Joyner's Fall Prices Hit Cotton and Dry Goods
Joyner's advertises fall savings with cotton priced 8 1 2c per lb down from 12c last September and dry goods cut 33 1 3 percent. It promises equal or greater value for the same bale of cotton, listing multiple items with notable price drops such as calico, gingham, sheeting, Sea Island, Canton flannel, percale, and silks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyner’s
Shah
Joyner
Riverside
Sea Island
Canton
Sea Islands
Ae Ee Eee
Near beer taxes ordered for Americus dealers
Judge Cobb received directions from the comptroller general to collect near beer licenses. Americus dealers must pay 200 dollars for retailing and 500 dollars for distributing. nonpayment triggers executions. The article quotes the act, effective Sept 6 1908, and notes licenses are due by year end with no prorating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Cobb
Court of Ordinary
Comptroller-General
Americus
Seven Boys Enter Stone Mountain Institute for Boys
Seven sturdy young Americans headed to Stone Mountain Institute for boys near Atlanta will enter college there. The names Grifeth Eldridge Henry Lanier John Wheatley Carl Hawkins H B Shipp Leonard Gartner and Harry Glover are listed as the entrants with more possibly to follow.
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Stone Mountain Institute For
Atlanta
Grifeth Eldridge
Henry Lanier
John Wheatley
Carl Hawkins
H. B. Shipp
Leonard Gartner
Harry Glover
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement in Americus
Dean's Kidney Pills praised by G B Stallings of 706 Church St Americus Ga who reports relief from back and side pains and abnormal kidney secretions after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad notes price 50 cents and sales agents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY with a general instruction to remember the name and buy only Doan's.
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Dean
Americus
G. B. Stallings
Church St
Americus Ga
Doan
Dodson
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
The Successor Horse Shoe And The Extra Tire
A brief satirical note contrasts old luck symbols with modern desires. The column hints at changing fortunes and the idea that wealth expands what one can acquire, citing references to The New York Sun and Chicago News.
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New York Sun
Miss Ellie Pickett Heads to Marlon for Teaching Session
Miss Ellie Pickett departs for Marlon to teach during the upcoming college session. Miss Beulah Barron of Reynolds and Miss Claude Livingston of Smithville visit Mrs. G A McNeil on Church Street. Mrs Mary B Clay, Master Henry Clay, and Miss Bryce Pilsbury return to Americus after a delightful summer in northern Michigan. Mrs J H Daniel, Miss Alma Daniel, Mrs J D Glover, Mrs William Wilson and Miss Lillie Logan form a party going Saturday to White Springs Florida.
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Childers
Ellaville
Chalybeate Springs
Ellie Pickett
Marlon
Beulah Barron
Reynolds
Claude Livingston
Smithville
G. A. McNeil
Church Street
Mary B. Clay
Henry Clay
Bryce Pilsbury
Michigan
Americus
J. H. Daniel
Alma Daniel
J. D. Glover
William Wilson
Lillie Logan
White Springs
Fila
Farmers Institute to Hold October Meeting in Americus
The annual Farmers Institute of Georgia's Thirteenth district will meet at the Agricultural College in Americus in October with a Sumter Macon and Schley county farmers rally. President Soule will attend and speak. other speakers to be invited. A basket dinner will follow in the grove.
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Farmers Institute of
Agricultural College
Americus
Sumter
Macon
Schley
Soule
State College of Agriculture
Athens
Farmers Institute of Georgia
Supt. Collum
The
R. BE. L. Eason
Thirteenth District Institute
Arthur Rylander
G. M. Eldridge
Messrs. Collum
Rylander
Eldridge
Time-Recorder
Baby Worth Millions Captive Life Of Nicholas Brown
Newport NY Sept 16 Eight year old Nicholas Brown known as Baby Brown is the heir to millions from his grandmother Mrs John Carter Brown. He travelled to Europe to escape kidnap threats and now lives a regimented life with a nurse and private detective. He wears fine clothes and follows a strict daily routine including meals, riding, and occasional moving pictures. His mother and grandmother remain central to his world with constant vigilance.
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Newport
N. Y
Nicholas Brown
Baby” Brown
John Carter Brown
Baby Brown
Europe
England
France
Piccadilly
London
Champs Elysees
Paris
Buster Brown
Emmanuel Church
Mather
Ocala Woman’s European Tour Draws Attention With One Suitcase
The Americas Times-Recorder notes an Ocala visitor who toured Europe with a single suitcase attracts more notice than a rival who carried ten Saratoga trunks. The piece hints that a reduced wardrobe can increase public interest and curiosity.
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The
Americas Times-Recorder
Ocala
Europe
Saratoga
Railroads Form Joint Employer Empryees Association
Chicago officials and railroad presidents join four brotherhood chiefs to form the American Railroad Employers and Investors Association. The group pledges lawful work to foster mutual interest, public goodwill, and fair returns for capital and labor, while avoiding partisan politics. They acknowledge freight-rate pressures due to new legislation and cite $85 per mile extra costs nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Railway, Exchange
American Railroad
Slason Thompson
Justice of Peace John OBrien Dies After Writing Strain
Utica N Y Sept 16 John OBrien 64 justice of the peace at Sherburne died following an attack of palsy brought on by hours of writing during a trial. He had been elected to the office weeks earlier and had written minutes as the case progressed. The illness began with severe arm pain and spread, leading to his death after a daylong trial.
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Utica
John O'Brien
Sherburne
Paley
O'Brien
O’brien
Avere
Monuments to Satan and political wisdom in old notes
Fragmentary excerpt from the Atlanta Constitution quotes Brother Dickey on a Western man who built a monument to the devil. The speaker praises keeping good terms with evil as prudent politics in a satirical tone.
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Brother Dickey
Atlanta Constitution
Airship Navigator Nerves Questioned in Quirky Quote
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item quotes a humorous exchange about nerve and stability, recounting a caller asking if a person feels steady enough to serve as an airship navigator while joking about being in a canoe with a nervous large woman.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Ben Hill Lege
Plains
Carrie Hagerson
Jeff
Forsyth
Bessie Tift College
Irene Hudson
Memphis
Olin H. Daniel
Helen
Hogansville
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John T. Ferguson
DeSoto
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Cuthbert
Sarah Wheeler
Colorado Mountains
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T. M. Furlow
Ruth Arrington
Mamie McArthur
Susie Belle Payne
Florrie Summerford
Mark Kinard
Leslie
Mary Patton
J. W. Walker
Georgia
Mrs. J. W. Walker
City
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Migg Bertha Phillips
Marshall
Texas
Erma Bass
Tony Howard
Prince Street
Mrs. DeWitt Pickett
Cordele
Mr. Pickett
Nannie Sue Bell
H. J. Fite
Ira Roach
Sarah Cook
Rome
Shorter College
Ruby Riley
Gertrude Hudson
Gainesville
Brenau College
Mattie Lewis Dodson
Fannie Joseph
Columbus
Ruth Page
Ruth Wilson
Andrew College
Kate F. Shaw
W. J. Thornton
College Street
Mattie Rylander
Emmie Eldridge
Kate Wheatley
Mary Hooper
Agnes Scott College
W. H. Clark
Webster
Edna Boyd
Wesleyan
Susie Floyd Fort
Leila
Bates Stinson
Miss Cloud
Ag Roilliner
Col
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Nacoochee Valley
George W. Bagley
Institute
Augusta Chronicle
TL Ansley
Wheatley & Ansley
Justice OF Peace
Satan
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