Eighteenth Annual Horticultural Society Session In Georgia
The State Horticultural Society meets on August 2 and 3 in Augusta with a grand program. Notable members promote Georgia fruit, vegetables, and education, inviting horticulturists and ladies to contribute papers on pomology floriculture forestry and home economy. A question box and expert essays are planned, with society outlook promising.
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State Horticultural Society
Pd. Berckmans
Augusta
Georgia
Sutea
Ladies Garden Club
Clarke
Esays
Grasshoppers Ravage Clark County Crops
A field report describes a large swarm of grasshoppers devastating crops in Clark County. The insects began near the Phinirs place, moved rapidly through fields, destroying corn and cotton. Farmers organized a response, driving them back with ten workers and burning the swarms to halt the damage. The outbreak, though significant, is expected to be controlled soon.
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Clark County
Phinirs
Mfm McLeroy
Georgia Normal College Tonight Program At Rock College
Georgia Normal College announces an evening of entertainment featuring lectures, songs, and instruments. Prof Barrow from University will lecture to a large crowd, with performances by M Nicholson Miss Ruby Mantle and others including guitar pieces and vocal solos.
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Normal College
Rock College
Ever&g
Pro
Barrow Ro University
Barrow
Ollows
Delta Kappa Milco
M. Nicholson
D. C. Barrow
Ruby Mantle
Capretioon
City Land to Farm Revival Urged for Athens Growth
A letter from Biswan urges Athens to revive growth by cultivating idle land around the city. Authors propose dividing thousands of largely idle acres into 25 acre farms sold on easy terms to bona fide farmers, creating two thousand five hundred farms and adding at least ten thousand residents. The plan envisions orchards, gardens, trucking, and boosted commerce with organized land development. The writer notes existing labor and land but calls for action by landowners.
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Biswan
Athens
Steady Growth At Georgia State Normal School
The State Normal School in Georgia is expanding from about thirty five to eighty scholars this term with expectations to reach one hundred fifty. New arrivals increase daily, the faculty remains optimistic, and statewide interest in supporting the school grows. A Laurens report notes a meeting between Senator Irby and Congressman Shell at J. D. M. Shaw’s house with no argument above ordinary discussion.
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State Normal School
Georgia
Normal School
Coxums
Laurens
Irby
Shell
J. D. M. Shaw
Fatal accidental shooting ends life of Polk Faulkner at Five Forks
Five Forks residents were shaken by the accidental death of Polk Faulkner after a buckshot loaded gun, believed unloaded, discharged in a room as his brother helped lower it. He had a premonition of death days earlier and the funeral was held yesterday. A correction notes the gun passed to the brother before discharge, clarifying it was not self-inflicted.
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Five Forks
Mr. Faulkner
Polk Faulkner
Young Polk Faulkner
Jim Faulkner
Pulk Faulkner
Faulkner
Sid
Treasury Victory in Silver Purchase War
The department gains leverage over bullion dealers as it secures market-price silver buys. New York papers attacked Preston. Carlisle backs him, signaling Wall Street independence. Exports and imports figures show gold and silver flows for year and half year periods, amid bank policy shifts and a Cedartown bank receiver appointment.
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Preston
New York
Carlisle
Washington
Wall Street
Treasury Department
Department
Bureau of Statistics
United States
Eckels
Banka
Denver
Cedartown
Carskaden
The
Treasury
Cedartown National
James ‘Ker
Castoria Remembered In Childhood Adage
A fragment recalls a motherly saying about Castoria when she became Miss and cared for children Abe and moo, highlighting a nostalgic reference to the medication’s use in infancy.
Grasshoppers Ravage Georgia Crops Stir Burn Effort
Red wingless grasshoppers invade Kenney and Bradberry districts causing extensive crop damage. Suspected Kansas origin with claims linked to Mrs. Lease and Tom Watson. They devour seven acres of corn and many cotton patches, leaving stalks intact. Farmers plan to burn the infestation at 3 PM with many citizens expected to observe.
