Road Improvement Special Train to Promote Southern Roads
The Southern Railway and the U S Office of Public Roads will operate a Road Improvement Special from Mobile starting May 1, touring Alabama and affiliated lines until October. The train, featuring three cars with slides, exhibits, and travel staff, will offer free lectures by D H Winslow and H C Wells to teach practical road construction and repair aimed at cutting farmers costs and aiding crop movement.
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Washington, D. C
Mobile
Ala
Southern Railway Company
United States Office of Public Roads
South
Southern Railway
Alabama
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Northern Alabama Railway
Birmingham
D. H. Winslow
H. C. Wells
U. S. Department of Agriculture
W. J. Hurlbut
Land and Industrial Department
Locker Club Suit Sparks Atlanta Social Club Debate
Atlanta's locker club fight centers on access for the poor vs the rich. The city council closed the Union and Mechanics club over liquor sales and mixed-gender visits, prompting testimony from prominent locals and debate over whether exclusive clubs versus affordable options define social life in Georgia.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Union and Mechanics
U. and M
Union and Mechanics' Club
John W. Grant
Capital
Piedmont Driving Club
Southern Company Secures Major War Furniture Contract
Mebane April 21 News notes the White Furniture Co delivered ninety four solid mahogany cars to the War Department. Government inspector Capt G L Johnson reports no complaints, praising southern capital and labor for flawless production and timely completion despite strict destination inspections.
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Philadelphia
Cotton Seed Crushers plan New York convention routes
Atlanta April 21 members of the Cotton Seed Crushers Association of Georgia vote on routes to New York for the Inter-State Cotton Seed Crushers Association convention June 7 to 9. A special steamer may serve 100 plus travelers from Savannah June 3 to New York, with meals and sleepers extra. Committee aims to finalize route after member input. Georgia delegation hopes strong showing at Columbia president B F Taylor will preside.
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Atlanta
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Asssociation of
Georgia
New York City
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
S. A. Corker
P. TP. McCarley
Julian Field
W. L. Cain
A. O. Blalock
Savannah
Corker
Inter-State Association
B. F. Taylor
Columbia
Ethics of Betting Address by Dr Poteat at First Baptist
Dr Edwin M Poteat renowned educator will speak on It Is Wrong to Bet at the First Baptist church on Sunday afternoon April 2 at four o clock Athens large men s service expected under the city and college Young Men s Christian associations auspices.
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Edwin M. Poteat
First Baptist Church
Athens
Poteat
Furman University
Baptist University of South Carolina
America
College Young Men's Christian Associations
General Sam Houston Honored By People
Huntsville Texas April 21 The memory of General Sam Houston honored with unveiling of a $10 000 monument over his grave in Huntsville cemetery. Attended by Texans state officials Daughters of the Republic and Houston family with survivors of San Jacinto. William J Bryan delivered the principal address. monument designed by Pompeo Coppini and features a bas relief of Houston on his charger with allegorical figures war and peace and Masonic emblems.
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Huntsville
Texas
Sam Houston
Santa Anna
San Jacinto
Society of the Daughters of the Texas Republic
Houston
W. P. Zuber
Alonzo Steele
Battle of
Willam J. Bryan
General Houston
Pompeo Coppini
All Kinds Shoe Repairing
Max M Hubert offers shoe repair services at 120 Clayton Street with contact number 1010 for repairs and related footwear services.
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All Kinds
Max M .Hubert
Clayton St
Call
Elocutionists Gather for 12th NY Conven tion in Rochester
Rochester hosts the 12th annual convention of the New York State Association of Elocutionists at East High School. Elocutionists and teachers from across the state attend a two day program with morning afternoon and evening sessions. George C. Williams presides and gives a annual address. Welcome remarks are by George M. Forbes and Clarence F. Carroll. Papers discuss teaching elocution in public schools and colleges. Recitations and interpretations close the gathering tomorrow night.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York State Association of Elocutionists
East High School
George C. Williams
Ithaca
George M. Forbes
Board of Education
Clarence F. Carroll
Williams
Four houses for rent in Lyndon area
An elderly classified notice offers four houses for rent in Lyndon. The readable portion shifts to a health ad recommending regular bowel movements and praising Chamberlain's Tablets as a simple remedy to constipation, noting they help avoid distress. Sold by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Wheeler and Shaw in hearing over mail fraud scheme
In Boston on April 21 United States Commissioner Hayes heard the case against Warren B Wheeler and Stillman Shaw of Wheeler and Shaw Inc charged with defrauding investors by mail. Prosecutors say about 600000 in stock of the American Rubber Company was sold to 500 plus investors with misleading claims including a 150 percent profit per pound of rubber.
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Boston
Mass
Warren B. Wheeler
Stillman Shaw
Wheeler & Shaw, Inc
United States
Hayes
Wheeler
Stillman
Post Office
Charles H. Clarahan
American Rubber Company
Maine
New England
Rubber Company
Hyde Park
State-wide Prohibition Campaign Opens in Texas
Waco Texas April 21 The campaign for state wide prohibition in Texas opened today at the prohibition state convention at the cotton palace. Delegates from nearly every district attended with several thousand supporters. San Jacinto Day decorations and large crowds marked the gathering as one of the southwests great prohibition events. The convention’s program featured addresses by noted prohibition speakers and the campaign runs until July 22 when the constitutional amendment will be voted on.
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Waco
Texas
Cotton Palace
San Jacinto
Lone Star
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound praised by Mrs. Marti
Mrs. F. Marti of St. Joseph Michigan says her sick boy with bronchial trouble improved after using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. She reports the medicine cured the coughing choking and gagging spells and brought a quick recovery. It is described as reliable and non narcotic and is sold by all druggists.
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F. Marti
St. Joe
Mich
Foley
Chicago irrigation plant on Grand Boulevard shows promising results
City irrigation experiment on Grand Boulevard uses four inch mains and porous tiles to moisten soil from a central point. Officials plan to extend the system to all platted boulevards, aiming to reduce night watering and stretch irrigation across Chicago's two hundred square miles as the National Irrigation Congress gathers next December.
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Chicago
Corriers
National Irrigation Congress
State and
Madison Streets
All Nations
Halsted Street
Lake Michigan
National Gateway
South Park and Boulevard System
Grand Boulevard
East Thirty-ninth
Forty-third Street
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Southern Railway Co
Southern Company
New York
DR. Potfay
E. M. Poteat
D. D
Lyndon
Fake Rubber Company
Ely
Ely Bros
Warren Street
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