Taft Rides Wooden Horse Tale From The Banner
In Athens a claim endures that President Taft once rode a tailless wooden horse at a Georgia hotel. P A Steele, then assistant manager, arranged the stunt for Taft during his era as an assistant district attorney. The tale, told to Taft’s brother Charles, highlights a rare playful episode in Taft’s earlier days.
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Athens
Taft
P. A. Steele
Georgian
Steele
Piedmont
Atlanta
Virginia
Washington
Harrison
Sistant
Miller
Mr. Taft
New Mexico
Mr. Steele
Texas
Department of Justice
Chas. Taft
Bill
Augusta
Tog
Athens Has Negro Woman Physician And Now a Negro Woman Dentist
Ida Hiram of Athens Ga a colored woman has received a license to practice dentistry in the state She is the wife of L Hiram proprietor of a dental laboratory at 14412 Clayton street After training at a northern medical college she practiced three years in Athens and now plans to hang out her shingles as a licensed dentist in the city
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Atlanta
State Board of Dentistry Examiners
Ida Hiram
Athens
Hiram
Clayton Street
Northern Medical College
Death of Lafayette Lanier West Point Financier
Lafayette Lanier of West Point aged sixty five, father of Mrs. R. B. Dixon, died at his home after a paralysis stroke. He led a major manufacturing and financial company with mills around West Point and Lanette, Alabama. His daughters were at his bedside. his death follows a period of feebleness in a prominent, influential family active in state church and society.
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Lafayette Lanier
R. B. Dixon
West Point
Dixon
Miss Lanier
Lanier
Booth
Ove Big Mills
Lanette
Ala
Fall from wagon injures well known local
Mr. Jas Huggins, active in holiness revival meetings, fell from a wagon loaded with benches on Lumpkin street. He suffered possible knee injury and remains at home, refusing medical aid as the extent of injuries is undetermined. A cough remedy ad appears in the same notice, offered by local dealers.
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Jas, H. Huggins
Bla
Summey Street
Lumpkin Street
Huggins
Holiness Church
Georgia Alabama trade conditions report outlines new ventures
The Georgia Alabama Industrial Index notes urban and industrial growth across the states. It cites bridges, paving, waterworks, fertilizer firms, colonization projects, land deals, and 26 new corporations with substantial capital, plus real estate sales and new construction in multiple cities.
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Columbus
Talbotton
Andalusia
Ala
Montezuma
Quitman
Moultrie
Dyas
McRae
Newnan
Gobank
Bowdon
Mandeville
Thomaston
States
A City Dreamed: the Engineer Predicts Urban Futures
A rooftop view reveals a grimy metropolis as a city expert, atop a twenty two story tower, argues cities are engineered. He cites Paris remodeling under Napoleon III and predicts future cities will be reshaped or replaced by even greater forms within a century.
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Paris
Vienna
London
Philadelphia
William Penn
George Washington
Major L'Enfant
Paria
Europe
Napoleon
The City Of The Future Radial Streets Plan
A discussion of radical urban design calls for grand radial avenues and underground transit. The vision imagines cities with multi tiered subways, underground rail connections, and outward growth to suburban zones with strict planning, parks, and docks to prevent blocky tenements and keep industry in its own districts.
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Europe
Epworth League officers elected at conference close
Washington Georgia June 2 election of officers and Gainesville named as next meeting place for Epworth League conference ending after a consecration service led by Miss Mattie Haygood of Atlanta. Officers include W M Barnett president S P Wiggins third vp and S D Thomson secretary. Article also discusses urban planning visions for Chicago and public spaces.
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Washington, Ga
Gainesville
Epworth League
Mattie Haygood
Atlanta
W. M. Barnett
Washington
D. Stembridge
Milledgeville
Leila Irvin
S. P. Wiggins
Annie L. Walker
Thomson
D. Thomson
Athens
Kept The King At Home Laxatives Prove Blessing
Paul Mathulka of Buffalo New York praises Dr King s New Life Pills as an easy sure remedy for stomach liver and kidney troubles. Sold for 25 cents at W J Smith Bros and A R Palmer Sons. Missouri weighing packing house changes.
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Dr. King
Paul Mathulka
Buffalo
N. Y
W. J. Smith & Bros
A. R. Palmer & Sons
Georgia Legislature Opens In Atlanta At Noon
Atlanta June 21 There is a large quorum gathered in the Kimball house lobby awaiting the 1910 session opening tomorrow at 10 o clock. Debate centers on Governor Brown actions and income tax plans with Senate leaders pledging quick focus on the tax amendment while governor messages and treasury inquiries loom.
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Atlanta
General Assembly
Kimball House
McLendon
Brown
Chattanooga
Western and Atlantic Railroad
H. H. Perry
Perry
Senate
United States
Jackson
Jones County
Isbor
Lookout Mountain
Treasury
House
Seared Into Sound Health by Kidney Pills
A letter from B F Kelley of Springfeld Alabama claims kidney pills eased his kidney and bladder pain after a year of distress. He reports headaches disappeared and bladder function returned to normal after taking Foley's Kidney Pills for about nine weeks.
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B. F. Kelley
Springfeld, al
Foley
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Huggins Burt
Chamberlain
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Palmer's Drug Store
Wade
S. D. Thompson
The
North Georgia Epworthians
Chicago
Midway Plaza
America
Arc de Triomphe
Champs Higcees
Ernest Poole
Everybody’s
Missouri
Diawerae Great
Finder Acuss
Studebaker
Booth Ty Ben
Maine
Mexico
Livery Co
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