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Kenney’s
Bradberry
Kansas
Lease
Georgia
Tom Watson
Fred Hunnicatt
Marriage in Macon Ends With Elegant Celebration
In Macon Georgia on July 21 Annie Middleton Speer wed John Howard Burr at the Speer home. The ceremony was led by Rev Dr E W Speer with no bridesmaids, Marion Speer as maid of honor, followed by a reception from 8:30 to 11. Guests were fashionable and an elegant repast was served.
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Macon
Emory Speer
Annie Middleton
John Howard Burr
Miss Speer
Howard Burr
Central City Lopani Trust Company
E. W. Speer
Athens
Marion Speer
DIES FOR A PET Doe's BITE. Awful end from hydrophobia
Miss Lizzie Byram, nineteen, daughter of Alpheus J. Byram, died at 9 A.M. at the family summer cottage in Asbury Park New Jersey from hydrophobia after a dog bite months earlier. Dr J H Bryan treated her. contractions of rabies led to grim convulsions and death at 1 A.M. Five hours before death she insisted the doctor not touch her. The young lover Matthew Applegate had cared for her and was to marry her after the summer.
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Lizzie Byram
Asbury Park
N. J
Alpheus J. Byram
Fourth Avenue
Miss Byram
J.H Bryan
Mrs. Byram
Bryan
Lizzie
Matthew Applegate
Lizie
Marriage Vows for R E Johnson and Miss Clawlight Hancock
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the bride's mother's residence in Clarke County, R E Johnson and Miss Clawlight Hancock were married by E D Stone. The groom is a prominent young farmer. the bride is a well known favorite. The couple, amid friends, returned to the groom's home for a bountiful dinner and best wishes for prosperity.
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Clarke County
R E. Johnson
Miss Clawlight
Hancock
E. D. Stone
Tae Baxxer
New York Miracle Boldly Claimed for Locomotor Ataxia
A man once bedridden for fifteen years with locomotor ataxia, told by New York doctors he was hopeless, recovers after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and cold water treatment. The Tribune reports sworn statements from friends and a notary, noting improved movement, strength, and hope for a full recovery within months.
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New York City
Manhattan Hospital
New York Tribune
New Yor City
The
Tribune
Geo. L. Hommedieu
L. Hommedieu
Edward Houghtaling
Hudson
N. Y
N. J
Allen
Yorkville
Pratt
Gill
Hamilton
41St St
Park Ave
S Guin
Lewis A. Sayre
5Th Ave
Dr. Sayre
Servere
H. E Metvi Luu
BEAL
Robert W. Smith
Marchal & Smith
Geo L’hommedieu
William
Notary Public
New York County
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Schenectady
Brockville
Ontario
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Georgia Normal College
MR. Polk Faulkner
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G. Dalton
House of Natives
Hig
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Wits
Railway Employes
Torexa
Railway Employes’ Club of
New Hampshire
Nasawa
Security Trust Company
Dopovie
Annie Speer
Mr. R. E. Johnson
Claudia M. Hancock
Hoxnor
Stowe
J.B. Ae . Harlegt
N. C. Express
Statees
Ageatore
Gnaprephedouaro Co
Atlanta
Byrup
California Fig Syrup Co
San Francisco
Cal
Lolisville
G. R. Lombard & Co. Foundry
Chicago
Fred. D. Bush
DPA
Wall
Atlanta, Ga
Court House
G. M
William Pittard
John Winter
J. F O’kelly
Beaverdam
J. F. O'Kelly
Geo. T Murrell
Geo. T. Murrell
Levy
Joux W. Ware
Lucian L. Ray
Equitable
Superior
Chandler
Gourtot Clarke Co
Getuber
Rebecca Chandler
Caldwell
Emphis
Hemut McWhor
Joage Ieee
I Kenney
Tassane
Tuvson
H. Linton
Aeas
W. Wize
Sherif
John W. Weir
Oxvnmarr
JE Maddox
Wadden
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