Athens Daily Bulletin Highlights Local News And Commentary
Subscribers are urged to report late deliveries and irregular carrier service. The notice warns carriers not to collect subscriptions. The piece notes political talk on March and upcoming races, weather updates, income tax returns, and local civic efforts. It mentions the Chamber of Commerce work on electric lines and coal-rate reforms, plus cultural events and show business trends. It also references potential gubernatorial candidacies and prominent Georgia figures.
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Gorches
Athens Urged to Support Piedmont Northern Extension
Athens residents are urged to back extending the Piedmont Northern electric railway from Anderson, South Carolina, to Athens. The plan would connect Athens with a large, prosperous trade area and boost local merchants via improved transportation, with the Athens Chamber of Commerce coordinating efforts and requesting citizen support.
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Athens
Anderson
S. C
Piedmont Northern
Charlotte
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Piedmont and Northern
Government considers development plans for vast public lands
The administration proposes bills to regulate development of coal oil phosphate and potash on public lands. Royalties would fund irrigation projects and state programs with half returns to the states for schools. Oil lands would issue 2560 acre permits with two year exploration and a one quarter mineral right if oil is found. Coal lands would be sold in small blocks or leased with limits. tiny local permits up to ten acres for domestic needs for ten years.
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Anderson
Athens
United States
Congress
Lane
Reclamation Fund
Federal Treasury
Georgia Senate and governor races roil state politics
Atlanta political gossip reports Col West of Valdosta appointed to Bacon’s seat stirring bold campaigns for governor and Senate. Felder Hardwick and West reshuffle plans while Slaton may oppose Smith. Vereen rises as a new factor. Vinson and Park face off in 10th and 2nd districts with Vinson launching March 23 in Sparta.
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Slaton
Clark Howell
Atlanta
Georgia
Fred Lewis
Col. W. & West
Valdosta
A. O. Bacon
United States Senate
United States
Hoke Smith
Bacon
Senator Smith
Felder
Senate
Hardwick
Smith
Col. W. S. West
West
Ba‘con
South Georgia
Colonel West
J. Randolph
Anderson
William H. Burwell
Sparta
Burwell
Vinson
Baldwin County
Court House
Hancock County
10Th
Mi-o-na First Aid for Indigestion Claims Quick Relief
An advert promotes Mi-o-na tablets as a safe effective remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion. It claims quick relief from distress belching and nausea, strengthens gastric glands aiding digestion, and markets a fifty cent box with money back guarantee through H. R. Palmer & Sons. The piece ends with a political year note in Georgia mentioning Hardwick and Felder.
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Strely
H. R. Palmer & Sons
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H. J. Rowe
Carrier Bay
Tom
Becker
Chamber of Commerce
W. S. West
Hodgson
Tom Hardwick
Tom Felder
England
America
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Dorsey
Government
T. S. Felder
T. W. Hardwick
John R. Cover
Macon
Vereen
Rob Scoe Luka
Thomasville
Frank Park
Roddenberg
Luke
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