Farmers Union Officials in Georgia Endorse Good Roads
In Atlanta on June 2 delegates from Georgia Farmers Union warehouses meeting in the State Capitol passed resolutions endorsing the good roads movement. J Lee Barron of Union City introduced the resolutions to 150 delegates from counties statewide. Presidents Charles Barrett of the National Organization and John L Lee of the State union showed strong interest in the effort.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Farmers’ Union
Senate
State Capitol
J. Lee Barron
Union City
Charles &. Barrett
The
National Organization
John L. Lee
State Union
Vigorous Old Age in Great Leaders and Warriors
The English Magazine notes that age did not dull achievement as Enrico Dandolo led sieges at 92, Villars commanded with wounds at 84, and mutiny leaders in India 1857 58 stayed active past 50. Campbell Havelock Rose Outram, aged 65 to 54, endured tropical heat and fatigue.
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Enrico Dandolo
Venice
Constantinople
St. Mark
Villars
India
Colin Campbell
Havelock
Hugh Rose
James Outram
Engish Magazine
Traveling Kitchen Serves Meals From Paris Van
A Paris caterer buys a mine and a small van fitted with a kitchen range. He sends a cook with hot dishes through the streets as a horn signals the van. Passersby come out and receive portions of roast meat with vegetables cheese and dessert. The idea is a large success.
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Paris
No Need of Suffering from Rheumatism
An advertisement extols Chamberlain's Liniment as a reliable pain reliever and potential cure for rheumatism. It claims it aids sleep and rest, even in long standing cases, and urges trial before discouragement. Sold by Elam Ordway & Houser.
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Elam, Ordway & Houser
Union Ordered to Disband in Paris Strike Action
The postal and telegraph union, which sparked the recent strike, has been declared illegal by the courts and ordered to disband.
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Paris
Postal and Telegraph Union
Pretty Good Fishing on New York Creek Outlet
A beachside incident near a New York creek outlet concerns a sportsman who shores fishes and adds a perch to a boy’s string while concealing his own gun. A second passerby questions the boy who explains perch bite when he runs to buy cornmeal for mam, noting the fish will string themselves for breakfast.
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New York State
Six Victims of One Joke in Jacksonville Bond Election
A Jacksonville man Joe Porter took a 12 mile nighttime trip seeking the poll list for a waterworks bond vote. He visited Iverson Watson clerk of the Circuit court H T Persons superintendent of education Bishop Beckwith and probate judge Emmett F Crook before learning the poll list was with Sheriff LeGrand via suspect D J Privett.
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Jacksonville
Joe Porter
Iverson E. Watson
H. T. Persons
Calhoun County
C. M. Beckwith
Diocese of
Alabama
Emmett F. Crook
W. ©. LeGrend
Porter
D. J. Privett
Anniston
Privett
A Common Failing in Husband Humor
A quip from the Minneapolis Journal notes a husband’s humor varies with its target. The line says he has humor mainly when it does not involve his own embarrassment. The joke underscores a common marital trait in a concise, period voice.
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Minneapolis Journal
Balloon Request Trumps Broadening Horizons
A father urges his son to explore the country while the son asks for a balloon as a simple travel wish, reflecting a humorous contrast between ambition and whimsy from a Cleveland Plain Dealer quote.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
When You Come to Think of It Crowsley Dialog
Cartoon dialogue from the Boston Globe contrasts two characters Earkibard and Crowsley over difficulty of waking early versus afternoons. The strip frames a humorous morning routine exchange.
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Crowsley
Earkibard
Boston Globe
Catfish Talkin' Poem Echoes Deep in Baltimore Sun
A fragment from a Baltimore Sun piece presents a rural dialect poem about catfish talk and a toilsome night. The speaker observes nature and uses evocative language to describe dreams, the green world, and felt spiritual power beneath the surface of life.
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Catfish
Baltimore Sun
Stradley Accepts Manager Post at Goldberg & Lewis
B M Stradley of Angiston has accepted a position with Goldberg and Lewis as manager of their dress goods department Mrs Stradley will join him Sunday at the Talladega Mountain Home location.
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B. M. Stradley
Angiston
Goldberg & Lewis
Mrs. Stradley
Talladega Mountain Home
Minister's Story Fails to Move Congregation and Alaska Dogs Wear Moccasins
A New England minister tells a tale about a penny in the basket to urge generosity, but the cash dries up and the audience with umbrellas stays dry as the shower passes. In Alaska dogs wear soft moccasins to protect bruised feet after dragging loads on rough ice, fitted by drivers with buckskin.
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New England
New York Times
Alaska
Early quarantine dispute over leprosy diagnosis on government reservation
Government officials quarantined Early near Washington since last August claiming leprosy. Dr Bulkley cites no leprosy after study, while Danish and French medical experts insist the disease is present.
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Early
Washington
Bulkley
Taft Opens Big Exposition at University of Washington
President Taft opens a major exposition at the University of Washington grounds featuring the Pay Streak with attractions such as a Siberian Eskimo village and Oregon trail exhibits. The government did not fund the expo but spent over $600 000 on buildings and displays including Alaska totem poles and a 80 foot gold covered monument.
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Northwest
Alaska
Chamberlain's Ointment Promises Quick Sprain Relief
For sprains and bruises the article claims a cure in less than a week when directions are followed. The ointment is praised as remarkable and suitable for chronic rheumatism, with Elam Ordway & througher selling it.
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Chamberlain
Elam, Ordway & Thlouser
Geese Declared Not Live Stock by State Supreme Court
In Montgomery June 2 the Supreme court invalidated Colbert county district stock law due to geese being included. The ruling states geese are not live stock. The note adds consumer details for Dean's Regulars bowel regulation product. ave B Krause 306 Walnut Ave Altoona Pa 31.
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Montgomery
Supreme Court
Colbert County
Ave
B. Krause
Walnut Ave
Altoona
Auction of confiscated dresses attracts crowded buyers
New York June 2 Marshal Henkel opened today the sale of confiscated dresses seized by customs. The crowded customs house offered one trunk with 2 princess robes and 67 fine shirt waists among other items such as alice blue veiling, blue voile, magenta satin, duchess lace, kimonos and various embroideries.
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New York
Marshal Henkel
Taft bars midshipmen from marrying during academy course
President Taft orders that naval midshipmen may not marry until after finishing the full six year curriculum at the naval academy, directing adherence to the six year course completion requirement.
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Washington
Taft
Public Land Notice for Walter R Heifner Jr in Alabama
Department of the Interior notices Walter R Heifner Jr of DeArmanville Alabama intends to prove final commutation on tract in section 32 township 168 range 9 east Huntsville meridian. Witnesses Beck of Oxford Coleman Teague Craft of DeArmanville. Clerk of the Circuit Court Anniston to witness on June 1909.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Montgomery
Ala
Walter R. Heifner, Jr
DeArmanville
Township 168
Range 9
Huntsville Meridian
Circuit Court
Anniston
Dennis M. Beck
Oxford
W. Nathan Coleman
William E. Teague
Jesse G. Craft
Nathan H. Alexander
Register
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UNION
Cardus
Fannie Ellis
Foster, Ark
Fing
Gordon Taylor Hughes
Baltimore
Alfred E. Dieterich
John Early
University of Washington
Idaho
Pine Arts
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