Commerce backs middle route for interurban line
Commerce Georgia reports strong support for the middle route of the proposed interurban from Greenville via Anderson to Atlanta. A Commerce committee plans to present Commerce’s case to Anderson and demonstrate the route’s advantage, stressing its efficiency, wider service to underserved regions, and avoidance of competing with existing rail lines.
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Anderson-Atlanta Railway
Seaboard, Central, and Georgia Railroad
Commerce Board of Trade
Hiomer R. Harber
Claude Montgomery
John DB
Anderson
Board of Trade
Man Fleeing Bad Luck Finds Good Fortune in Athens
Andrew Vinson a colored dray man in Athens had a long streak of misfortune including his wife’s illness and death and livestock losses. A sheriff visit revealed he inherited ninety acres in South Georgia and a share of a plantation worth over 23 000 dollars, with papers to transfer title in his name.
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Athens
Andrew Vinson
Macon
Mit
Plantaton
Kerif
Jackson
South Georgia
Rail heads seek 5 percent freight rate hikes
At a Boston meeting, presidents of three major rail systems including New York Central Samuel Read, Pennsylvania Joe Tennseylvania, and Baltimore and Ohio Daniel Willard proposed requesting the Interstate Commerce Commission’s authority to raise freight rates by five percent across the eastern territory north of the Tennessee River and east of the Mississippi. The move aims to preserve railroad finance and rail line prosperity.
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de Testeun Chamber of Comerce
Hasst
Boston
New York Central
Samuel Read
Joe Tennseylvania
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mippi River
Tattuere and
Ohio
Shipload of Sunday School Folks Sail for World S S Convention
Hundreds of Sunday school workers sailed from Bioston aboard the Canopic for Europe to attend the World’s Sunday School Convention in Zurich starting July 8. About 400 delegates on the Canopic join American and Canadian groups. total U S attendance may reach 2000. Speakers include Bishops Vincent Neulsen Hartzell J J Heinz H M Hamill M G Brumbaugh Anna Jarvis and FE Warren. A 300 voice choir and the Tonhalle Zurich Symphony Orchestra will perform.
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Mass
White Star Line
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Canopie
Europe
Zurich
Switzerland
Canopic Party
Sunday School Association
United States
New York
Philadelphia
Neston
Montreal
Aheol Association
Marion Lawrence
Toledo
A. J. Bucher
Cincinnati
Tonhalle Zurich Symphony Orchestra
Vincent, Neulsen
Hartzell
J. J. Heinz
Pittsburg
H. M. Hamill
Nashville
Frank I. Brown
Brooklyn
M. G. Brumbaugh
Anna Jarvis
FE. OK. Warren
Three Oaks
Mich
Northwestern Dairy Officials Convention Briefing
Dairy officials from Wisconsin, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Minnesota and the Dakotas convene in this city. The meeting focuses on dairy drives and instructors, with discussions shaping measures for two May events. President J. G. Winkjer and other officers head the convention amid agricultural talks.
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Wisconsin
Iowa
Montana
Waho
Washington
Oregon
Utah
Minnesota
Dakotas
J. G. Winkjer
Warned Against Saint Anthony's Fire in Georgia
The Georgia State Board of Health urges mothers to warn children about Saint Anthony's Fire, known as erysipelas. It spreads through uncareful wounds, causes burning redness, and can be fatal in the elderly or ill. Prevention hinges on antiseptic cleaning, isolation of cases, and guarding all cuts from infection.
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Atlanta
Georgia State Board of Health
Mippocrates
Galen
Board of Health
National Conservation Exposition Aimed at Posterity in Knoxville
The exposition to be held in Knoxville next fall aims to address grave national problems through understanding and action. It focuses on forests and soils abused rather than used, with devastation visible in hills and gullied fields. Director General W M Goodman says it seeks to benefit the whole people and future generations, marking a major step in the world’s work.
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Knoxville
W. M. Goodman
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