International Prison Congress Opens in Washington
Washington D C October 3 the eighth International Prison Congress opens at the National Museum with hundreds of criminologists from nearly fifty countries attending. China Australia and several American nations participate the congress will discuss criminal law prison reform and death penalty issues with Professor Charles R Henderson of the University of Chicago presiding. This is the first U S meeting since the congress began in 1872 and it is hosted in this country.
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Washington
D. C
International Prison Congress
New National Museum
Atendance
China
Yanen
Australia
South
Central America
Europe
Russia
Charles R. Henderson
The
University of Chicago
United States
Seaboard Airlines Promises Aid For Athens Promotion
The Seaboard Air Line Railway through its Athens agent praises the city’s Chamber of Commerce efforts to publicize Athens Ga. The letter from Norfolk Virginia dated Sept 28 1910 expresses willingness to distribute a chosen number of Athens booklets to boost regional outreach. Mr W A Brooks secretary boards of trade Athens Ga is asked to provide quantities for distribution.
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Seaboard Air Line
Athens
Chamber of Commerce
Brooks
Norfolk
W. A. Brooks
Board of Trade
Cody
Roosevelt to Speak in Atlanta at Conservation Congress
In Atlanta on October 7 and 8 a conservation congress will feature ex President Theodore Roosevelt as the headline speaker. Roosevelt comes to lecture for the Uncle Remus Memorial Association to support buying Joel Chandler Harris’s home and turning it into a memorial park, with $30,000 needed and $5,000 to $6,000 already raised.
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Atlanta
Conservation Congress
Gifford Pinchot
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Paris
Uncle
Mr. Harris
Cough Remedy Promised To Cure Ills By Chamberlain
A vintage advertisement urges readers to use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to cure a cough and throat irritation claiming relief and widespread sale through dealers.
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Relef
Chamberlain’s
Tarine Train Arrival and Departure Details in Georgia
Train service in Georgia reports arrival and departure times for the Tarine at City Time. The timetable lists leaves and arrives with stated hours.
Beauty Spot Opens with Jefferson De Angelis at Colonial
Jefferson De Angelis headlines The Beauty Spot at the Colonial with the same Broadway troupe. The show spotlights a famed Beauty Chorus, retained for the road tour, boasting about three hundred chorus hopefuls trained in New York styles and paid an average weekly salary of 35 dollars.
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Jefferson de Angelis
the Colonial
Broadway
de Angelis
Ballet
New York
Metropolis
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Comstock
Order Issued for Reunion Sponsor and Parade Chief
Atlanta reports General orders from the United Confederate Veterans of Georgia appoint Miss Mary Lewis Redd of Columbus as Georgia Division sponsor for the reunion in Atlanta October 19 and 20. Miss Marion Slade of Columbus is named maid of honor, both cited as Confederate ancestors. Colonel W. S. Shepard of Columbus is named grand marshal for the veterans parade and to oversee parade details.
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Atlanta
John O. Waddell
United Confederate Veterans of Georgia
Mary Lewis Redd
Columbus
Georgia
Marion Slade
W. 8. Shepard of
Crand
Shappard
City Tax Notice and Early Payment Discount Offered
The notice states city taxes are due with a discount of one and a half percent for payments made in September. It also includes train arrival and departure times for Central of Georgia, G M and Seaboard lines, and schedules for Southern Railway and Georgia Railroad through Athens.
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W. L. Wood
Mt Vernon Lodge and Fraternal Groups Directory
Local lodge directory lists Mt Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M on Thursdays at Masonic Hall Clayton St. Keystone Chapter No 1 R A M meets third Tuesday. Woodmen of the World meets Wednesdays at Odd Fellows Hall. Other groups include Odd Fellows Williams Lodge I O O F St Elmo Knights of Pythias Elks BPOE and Elmer Encampment with meeting nights and locations in Clayton and nearby streets. Invitations extended to qualified members.
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Mt. Vernon Lodge
Vernon Lodge
A. M
Masonic Hall
Maz Joseph Building
Clayton. Street
William Pittman
W. M J. R. Crane
Sec'tv
K Eystone
Keystone
Royal Arch Masons
Maz Joseph
O. B. Davis
Odd Fellows Hall
Jackson and
Clayton Streets
A. Brigham
John Mappin
Venn Lodge
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Clayton Street
Odd Fellows
Elmo Lodge
K. of P—St. Elmo Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Max Joseph
Clayton and
Wall Streets
W. C. Jodran
C. Co
Oliver
Odd Fellowa
Davison-Nicholson Co
Clayton Etreet
J. D. Stevens
C. P. A. Mealor
Scribe
Georgia
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Jefferson de Angles
Fonial
Washington Garments
Wingfield
Shop of Quality
International Congress
Wash
General Industrial
Col. Roosevelt
Georgia Railroad
Waseebesens
J. O. Waddell
United Confederate Veterans
Atlantic Ice &, Coal Corporation
City Time
Central OF
GA. R. R
Macon
G. M. RY
Southern Railway
Esis Snsee
Lodge Directory
W. C. Jordan
Fred T. Moon
H. P. Lawrence, N. G. . B. Harper
Society
Lodge Quarters
Broad and
Lumpkin Streets
B. Bancroft
B. Geo. H. Palmer
Sec’ty
Grand Rapides
Bird's Eye
Dorsey & Funkenstein
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