Washington rails administration urges faster car movement
Washington, Sept 16. Walker D. Iines, director general of railroads, outlined the railcar shortage response. The Railroad Administration orders region directors to speed road and yard moves, load heavier equipment, maintain yard checks, cut bad order cars, deliver to connections and freight houses, and accelerate grain movements. Efforts focus on placing storage cars into service and on completing 100,000 new cars. From July 1 1917 to July 1 1919 in service cars rose to over 2.06 million, with growing daily additions despite wartime complications and strikes. New cars are being deployed at about 434 per day, with shop work accelerating under extended hours and additional shifts.
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Wa Bington
Walker D. Iines
United States
Railroad Administration
Railroad
Iewering
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Auj Oe
Ine Teasa
Icrease
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Big Opportunities Now Offered by Civil Service
Atlanta Sept 16 The secretary of the fifth U S civil Service district announces examinations with vacancies in fields from Investigator in Tobacco Warehousing to Senior Highway Engineer and Dairy Editor. Applications from local civil service boards or the Washington office. Readiness for field or department service. dates range Sept to Oct 1919. ages 16 to 50+.
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Auanta
U.S. Civil Service District
Atlanta
Civil Service Board
Fifth Civil Service District
Postoffice
Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Clerk Traylaton
Farm Economie
Fema
Bureau of Standards
Holder Will Soon Begin Campaign in Georgia Milledgeville Speech
Hon. John Holder speaker of the house and prospective governor candidate opened speeches at the Georgia Military College in Milledgeville. He will also address farmers at a meeting near Mor tie at Senter Hill next Saturday, signaling the start of his campaign.
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Atlanta
John ‘Det
House of Representatives
Georgia Milltary College
Milledgeville
Holder
Senter Hill
Mortrie
Black-Draught Endorsed for Digestion and Liver Trouble
Meadowsville Kentucky resident Cynthia Higginbotham aged 65 explains her liver digestion issues and how Thedford’s Black-Draught improved her appetite strength and bowel movements after several doses. The ad promotes the remedy as a standard household laxative for constipation indigestion and lazy liver with a nightly dose to feel refreshed next day.
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Thedford
Wait on the Lord in trials, sermon message urges patience
The sermon urges believers to wait on God as Psalms 27:14 teaches, comparing life events to an artist’s hidden design. It urges patience through sickness, discouragement, and death, insisting God’s will is best and will be clear in the end. Mrs. Mary Jarrett White and family have returned to Tugalo after a short city visit.
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God
Kaeseaeton
Mary Jarrett White
George Jarrett
Master George White
Tugalo
Railroad Schedule snippet shows mixed times and routes
A fragmented timetable lists Seaboard Air Line Central of Georgia and Georgia Railroads with arrival and departure times for Birmingham Atlanta Richmond Macon Union Point Augusta and New York routes. Entries include EST times, station references, and partial station names across several lines.
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Southern Station
Central of Georgia Railroad
Macon
Georgia Railroad
Messenger Missing with 32000 Dollar Bond Heist
A sixteen year old messenger for I. M. Prince and Company vanished after leaving the New York office with bonds valued at thirty two thousand dollars. The youth had not reached his destination by yesterday.
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New York
I. M. Prince and Company
Mine workers oust dissenting O RIKERS at Cleveland convention
The United Workers of America refused seating to contesting delegates by a vote near eight to one, voiding charters for twenty five local unions for unauthorized strikes. The piece also includes a verse by D G Bickers on law and judgment.
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O Rikers
Cleveland
United Workers of America Today
L Unch
Red Cross League To Aid Where Relief Is Needed
Avienta Sept 16 reports cleared up by Henry P. Davison, former Red Cross war council head, on the European league of Red Cross societies. Davison explains a Geneva headquarters league with three departments development medical and relief. The plan aims to grow world Red Cross chapters, share methods, and eventually form a global relief service.
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America
Europe
Ir Crassiowall Red Cross Society
Henry P. Davison
Red Cross War Council
United States
Washington
Mr. Davison
League 9
Himwif
Wilson
Great Brittain
France
Italy
Japan
China
Cannes
Geneva
Paris
Peain
Davison
International League
Red Cross
Crosa
Badenae
Theg
Relief Department
World Fire Department
Lagues
Cole Motor Co Declares 70 Percent Dividend on Common stock
Cole Motor Car company of Indianapolis declares a 70 percent dividend or $20 per share to stockholders of record. No preferred stock exists. The firm expects total 500 cars this year, all built on the Aero Eight chassis in nine bodied styles.
