Georgia ports and rail routes loom as westward outlets
The article argues Georgia ports Savannah and Brunswick as viable western outlets, arguing rail lines Southern, Seaboard Air Line, Atlantic Coast Line, Central of Georgia and Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic connect to the Midwest and Mississippi. It contrasts New York delays with Georgia’s coast access, notes President Roosevelt rider tests, and discusses national civic work and army discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Europe
J. J. Hill
Great Northern
New York
West
Hill
Canada
Lawrence
Mississippi
New Orleans
United States
St Lawrence
Boston Transcript
Ealous
Savannah
Brunswick
Atlantic
Central of Georgia
Atlanta
Birmingham
Metropolis
Central
Middle Western
Roosevelt
Clear out vagrants pension for officers widows
A polemical editorial urges a vigorous city crackdown on vagrancy and endorses pensioning widows and orphans of police and fire personnel who die in the line of duty. It argues relief associations are insufficient and the city must bear a substantial burden to honor public servants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quither Manfer
Manler
Atlanta
Manier
Police Relief Association
Loac
Retirement From Business: A Path to Civic Renewal
A vigorous discussion on when to retire from leadership in business. The piece argues founders should step back to conserve assets, letting mature leaders devote talents to public affairs and philanthropy. It cites England’s municipal gains from early retirement and active civic involvement as a model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
America
Marks
National Civic Federation
New York
Lady Goold Sentenced in Monte Carlo Murder Case
The Monte Carlo murder of Emms Levin draws note as truth stranger than fiction. The trial recalls a trunk involved tale similar to a New York Gulden supe case and aligns with Robert Louis Stevenson stories in The Odd Club series, underscoring striking narrative parallels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goold
Monte Carlo
Emms Levin
Levin
New York
Robert Louis Sttevenson
Ocide Club
The Light's in the Skies and Other Georgia Verses
A fragmentary Georgia miscellany blends poems and quips about faith hope and work. It references The Moonshiner and The billvile Banner plus lines about light in the skies and cheerful resilience amid trouble. It also recalls a doctor’s patient urging care for a wife and thirteen children and ends with rural exhortations to spread happiness and persevere.
Letters From People The Parcels Post Debate
A Georgia Merchants Association statement opposes the postmaster general's parcels post plan. It argues the rural route system already serves farmers and country stores more cheaply, warns against mail order interests dominating policy, and urges protecting home industry over distant catalog competition. The letter defends rural delivery and questions the economic impact on farmers, merchants, and local communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail, Merchants’ Association of Georgia
Newman
Newnan
Pointe
Meyer
Jens
Aelta Hia
Hia
Mam
Chicago
Worth & Cent
Congress
Cannon
Roosevelt
Temple
Xag
Doem
Orama
Dollare
Indus
Tomorrow promises a better day in Chicago poetry
The verse laments people delaying action to tomorrow. It mocks promises to repair, resolve misunderstandings, and fix wrongs only after a future date. The speaker longs for a world where delays end and duties are met, questioning the reliability of such hopeful tomorrows.
Zulu Bain Charm and the Heaven Bird Ritual
The Zulus use ram cwarm a remarkable practice amid their noted mercilessness. After a tribal wizard consecrates it making it a heaven bird, they cast it into water. Despite indifference to animal suffering, they believe the deceased bird's personality will mourn and draw sympathetic tribute from others.
