Georgia Senate to debate tax amendments and pensions
The Georgia Senate faces a vote on the federal income tax amendment and a state pension appropriation amid concerns about the state’s finances. House members will push limited business, including several senate bills on auditing, education, and local governance, while avoiding long debates.
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Senate
Ferry
Georgia
House
Hall
Bibb
Accounta
House of Representatives
Friends of the Manaure
Georgia State Dental Society
County Boards of Education
Record of Gulf Lumber Exports From Pensacola
In Pensacola Florida on August 8 the outward movement of lumber and timber from the port for the past week reached eighteen million feet the largest in two years. Seven vessels cleared Saturday carrying ten million feet of lumber and timber marking the largest daily outward movement in the same period.
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Pensacola
Fla
Diamond Ornaments Custom Made To Your Design
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Georgia extension fund to boost farmers schools plan
Dean Soule of the state college of agriculture in Athens outlines how a $10,000 legislature appropriation would fund extension teaching for Georgia farmers. The plan funds meetings, assemblies, and correspondence courses, aims to reach 20,000 people via 150 meetings, and requires two additional staffers and equipment to launch district livestock and fertilizer programs. Favorable action would spark a new impulse in agricultural thought, while opposition would deny farmers vital knowledge.
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A. M. Soute
State College of Agriculture At
Athens
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Souis
Wisconsin
Soule
Georgia
Agricultural College
Seaboard's East A La Carte Dining Line Promised
Seaboard offers the only line to the East with a la carte dining car service for the August 14 excursion. Remember this when buying tickets. You pay only for what you get. Office 88 Peachtree.
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Peachtree
Steam heated apartment furnished in August on North Side
A fashionable North Side apartment house last week featured a complete steam heated system. The rooms are equipped with steam radiators requiring only a half pound of pressure to operate, showcasing a notable efficiency for August occupancy.
Fractured Fireplace Ignites Heating Mishap
A overheated October room grew warm as a radiator steam leak caused a janitor to shut off the furnace after a call. An investigation found the furnace on full blast and two pounds of steam released. The reply blamed a habit of burning chimneys in summer.
Railroad Commission In Georgia Split Over Tie Breaking
The Georgia Railroad Commission sits evenly divided with four voting members and a suspended former chairman. Debate centers on how to break ties when petitions fail or succeed. An acting chairman may only vote to break ties, raising questions about future decisions as commissioners wait for new members and upcoming petitions.
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Hillyer
Candler
Hill
Stephenys
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Capitol
General Assembly
8. G. McJendon
Tax digests from over 100 counties in state
Tax digests from over one hundred counties have been received by Captain Tip Harrison. State officials will meet to announce the state tax rate, with Fulton county leading in increased valuations though many counties show declines due to hard times. Western Union and Athens Street Railway face court and winding up. county rates follow after the state rate is set.
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Fulton County
Corporation
Western Union Telegraph Company
Athens Street Hailway
Fulton
Board of County Commissioners
Atlanta Aims to Bring 1910 Typographical Union Meet
The fifty fifth International Typographical Union convention opened in St Joseph Missouri with Atlanta delegates wearing 19 badges and pushing to land the 1910 gathering There is strong municipal backing and rival bids from Salt Lake City Minneapolis and others with Atlanta considered the frontrunner by industry observers.
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International Typographical Union
St. Joseph
International
Ta Crene Ton
Atlanta
Far West
Pacific Coast
R. J. Whites
Atlanta Constitution
E.L. Sutton
Atlanta Journal Room
W. B. Correll
R. K. Whites
Ladien
Atlanta Typographical Union
Press Huddleston
Bo Leemith
Fourth Ward
Wil
A. W. Braselton
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
St. Joe
Richmond
Memphis
South
Salt Lake
Minneapolis
Mississippi
Diehl Found Dead After Failed Borrowing Attempt
Chicago August 3 John C Diehl 41 head of Hamburg American Steamship line in New York was found dead in a clay hole outside the city with indications of suicide He was broke and tried to borrow six dollars from a friend until his father sent his usual allowance
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Chicago
John C. Diehl
George H. Diehl
New York City
Hamburg American Steamship Line
Dichl
Pink handbill touts Georgia legislature vaudeville show
A Macon circ reflects a pink circular signed Bnaktixa promoting a Georgia legislature vaudeville attraction in Atlanta. It urges readers to show tax receipts and buy into a $3,000 daily spend. The piece mocks lawmakers with a chorus of new actors in captivity and untamed romance in lively air.
