Telegraphones Adopted on Georgia Rail Line
Atlanta news reports the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railway will outfit all freight and passenger trains with the telegraphone within a week enabling crews to communicate with stations ahead along the line. The system, tested between LaGrange and Oglethorpe, combines telegraph and telephone functions using a hook over the wire and a button to transmit signals, promising quicker responses to incidents and reduced delays.
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Atlanta
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Road
LaGrange
Oglethorpe
Birmingham and
Atlantic
Geo sDole Wadley
Seaboard Air Line and Attorney General Reach Agreement
In Atlanta on June 12 an agreement was reached between the Seaboard Air Line's attorney and the Attorney General. The temporary restraint order in U S court keeping the circular reclassification from taking effect remains in force until either side seeks a hearing. The originally scheduled June 27 hearing is postponed. injunction continues until written notice of a hearing is given.
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Seaboard Air Line
Attorney General
Suiton Court
Atlanta
Sebord Air Line
Genera Hart
United States
Tetter Cured by Chamberlains Salve
A customer reports relief from tetter after using one box of Chamberlains Salve. The company claims strong local satisfaction and lists H. R. Palmer & Sons Warren J. Smith & Bro L. P. Canning E. C. McEvoy Ort Drug Co. Athens Ga as sellers.
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Tetter
Chamberlain
M. H. Rodney & Co
Almomi
Ala
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Warren J. Smith & Bro
Herty to Deliver Keynote at Georgia Chemists Meeting
Dr Charles H Herty of the University of North Carolina will speak at the Georgia section American Chemical Society meeting in Georgia Techs Lyman Hall laboratory next Saturday at 8 PM. His turpentine flow research and cutting method boosted southern wealth, earning government patent royalties.
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American Chemical Societa
Atlanta
Georgia
American Chemical Society
Lyman Hall
Georgia School of Technology
Charles H. Herty
University of North Carolina
Herty
South
Royal Aea
Two More Candidates For Macon Mayoralty
Macon Ga June 12 Hon John T Moore and Hon W H Sloan may enter the race for mayor in the coming primary. Both candidates are under consideration and if they enter the fight the scene will be lively. Judge A L Mille and Mayor Bridges Smith are already in, and with the new entrants the field could include three or four candidates.
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Macon
John T Moore
W. H. Sloan
Moore
Sloan
A. L. Mille
Bridges Smith
Miller
Dridges Smith
Husband Witnesses Wife Slain. Masked Men Suspected
In Jackson Misa June 12 a farmer Theodore Elsey reports three unknown masked men entered his home late last night and shot his wife dead. Bloodhounds are on the trail. Elsey cannot say if the assailants were black or white. The husband is an invalid and could offer little aid.
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Jackson
Misa
Osaka
Theodore Elsey
Survey Pushes Railroad Survey Toward Athens
The Savannah Augusta and Northern Railroad survey advances rapidly toward Athens. Royal R. Smith reports sixty miles from Statesboro to Louisville completed and twenty miles cross sectioned. Grading from Statesboro starts 20th. corps to push toward Washington and Athens, then to Chattanooga. Contractor W J Oliver coordinating setup for rapid progress over three years.
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Savannah
Augusta
Northern
Statesboro
Louisvitry
Louisville
Washington
Athens
Chattanooga
W. J. Oliver
Tennessee
May Help Library by Endowment for University of Georgia
Reunions of University of Georgia graduates in this city consider a lasting tribute by each class. Proposals urge raising funds to create an endowment for the university library. Interest would fund books for general use or special lines, building a perpetual library fund benefitting future students.
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University of Georgia
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Athens Resident
An Athens woman from 211 Prince Avenue testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills cured her long backache both day and night, enabling movement and sleep. Sold at H. R. Palmer & Son and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, 60 cents. The ad ends by noting watermelons and a racial stereotype from the era.
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Athens
Dean
8. H. Hemphill
Prince Avenue
H. R. Palmer & Son
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Old University High School program found in 1869
Chancellor D C Barrow IA held in possession an old University High School program dated July 29 1869. It records a declamation contest with Barrow listed as a contestant. The friend who found it presented the item to him and it is highly cherished.
