Electric Railways Poised to Transform Americus Transit
A bold plan for an electric street railway in Americus is unveiled, promising rapid, quiet, and safe travel around the city and to suburban sites. Mayor Felder awaits the project lead. tracks, poles, and cross ties are being prepared, with routes envisioned to connect Central Depot, S A M depot, College Hill, Rees Park, and Leeton.
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Cros
Americus
Central Railroad
College Hill
Rees Park
W. E. Murphey
Nashville
Chattanooga
Charleston
Savannah
Augusta
Macon
Atlanta
Gate City
Felder and Murphey
Atlanta Constitution
Georgia
Edgewood
Macon Evening News
Eli
Darius Green
Keely
Messrs
Patrick Walsh
Frank E. Fleming
Henry B. King
Asheville
Richmond
Washington City
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Scranton
New York
Boston
Green Bay
Mr. Walsh
Street Railway Committee
Washington
Fourth Avenue
Patrick Wats
Augusta Evening News
Fleming
Sprague
Thompson-Houston
Resolutions urge cotton bagging against jute in alliance drive
The Fidelity Alliance adopts resolutions urging members to use cotton bagging this season, expel members who trade in jute, and pressure merchants to supply cotton bagging. It condemns jute sales as linked to the jute trust and calls for driving jute from the American market with Allied publication support. Also notes gold nugget finds, horses census in Paris, and a four inch cotton stalk walking stick exhibit in Montgomery Alabama.
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Jute Trust
America
Americus Recorder
Sumter Republican
Southern Alliance
Fidelity Alliance
Wiliams
Montgomery
Ala
P. P. Gray
Montgomery County
John’s Mother Demands a Notice for a Beloved Son
A Kansas mother, widowed and exhausted, travels to a country printing office to insist on a death notice for her son John aged 25 who worked hard on the claim. She recalls his selfless care for her and asks the editor to publish details next week to comfort her sorrow. Detroit Free Press story.
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Palladium
Kansas
John
Adam
Cheever Township
Detroit
Fashions and the Paris dressmakers craft of illusion
A celebrated woman of fashion in Paris explains why women dressmakers best flatter the eye and disguise flaws. She notes the art of drapery, vertical folds, and elongated sleeves to create slim silhouettes and visual balance, praising Mme G. the milliner for her skill in camouflaging embonpoint.
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Paris
Mme. G
Weird Legend of the Potomac’s Three Sisters Rocks
A Philadelphia Record tale recounts three large rocks called the Three Sisters above Georgetown. Locals say they mark a dangerous river bend where boats upset and drownings occur. On nights before deaths, residents hear a moaning sound from the rocks, with a case cited of a shellboat capsizing near noon the following day and a drowning.
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Potomac
Georgetown
Three Sisters
Georgetown College
Philadelphia Record
Human Leather Remains in a Penitentiary Inventory
An officer in New French Guiana died of illnesses contracted at a salubrious station. His estate included a cuirass made of human skin. A convict had a tattooed breast. the commandant ordered the man flayed before burial. The relic was considered too disgusting for auction.
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Marine Infantry
St. Mary A la Comte
French Guiana
Hashiri dai Miojin A Dried Rat God In Nikko
A Youth's Companion tale recalls Nikko reverence for a dried rat deity linked to Shodo Sho Nin. The story describes visitors and locals treating the rat image as a god, with a landlord proudly displaying a silk covered case containing the figure.
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Japan
Nikko
Shodo Sho Nin
Shodo
The Spirit of Manual Training and Its Aims
A quotation argues education should cultivate character and ethical aims. It views the school as an educational institution focused on each boy’s development, using manual work as a developmental tool rather than an end in itself. Professor C. H. Henderson is cited.
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Profesor
C. H. Henderson
Popular Science Monthly
The Shah’s Treasure Museum in the Persian Palace
A palace museum of the shah of Persia displays jewels and treasures valued in the millions. The Peacock throne from Delhi, agate vases in gold, and lapis lazuli stand with cheap perfume bottles and European mosaics. Rich rubies emeralds and pearls share space with dull chrome toys and music boxes, highlighting vast contrasts in value.
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Persia
Delhi
Persian Gulf
Distress Signal Test Uses Cylindrical Rocket device
A London letter describes a new nautical distress signal trial in England. The rocket has no stick and no backfire, rising on a tonite propelling charge pulled by a lanyard to 600 feet. Stars emit bright illumination then tonite explodes, its sound like a six pound gun heard far away.
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England
London
Petrifications in a Cow's Stomach
A heifer owned by James Brown near Comstock swallowed four woolen mittens two years earlier. The calf grew into a cow and later died after distress while moving. Brown opened the carcass and found one mitten and part of the other petrified in the stomach, rattling like stones when struck, per Drain Echo of Oregon.
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James Brown
Comstock
Advertised Letters and Georgia News Snippet
Unclaimed letters listed for Americus post office including Miss Chearle Addamis, Miss Lugenta Bates, Etta John C Boyd, Miss Di Brana, Miss Susan Cottle, Jane Tq, Miss Cadty Carter, Manna Davis, Henry Edwants, Miss Lovie, Costas Greene, Grames Tay, Sim HM, Mrs Hauh, Mre Amanda Ovarton, J R Stathore, Rebecca Hanry, Isabelle Smith, Anatenett T L E Tannan, Miss Alla Wilton White. Also a blend of editorials touching Georgia tax values, wiregrass counties, and pension debates, plus scattered notices on public affairs and demographic trends.
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State of Georgia
Americus Post-Office
Chearle Addamis
Starry
Lugenta Bates
Etta
John C Boyd
Misa di Brana
Susan Cottle
Janes
Cadty Carter
D—Manna Davis
E—Henry Edwants
Lovie
W G Fraser
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Estill
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Sumner County
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New York Sun
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Americus, Ga
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St Peter
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