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Cole Motor Car Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Cole Motor Car Compas
Murder Charges For Reckless Drivers
Alishta Ge sept 16 Solicitor Boykin of the criminal division of the Superior Court will indict murder charges against all parties in fatal automobile accidents when life was a motive The policy follows a Court of Appeals ruling equating reckless driving with intent to kill Judge Walter L Hodges presides in Hartwell this week in the Northern circuit while Judge John Dr Humphries fills in on Hodges circuit as disqualifications arise Advertise your wants in the Banner.
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Alishta
Boykin
Criminal Division
Superior Court
Court of Appeale
Walter L. Hodges
Hartwell
John Dr. Humphries
Allenta
Sunday School Exhibit at Southeastern Fair to Feature
Atlanta September 16. The Georgia Sunday School Association directs the exhibit at the Southeastern Fair from October 1 to 21. First and second premiums of 2 and 1 dollars reward best work. The state expects a larger, more representative display with material from many Sunday schools. Send material to D. W. Simms in Atlanta who leads the fair department.
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Atlanta
Exhi
Georgia Sunday School Association
Southeastern Fair Association
State Sunday School Association
D. W. Simms
The
South Eastern Fair Association
Best
Telp
Exdi
Automobile Highway Linking Atlanta to Asheville Planned
W R Neel a highway engineer announced a proposed automobile highway through the Blue Ridge mountains to connect Atlanta with Asheville and other mountain resorts by a 150 mile thoroughfare. The project, set for completion in 1921, follows a conference with North Georgia county authorities leading to construction agreements on the links.
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Atlanta
W. R. Neel
Blue Ridge Mountains
Asneville
N. C
Woodall of Columbus Visits Banner Office in Athens
Mr. W. C. Woodall of Columbus, a veteran newspaperman and manager of The Industrial Index, visited The Banner office while staying with his sister Mrs. M G Nicholson on Hull street. He is a contributor to The Columbus Ledger and earlier staffer at The Columbus Enquirer Sun. His son Allen McGhee Woodall, a popular University freshman, accompanied him to Athens.
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W. C. Woodall
Columbus
M.G. Nicholson
Hull Street
Banner
Woodall
Georgia
Columbus Enquired Sun
Industrial Index
Business
Southeast
The
Columbus Ledger
Allen McGhee Woodall
Athens
Wid
Sunday School Teacher Training Aided by Episcopal Plan
The General Board for Religious Education of the Episcopal Church plans church normal schools in Southern cities to train Sunday School teachers and standardize teaching methods. Parishes will host monthly sessions with instructors, grouped by grade, to prepare lessons for the coming month. The program aims to replace ineffective book and correspondence training with expert-led instruction to engage children through church context.
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Atlanta
Church Normal
General Board For Religious Education
The
Episcopal Church
Gener
Gardner Io
Norma
Church Normal School
Pelo
Teachias
American Express Franchises Fight Georgia Tax Power
Atlanta September 16. Notices served on Georgia Attorney General and Senate by American Express Company to bar Fulton County sheriff from enforcing a tax lien. Company challenges state valuation of its franchise arguing railroads fall under federal jurisdiction. Arbitration board awarded 40,000, but company rejects finding and pays tax only on certain saved amounts. Sheriff seizure could bypass state courts, asserting 14th amendment due process issues. Several similar franchise valuation disputes cited, awaiting federal court decisions.
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Atlanta
Natice Sur
Attorney General of
Georgia
Senate
United States
Atcerien ® Railway Express Company
Fulton County
General Wright
Tir Company
Ities
Pt Ee
Ee General
Far
Ten
Wright
Ohio
Robertson Maguire Wedding Connects Atlanta to Canada
Miss Ruth Robertson of Walkerton Canada wed Dr Stuart McGuire of Richmond Virginia on August 12 at the bride's home in Canada. Dr McGuire is a leading southern physician, son of Mrs Hun McGuire and the late Dr Hunt McGuire, famed Richmond doctor whose memory is honored by a monument. The couple's union links Atlanta society with Canadian roots.
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McGuire
Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta couple’s friends report protracted illness
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Abner Troutman of Atlanta report a prolonged illness affecting the couple and their household, with details not fully disclosed in the notice.
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Abner Troutman
Atlanta
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