Rate Hearings Outline for Georgia Rail Road Commission
Special to the Banner reports Georgia rail commission rate hearings will cover class rates first with finalization expected by August 29. A separate list outlines proposed adjustments for numerous commodities including clay products, beverages, petroleum, sugar, canned goods, meats, farm implements, and building materials with explanation starting around August 30.
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Atlanta
Georgia Railroad Commission
Commission
Georgia
O Bey
C. L
Sea Island
L. C
Gotham Gossip Highlights Explosives Fire Safety and Scandal Echoes
New York authorities enlist secret agents to curb the daily shipment and storage of one million dollars worth of explosives along the waterfront. The column also notes a $25,000 reward for infant paralysis research, Democratic party maneuvering in Albany, horse losses in heat, and the death of George Considine reshaping Gotham’s sports circles.
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Larkin @ Mead
New York
New Yorks
Gotham
George Considine
White Light District
Tenderloin
Considine
Chafin Taxicab Service Listed Along City Ads
Good Automobiles with careful drivers advertised for Chafin Taxicab Service at 227 College Avenue. A reader from Webster City, Iowa reports relief from liver trouble after using Chamberlain's Tablets, noting pain and soreness subsided by half a bottle. Obtainable everywhere.
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College Avenue
Joe Dingman
Webster City
Iowa
Chamberlain
Fealty to Nation speech urges duty and unity
Cardinal Gibbons at Madison Square Garden urges loyalty to republic and God in duties of citizens. He cites liberty with license and asks Americans to support rulers, combat pessimism about the nation, and rely on truth, justice, and Providence for lasting strength. An advertisement for Sloan's Liniment follows.
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Associated Press
New York
James Cardinal Gibbons
Madison Square Garden
Catholic Week
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Republic
Israel
Moses
Washington
Wilson
Friday Dress Sale at Michael’s Offers Silk Crepe De Chine
Friday event at Michael’s features a dress sale with silk crepe de chine and taffeta gowns priced at 3.48 and 7.58 8.50 and 10.00 dollars. The promotion emphasizes choice of dresses across several fabric types and price points for shoppers.
Michael's Ten Day Dress Sale Highlights Veiled Silk Offerings
Michael's advertises a ten day sale with twelve voile and organdie dresses and fifteen silk dresses in crepe de chine and taffeta. It promises attractive prices and a wide selection for late summer to early autumn wear with faultless colors models and dressmaking.
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Worth
Ten Days Sale Highlights In Baby Caps And More
Advertises a ten day sale featuring baby caps bonnets boys hats silk vests camisoles bloomers and house dresses in various fabrics at half price and discounted sleepwear kimonas and accessories with prices from 12 cents to several dollars including corsets and bath rugs.
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le Alge
Percale
Zephyr
Madras
Ten Days Sale Hits On Large List of Bargains
Advertises half price offers across items from jewelry to travel trunks and bags. Includes one fourth off suit cases leather and fibre, one third off fancy parasols, half price on brassieres and bath towels, 15 cent glassware, and other discounted apparel and household goods.
Michael's Ten Day Sale of Voiles and Fabrics
A dealer advertises ten day reductions on fancy voiles with floral designs. Tables show prices from 9c to 29c yard for striped voiles, imported plaids, and double width crepes. Materials include silk Lisle Zephyrs and Organdies with most yardage offered at 29c and marked final sale.
The Eve of the Conflict from Athens Banner
W. B. Conwavy, M. D., recalls 1860 61 Virginia high political tensions and the Confederate rise. He describes school life at Brookland and Virginia Military Institute, cadet parades to Harper's Ferry, friendships with Stonewall Jackson and J. E. B. Stuart, military drills, and personal enlistment into Co. C 4th Va Cavalry.
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Brookland School
Albemarle County
Virginia
William Dinwiddie
University of Virginia
South
Thomas M. Dudley
C. L. C. Minor
John Murray
James M. Garnett
John and
Harmon Dinwiddie
Thos. M. Dudley
Kentucky
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Hamlin
Maine
Lincoln
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Virginia Military Institute
Southland
Thomas J. Jackson
Brown
Jackson
Kingdom of Heaven
Institute
Harper's Ferry
Northern Virginia
Stonewall Jackson
J. EB. Stuart
McClellan
Stuart
Joe Sweany
Lorena
Dinwiddie
Cave
Madison County
James L. Kember
Pickett
Gettysburg
Kemper
Philadel
Blue Ridge Mountains
Banks
Fremont
Shields
Shenandoah
Co. C. 4Th Regiment
Va. Cavalry
Summits Point
Clarke County
Jacquelin Ware
Markham
Robert M. Stribling
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Tle
C. L. and
Tom Osborne
Seabury
Wagner
Albany
Empire State
Boss Murphy
Martin Glynn
Cardinal Gibbons
Sloan
Eckman
Michael
Athens Banner
Cross Roads
Congress
North
William Seward
New York Tribune
William Lloyd Garrison
Joshua R. Giddings
Horace Greely
Phia
John Letcher
Fair Grounds
Richmond
Madison
W. B. Conwiavy
M. D
Jeb” Stuart
C. 8. A. Blacksburg, Va
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