Cordele Auto Tragedy Kills Dealer in Bibb County Route Crash
In Macon Georgia on April 26 Harry Jacobs Cordele automobile dealer was killed and three other Cordele men injured when their car overturned near Dunbar fourteen miles south of Macon due to a tire blowout. Injured were A J Little B G Purcell and J A Smith. Charles Greer escaped unharmed. The car owned by W L Roebuck of Cordele Sash and Door. Jacobs body sent to Americus for interment. injured conveyed to Macon Hospital. Smith and Greer returned to Cordele later the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Harry Jacobs
Cordele
Atlanta
Dunbar
A. J.’ Little
the Seaboard
G. Purcell
J. A. Smith
Charles Greer
J. A. Smithards
W. L. Roebuck
Cordela Sash’ and Door Company
Jacobs
Mitchell Southern
Hnt Atlanta
Cordela
Tim
Ts A
Macon Undertaking
Smith
Greer
Avanta
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Americus, A
Lizzie Heys
Americus
Atlanta Odd Fellows Celebrate Ninety Fifth Anniversary
The Atlanta Odd Fellows marked their ninety fifth anniversary at Central Presbyterian church with a 750 strong turnout from city lodges. A military formation, procession from Odd Fellows Temple to the church, and worldwide observance forms highlighted the event. A founders day proclamation and a paper on the order’s growth from 27,000 to 2,006,000 members were read. Rev. Dunbar Ogden delivered a sermon on Shadows stressing the impact of one’s conduct on others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellow
Broad and
Alabama
Odd Fellowship
L. B. Clarke
Gordon Mitchel
D. ” Penn
M. CG. Strickland
H.C. ‘Hall
Wade
Marding
T. Frown
Dunbar Ogden
Camp Walker Honors Members Who Have Died
Camp Walker No 925 United Confederate Veterans held memorial services at Capitol View Baptist Church. About seventy five members attended as Adjutant J H Shennutt led the roll call. Adjutant General A J West delivered an oration on Civil War battles and Rev A C Healer preached a memorial sermon on self sacrifice. Mention was made of Mary Phagan, who had been dead a year without her killer brought to justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Walker
United Confederate Veterans
Capitol View Baptist Church
J. H. Shelnutt
A. J. West
A.C. Healer
Mr. Henley
Mary Phagan
Revival at St Pauls Methodist Church Ends Sunday
The revival at St. Pauls Methodist Church concluded last night with Dr Plato T Durham delivering the closing sermon. Pastor B F Fraser said he was greatly pleased with the attendance and the results, including new church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Plato T. Durham
B. F. Fraser
St. Paul's
Lucille LaVerne Satanic Plot Prizes Drawn
The Constitution promotes a contest by Lucille LaVerne’s press agent, offering prizes for readers who depict the actress as devilish in a supplied image. Scott LaVerne publicly backs the idea, while Lucille’s resemblance to the devil is noted by Charleston readers. Entries must be sent by midnight Wednesday, with winners announced next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uuestle LaVerne
Constitution
Scott
Amelisyt
Lucie LaVerne Stark
Lyric Theater
Miss LaVerne
LaVerne Company
Charleston
Lucille LaVerne
Tze
Detectives from Many Cities to Guard Shriners Week
Councilman W G Humphrey announced twenty detectives will be recruited from major city police departments to come to Atlanta during Shriners week. Five expert detectives from the country will also be invited to observe trains and deter pickpockets. About ten cities will be represented, with funding transferred within city funds to cover the costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Counteilman
W. G. Humphrey
Police
Atlanta
Hum
Phrey
New York
Chicago
Boston
Pittsburg
New Orleans
St. Louis
Detroit
Humphrey
Prayer for President Wilson Offered at St Philip's
Rev. GT. A. Pisa of St Philip's cathedral led a morning service prayer for President Wilson and all armed services. The plea asked divine protection and strength for the nation during a serious crisis, urging repeated personal prayer from each congregant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GT. A. Pisa
St. Philip's Cathedral
Wilson
Army
Navy
United States
Jesus Christ
Pise
Emory Evers Killed by Engine at Macon
Emory L. Evers, a well known East Macon man, was run over by a Southern Railway engine in the focal yards at Macon, Ga. He died two hours later with both legs mangled. The coroner's inquest heard he was intoxicated and appeared lost in the yards. He was 36 and unmarried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Emory L. Evers
