Georgia Leads in Industrial Growth Across the South
The Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index reports major mining and banking expansion in 1910 and early 1911. Birmingham investors bought 8000 to 9000 acres of Alabama coal lands, with plans for a million dollars in improvements and potential further investment. Rome forms a three million dollar Georgia corporation to manage a Michigan investor's properties, excluding a new railroad. Polk County sees mineral property purchases by a Virginia firm, and Georgia leads the South East in new banks with 65 openings and 10 expansions totaling over 4.32 million dollars in capital. Atlanta building permits reach 7.4 million dollars in 1910. Other notes mention road bond proposals in Polk County, a 200k Alabama railroad charter, shore-waiting bids near Augusta, and new paper manufacturing ventures in Cedartown and wet pipe equipment in Georgia. A Birmingham bank expands its territory, a Rowman, Ga. bank is reported, and two industrial corporations with 3.331 million dollars in capital are noted in Tifton. An auction sale of 40 head of Hambletonian colts and other stock occurs in Monroe on January 11, 1911.
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Georgia and Alabama Industrial Index
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Alabama
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Walker
Rome
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Michigan
R. G. Peters
Manistee
Mich
Virginia
Polk County
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Ala
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Choctaw Counties
Savannah River
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Ityle Ga
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Tifton
Cozen
Saved Self and Daughter Martinsville Letter
A reader from Mattoon Illinois recounts a health recovery thanks to a treatment that helped regain weight after years of poor heart condition and invalid status. The letter mentions personal improvement and satisfaction with the convalescent experience, reflecting hopeful outcomes.
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Mattoon
Market cotton totals and weekly in sight amounts
New Orleans report shows weekly in sight 324,102 bales, up from 243,905 last year and 350,565 two years ago. Overland week 29,046 bales. in sight since September 1 538,957. overland since September 1 last year 451,471. Southern consumption 58,000 bales. Griffith & Welch Cotton Report from Athens notes middling at 6.64 to 6 1/8.
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New Orleans
Hester
St Dales
Overland
Price of Oconee County Sends Word From Athens to Griffin
Sen Price, former agricultural committee chairman, travels from Athens to Griffin for today’s board meeting of the state experiment station. He plans to run for agriculture commissioner in two years as incumbent Hudson seeks a Congress seat in the third district. Support from across Georgia reportedly strong.
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Athinta
Gia
Jam. J
Price
Oconee County
Atlanta
Griffin
Board of
State Experiment Station
Periment
Agricultural Committee
Senate
Commissioner of Agriculture
Hudson
LaGrippe Coughs and Stuffy Colds Relief
Foley's Woney and Tar provides quick relief and expels the cold from your system. It contains no opiates, is safe and sold by all pharmacists.
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Foley
Madam Luna Faces The Noon Sun In Cold Snap
In a sunny noon moment during a spell of freezing weather Madam Luna emerges to warm her face. Once a seasoned partygoer known for lively nights she is described in quirky terms as she shifts positions, enjoys sunlit warmth, and reflects on the cold, with the day bright and quiet after a long chill.
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Josh
Boy Slept Twenty One Days Declared Insane in Athens
Julian Brice an eighteen year old Gainesville visitor to Athens last week has been declared insane and committed to the state sanitarium. His mother swore out the warrant fearing for his safety and hers. The case recalls the previous instance of a boy named Alice who slept twenty one days last summer, perplexing experts and frightening his family.
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Athens
Julian Brice
Gainesville
Condi
Tion
Alice
Baseball Gossip From Athens and Beyond Reveals Moving Rumors
Last year Stallings engaged a Boston baseman for his Georgia farm while in Athens. Bud Sharpe may quit the game, and Stallings runs a Georgia farm for him. Toronto Eastern League teams train in Macon as McGinnity builds a Newark plant for his club. White Sox and Giants consider Texas spring games. Tigers may slump. Tinker offered ten thousand a year for four years to organize an Australian league. Penn captain Wallace may sign with the New York Americans after college. Willagis appointed Colorado legislature clerk. Patsy Flaherty may return to the Boston Nationals. Burg sold release by Clarke of Albany after a 60-base season in New England.
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Clarke
Albany, N .Y
Burg
Lynn
Bure
New Year Celebrations Grip New York As Fire Risks Grow
New York on January 1 reports immense New Year spending across the Great White Way as revelers pour into hotels and dining venues. Officials warn of hidden fire hazards beneath sidewalks while Manhattan plans stronger fire department powers to curb possible conflagrations. Meanwhile crowds gather for the funeral of Frank Worthing and students flood cities as exams and exoduses loom for winter break.
Death in Roaring Fire Prompts Burns Care Demand
A Roaring Fire incident underscores severe burn risks among workers and the quick need for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The advertised remedy claims rapid relief from burns and inflammations, wounds, bruises, sores, and skin eruptions, with distribution through W. J. Smith & Bros and H. R. Palmer & Sons.
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W. J. Smith & Rro
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Potash Dispute Seen as Test for U S German Trade
Washington debates increasing use of potash in fertilizers and industry. Officials warn that German discrimination against American buyers could set a dangerous precedent, risking higher costs for U S farmers and factories and shaping future international trade policies.
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Washington, D.C
United States
Germany
Former Mayor Hatert Maddox Joins Black Memorial Association Board
Former mayor Hatert Maddox of dantt has accepted a place on the board of trustees for the Black Memorial Association to be established by white and colored residents of the South. The inter-racial memorial aims to educate colored South boys and girls along practical lines, with broad support from local communities. The board now includes W. T. Bryan and John D. Moss of Athens, Major John E. Talmadge of Athens, Jr. C. J. Hood of Commerce, Col. H. J. Dean of Gainesville, and Maddox of Atlanta.
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Hatert FL Maddox
Dantt
Black Memorial Associaion
Othe Institution
Wiel
Hie
Asthma Catarrh Cure Promised By Senpine Advertised
Expert medical scientists announce startling results from Senpine offered by The Woodworth Co New York City The firm mails free experimental packages to applicants claiming it cures asthma hay fever bronchitis and catarrh Many readers urged to write for trial claiming it helps regardless of duration or climate Also notes about tariff act discrimination and German potash assurances.
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New York
Woodworth Co
Dept
Broadway
New York City
Vienna University
Handsome scarf pin free offer from Gotham firm
A New York company on Broadway offers a free gold plated scarf pin to any reader who sends name and address with two 2 cent stamps to cover packing and postage. The promotion aims to introduce their line of jewelry and general merchandise across the United States.
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New York
United States
Gotham Company
Broadway
N.Y
General Merchantien
Solves a Deep Mystery with Electric Bitters
A Lewishurz West Virginia resident C B Rader thanks Electric Hitters for curing ten years of stomach trouble and rheumatism. The tonic is praised for aiding digestion jaundice and kidney detox. Each bottle sells for 50 cents at W J Smith Ivo and R Palmer Sons.
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C. B. Rader
Lewishurz
W. Va
W. J. Smith & Ivo
R. Palmer & Sons
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