State Normal School Athens Named Best Fifteen in US
The State Normal School at Athens Ga is cited by a U S Commissioner of Education as among the fifteen best state normal schools in the country. It lists fifty six officers and teachers, ten buildings, eighteen departments, full certificate courses in many subjects, strong domestic arts and sciences, two practice schools, and total yearly expenses under one hundred fifty dollars.
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United States Commissioner of Education
United States
South
Elevator Accidents Apall in Atlanta Inspires Magazine
A Frost's Magazine issue highlights a surge of deadly elevator accidents in Atlanta. Incidents at the Third National Bank building and the Empire building, plus a crippling injury in the Grant building, prompt calls for stricter inspection and safer operation of rapid lifts.
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Banner
Atlanta
Frost's
Call of the South
Third National Bank
Empire
Grant
Automobiles Erode Georgia Mule Market In Cities And Farms
Atlanta August 11. The growing use of automobiles for heavy hauling in cities and for farm work in the countryside is reducing demand for mules in Georgia. Leading mule dealers say the faithful beast is being supplanted in civil life much as it is in the army.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil Offers Relief
Old sores and stubborn wounds are said to heal with Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil. The advertisement touts curing power for long standing cases and notes price points of 2c 50c and 1.00.
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Porter
Georgia Governor to Remain in Ramshackle Mansion Two Years
Atlanta August 11 The present legislature has decreed the governor must continue living in a dilapidated old mansion surrounded by garages and business blocks for at least two more years. No action was taken to appoint a commission to study a replacement this year, but the issue will reappear next year as the building deteriorates and its site becomes less suitable. The idea of a site in Druid Hills, Atlanta's premier residential area, remains under serious consideration as a possible solution.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Senate
Druid Hills
L. C. Smith & Bros
Lightning Strikes Spark Fear Across Atlanta Area
Atlanta August reports say a series of electrical storms shocked many residents without direct impact. More than a dozen people felt shocks from distant lightning, including Mr and Mrs Frank P Walker who were knocked unconscious on a Ponce De Leon Avenue porch. Two Cobb county Black residents were killed in separate incidents, and multiple cloudbursts occurred, with one Washout blamed for a four life railroad wreck on the Western and Atlantic line.
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Atlanta
Frank P. Walker
Ponce de Leon Ave
Cobb County
Western & Atlantic
Prospects Bright for Cotton East of the Mississippi River
By J B Turner the cotton outlook east of the Mississippi is mostly excellent with rapid growth in the Carolinas and Georgia and big yields expected in Mississippi and Alabama. West of the river heat and scarce rainfall have hurt Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana and Oklahoma with shedding and premature bolls. rainfall could still help.
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J. B. Turner
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Carolinas
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
West
Green Acre Fellowship at Pistaqua Faces Trustee election
Special to the Banner from Eliot Maine August 11 details the annual Greene Acre Fellowship meeting. Rival factions among Green Acreites and Bahaists contest control as Abdul Baha followers push for a Fagan Temple site with a $12,000 legacy aiding the project. Miss Sarah Farmer’s illness shadows the dispute while critics warn of exclusion if Bahaists win.
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Eliot
Greene Acre Fellowship
Boston
New York
Abdul Bata
Mahomet
Confucius
Budda
Christ
Comte
Green Acre
Sarah J. Farmer
Portsmouth
Board of Trustees
Detroit Jewel Modern Cabinet Gas Ranges Displayed
A large shipment titled hot kitchens arrives with a solid car load of Detroit Jewel modern cabinet gas ranges now on display in the salesroom for customers to view and compare.
Remarkable Cure of Dysentery Narrated by Patient
I was attacked with dysentery about July 15th and used doctors remedies with no relief. I grew weaker and weighed 145 to 125 pounds. After two months I tried Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and used two bottles for permanent relief. B W Hill Snow Hill NC reports success. For sale by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
B. W. Hill
Snow Hill
N. C
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M. Stern
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Aaron Cohen
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M, G. Michael
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