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Macon
Bnaktixa
Atlanta
Georgia
KNOCKED TO GROUND HE KILLED HIS MAN
In Chaska Tennessee Joe Burnfin aged 30 was shot and killed today by Brandon McMahon 36 McMahon knocked off Burnfins hat Burnfin attacked with a stick McMahon drew a revolver and fired three shots Burnfin was struck near the heart and killed instantly McMahon surrendered Increase in Postoffice Receipts Rome Ga Specials A phenomenal gain shown in receipts for July at the Remes post office For the month ending July 41 receipts totaled 3193 30 up from 2453 72 last year a gain of 679 58 28 percent It will take 40000 annual receipts to reach first class status with a yearly gain of about 8280 from last year
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Chaska
Tenn
Joe Burnfin
Brandon McMahon
McMahon
Burnfin
Rome
Almust
Showers Promised by Washington Weather Bureau
The weather forecast for today predicts showers with moderate east winds as telegraphed to Atlanta. Earlier forecasts had promised rain yesterday and the day’s steady rain is described as winter variety, with a shift in afternoon conditions reducing rainfall intensity.
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Washington Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Lightning Sparks and Streets Along Falcon’s River Memoir
A lively column notes Atlanta and Fulton County streets, a river boom with five extra feet of depth after a storm, and a vignette about a friend who fears lightning. She laughs at electric curlers and prefers straight hair to avoid a strike, while the piece closes with a calm remark on pleasant weather.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
Fire damages Covington merchant's residence in August blaze
Special report from Covington Ga describes a fire at 9 oclock last night in the home of merchant 4 Kaplan while his family was away. Kaplan suffered heavy furniture loss with $500 in insurance. The small frame building also carried insurance.
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Covington
Kaplan
Tribute to Dixie Flags Painted by Blue Veteran
An elderly veteran revisits Georgia’s state base with a youth as they view tattered Confederate battle flags. The man recalls Gettysburg and Appomattox, stressing reverence for the Lost Cause and urging the young to honor the flag as a symbol his generation died for. Night falls as they depart.
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DIXIE
BLUE
Georgia
Gordon
Hill Grady
Agha
Sutton
Lee
Virginia
Appomattox
Grants Arm
Grant
Gettysburg
Philippine Tobacco Guarded by U S and Philippines
Washington August 8 Purchasers of Philippine tobacco will receive a government guarantee of quality and cleanliness. A joint plan by the bureau and Philippines ensures strict tariff enforcement and inspection. All factories will be overseen by revenue and health officials to verify native growth or quantified foreign imports. Packages will bear labels and certificates detailing material quality and workmanship.
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Washington
Bureau of Rngular Affairs
United States
Revenue Bureau and Health
Delegation to Fight Bill in Macon and Atlanta
A Macon delegation supporting Mayor Miller and Ray T D Hitts travels to Atlanta to oppose a measure backed by Jos Hill Hall that would restrict Macon recorder fining powers to 3106. Allies of Hall plan warm support in the Senate and aim to block the change.
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Macon
Miler
Ray
T. D. Hitts
Jos Hill Hall
Atlanta
Recorder
Senate
Friends of Representatives Hall
China Won't Resist Japan In Manchuria
Tekia August reports no disturbance along the Antung Mukden railway line as reconstruction began by the Japanese government and Beijing withdrawals of Chinese objections are noted. Japan expects China to refrain from warlike response while press coverage in Japan largely supports the action and signals China’s awareness of consequences.
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Tekia
Antung-Mukden Relly
Japan
China
Pekin
Antung-Mukden
Runaway injures Rome pastor and family in buggy accident
Rev. J E Smith, pastor at Silver Creek near Rome, was badly bruised and shaken when a shaft broke and a horse bolted. He held the reins, was jerked from the buggy, and sustained injuries along with his wife and baby who were also aboard but not seriously hurt.
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Rome
J. E. Smith
Silver Creek
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