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Uncle Remus
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Home Magazine
America
New South Magazine
North
South
Banner and Uncle Remus Magazine for One Year
A reader note offers a one year subscription to Banner and Uncle Remus Magazine. The ad emphasizes value and steady delivery, inviting readers to join the publication for a full year of stories, illustrations, and cultural content.
Rhodesville Yards Sweep Big Show With Three First Pens
Athens reports Rhodesville Poultry Yards swept the Jacksonville state poultry show winning first pens for white orpingtons, black orpingtons, and minorcas. Only three pens were entered and all claimed top prizes. Percy Cook, originator of the rhodepton strains, judged the pens and fowls.
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Athens
Rhodesville
Jacksonville
Ile
Percy Cook
National support grows for Black Mammy Memorial in Athens
The Atlantic Monthly endorses the Black Mammy Memorial in Athens as a fitting tribute. Editors from Century and Good Housekeeping join the push, with Dr. George Foster Peabody and supporters nationwide sending letters of endorsement and interest from multiple states.
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The
Atlantic Monthly
Athens
Robert Underwood Johnson
Century Magazine
New York
Kelly M.F. Berry
Table Talk
James E. Tower
Good Housekeeping Magazine
Memories Arczived
Institute
George Foster Peabody
Georgia
Gov Appointed Medical Examiners Names Named for Board
Atlanta January 17 Governor Liston appointed Dr N Peterson and Dr P D Patterson to the state board of medical examiners. Both are well known members of the Georgia medical profession and their appointment follows strong urging from the medical association across the state. The report notes the governor considered the matter thoroughly before finalizing the selections.
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Medical Association
Atlanta
Liston
N. Peterson
P.D. Patterson
State Board of Medical Examiners
Georgia
Elberta
Conference for Farmers Wives in Athens 1912
Rural women gather at the State College of Agriculture Athens Georgia January 19 1912 for a series of meetings on housekeeping sanitation labor saving devices and home economics Topics include rural kitchen improvements winter gardening and rural education Programs feature Miss Mary Creswell Mrs Ida Thomason Mrs W B Hill Professor Guy W Firor Dr Andrew M Soule Dr T H McHatton with lunches served at the college Independent discussions invite wives and daughters to attend with friends.
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State College of Agriculture
Athens
Farmers Wives
Mary J. Creswell
Ida Thomason
Agricultural
W. B. Hill
Guy W. Firor
Andrew M. Soule
T. H. McHatton
Mrs Barnett Lad To Rest In Watkinsville
Mrs E A Barnett aged 62 died at her home Tuesday night and was buried in Watkinsville at 3 pm. Rev J W McWhorter conducted services. Daughter Mrs O A Saxon of Athens and sons M M Barnett W D Barnett C T Barnett C O Barnett L H Barnett and daughters Mrs A W Smith and Mrs S D Elder of Bostwick survive, all in Oconee County.
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Watkinsville
Mra
E. A. Barnett
J. W. McWhorter
O. A. Saxon
Athens
Kidd Conkweight Nuptials At 1784 Cobb Street
Mr and Mrs R V Kidd announce the marriage of their daughter Marguerite to Walter Wayne Conkweight of Chicago. The ceremony took place on Wednesday January 17 at 1784 Cobb Street.
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Kidd—Conkweight
R. V. Kidd
Marguerite
Walter Wayne Conkweight
Chicago
Cobb Street
Legislature Sets Inauguration Week for New Governor
Atlanta January 17 One week hence the general assembly will convene an extraordinary session to inaugurate Governor Jos M Brown The adjourned term of President Pro Tem John M Slaton ends after the inauguration A H Ulm longtime Brown secretary expected to return as secretary to the governor and Pierce Latimer lands keeper of public buildings and grounds.
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Atlanta
General Assembly
Jos. M. Brown
John M. Slaton
State Senate
Hoke Smith
Boynton
Alexander H. Stephens
House
State House
Brown
H M. Stanley
Dublin
Commerce and Labor
Gov. Brown
Stanley
R. T. Derry
State Department of Agriculture
Slaton
Senate
A. 0. Blalock
Jayette
Binton
Pierce B. Latimer
Woodstock
A. H. Ulm
Mr. Ulm
Hoke,Smith
Letter Received by the Post Master Here for the Churches
Nathanial Powell, Athens post master, publishes handwritten letters asking pastors to locate Love Hall. The missives seek family ties to Sylva Wisdom, mention a birth near Greensboro and Gilford County, and request information on Hall’s fate and kin. The letters urge church readers to search their communities for the man and his relatives.
