Augusta faces three-year delay on Savannah river bridges
Augusta officials and Southern Railway win a three year suspension of Taft ordered bridge draws on the Savannah river. Taft orders delay citing updated city sentiment and river improvement needs while noting costs to install draws could run sixty to seventy thousand dollars. He hints Congress may fund harbor work to justify delaying action.
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Augusta
Southern Railway
War Department
Wm. H. Taft
United States
Savannah River
Taft
City of
Leonard Phinigy
Washington, D. C
Ngineer
Ander
Southern Railway Company
Court of Equity
Savannah
Congress
Pleasure of Jackies as Pacific fleet sails home
Fifteen thousand jackies of the Pacific fleet are nearing home along the South American coast. American Seamen's Friend Society branches report shore leave, letters home, and exhausted stamps as sailors tour Rio de Janeiro to Valparaiso. Ports offer aid and safety, while the society maintains centers to protect sailors from crime and vice, noting continued vigilance for the fleet’s return to Seattle and other West Coast ports.
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New York
Pacific Fleet
South America
American Seaman's Friend Society
Uncle Sam
Rio de Janeiro
Montevideo
Buenos Ayres
Rosario
Valparaiso
U. S. Navy
American Seaman’s Friend Society
Anbek
Nan
Brazil
American Seamen's Friend Society
Admiral
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Newport News
Seatle
Tacoma
Portland
Astoria
Port Townsend
Diadora. Corn Whiskey and Local Drug Advertisements
Diadora and fine old Corn Whiskey promoted by JACK CRANSTON CO. in Baltimore. An ad suggests taking Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for bilious feelings to cleanse the stomach regulate the liver and bowels. Price 25 cents. Free samples at several Athens Georgia outlets.
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Jack Cranston CO
Mercer St
Baltimore
Chamberlain
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Warren J. Smith & Bro
L. P. Canning
E. C. McEvoy
Orr Drug Co
Athens, Ga
Cobb Lampkin and Edwards Real Estate Ad says buy and rent
Cobb Lampkin and Edwards real estate agents offer a 5 room cottage on a 2 acre lot at the city’s highest point and a vacant 80 by 400 foot lot with homes nearby priced at 1750. They list other vacant lots homes and business sites and a new upstairs rooms for rent plus a Jackson street store room. They urge listing property to find buyers and help purchase others properties.
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Cobb Lampkin
K. E. Edwards
Lampkin
Edwards
Washington Streets
Jackson Street
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Market St
Reid-Gordon Co., Inc
Ae S Distillers” Cy
Ttanooga, Tenn
G. Taylor Dyer
Kiser
Atlanta, Ga
The
Athens Ice & Coal Co
Orr’s School
Pulaski and
Dougherty Streets
S. P. Orr
Athens Electric R’y. CO
John L. Arnold
Clayton and
Jackson Streets
Foley
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Jackies
Seaman's Friend Society
J. R. Hunter, Jr
Call ON Chafin Cycle Co
Wall Street
Athens
Peninsular Paint
J.R. Crane & Co
Clayton Street
Seaboard Air Line
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