Georgia notes and seasonal warnings in limited columns
The item highlights news of a future European battle, Southern cotton mills bearing wartime burdens, Macon veterans meeting for a state reunion, Uncle Jimmie Woodward’s reelection in Atlanta, and the Tifton Gazette’s twenty four year milestone with a new daily edition. It also warns about fire hazards, reports Joseph Carter’s health outlook, and features Georgia clay product value and potential pottery industry growth.
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Georgia
Made In America goods should be used exclusively
The piece argues for pledging to buy Made In America products, asserting American artisans can match global handiwork, that prices need not rise, and that keeping money domestic will support American workers and reduce billions sent to Europe. It emphasizes xenophobia and economic protectionism.
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America
Europe
Xen
Couldn't Refuse That Bow A Mother's Gentle Duty
A polite little girl asks her mother to pin a hair ribbon again with graceful deprecation. The scene focuses on tender domestic ritual and the daughter's endearing plea. The exchange highlights family warmth and small daily acts of care.
It's cool enough for fires warns state fire prevention
The piece warns of fire risks with cool mornings and faulty chimneys. State Fire Inspector W. R. Joiner urges readers to destroy rubbish, avoid open flames near buildings, keep gasoline away from barns, insulate and inspect chimney flues, and prevent fires with simple precautions. Fire prevention is every person's duty.
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Lower Dixie
Athens
W. R. Joiner
Plan to cut cotton acreage to lift prices in 1915
Walter Cooper of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce seeks bankers and merchants in cotton states to back a plan reducing the 1915 cotton crop by half and shifting focus to food crops. With confident pledges of financial aid for half a crop and broader diversification, the movement aims to boost current prices and secure profits for farmers.
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Walter Cooper
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
South
London Strandsmen Witness Unusual Dappled Horses
A London scene notes two dappled horses passing the Strand within five minutes, an event the writer deems worthy of record as emblematic of the motor age. The odds of such a coincidence are implied to be very high.
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London
Strand
Why Roquefort Cheese Tastes Sharp
Roquefort gains its sharp flavor from caproic caprylic and capric acids and their salts formed by fat hydrolysis during ripening. The change is driven by a microbe called Penicillium.
Shakespeare’s Purpose and Fame in Elizabethan Theatre
Shakespeare aimed to craft dramatic works for his era’s playhouses and earned substantial pay. As a great man, he held the mirror up to nature with unique force, gaining both a solid fortune and lasting fame.
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Shakespeare
Goodesi
Ostrich Farming Yields Massive South African Profits
In the Oudtshoorn district ostrich farmers grow rich from breeding pairs. A Cradock farmer claims two breeding pairs produced 240 birds in 3.5 years valued at 15 pounds each. Another farmer reports over 2800 pounds net profit from one pair in a single year.
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South Africa
Oudtshoorn
Cradock
Fluke Hog of the Sea
The elab-sided flat-bottomed fluke is not a game fish but a muscular predator. When it decides to bore down to the bottom its flat shape aids its fight. After being hooked the fish lies still until the angler hauls upward, then the fluke gets busy.
Caprifigs May Be Carried Over Winter in Sand Packed Shelters
A government official announces caprifigs can be stored through winter if kept in a protected place and packed in layers of sand. The method ensures fig growers have a supply despite severe weather.
Microbes Float In Air Of Dwellings Affected By Dirt
Living microbes drift through home air with higher counts in old crowded dirty houses. Most originate from floors and walls rather than people, and dust disturbance increases their numbers compared with quiet rooms.
Dr. King's New Life Pills advertised cure
An advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a tonic for the stomach liver and bowels. It claims quick relief from dizziness biliousness and constipation with a first dose cure and priced at 25 cents at druggists.
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Dr. King
New Life
Weights of Different Shoes in Haverhill Mass
In Haverhill Massachusetts locals report shoe weights for different styles. Men’s dress shoes weigh a little over two pounds per pair, men’s street shoes about two and a half pounds, and work shoes three pounds or more. A woman’s shoe weighs around three quarters of a pound. Silk pumps may weigh about one pound per pair.
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Haverhill
Mass
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Ad Claims Cough Relief
A Texas man walked 15 miles to a drug store to buy Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. The ad promotes soothing coating for coughs hoarseness and croup, claiming no opiates and child friendly taste. Experimental healing claims target nervous hacking and bronchial coughs.
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Foley
Texas
H. R Palmer & Son Adv
Cliff Walker's Significant Primary Victory Across Georgia
The Macon state convention released no official tallies for statehouse officers. Clifford Walker of Monroe won attorney general with 130,866 votes from about 201,000 cast, carrying 120 of 148 counties and a popular majority exceeding 60,000. Other candidates pursued their own figures as the convention announced only primary nominees.