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Vanex
Love Hall
Sylva Wisdom
Greens
Gilford
Rockenham
Athens
Nathanial Powell
Ashens
Greensboro
Rocken Ham Co
Wisdom
Hall
Austria and England Are Buying Iron From Alabama
Industrial Index reports Alabama firms securing orders abroad and expanding locally. Austria orders 15,000 tons of foundry iron while Hull England buys 10,000 tons pig iron. Birmingham plans a quarter million dollars in improvements, and Mobile lumber purchases a major saw mill and timber land. New banks form in Vidalia Scotland? no, Vidalia and Scotland Ga. Alabama firms pursue water power, and twenty one new corporations form with over six hundred thousand in capital. Numerous construction bids follow in Georgia and Alabama with rail and school projects.
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Industrial Index
Saya
Southeast
Alabama
Austria
Hull
England
Birmingham
Ala
Mobile
Riverside
Vidalia
Scotland
Columbia
Rockford
Waverly
Fort Deposit
Ganitarium
Milledgeville
Dublin
Dalton
Ment House
Atlanta
Cartersville
Cordele
Als
Savannah
Albany
Schoo
Macon
Mogart
Ensley
Selma
Huntaville
Fitsgerald
Florala
Tuscaloosa
Swainsboro
Cullman
Morrisville
Fairhope
Summerdale
Stave Art
Boston
Morrieville
Cincinnati
Baldwin County
New York
Escambia
Calhoun
North and South Carolina Circulation Managers Meet
Winston Salem N C January 17 The circulation managers of leading North and South Carolina newspapers met in Winston Salem to begin the annual convention chaired by President Sam M Burritt The two day session will cover canvassing methods collections premium contests and other topics of shared interest to circulation managers
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Winston Salem
N. C
North
South Carolina
Winston Falem
Board of Trade Rooms
Sam M. Burritt
Bond election for court house April urged by county
County residents rally behind a second bond issue for court house purposes set for April eight as petitions circulate to secure signatures. Campaign chair Dorsey plans immediate organization and urges every citizen to act as a one person committee to press the call. Also included is a testimonial about Peruna with a call to ask doctors and druggists for the free Peruna Almanac for 1912.
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Court House
Dorsey
Clarke County Medical Society to Host Iodine Talk
Clarke County Medical Association plans a Friday night meeting with an address by Dr. L H Goss on iodine and its antiseptic uses. Two weeks later the Georgia Medical Association president and the state censors chairman will speak to the society.
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Clarke Ty Medical Society
L. H. Goss
The
Georgia Medical Association
Board of State Censors
County Society
School Warrant Signed for Sum of 8116379.29
Governor Slaton signed a treasury warrant for 1,116,378.29 to be paid from the school fund for teachers' 1911 salaries. Counties receive 950,126.69 and local systems 166,252.29. Checks go out Saturday.
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Slaton
Treasury
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed By Athens Reader Pollard
Good news travels fast as Athens readers report relief from back trouble using Dean's Kidney Pills. H. Pollard Sr of 434 Foundry St recalls decades of improvement after trying the remedy, noting lasting benefit with occasional use and urging continued publication of his endorsement. Sold by all dealers, 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Dean's. A report notes China shows surprising signs of civilization with a bomb incident aimed at a premier.
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Athens
Dean
H. ©. Pollard, Sr
Foundry St
Pollard
Greta
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Georgia Confederate Soldiers' Home names new superintendent
At the annual meeting in Atlanta on January 17 trustees chose G. N. Gaussy of Ha’Fille to succeed the late W. Z. B as superintendent of the Georgia Confederate Soldiers’ Home. All officers and trustees were re-elected, with 104 inmates currently in residence.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Confederate Soldiers’Home
G. N. Gaussy
Ha’ Fille
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