Southern Railway
Vera
George F Baer Dies in Philadelphia at 26? Great Unknown
George F Baer, 26, prominent Philadelphia and Reading railway president and lawyer, died at his home after a gastric and kidney illness. He helped shape Reading and New Jersey Central railways, celebrated his fiftieth year as a lawyer, and played a key role in Reading's early development and municipal affairs. Born September 46, 1942 in Somerset County, Pa, of German descent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading Railway System
Philadelphia
George I. Baer
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
Baer
J. i Pierpont Morgan
Reading Railway Company
Reading
George T. Baer
Philadelphia and
The
Coal Company
New Jersey Central Railroad
Mr. Baer
Somerset County
Pennsylvania
Army of the Potomac
Reading Company
Friends Honor Mary Phagan In Marietta Cemetery
A special car departs Atlanta at 2 PM for Marietta to honor Mary Phagan on the anniversary of her death. The procession meets at Walton Street station at 1 40 PM and returns by 6 PM. Y C Rankin will lead, delivering a poem at the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Mary Phagan
Walton Street
Atlanta
Y. C. Rankin
Federal Court Orders Open Hearing in Gainesville
Judge William F. Newman of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issues restrictions to C. C. Fuller clerk and Howard Thomason federal marshal to open the United States court in the northern division at Gainesville on Monday April 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal’ Court
Gainesville
William F. Newman
United States Court For
Northern District of Georgia
C. Fuller
Howard Thomason
United States Court For the
Northern Division
Northern District
Visitors Enjoy Fran One We Have a God One
Fragmentary OCR text mentions visitors at Fran One and reference to Hawkes Co and Whiteball. Details are unclear, but hints at a showroom or product line with a price or rating up to F20A. No clear event, person, or organization name beyond Hawkes Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPHRA
Fran
Pearl Rounings
Ae Jens
National plan would create labor exchange bureau
Washington April 26. United States Commission on Industrial Relations proposes national legislation to wipe out unemployment chaos by forming a national bureau of labor exchange under the labor department. It would run free public offices, supervise private ones, distribute labor market data, and publish district and national bulletins. Advisory councils for districts would aid policy and dispute resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Comlexy
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Frank P. Walsh
Commission
National
Bureau of ‘Labor Exchange
Department of Labor
National Bureau
Secretary of Labor
New York
W. M. Lelserson
Wisconsin
Congress
Ralph Brown Recovers From Recent Sickness
Ralph Brown, manager of the 1 M. H i millinery department, has returned to duty after a period of illness spent at the Davison-Tisher sanitarium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Brown
Ralph
Brown
1. M. High
Davison-Tisher Sanitarium
Freckle Remedy Ad Claims Skin Transformation
An old advertisement touts Mercolized wax to remove freckles and blemishes after nightly application and soap wash. It promises a clear, spot free complexion with minimal short term impact and urges purchase from druggists. Also promotes saxolite powder solution for wrinkles with a hazel bath.
Upward Tendency in Cotton Market This Week
New Orleans reports a stronger cotton market with close gains of 12 to 20 cents and weekly highs 25 to 1/4 above last week. Weather across the belt and unsettled Mexican situation influence buyers as analysts expect warmer, drier planting conditions and possible war news to push prices higher. traders grow nervous over dwindling supplies as spot shorts fear depleted stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Mexico
Memorial Exercises Held in Dawson Georgia
Memorial exercises were held in Dawson with a large crowd gathered in the courtroom. The event, organized by the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, featured Confederate veterans and guest speaker Hon. Dupont Guer ry of Macon. He praised the Confederate constitution and contrasted it with the federal constitution, asserting the South’s leadership in early national development and endorsing traditional ideals of womanhood over modern feminism.
