98 New Industries Recorded Across Southern States This Week
The Tradesman reports 98 new industries established in the South for the week ending today. Entries include Birmingham mining firms Demopolis wagon factors Florence heater company Jackson veneer factory Montgomery bank and realty concerns St Stephens cement plant Tuscaloosa column factory and many others across Alabama Georgia Florida Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia and West Virginia with varied capitalizations and product lines from lumber mills to oil and gas explorations.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
South
Alabama
Birmingham
Florence
Greenville
Jackson
Montgomery— Realty Company
St. Stephens
Tuscaloosa
My Old Black Mammy Martha Ann Poem and Institute Notice
The poem My Old Black Mammy Martha Ann by H M Clarkson and an Associated Press notice describe the South’s old Mammy figure and a proposed Black Mammy Memorial Institute charter in Athens Georgia with colored faculty. A letter from H M Clarkson to the University of Georgia chancellor requests publication of verses in Georgia newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Ann
Spottsylvania
Marcus
Old Black Mammy
Mammy
H. M. Clarkson
South
Virginia
Associated Press
Athens
Black Mammy Memorial Institute
University of Georgia
Haymarket
Univ. of
Clarkson
Football Tests On Openers Across Eastern Leagues
In New York on October 1 nearly all football schedules feature powerhouse teams facing weaker opponents in early season practice games. Key matchups include Pennsylvania versus Gettysburg in Philadelphia Harvard against Bowdoin in Cambridge Dartmouth versus Massachusetts State in Hanover Rennselaer meeting Cornell in Ithaca Brown facing Norwich at Providence Vermont against the Army at West Point and Syracuse clashing with Yale in New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Philadelphia
Harvard
Bowdoin
Cambridge
Dartmouth
Massachusetts State
Hanover
Rennselaer
Cornell
Ithaca
Brown and
Norwich University
Providence
Vermont
Army
Weat Point
Syracuse
Yale
New Haven
Hotel company and citrus drink ad fragment headline
Bludwine with fresh orange morn b Eten at founts five cents In Grafton one hundred thousand dollar hotel company emerges from a fragmented ad style listing local business names and a price point
Wright Warns Democrats of Danger in Georgia Election
W. C. Wright appeals to Georgia voters outlining alleged opposition plots within the Democratic ranks and urges a heavy turnout for governor down to coroner. He notes three proposed constitutional amendments and stresses party duty to support nominees amid alleged antiDemocratic activity. Newnan, Ga. Oct. 1, 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Democrata
Democratic Executive Committee
W. C. Wright
State
Newnan
Atlanta Milk Price War Sparks City Debate
Atlanta faces a milk price spike as a proposed city ordinance requires milk entering the city to be refrigerated to 50 degrees. Dairymen warn prices could hit 60 cents a gallon amid fears of bacteria, while the Board of Health cites typhoid cases linked to a single supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Board of Health
Council
Inman Park
Fall Racing Opens at Churchill Downs in Louisville
The New Louisville Jockey Club opened its autumn racing season at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The meeting lasts nineteen days and features ten stakes races. The part mutual betting system will be used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Louisville Jockey Club
Third New Jersey District Convention Chooses Scully
Democrats of the Third New Jersey district met in Red Bank and named Thomas J. Scully of South Amboy to oppose Representative Benjamin P. Howell. Mr and Mrs J D Wilson of Live Oak Florida are visiting Mrs J H Legion on Barber Street. Mrs Legion's daughter of Mr and Mrs Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Red Bank
G. J
Thomas J. Scully
South Amboy
Benjamin FP. Howell
J. D. Wilson
Live Oak, Fla
J. H. Legion
Barber Street
Tom Watson Democrats Target Tribble in Georgia Race
A Georgia political quarrel rages over Tom Watson supported Tribble in the Eighth district. Madison Advertiser notes tribble’s claimed majority stemmed from Watson democrats and populists. It argues that bona fide Democrats did not back Tribble and laments party divisions. Ely Cream Balm ad shifts to nasal catarrh remedies and sale details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Advertisr
Tribbie
Howard
Congress
Tribble
Tom Watson
Democratic Party
Farmers’ Alliance
Sam Tribble
Gotham Gossip Sparks New Wave of Crime in City
New York confronts a rising tide of vice with citizens forming vigilante groups as raids and crime surge. Gambling flourishes amid widespread corruption while officials battle to curb disorder and maintain order during a stark moral struggle.
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New York
Gotham
Saratoga Springs
Teddy Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Old Guard
New York City
Europe
McAuley
Jerry” McAuley
Printing House Square
Jerry
Pickaway county centennial celebration planned in Circleville
Circleville Ohio reports preparations underway for the Pickaway county centennial with a gala week set to begin tomorrow. The event mirrors an old home week but with greater elaboration. Governor Harmon and Warren G Harding are slated to speak Wednesday, marking the week's highlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circleville
Pickaway County
Harmon
Warren G. Harding
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promise Cure for Ailments
A vintage patent medicine ad praises Dr King’s New Life Pills as preventing appendicitis by stimulating digestion and relieving constipation headaches and chills. It claims mercy against a “murderer” of many victims and lists price 25 cents at H R Palmer Gons and W J Smith Bro.
