Postmaster General backs one cent letter postage
Albert Burleson new Postmaster General supports immediate one cent postage, arguing revenue adjustments will fund it. Delegation from National One Cent Letter Postage Association praised his stance as he aims to modernize the postal service with civil service reforms and businesslike operations. Senators Burton and Rep Bartlett file bills to start one cent postage by July 1, urging faster action. James Britt, former third assistant postmaster general, also endorses the lower rate for reasons of intelligence, social benefit, and business growth.
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Albert
Burleson
Wilson
United Whiies
Ife
National
Washington
Sam
Postal
Post Office Administration
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Charles L. Bartlett
Georgia
Senate
House of Representatives
Burton
Bartlett
James J. Britt
Asheville
N.C
Britt
Congress
Hot Springs Liver Buttons In Town
Local advertisement promotes Hot Springs Liver Buttons claiming rapid liver and bowel benefits within 24 hours. Endorses halting calomel use, highlights safe, mild action and suitability for all ages, with a price of a quarter per box and free samples via postcard request from Hot Springs Chemical Co. Also mentions Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil with curing claims and price between 25 cents and one dollar.
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Hot Springs
Hot Springs Chemical Co
Ark
Southern fire firms win equal standing with eastern insurers
Atlanta May big eastern financial houses assure the public Southern fire insurers will be treated on the same basis as their eastern counterparts. Charles A Bickerstaff secretary treasurer of the Southern Fire Insurance Companies Association reports drives from life insurers confirm southern firms qualify as joint stock solvent concerns. The association formed in 1910 aims to foster wise building, tax reform, and fire waste reduction, and helped enact Georgia's strong new insurance law.
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Atlanta
Big Eastern Financial Institutions
Southern Fire Insurances
Chas. A. Bickerstaff
Association of Southern Fire Insurance Companies
Bickerstaff
Southern Fire
Georgia Insurance
RHEUMA Promises Quick Relief From Rheumatism
An early 20th century advertisement touts RHEUMA as dissolving uric acid to ease sore joints and muscles from day one. A 50 cent bottle is sold with a money back guarantee. testimonial from Prof. H. H. Kolling in Richmond, Indiana cites decades of pain eased after two days.
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Palmer & Sons
H. H. Kolling
S. Ninth St
Richmond
Ind
Age limits on criminal capacity in Georgia case
Special to the Banner Atlanta May 22 The state court of appeals holds that a person aged ten to fourteen cannot be legally convicted unless evidence shows capacity to commit a crime with the burden on the state. The court reverses a manslaughter verdict against Gus Brown an eleven year old boy.
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Banner
Atlanta
State Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Superior Court of
Mibb
Gus Brown
Atlanta May Day in Police Chief Grand Jury Case
Special to the Banner reports Atlanta police headquarters await the grand jury decision on whether the Negro janitor Newt Lee will be released or kept as a material witness in the Phacan case. Detectives have questioned him for days and Leon is said to be in a cell beside him to probe any disclosures. Evidence suggests Lee had no involvement with the counterfeiters blamed for circulating hard to detect one dollar notes in eastern cities.
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Atlanta
Grand Jury
Newt Lee
Phacan
Leon
Counterfeit Five Dollar Silver Certificate Circulating
Atlanta May 22 A dangerous counterfeit five dollar silver certificate is in circulation in this state. Indian certificates imitate genuine notes and pass through banks and sub treasuries. Secret service operators have redoubled efforts to locate the counterfeiter. notes are made by washing one dollar bills. Government officials suspect the same maker behind similar fakes.
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Atlanta
United States
Grave Doubt As To Friedmann Treatment
Atlanta, May 22. U S public health service doubts the Friedmann anti tuberculosis serum. Georgia physicians voiced the first definite scientific doubt in the nation. Southern warnings against trusting the Friedmann core now align with U S authorities suspicions. Atlantic Ice & Coal advertises prompt ice wagon service with order attention.
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Atlanta
U. S. Public Health Service
Georgia
U. S
Atlantic Ice & Coal Corporation
Athens Ice & Coal CO
An Excellent Cough Medicine Ad Extolls Chamberlain Cough Remedy
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as soothing and healing for coughs and colds. It claims the medicine is pleasant safe to take contains no narcotic and is for sale by all dealers.
Slit Skirt Fashion Sparks Comment Among Atlanta Girls
In Atlanta on May 22 authorities note the impropriety of high school girls wearing new slit skirts. Many stylish students travel to and from school with ankles exposed at the vents bottom of their skirts. No scandal reported. the trend mirrors styles favored by older sisters this season.
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Atlanta
Presbyterians Allow Tobacco Use by Ministers
Atlanta May 22 The Presbyterian Assembly has not barred ministers from smoking and many leading preachers, including William H. Ridgway who writes international Sunday school lessons, are in the smoking majority.
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Atlanta
Presbyterian Assembly
Wm. H. Ridgeway
Presbyterian assembly debates tobacco use in church
A prominent layman argues tobacco use is a human weakness not a sin. He says too many members are guilty for the assembly to prohibit it. The remark reflects internal church debate over personal conduct policies.
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Ded
Presbyterian Church
Associated Harvard Clubs Meet in St Louis Seventeenth Annual Convention
Harvard graduates gather in St Louis for the seventeenth annual Associated Harvard Clubs convention with a noon luncheon at the Jefferson Hotel and a banquet the following evening. Speakers include President Lowell Major General Leonard Wood J A Leckley and Secretary Houston. Also an ad touts Dr King s New Life Pills for constipation with a customer testimonial and price.
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St. Louis
Harvard Crimson
Harvard Clubs
Cambridge Institution
Hotel Jefferson
Lowell
Harvard
Leonard Wood
J. A. Leckley
Oklahoma
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Christian Unity Keynote Opens National Church Clubs Conference
In Boston on May 22 delegates from Protestant Episcopal laymen's clubs across the United States gather for the twenty first annual national conference of Church Clubs of the United States. The keynote is Christian Unity and the event runs through the week.
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Boston
Mass
Christian Unity
National Conference of Church Clubs of the
United States
Protestant Episcopal Church
Commercial Travelers Session in Columbus Ga and Fla
Commercial travelers from Georgia and Florida meet in Columbus for a joint annual convention of the two grand councils of United Commercial Travelers. R B Cole presided and delivered the principal address. A testimonial touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as superior for colds and lung coughs, with Miss Clara Oster from House Springs Missouri praising it.
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Columbus
Georgia
Florida
United Commercial Travelers
R. B. Cole
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Paris
Madras
Washanew
Freidman
Presbyterians and Tobacco
Chamberlain
Clara Oster
House Springs
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