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Dawson
Memorial Addy
Fecal
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Han M. J. Yoemans
Dopont Guerry
Macon
Confederate States
Earth
Old South
Lure of War Draws Deserter to Surrender
A second deserter surrenders to Atlanta police citing the lure of real warfare. R. J. White, 23, formerly of Company One Hundred Sixty six Coast Artillery at Port Monroe, lived with his wife at 41 Cone Street. He served three years, worked as an electrician, and said war with Mexico compelled him to plead for front duty and shipment to Vera Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
R. J. White
United States Coast Artillery
Port Monroe
Cone Street
Mex
Dr Frank Ridley Speaks at Americus Memorial
In Americus Georgia on a memorial day observed by several thousand citizens the event centered at First Methodist Church where Dr Frank M Ridley of LaGrange delivered the keynote address. The ceremony featured music and a parade of Confederate veterans and schoolchildren to Oak Grove Cemetery where six hundred Confederate graves were decorated with garlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
First Methodist Church
Frank M. Ridley
LaGrange
Gerad
Oak Grove Cemetery
Nathan Cante Ill at Red Cross Hospital
Nathan Cante of Norfolk Virginia is ill at the Red Cross hospital. He has been sick about three weeks. Cante is a well known figure in Atlanta, active as a Mason and a B nai Brith. He is sixty six years old and a pioneer citizen of Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Cante
RED Cross Hospital
Norfolk
Morris Macks
Cante
Atlanta
Mountain Batteries Sail for Vera Cruz from Galveston
Three batteries of mountain guns of the Fourth field artillery sailed from Galveston today for Vera Cruz aboard the chartered steamer Satilo. The force includes 325 men and 11 officers with 25 animal teams. The first section carries about 3,409 infantrymen and 181 mounted troops. The artillery is to arrive midweek, with cavalry following in a few days. The Satilo was escorted by two torpedo boat destroyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Field Artilery
Vera, Cruz
Satilo
Notable Felt-Footwear and Suits Priced for Quick Picks
A lively sales card touts socks at 25c and 50c silky socks, a Palm Beach two piece suit, dry cleaning advice, and dress options from full dress suits to tuxedos at 15 to 18 dollars. Hats range from 1 to 6 dollars with a broad straw and Panama selection. A quick 15 minute fitting pledge promises to ease clothing worries and guide shirt choices.
Notice reads as fragment from Louisville paper on wooden legs
Fragmentary Louisville Courier Journal notice mentions grand father and wooden legs cooling down as a curious archival snippet with unclear action or context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier Journal
Stuart's Buchu Kidney Remedy Promises Relief
A well known authority endorses Stuart's Buchu and Juniper Compound as the best kidney and bladder remedy. It claims to cure backache and other urinary symptoms by acting on the kidneys, improving blood health, and strengthening the bladder neck. The ad urges readers to stop sweets and buy a bottle from a druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart
Stuarts
Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. J. Little
E. E. Purcell
Order
Lucille
the Devil
Rev. C. TF. A. Pise
Emory Evers
Maier & Berkele, Inc
Whitehall Street
Atlanta, Ga
George F. Baer
Commission On Industrial‘ Relations
Grand Opera
Frank Ridley
Americus Memorial
Vera Cruz
Notaseme
Conqueror
the Globe Clothing Co
Buchu
Ace
Ergy
Paris
Atari
Foughra & Co., Inc
New Vork
Pryor
Hunter
Great | Britain
Great Western Railway OF
England
Rateley
Gen
Ave
N.Y
Glasgow
London
Derry
Ker Bool
Tours
Mh Ten
Sppi LO Bnderson Brothels
Vy, Sark
Jon North
Tia Beachtree
St. Atlanta
Tripod Paint CO
North Pryor Street
Hell Phone
Metropolitan Opera Co
Giulio Gatti
Casazza
John Brown Business Compt
Manon Lescaut
Mmes
Parrar
Sparkes
van Dyck
Duchene
Savage
Caruso
Gilly
Rothier
Reiss
Segurola
Ananian
Toscanini
IL Trovatore
Mmes, Gadski
Ober
Mattfeld
Martin
Amato
Rossi
Bada
Hageman
der Rosenkavalier
Muses
Hempel
Case
Fornia
Braslaw
Menger
Goritz
Leonhardt
Schlegel
Audisio
Bayer
Cristalli
Burgstaller
Sappio
Ruysdael
Hertz
UN Ballo
Maschera
Rischignan
Segurgia
Madama Butterfly
Mmes. Farrar
Scotti
Reschiglian
Lohengrin
Mmes. Rappold
Witherspoon
Berger
Schiegel
Cavalleria Rusticana
Gadski
Braslau
Robeson
Pagliacci
Mme
Alten
All Star Cast
Corps de Ballet
Sharps
Hardman
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