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Dr. King
New Life
H. R. Palmer & Gons
W. J. Smith & Bro
Regal plugger tours the South reaches Athens
The Regal plugger automobile arrives in Athens on a 10 000 mile southern tour. Accompanied by Dick Jemison of the Constitution A L Riggs and Leo Sherrard drive from Augusta covering 106 miles in 5 hours 27 minutes. They report good roads and planned reception in Buckhead before continuing toward Atlanta with stops through Washington Crawford Clarke County and Winder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Georgian
Dick Jemison
The
Constitution
A. L. Riggs
Leo Sherrel
Atheng
Augusta
Georgian Hotel
Regal
Southern
Atlanta
Leo Sherrard
Washington
Riggs
Belleaur
Grovetown
Campania
Thomson
John Son
Sherrard
Crawford
Clarke County
Buckhead
Winder
National Rivers and Harbors Conference to Meet in December
Washington reports the National Rivers and Harbors Congress won the seventh annual convention after competition with Chicago and Toledo. The group, growing through chambers of commerce and waterway associations, urges a federal inland waters policy and full funding to complete projects promptly, aligning with Taft’s call for a policy over pork barrel spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Toledo
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
National Capital
United States
Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce
Taft
Cincinnati
Board of Engineers of the Army
Dr Cartledge to Lead Prince Avenue Presbyterian Church
Rev Samuel J Cartledge has accepted the call to the Prince Avenue Presbyterian church in this city and will assume the pastorate around the sixteenth of the month. He is the son of the late Rev Groves Cartledge and is described as a polished speaker and conscientious Christian gentleman, expected to be a valuable addition to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Cartledge
Prince Avenue Presbyterian Church
Thin City
Rev
J. Cartledge
Labor World Notes Move Convention to Mobile in June 1913
A Labor World note column reports the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen will hold its next convention in Mobile Alabama on the first Monday in June 1913. It also notes Washington DC unions severing congressional endorsements, name changes for the Teamsters, wage changes in Rochester NC, and legal and labor developments including an anticoercion law ruling and Gompers advocating shorter workdays to ease urban congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor World
Mobile
Ala
Central Labor Union
Washington
D. C
Congress
Brotherhood of Teamsters
Rochester
N. C
Chamber of Commerce
Typographical Union No 101
Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor
Baseball Notes and City Baseball Moves Covering Key Deals
The White Sox sweep the last series with Boston and New York. "Whoa Bill" Clarke coaches Princeton fall practice. Jack Dunn says Baltimore plans a 15 000 seat ball park. Jack McCarthy named manager for the Danville Threat League next season. Pittsburg reportedly adds First Baseman Rading from Eau Claire. Louis T. Pieper and J. R. Sullivan buy the Lawrence New England League club.
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White Sox
Boston
New York
Bill” Clarke
Princeton
Jack Dunn
Baltimore
Jack McCarthy
Danville
Pittsburg
Rading
Eau Claire
Wis
Louis T. Pieper
Harvard
J. R. Sullivan
Lawrence New England
Waterway policy and port improvements debate
A historical address critiques small river projects and argues Congress should fund only worthy improvements with tonnage impact. It recalls Cummings’s 1860s stance contrasting big harbor needs like Galveston with lesser Powon River and Mingo Creek work, while House members laughed at the misdirection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Cummings
Good
Galveston
Powon River
Mingo Creek
New Yorker
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Arkansas
Fort Smith
Hackett—Telephone Company
Higden
McCrory—Merecantile and Gin Company
Texarkana
Bank
Kentucky
Lumber Company
Paducah
Louisiana
Glbsland
Hamomad
Manderville—Creamery
New Orleans
Vinton
Petroleum — Company
Mississippi
Liberty
North Carolina
Durham
Gastonia
Mt. Airy
Raleigh
Spencer
Wilmington—Printing Company
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Hugo
Heavener—Lumber Company
Tulsa
South Sarchins, Aiken
Bowman—Tileworks
Branchville
Charleston
Columbia
Cheraw
Lamar
Richland
Baluda
Tennessee
Ashland City
Nashville
Texas
Big Springs
Bonham
Buda
Cuera
de Leon
Floresville
Fort Worth
Goliad
Hempstead—Oil Company
Houston—Development Company
McKinney
Palacios
Oil and Gas Company
Pioneer
Pleasanton
San Antonio
Sour Lake
Vernon
Front Royal
Norfolk
Petersburg
Richmond
Suffolk
Tazwell
West Virginia
Cairo
Etrest
Grafton
Wright
Independent Movement
Union Recorder
Thomas BE
Watson
Madison Advertiser
Bill Howard
Tom
Ely
Price Soc
Ely Bros
Warren Street
Ocean Lners
Grand Opera Army
Regal Plugrer
National Rivers and Harbors Conference
DR. Cartledge
Chester Church
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