Harris County Graduates Lead Athens Normal School Class of 1907
The State Normal School at Athens held commencement events including an As You Like It performance at the University of Georgia amphitheater. Harris County students, notably Bessie Jenkins of Chipley and Mary McGehee, excelled in the class of 1907 and pursue teaching roles.
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State Normal School At
Athens
University of Georgia
Forest of Arden
Board of Trustees
Harris County
Bessie Jenkins
Chipley
W. L. Jenkins
Mary McGehee
B. H. McGehee
Floyd
Hamilton
LaGrange
Nell Stripling
Verna Green
Cataula
Harris Courty
Beaf Steak John and Pocahontas Save Captain Smith From Stake
In a Punch magazine spoof, Captain John Smith is tied to a stake during a Norfolk celebration while Pocahontas intervenes with a fire extinguisher. The scene ends with a lighthearted romance as the couple are joined, and the Smith family joke about Jones’s beard appears in the mock tale.
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Norfolk
John Smith
John
Smith
Pocahontas
Ohn
Clarke County Tax Returns Lag Punished
Taxpayers in Clarke County fail to file timely returns risking double taxation. Tax Receiver Dorsey extended the closing date from June 1 to June 15 to notify newcomers. The books will close on the 15th with penalties for those who have not submitted their property.
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Clarke County
Dorsey
Progress in Formosa Public Works Unveiled by Japanese Administration
The article outlines extensive public works plans in Formosa under Japanese administration. It highlights infrastructure goals, projected improvements, and the agencies coordinating the effort.
Georgia rail rates cut in state passenger classification
The Georgia Railroad Commission orders lower passenger fares effective Sept 2 1907 after hearing a Farmers Union petition. Lines reclassified into five classes A to E and a special group with per mile rates from two to four cents, impacting a wide list of roads including Atlanta and West Point and Western and Atlantic on the top bands. The decision aims to ease travel costs while letting railroads adjust without disrupting summer schedules.
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Atlanta
Railroad Commission
Farmers’ Union
West Point
Thy
Western
Atlantic
Joseph M. Brown
State of
Georgia
Atlanta and
West Point Railroad Company
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company
Georgia Railroad Company
Florida and Alabama
Georgia Northern Railway Company
Hawkinsville
Florida Southern Railway
Louisville and Nashville
Macon and Birmingham
Macon, Dublin and Savannah
Millenami Southwestern
Milltown Air Line
Ocilla and
Valdosta
Register and Glennyville
Savnannah
Statesboro
South Georgia Railway Company
Talbotton
Union Point
White Plains
Valdos
Ludowici
Flo‘villa
Indian Springs
Lexington Terminal
Smithonia
Dunlap and
Sandersville
Tallulah Falls
Louisville and
For Sale Dry Stove Wood
Dry stove wood offered for sale at 1.90 per load. Contact Vincent Matthews at 618.
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Vincent Matthews
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Bailey Supply Co
City Shoe Shop
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Palmer & Drugs
J. M. McCurdy
Wallace
J. T. Bown
J.T. Brown
Broad St
Brenau
Chautauqua
Gainesville
Blue Ridge Mountains
Lake Warner
M. Stern
M.g.michael
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The
Athens Savings Bank
M. Stern, M. G. Michael, W. T. Bryan, J. A. Hunnicutt
G. A. Mell, T. S. Mell, c. H. Phinizy, L. F. Edwards
Deupree Hunnicutt
Arris
State Normal School
Hamilton Journal
Capt. John Smith
Simeon Foni
Baltimore Hotel
Jones
Formosa
Taihoku
Japan
Kushagu
Keibei
Taihoku City
Shin Tiem
Tamsui
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Raiload Commission of
H. W. Hill
George F. Montgomery
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Mary Shelton
Poplar Bluff
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