonar Law's resignation in London, China, Italy, Paris and the Rhine front with light political asides. Items touch on public figures like Bryan and Edison, social trends, fashion digs, a Buffalo medical quack purge, and a playful nod to postwar Europe.
Old Days in Americus Ten Years Ago Today
Summary of a Times-Recorder page recalls events from May 29 1903 and 1913 in Americus Georgia. It notes J P Chapman marching with Confederate veterans in Chattanooga carrying the battle flag, A A Forrest predicted as front in first bale race, visits by Miss Kemp Morgan Walsh Bagley and others, praise for librarian Virginia Gunn, social dinners hosted by Sills, and mentions twenty years ago. It also references local interest in a knitting mill or oversalls factory and possible company location.
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Chattanooga
J. P. Chapman
Americus
A. A. Forrest
Sumter County
Clebe Merze Kemp
Margaret Morgan
Athens
Esther Walsh
Bainbridge
Josephine Bagley
Shorter College
Virginia Gunn
Carnegie L.library
Katherine Hinton Wooten
Carnegie Library of Atlanta
S&s. YT. Sills
B. Z. Murray
T. We. Caedner
Farry Darker
Vuarles Malis
V. U. Vuusul
Wits
Wousun
Tual OL Ner Protmer
Coley Lewis
Three Smiles No Machine Work
A small boy declines a country offer after coaxing and pleading, says country life lacks machines as thrashing is done by hand. Inside joke notes a Penny Wise cartoon. Abie explains stairs go two at a time to save shoes, father warns about splitting pants.
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Fime
Fader
Fair Play Mustache Quip Circles Between Men
A brief exchange features a playful remark about a mustache. One man bureaucratically critiques its appearance while the other responds with a witty defense, highlighting humor in facial hair banter.
Waycross Auto Club Erects Safety Signs Around City
Waycross Motor Club has posted six signs to improve road safety. The accident prevention department, chaired by W. S. Rusden with G. T. Green and L. W. Elliston as assistants, placed danger signs at Plant and Albany avenues and Bebeau street and Albany avenue. Direction signs at the court house and Church and State streets guide Woodpecker Route out of Waycross. The club aims to cover every mile of road within fifty miles as funds allow.
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Waycross
Waycross Motor Club
W. S. Rusden
G. T. Green
L. W. Elliston
Plant Avenue
Albany Avenue
Bebeau Street
Court House
Church Street
State Street
Rysden
Colley Notified of Escape of Convicts
Waycross May 29 Notifica tion of the escape of two convicts from the Florida State Farm at Raiford Fla has been received by Chief Police J W Colley of Way cross The convicts made their get away without leaving a trace by which they could be recaptured Authorities in South Georgia as well as Florida cities are being sent descriptions One hundred dollars reward is offered for each Hubert W Cooper aged 24 account ant convicted of forgery is described as a young man about forty food tall with brown hair and brown eyes John Steward negro aged 25 convicted of breaking and entering a house weighs 120 pounds is five feet 3 12 inches high and has two gold teeth in his upper front jaw
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Waycross
Florida State Farm
Raiford
Fla
J. W. Colley
South Georgia
Florida
Hubert W. Cooper
John Steward
Sparks Americus Student Wins Debate Honor
Francis Brewton of Sparks College in Americus earned a place on the winning team in the champion debate at Sparks commencement. Brewton, with Felker Lewis of Monroe and Charlton Tebeau of Springfield, argued the negative on the immigration prohibition topic for twenty years.
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Sparks
Francis Brewton
Sparks College
Americus
Dixie
Woodward
Brewton
Woodward Literary Society
United States
Felker Lewis
Monroe
Charlton Tebeau
Springfield
Thirty Years Ago Today No Paper Published Morning
A brief item notes that thirty years ago today the newspaper did not publish Monday morning. No names, places, or events are provided beyond the blank publication.
Daily Poem By Berton Braley In Praise Of Work
When life shines with a golden glow and joy calls you to play you crave the daily task becomes a burden yet the need to work steadies heart and mind. The poem recalls that in sorrow and strain the daily job is a rock to cling to and can save us from despair. Copyright 1928 N E A Service.
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Berton Braley
N. E. A. Service
Episcopal Laymen Meet During September
Chicago May 29 Arrangements are under way for the reception in September of the largest gathering of lay men of the Episcopal church this year to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Delegates from most Episcopal parishes in the United States and many overseas will attend.
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Chicago
Episcopal Church
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
United States
England
Scotland
Ireland
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
West Indies
International Convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrews
Large river turtle exhibited near Seven Springs
CORDELE May 29 Grant Daniels colored exhibited a turtle in the streets measuring thirty inches from nose to tail, twelve inches thick and fourteen inches broad. Ploughed from soil at Easom Holland farm near Seven Springs behind Read Phosphate Company fertilizer works. Likely one of the region’s largest captures, thought to have come from the river. Seven Springs lies on Gum Creek.
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Cordele
Grant Daniels
Easom Holland
Seven Springs
Read Phosphate Company Fertilizer Works
Gum Creek
Simmons Forgery Plea Leads to Year in Jail or Fine
Joe Simmons a young white man from Waycross admitted guilty to forgery before Judge J I Summerall of Ware superior court. He was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment or a 150 dollar fine in the misdemean or case. He remains in county jail and aims to pay the fine. His wife visits daily.
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Waycross
Joe Simmons
Albany Avenue
J. I. Summerall
Ware Superior Court
Simmons
Two Arrested for Breaking Kress Window in Rome
Rome May 29 T. D. Autry and F. H. Smith white were arrested by police and turned over to county officials charged with a misdemeanor. In a scuffle they accidentally broke a large Kress store show window. Warrants sworn by H. R. Hubbard store manager before Judge Treadway. They were released on $200 bonds.
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Rome
T. D. Autry
F. H. Smith
Kress
H. R. Hubbard
Treadway
Unusual Bankruptcy Hearing In Brunswick Case
May 29 Brunswick. In a case described as precedent lacking, J. H. Morgan of Brunswick sought bankruptcy adjudication before Referee Harry D. Reed. A creditor protest from Augusta urged appointing a trustee rather than a receiver to control assets including the Brunswick Buick Company. Judge Reed granted the trustee appointment until final adjudication.
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Brunswick
Harry D. Reed
Waycross
J. H. Morgan
Morgan
E. C. Butts
Augusta
Mr. Morgan
Brunswick Buick
Reed
Valdosta to Spend $12 000 on New Well
Valdosta city council awarded a contract for a new well at the water plant site for about five thousand dollars. The Gray Artesian Company of Pensacola won the bid from a field of five contenders after plans and specs were prepared by Engineer W G Eager. Six top firms were invited to bid, five responding.
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Valdosta
Gray Artesian Company of
Pensacola
W. G. Eager
Waycross Junior Chamber to Meet at City Hall
Waycross Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet tonight at 8 at the Chamber of Commerce rooms in the city hall. The session aims to discuss important matters arising since the last meeting.
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Waycross Junior Chamber
Waycross
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