Local merchants advertise coal, shoes and furniture sales
Short notes list Athens Ice & Coal Co at 117 and 1895 offering coal free of clinker with prompt delivery and good prices. Martin Bros on Clayton St guarantees shoe repairs and repairs while you wait. Miller Furniture Co announces December opening and stock arrivals. Various rental, sale and service notices for houses, insurance, stove piping, clothing, and other goods appear from several local firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Ice & Coal Co
Martin Bros
Clayton St
Dates of Inspection of State Troops in Georgia
The war department approved the itinerary for the annual inspection of the Georgia National Guard, beginning January 25 in Griffin and ending April 25 in Marietta. Major Palmer was appointed for this work. The tentative itinerary lists unit visits across multiple towns in January and February, including Griffin, Barnesville, Forsyth, Teantle, Albany, Macon, Cedartown, Lindale, Atlanta, Elberton, Athens, Gainesville, Winder, Monroe, and Jackson with various companies and infantry battalions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ntante
Scott
War Department
National Guard of Georgia
Griffin
Marietta
Seou
Palmer
F. J. Jones
Department of the Gulf
Barnesville
Forsyth
Teantle
Albany
America
Macon
Milledgeville
Cedartown
Fifth Infantry
Lindale
Atlanta
Quart
Atl Tery F. A
Elberton
Athens
Gainesville
Winder
Monroe
Band Fifth Infantry
Hospital Corps
de A
Jackson
Military unit movements and assignments across Georgia
The record lists numerous company and troop movements across Atlanta Fitzgerald Savannah and other Georgia locations from March into April. Units include Fifth Infantry Fifth Cavalry Second Cavalry First Infantry First Squadron Cavalry and Third Battalion Infantry with HQs, hospitals, and naval company mentions, spanning Atlanta Savannah Augusta Waynesboro Marietta and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Fifth Infantry
Second Cavalry and Hospital Corps
Fitzgerald
First Infantry
Thornsville
Wavcross
Brunswick
Ludowiel
Valdosta
Ty. Maret Jonah
Springfield
Savannah
Fae Mareh Pany
C. AL ¢ Mareh
A.C. Mareh
Saviannah
C.ad C.prit Ld
Naval mi
Headquarters and Hospital Corps
Waynesboro
Augusta
Inf
Yannah
Wamih
Marietta
Young Couple Wed In Quiet Schoolyard Union
Ethel Maxwell and Wilbur Burpitt, both still students, quietly wed in a magistrate’s office in September. Parents express astonishment at the secret marriage kept through school opening, while the couple return to school life and hope for a settled future as they remain at home with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Maxwell
Wilbur Burpitt
Ethel
Wilbur
Vigs’ High School
Mrs. Maxwell
Young lovers wed quietly to outwit parents in Atlanta
In Atlanta during November, 16 year old Ethel Maxwell and 18 year old Wilbur Burpitt, both Atlanta High School students, secretly married to avoid parental interference. They planned the union for months, choosing a discreet ceremony without witnesses, seeking the legal bond they believed would save their love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Ethel Maxwell
Oglethorpe Avenue
Wilbur Burpitt
William 8. Burpitt
Bethel
Ace
Mississippi Governor Salary Hike Prompts Strong Debate
In Jackson Mississippi on November 26 a proposal to raise the governor's salary from 4500 to 7500 a year draws broad discussion. Support cites office dignity campaign costs and higher living expenses, while opponents note a steady supply of gubernatorial candidates despite current pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Jackson
Mias
Little Girl Survives Peanut Lodged in Windpipe
A two year old Sallie Melvin of Rochells Ga had a peanut kernel lodged in her windpipe for three days. Dr W B Lingo performed an operation at the Red Cross Sanitarium Atlanta removing the peanut and the child is recovering well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta,Ga
Sallie Melvin
J. C. Melvin
Rochells
W. B. Lingo
Red Cross Sanitarium
Capital Avenue
Atlanta
Lingo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tuck! Bldg
Clayton Street
Tver
Martip
Son
Athens Lee & Coal Co
Martin Bars
Miller's
Plumbing, Sanitary Plumbing Co
Bite
Mat Athens
Len & Coal Co
Martitin Bros
J. E. Caldwell
Thoma
J. C. Jester
Cobb Street
Prince Avenue
W. A. Jester
Miller
Miller Furniture Company
Tode Island Reds
Ous
Monarety Cigar Co
St. Louis St
Meter Barber College
Atlin
Adobe
Philadelphia
Hill &. Ha
P.C
Eare Banner
Henderson Ave
W. A. Chastain
N. Milledge and
Nantahala Avenues
T. F. Green
Fire Insurance
Erwin & Company
A. A. Valentine
Home Building Co
Columbia
Clarke
Savannnah
C. D. Campbell
Chas
WW. Parr
Georgia National Bank
Georgia
Athens Empire Laundry Co
Cort
Cortrigh
Cortsight
Bailey Supply CO
Athens, Ga
C. A. Scudder
Oui
Corner College Avenue
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