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Atlanta
Macon
Clifford Walker
Monroe
Senator Smith
Convention
Statehouse
Sloan's Liniment claims pain relief for rheumatism
Rheumatic pains are advertised to stop after the first application as Sloan's Liniment penetrates without rubbing and brings relief. The ad promotes it as a family medicine for pains and injuries and includes a testimonial from Chas H Wentworth of California praising its effects. It notes a 25 cent price at druggists and a guarantee.
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Sloan
Chas. H. Wentworth
California
Adv
Gwinnett Superior Court Clears Docket Amid Heavy Term
Lawrenceville Ga Sept 16 The Gwinnett superior court saw its heaviest civil and criminal term in years with seventy civil cases ripe for trial and twenty five prisoners in jail at start. The trial of Nash Carroll vs Augusta Fire Insurance Co ended with the parties settling for 1000 dollars. In Kemp vs Bona Allen Inc the jury returned verdict for the defendant after a long trial about a son’s death in a tan bark mill.
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Lawrenceville
Gwinnett Superior Court
Nash & Carroll
Augusta Fire Insurance Company
August Company
I. L. Oaks
O. A. Nix
Smith, Hammond & Smith
Atlanta
J. A. Perry
M. M. Kemp
Louisa Kemp
Bona Allen,Inc
Shirley Kemp
H. H. Perry
W.A. Charters
W. B. Sloan
C. N. Davie
Gainesville
I. L. Oakes
Stop That Fall Cough Warns of Fall Colds
Public health appeal urges checking a fall cough or cold immediately to prevent serious lung trouble. Recommends Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Honey as a pure remedy for adults and children that soothes irritation, loosens phlegm, and strengthens against colds. Guaranteed. 25 cents at druggists.
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Dr. Bell
The Man from Home Delights Athens Theater Crowd
The Colonial staged The Man from Home with strong company work led by Field as the Kokomo country lawyer. Miss Daniel and Monterief also praised. Audience kids receive candy and a future country store event promises a real live cow prize.
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Athens
Mr. Field
Kokomo
Ind
Miss Daniel
Monterief
Stomach Troubles End With Chamberlain’s Tablets
Lima Ohio man Bernice Wyandt recalls four years of stomach distress and headaches eased after using Chamberlain’s Tablets. Two bottles cured the complaint, with the ad noting the product is available from all dealers.
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Bernice Wyandt
Lima
Adv
Tugalo Baptist Association Holds Annual Meeting Near Commerce
The Tugalo Baptist Association met at the Hudson River church near Franklin county nine miles from Commerce toward Carnesville. Rev. W. M. Saye of Athens led as host pastor with others from Athens and Gainesville in attendance. The event drew a record, widespread turnout with sessions and preaching by Rev. Dr. Neighbour. Franklin Stephens and Hart counties are in the association’s broader Georgia Baptist territory.
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Tugalo Baptist Association
Hudson River
Franklin County
Commerce
Carnesville
W. M. Saye
Athens
R. EB. Neighbour
J. L. Pendley
S. B. Wingfield
Charles T. Brown
Gainesville
Franklin
Stephens
Hart
Georgia Baptist Convention
Neighbour
Podo-Lax Promises Health Benefits for Digestive Ailments
An advertisement proclaims Podo-Lax as a pleasant laxative that cures pimples headaches biliousness and liver trouble by improving digestion. It claims the product tones the liver purifies the blood and leaves a clear complexion and steady nerves with regular use. A 650c bottle is offered with a money back guarantee.
Sour Stomach Trivial Advertisement for Chamberlain's Tablets
An advertisement urges readers troubled with sour stomach to take Chamberlain's Tablets and follow directions on the bottle, claiming definite benefit. Sold by dealers.
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Chamberlain
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
A Terre Hill Pennsylvania reader testifies to relief from female troubles and pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The advertisement extols the product as a standard remedy for women's ills, noting patient letters and alleged surgical avoidance.
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Terre Hill
E. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
Lydia E
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Candidacy Announcements for City Aldermen by Four Candidates
Four notices announce candidacies for city alderman in ward elections. R T Wright seeks First ward, R C Arnold targets Third ward, J A Pitner runs in Fourth ward, with re election aims stated for Second ward. All are subject to the Democratic primary.
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Democratic
R. T. Wright
Sveahstee Third Ward
Third Ward
R. C. Arnold
Shereby
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H. J. Rowe
Athens Daily Banner
Veterans of the Grey
Jimmie Woodward
Jimmie
Tifton Gazette
Daily Gazette
Pony News Service
Washington
Joseph Carter
Downing
United States Department of Agriculture and
College of Agriculture
Amercia
Uneeda Biscuit
Graham
National Biscuit
Cliff Walker
Superior Court
Renceville
Julius Harburger
48Th Street
Frederick Wagner
Lily Wagner
MET
Hudson River Church
Prey
PTE
Athens Gas, Light & Fuel Go
J. A. Pitner
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