Glidden Tour Opens with 34 Entries Across Southeast Route
Two 1911 Glidden Twenty cars began the long national highway run from New York to Atlanta, with 34 entries so far. Gov Hoke Smith to ride in a Maxwell Special, Florida Gov Gilchrist joining near Valdosta, and women drivers expected among the crews. A Grade IV format now allows nonregistered cars to compete on reliability, ending technical checks.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Buffalo
Westgard
A. A. A. Touring Information Bureau
Winston-Salem
Hotel Selwin
Charlotte
Hotel Chiqueya
Anderson
Piedmont
Hotel Piedmont
Macon
Valdosta
H. M. Atkinson
Packard
Wm. D. Alexander
White
Inman Gray
Am. Traveler
Henry Ti
South
Birdie Marks
Athens
Europe
Columbia
Albert W. Gilchrist
Florida
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Gilchrist
State Line
Winston- Salem Board of Trade
Mitchell Motor Co
W. W. Kitchin
North Carolina
Mitchell
Smith
Pine Tree State
Manufacturers Contest Association
Labor Men Meet in Omaha for State Labor Convention
Delegates from many Nebraska cities gather in Omaha for the fourth annual State Federation of Labor convention. Sessions run several days with focus on workers compensation and laws on woman and child labor. The federation lists over 100 affiliated organizations totaling about 11,000 members.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
State Federation of Labor
W. A. Carieman
Federation
Bogart City Property For Sale At Bargain Price
Home buyers are offered 76 acres of fine land with improvements worth 5000 dollars within Bogart city limits. The listing promises access to all city conveniences and invites buyers to see the property as a cheap deal.
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Bogart
Old Defenders Day Observed With Flag Unfurled Over Fort McHenry
Baltimore observes Old Defenders Day marking the 1814 battle of North Point with a legal holiday and the unfurling of the original flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write The Star Spangled Banner over Fort McHenry.
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Baltimore
North Point
Francis Scott Key
Key
Fort Mc. Henry
National encampment opens in Memorial Hall Pittsburg
The twenty sixth annual national encampment of the Union Veteran Legion begins in Memorial Hall Pittsburg with several hundred delegates present. National Commander Nathan Munshower of Columbus Ohio Senior Vice Commander William P. Griffith of Brooklyn and Junior Vice Commander F E McCabe of Beaver Falls are among attendees. Nearly all national officers of the women s auxiliary are also in attendance.
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Pittsburg
Union Veteran Legion
Memorial Hall
Nathan Munshower
Columbus
William P. Griffith
Brooklyn
F. E. McCabe
Beaver Falls
Women’s Auxiliary
Cotton Price Conference Holds Cotton Boost Plan
In Montgomery Alabama on September 12 state agriculture commissioners, bankers, farmers and business leaders met to discuss plans to hold up the price of cotton. Representatives from all cotton growing states attended the conference.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Commissioners of Agriculture
Governors at New Monmouth discuss public welfare issues
The annual Governors Conference opened at the New Monmouth hotel with 36 state chiefs present plus congressmen, financiers, educators and jurists. Sessions cover executive power, inheritance tax, state control of utilities, and intra-state traffic rates as leaders outline plans for next year and broader national policy.
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Spring Lake
N. J
Governors of
States of the Union
New Monmouth
William George Jordan
New York
Maine
California
Washington
Florida
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Joseph M. Carey
Wyoming
Emmett O'Neal
Alabama
Edwin L. Norris
Montana
Augustus E Willson
Kentucky
Eugene N. Foss
Massachusetts
Charles 8. Deneen
Illinois
John A. Dix
Edmond W. Noel
Mississippi
Chester H. Aldrich
Nebraska
Herbert S. Hadley
Missouri
Spring Lake Casino
Bers1 F. Carroll
Town
Francis F. McGovern
Wisconsin
Chase S. Osborn
Michigan
Oswald West
Oregon
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Simeon FE. Baldwin
Conecticut
Tasker L. Oddie
Austin L. Crothers
Maryland
W. P. Freer
Hawaii
Anderson Cup Presented For Glidden Contest Tour
Enthusiasm grows along the tour route as Anderson presents a $1,000 trophy named the Anderson South Carolina Cup to be awarded to Glidden contestants. Terms to be announced later. similar trophies expected from other sections to boost competition. Telegraphic entries include three Metz runabouts, the Waltham, Mas.
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Anderson
Metz
Waltham, Masz
Governor names editors as state delegates to Virginia convention
Atlanta September 12 Governor Hoke Smith announced Georgia’s three commissioners to the Atlantic Deep Waterways Association convention in Richmond Virginia October 17 to 20. The appointees are Bowdre Phinztzy of Augusta Pleasant A Stovall of Savannah and C B Levy of Brunswick.
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Atlanta
Hoke Smith
State of
Georgia
Atlantic Deep Waterways Association
Richmond
Bowdre Phinstzy
Augusta
Pleasant A. Stovall
Savannah
C. B. Levy
Brunswick
Team Adds to Roster Reaching 37 Entries
The squad has just been received expanding the roster to a total of 37 entries. This update notes the growing participation and competitive depth across the lineup.
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Hotel
Roanoke
W. E. Dunwody
Harry O. Robert
Spassenger
Buick
Fred Whitehead
J. R. Crane & Co
Covernorsi
Joe Brown
Jos. M. Brown
Stokes
Brown
Railroad Commission
L. G. Hardman
John N. Holder
House
Jackson County
Pope Brown
Richard B. Russell
Judge Russell
Mr. Brown
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Druggists
Clayton
Prince Ave
Newton St. and
Finly St
J. T. Anderson
Athens Engineering — CO
Clayton St
City
Groom Cottage
R. T. Goodwyn
E. C. Kinnebrewww
Madison
Georgia Railroad
H. R. McLean
J. C. Hellner
Patent Office
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