Southern makes tax return shows increased franchise value
Atlanta firm files general air and tax reform return with the Comptroller General William Andrews. The Southern car system property within Garcia borders, including its franchise, is valued at 52,298, as against 12,600,357 last year, while the Alabama Great Southern return shows 478,517 with 87,552 for its franchise. The comptroller will reject the return and seek arbitration unless the company explains a $5 decrease and the franchise value drops by 1,518 from 2,112,510 to 2,110,000.
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Atlanta
May
Cormtroller
William Alj
Colon Alr Widpeys
Italeish
N. C
Garcia
Framelise
Alabama Great Southern
Colonel Andrews
Tne
A. G S
Southern
Fatal accident narrowly averted in Augusta street incident
In Augusta on May 8 a child narrowly escaped serious injury when a westbound streetcar struck near Jackson and Broad streets. Motorman Reeves quickly reversed and braked, stopping the car just before the wheels touched the boy. The child suffered only slight bruises and was rescued by bystanders.
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Augusta
Reeves
Jackaon and
Broad Streets
Mr. Chase
Choate
Radium Treatment Aids Cancer Cure Showed at Hospital
Dr William R Harper president of Chicago University arrived for further radium therapy at Flower Hospital. Reported reduction of cancer area and a lecture by Dr W Harvey King on radium killing cancer germs. King described gamma rays curing cancer and a patient treated with radium in the mouth for tongues cancer over an hour and a half daily for two weeks.
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William R. Harper
Chicago University
Flower Hospital
W. Harvey King
King
Radium Injections Treat Cancer By Placing Tubes
A physician describes cancer cures using radium tubes and sticks placed at multiple sites. Injections last 48 hours each, with repeated applications claimed to soften tumors and promote healing. A jaw and throat cancer case used two platinum radium tubes and Lieber sticks, awaiting a cure within weeks.
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King
Dr. King
Body hoped to be found on Zermatt glacier after years
A Swiss report says Lord Francis Douglas's body may surface from the Matterhorn glacier within months. The account recalls the 1865 ascent led by Edward Whymper, where Douglas and companions perished after a rope broke and they slid down toward the glacier. The piece notes ice movement and a historic Mont Blanc avalanche incident for comparison.
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Switzerland
Lord Francis Douglas
Zermatt
Peter Taugwalder
Materhorn
Edward Whymper
Charles Hudson
Kent
England
Robert Hadow
Cambridge
Michael Croz
Herr Whymper
Cros
Lord Fraicts
Cologne
Mont Blanc
Navy reform urged by Luce cites waste in bureaus and calls for consolidation
Rear Admiral Luce argues from official Navy reports that the eight bureau system creates delay and waste in building ships and managing repairs. He notes past secretaries faced similar issues and that centralizing purchases improved efficiency, while warning that nonmilitary governments often fail at similar tasks. The piece ends by contrasting naval reforms with broader government waste and urging action.
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Stephen B. Luce
Naval
Department of the Navy
Navy Department
Luce
Navy
Whitney
Tracy
Connecticut
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Louisiana
Newport News
Civil Life
Navy Yards
New York Yard
Army
Root
War Department
Ife
Panama Canal
United States
Chicago
New York
New York Evening Post
Linen goods prices from a midcentury textile ad
A list of linen items with bargain prices includes Linen Lawn at 35e per yard, Linen Suitings at 2 12 yards wide for 1, Linen Naked Volles at 15c to 25c, Apron Speny 19c to 30c, and Bleached and half Bleached Lines Paneok priced from 50c to 125 and HA.
Silk and Linen Voiles and Ladies Garments Sale List
A sale list shows 500 yards Silk and Linen Voiles at 15c 35e and 50 pieces 40-In. Checked Batiste in light and dark grounds. Also 600 Ladies Shirt Waists China Silk Waists black and white $2.95. White Linen Waists $1.75. Corsets 60c to 64.40.
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Batiste
Local Soap and Fabric Goods Ad Listing Prices
A fragmented 19th or early 20th century advertisement lists assorted soaps priced at 50 cents per dozen and 1000 cakes. Also mentions various fabrics and textiles including wool dress goods, cloths, linens, and related items.
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TS Tay
Charles E Choate
Cruz
Croz
Iell
Hadow
Hudson
Lord Francis
Zermatt Glacier
Alpenstock
Dr. Forbes
Mont’ Blanc
Washington Post
W. H. Moody
Georgia
Temptations
India
Paneok
Ing
Davison & Lowe's
Mennen
Colgate
Baileys
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