Georgia Praised in New York Bank Advert to Promote South
A New York Bank Company advertises Georgia as the Peach Orchard State highlighting its cotton, peanuts, and fruit output. It lauds Southern growth and scientific farming while stressing banks and finance aiding the New South and national unity.
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Georgia
Bank Company
New York
Acre
New South
Wttan Company
Atlanta Journal
Lory
America
Republic
Bank of the Manhattan Company
Senate approves ten million revolving fund for arsenate supply
The Senate passes a resolution to establish a ten million dollar revolving fund to enable the Department of Agriculture to obtain and sell calcium arsenate at cost. Government costs are minimized and the plan aims to aid farmers and cotton growers, with a focus on reducing boll weevil difficulties and avoiding price discrimination.
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Senate
of Agriculture
House of Representatives
State ‘Agricultural Department
Georgia
Surplus cabbage crops spur talk of a regional industry
The piece discusses potential growth of cabbage farming in Georgia and South Carolina, urging cooperative marketing to reduce losses from overproduction. It cites anecdotes of farmers abandoning fields, suggests forming high grade products, and proposes kraut factories as value add. Estimated costs for a small factory and potential profits are noted, alongside broader social changes and legal concerns.
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Orgia
South Carolina
Daily Sermonette on Faith Love and Hope
A compact sermonette argues that victory over the world comes through faith and that love and hope inspire good deeds. It urges religion to expand these sentiments within a concrete code of conduct, grounding ethical action in practical service.
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Charles’ W. Io
The Super-Snobs by Berton Braley Poem
A verse satirizes self important critics who sneer at plain facts and conventional love. It mocks pacifists after victory and predictably misguided prophets whose theory fails. The poem uses sharp humor to attack pretentious philosophic paths and their dismissal of reality.
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Berton Braley
Praise for Methodist union plan in Chicago meeting
A.P. report from Chicago says Bishop F J O Connell of Pittsburgh hailed the union plan adopted in Cincinnati by the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Church South as the greatest step toward church unity in years. A joint committee was named to study organizing the general conference under the unification document.
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Chicago
Associated Press
F. J. O'Connell
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
South
Uae
M. Moore
Dallas
Bhep Monona Neva
Tenn
Lynn
Ellis
Stonewall Jackson
Hyer
White
Candler
Repre
Gof
Methodist
W. Dowell
T. Profenay W. We
Westerviten
Washigton
Child Dies in Accident at Avnsboro Sanatorium
An early afternoon accident near Avnsboro claimed the life of Ruth Ages, daughter of J. W. Al Planters Stahot, after being struck by playmaker Agios Walden. She died at a local sanitarium around 9 Velock Saturday.
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Ruth
Agios Walden
Avnsboro
Velock
Saturn Mall
J. W. al Planters Stahot
Puzzle on hen-house build time with man and boy
A riddle asks how long the man and boy take to build a hen-house working together. The man needs three days and the boy four days, with a seven hour working day. If they combine efforts the total time equals seven hours per day over cooperative days. The answer is seven days.
Athens 27 Years Ago Items of Interest in the Classic City
From Banner files January 1895 the annual meeting of Athens Foundry and Machine Works stockholders elected Captain James White president. William Fleming resigns as secretary treasurer. George P Brightwell elected. Directors named James te, W P Welch, and William Fleming. Annie Brumby reappointed as public school teacher to fill vacancy. Edna Pope from Augusta visited en route home from a house party. Myrtle Jarrell appointed to public school staff. John Booth sets shade trees on Boulevard property and plans a new residence in the Classic City.
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Athens
Athens Found Machine Works
James White
Slesti
William Fleming
George P. Brightwell
James Te
W. P. Welch
Annie Brumby
Annie ‘Hodgson
Edna Pope
Augusta
Irene Walker
Myrtle Jarrell
John Booth
Did It Ever Occur To You A Little of Everything
A column by Hugh Rowe notes Jewish contributions to agriculture. It highlights The National Farm School at Doylestown Pa founded by Rabbi Krauskorp and its free three year program for youths, naming Jacob J Taubenhaus and Dr Bernhard Ostrolenk as notable graduates and achievements including a Texas crop pest cure saving millions. It also commends city police for traffic enforcement and cites a safety concern at College and Hancock avenues intersection about a post protruding into traffic.
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Hugh Rowe
Rabbi Krauskorp
Philadelphia
National Farm School
Doylestown
Jacob J. Taubenhaus
State of
Texas
Police Department
College and
Hancock Avenues
Hancock
Kaela Cold Remedy Promises Fast Relief at Low Cost
Local druggists advertise Kaela 5 Cold tablets offering quick relief from stuffiness red nose and head congestion. Promoters claim the tablets work in a few hours and offer money back if not satisfied. Packaged as a pleasant affordable option, the product contrasts with quinine.
Foley Marketing Slip for Honey and Tar Compound Mail Offer
A partial advertisement directs readers to cut out a slip, mail with 5c to Foley & Co in Chicago Illinois to receive Foley Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and ailments and Foley Kidney Pills for pains in sides. The fragment suggests a mail order promotion with names and products and a request for the sender’s name and address.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Stop Beggars From Street Trade and Make Corners Safer
Citizens urge authorities to curb street begging seen as deceitful and harmful. They call for prohibiting beggars from plying trades unless truly incapacitated, advocate work programs, and propose confinement for chronic offenders. A local judge recalls a beggar’s rude actions against a blind man and a deaf man during court testimony.
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Waei
Athens
Piste
Bill
Gantt Welcomes Farmers Week Attendees in Athens
Athens hosts Farmers Week with farmers and citizens attending the State Agricultural College conference. The piece highlights the farming crisis from the boll weevil impact to price declines and calls for aid from bankers, merchants, and manufacturers to help farmers recover and diversify crops. Leading agricultural experts from Georgia and the South are to speak at the week-long event.
Farmers Conference in Athens Promises Wide Training and Welcome
A historic Athens Farmers Conference aims to educate farmers on using their minds and adopting new crops while boosting local commerce. Attendees will tour Agricultural College, State University buildings, and enjoy city sights and theater venues with seven cent transfer tickets for travel. Local bankers and merchants pledge aid and hospitality to visitors.
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Athens
Agricultural College
State University
Thal School
Largest French Cannon Finished at Truelle Arsenal
A dispatch to the Journal reports the largest cannon ever made at a French arsenal has been completed by the Marine Foundry at Truelle. The gun will save a range of more than sixty miles and be mounted in a French coast fortification. The tube measures about 21 meters and weighs 90 tons.
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Paris
Marine
Truelle
Journal
Paris Costumers Craft Velvet Frocks and Wrapped Capes
Parisian costumers create stylish wraps and costumes with matching velvet frocks and capes lined in silver cloth or brocade, producing lovely ensembles.
Calomel replacement hailed in clickbait liver tonic ad
An advertisement touts Padson's NS Tone as a safe liver remedy promising quick relief from headaches biliousness coated tongue and sour stomach. The copy mocks calomel and claims the product cleanses bowels without salivation urging readers to buy a bottle and return if unsatisfied.
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Padson
Jodson
California Fix Syrup Ad Promises Gentle Relief for Children
An advertisement urges mothers to use genuine California Fix Syrup to ease sour stomach and bilious bowels in babies and children. It claims the product safely clears bowels without griping and advises asking druggists for the authentic California Fix Syrup with age-specific directions printed on the bottle.
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California
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