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D. C. Barrow Ia
University High School
Barrow
Comer May Not Name Bankhead For Senate
Alabama Governor Comer faces uncertainty over appointing Bankhead to fill the late Senator Morgan’s seat. The June primary named Bankhead and Joseph F. Johnston as alternates, but the state convention and Alabama custom suggest the legislature will honor the primary nominating Bankhead and Johnston. If a vacancy occurs before the July adjourned session, Comer may appoint Bankhead to succeed Morgan, while aged senators Petitus and Morgan loom as potential successors in the interim.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bankhead
Morgan
Joseph F. Johnston Weer
Comer
Alabama
Senator Morgan
Capt McMahan Returns From Richmond Confederate Reunion
Capt. J J C McMahan has returned home from Richmond Virginia where he attended the Confederate veterans reunion. He reports a delightful time and says the reunion was enthusiastic. He will rest a couple of weeks before going to Atlanta to assume duties as representative from the county in Georgia's general assembly.
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J. J. C. McMahan
Richmond
Confederate Veterans
McMahan
Capt. McMahan
Atlanta
General Assembly of Georgia
Atlanta Firm Secures Record Fee in Sawmill Case
Atlanta firm Ellis Wimbish and Ellis earned a record $150000 fee from the Georgia Sawmill association case against southern railroads over lumber shipment rate advances. The suit spanned Georgia Florida Alabama and affected Mississippi and Louisiana, with total claims estimated at three to four million dollars. Judge Emory Speer will oversee filing under a $500000 bond as claims await I C C action.
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Atlanta
South
Ellis, Wimbish & Ellis
Georgia Sawmill Association
Ggorgia
Florida
Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Ohio River
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Mississippi River
W. A. Wimbish
Ellis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Devoe Paints and the “Something Just as Good” Claim
A letter from F W Devoe Co to J F Rhodes exposes a buyer in Delhi NY using two identical houses painted with Devoe lead and zinc and barytes and zinc. He paid 18 for the lead mix and 36 for barytes, total costs 27 and 54 respectively, after being told barytes was as good as Devoe. The dealer’s assurance prompted the purchase.
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Avery
Delhi
Devoe
New York P. 8
Talmage Helen, Co
Sella
Vacancies Reported In City School Faculty Expansion
City schools may add two or three teacher vacancies beyond the seven new hires recently announced. Older teachers are expected to quit, prompting the board of education to select fresh staff from a large pool of applicants, signaling a busy hiring season ahead.
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Board of Education
Gainesville Wins Georgia Weekly Press Meeting Host City
At the Georgia Weekly Press Association gathering in Sandersville last week, Gainesville secured the 1908 meeting site after an unexpected push led by a Gainesville postmaster Mrs Longstreet. Invitations from local organizations aided the bid, and a decisive vote followed a last moment intervention by the postmaster.
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Terete Ee Reese
Georgia Weekly Press Association
Sandersville
Gaineaville
Midland Railway
Gainesville
E Tr Council
Chamber of Commerce
Iaing
No Clue Gained In Arson of Barn
Up to last night no clue had been gained as to the identity of the party who set fire to Mr Henry Comer’s barn Sunday morning. Police authorities have been looking into the case and will continue to work every clue. For scratches burns cuts bites and the many little hurts some men to every family DeWitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is the best remedy. Be sure you got Witt’s Bold by Orr Drug Co.
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Heny Comer
DeWitt
Orr Drug Co
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Ta and Northern Railroad
Royal R. Smith
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Petitus
John H Bankhead
Capt. M'Mahan
Richmond, VA
Pure Food Commissioners
Genesee Pure Food Co
LeRoy
N.Y
Jamestown Exposition
J. F. Rhodes & Co
Athens, Ga
Mrs. Ayres
Chattahoochee
Habersham
Hall
Rose-Man’s University
Mica Axle
Mountain City
Grapevine Intelligence
Georgia Weekly
Gainesaville
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