Georgia headlines mix of aviation, politics and press
A sprawling column covers new cotton, Atlanta growth, aviation promises, prohibition mood, and shifting political scenes. It notes George Til er Watson coming to Atlanta, the aviation boom, New York news figures like JC Mars Sill, and James B Nevin returning to Rome to join The Rome Tribune Herald while pledging strong editorial action.
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James B Nevin
Rome
Washington
Tfc) Herald
Georgia
Will
Subduing the Hook Worm in the Southern States
Southern campaigners push for eradication of hook worm disease inspired by Porto Rico results. Dr Bailey Ashford, a U S Army major, reports 300000 treated and death rate cut dramatically. State health boards seek physician cooperation to reach sandy and mountainous districts where infection thrives. The goal is to curb lost productivity and debility that hinder citizenship. Public skepticism remains the main obstacle to progress.
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Porto Rico
Bailey Ashford
United States Army
Boards of Health
South
Old Ideals With New Faces in American Politics
A Chicago Public analysis on Mayor Gaynor of New York and the new city executives casts light on democratic ideals in American politics. It praises Gaynor’s tenure for law reverence and honesty and urges citizens to realize duties to the community while noting parallels with Roosevelt Hughes Harmon Folk and other reformers.
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Chicago
Gaynor
New York
American Republic
Sodom
Roosevelt
Hughes
Harmon
Reapin' time or sowin' cheerful whistle tunes
A fragmented rustic verse collection praises cheerful work and rest amid farm life. It contrasts summer ease with toil, notes fishing, rivers, birds, and mountains, and ends with a quip about the editor's day off becoming a workload. Includes stray lines about Major Jones and a lively rural mood.
Indifference Toward Murder Amid Chattanooga Street Duel
In Chattanooga two men with a long standing grudge openly fired in a crowded street. One man died, another was severely wounded, and an innocent bystander was shot in the arm. The incident, linked to a decade old feud, shows police did little to prevent the confrontation and questions law enforcement responsibility.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ane
News Dispatch
Thompson Fred
Schools for Atlanta's Deaf Mates
The case of Helen Keller has drawn attention to education for the deaf and blind. Atlanta plans to add one or two grades in city schools this winter for deaf and mute children after W F Crusselle urged action. Superintendent W M Slaton supported the move to keep local children from leaving home for schooling.
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Helen Kellar
Atlanta
Board of Education
W F Crusselle
W M Slaton
Picturesque Lakewood An Attractive Place
Lakewood in Atlanta is described as the souths most picturesque pleasure ground with a large artificial lake, shaded slopes, sand and pebble borders, and a steady breeze. Camps, tents, and clubs fill the grounds as families and youths enjoy boating, fishing, swimming, serenades, and parades. Atlanta owns the park, leased to Julius Biliet for resort development, transforming its reputation from poor to a promise of future greatness.
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Lakewood
Atlanta
Mecca
Julius Billet
Atlantas
Mistakes Made When Planting Seed At A Weed Store
A McMillan Company plant store on South Broad Street recalls funny seed planting mishaps. Stories include Sam Tthhs buying sweet pea seed mistaken for fennel, crops blooming with no peas, and a gardener planting okra and sweet peas in wrong beds. An old neighbor’s hyacinth bulb tale adds humor about misread seed.
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McMillan Company
South Broad Street
Saturda
Sam
Bryan Grant
Grant
Grant Home
New fad makes girls drink from baby bottles in Atlanta
An Atlanta trend sees young women ages 10 to 34 drink water or soft drinks from baby bottles and nipples. The craze, centered around Grant Park, is linked to a ragtime song and a belief that beverages taste better from a bottle, with many youths spending spare change on bottles and bottles nipples.
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Atlanta
Grant Park
Warren Jordon and Lovett Retold as Atlanta Icons and Friends
Warren Jordon, longtime Atlanta clothing house head, died to a muted sendoff. His friend Warren Lovett, famed for generosity, fades into aging, with both men leaving a city memory of style, loyalty, and quiet influence across Georgia and the Carolinas.
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Warren Jordan
Warren Jorden
West View
Georgia
Carolina
Charleston
Warren Jordon
LaGrange
Atlanta
House Offala
New York
Philadelphia
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London
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Lovett
Jordan
Louisville
Warren
Levett
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Ond
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Johnny Lynch
Ria
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Lynch
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Lynches
Charles Stellitz
Ann
Merman
Charley Stellite
Aea
Hia
Iynch
Harry G Poole
John T Lynch
Charles Bieliitz Daye
Morgan
Henry Taylor
Robert Stewart
Socialist Congress Opens in Copenhagen With 900 Delegates
The International Socialist Congress opened in Copenhagen with 900 delegates and 700 guests. M Gerbanga delivered the welcome, M Vandervelde presided and reported on social democracy progress, praising Babel and Singer. An open-air mass meeting featured Moria Hillquitt of New York among speakers. American delegates plan to push the next sessions to be held in the United States.
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Copenhagen
International Socialist Congress
M. Gerbang
Fothee Thing
Walecome
M Vandervelde
Herr Singer
Social Democratic Congress
Morria Hillquitt
New York
United States
Pan American Railway to be Sold to Mexico
New York reports expected within days of a sale to the National Railways of Mexico of the Pan American and the Vera Cruz and Lethmus railroads. The Pan American is led by Paul Merton of Equitable Life and David Thomson former U. S. ambassador. The Netonal Railways of Mexico are government controlled and the purchase will add about 500 miles to Mexican system.
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New York
Nations Railways of
Mexico
Pan American Railroad
Vera Cruz and Lethmus
Paul Merton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Davd
Thompson
United States
Vera Cruz
Vatican replies to Spanish note over Church dispute
In San Sebastian on August 26 Garcia Prietro Spain’s foreign minister received the Vatican’s reply to Spain’s note on the religious dispute. Marquin Benjedin handed the document to Cardinal Merry Del Val before the ambassador’s recall to Madrid. The cardinal’s answer addresses Madrid cabinet conduct and the Holy See’s stance in the talks. Senor Prieten will forward the reply to the cabinet for consideration.
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Spain
Holy Sea
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Vatican
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Merry del Val
Madrid
Senor Prieten
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