Committee Forms 100 Member Drive for Foreign Missions
A 100 man Atlanta committee led by Dr. Marion McH Hull plans a citywide canvass to raise 100000 for foreign missions in 1908. Members from Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Congregationalist, Episcopal, Christian and Lutheran churches will seek subscriptions, aiming to surpass the 1907 total of 24000 and fund congregational cooperation worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atanta
Marion McH. Hull
J. Campbelly White
New York
William T. Bliss
Philadelphia
General Cays
First Methodist Church
Atlanta
Methodist
Presbyterian
Viams
Ellis
Ano
Invasiona
Marion Jackson
W. V. Custer
Dwight Winn
W. €. Elrod
F. Wade Vaughan
G. W. Carson
B. Gay
M. Inman
W. R. Hoyt
W. A. Speer
J. J. Eagan
Kendrick
C. R. Normandie
C. R. Cunningham
M. A. Hale
Wade Wright
K. G. Mathieson
J. T. Stephenson
J. W. Patterson
T. P. Hinman
William Bensell
M. Davies
Ulysses Lewis
W. J. Peel
W. A. Albright
B. B. Crew, Sr
W. C. Mansfield
A. W. Farlinger
D. & Carson
W. H. Mansfield
0. C. Fuller
H. B. Wey
E. S. Gay
C. M. Barnwell
George B. Hinman
George H. Noble
W. D. Ellis
J. J. Disosway
W. N. Hawkes
Arnold Broyles
Frank Hawkins
T. B Ferris
W. J. Northen
W. M. Perryman
P. B. Hopkins
W. R. Barksdale
M. G. Campbell
F. H. P. Akera
EB. G. Willingham
W. W. Gaines
J. McF. Gaston
J. W. Wills
F. J. Cooledge
W. E. Campbell
B. H. Hartsfield
Walker Danson
E. €. Calloway
H. B. Ethridge
H. H. Cabaniss
L. M. Lan~drum
Rolling Jones
G. 8. Prior
F. M. Robinson
R. A. Burnett
W. C. Stanley
A. N. Jenkins
Mr. Jennings
W. L. Hupbard, Jr
W.T. Mathews
W. 8
Watson
F. J. Spratling
Charles H. Greigitz
G. A. Anderson
T. L. Rikard
W. & Ritchie
E. D. Bedenbaugh
No Fledging by World Trotters
The article argues that a true global circumnavigation must follow a great circle, criticizing an English officer’s forty day route that started in Liverpool and used nonstandard geography. It calls for a precise, measured, and fair handicap system, referencing Verne, Bly, and Milita ry contexts, and suggests future attempts be openly judged by rigorous criteria.
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New York Press
Dover
Liverpool
Quebec
Vancouver
Yokohama
Vladivostok
Asia
Europe
Jules Verne
Elizabeth Bistand
Nellie Bly
Verne
Equator
Isthmian Canal
Data Minor
India
Suez
Eraas Mexico
Tehuantepec
Pacific
Indian Ocean
Peary
North Pole
Earth
Sindbad Temple Organized In Columbus Georgia
Sindbad Temple No 136 of the Knights of Khorassan has been organized in Columbus with 115 charter members. It becomes Georgia’s third Dramatic Order temple after Atlanta and Savannah. Dr W W Ashby Jones of First Baptist leads the new temple with Rabbi B S Rosenthal as next ranking officer and other officers include two stewards from the Methodist church.
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Roosevelt
Army
Armca Trust
Manila
San Juan Hill
Philippine
Cata
Pennsylvania Avenue
Columbus
Sindbad Temple
Knights of Khorassan
Georgia
Atlanta
Savannah
WW. Ashby Jones
First Baptist Church
B. Ls Rosenthal
Columbus Relief Association Seeks Street Beseing Ordinance
The Columbus Relief Association reports disbursing charity in Columbus Georgia and investigating appeals to ensure worthy cases receive relief. It petitions the city council to enact an ordinance against street solicitation and begging to curb distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Columbus Relief Associaton
Flint River Remembered as Aid Spurs Jubilation in Albany
Residents from Albany to Newton celebrate projected federal support for the Flint river and harbor improvements. Plans for deepening the channel, new boats, and a river highway loom as Burton signals the river will be “generously remembered” in the next river and harbor bill.
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Awaiwance
Albany
Satp‘bridge
Bi County
Newton
Congress
Flint
Albany and Gulf Navigation Company
Mississippi River
Burton
House Naval Affairs Committee
Washington
John A. Betjeman
Albany Business League
Georgia Immigration Association
Honor Sheffield's Memory Memorial Committe Appointed
Judge Worrill in Dawson Georgia names a committee from the Pataula circuit to draft resolutions mourning the death of Hon. Henry C. Sheffield. Members include Arthur G. Powell J R Pottle J A Laing James G. Parks William D Kiddoo R L Moye Cuthbert. John D Rambo BE R King Ft Gaines. Charles C. Bush W I Geer Colquitt. John B Guerry Georgetown and Jessea W Walters Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worrill
Dawson
Terrell Superior Court
Sheffield
Pataula Circuit
Early Superior Court
Worrell
Henry C. Sheffield
Arthur G. Powell
J. R. Pottle
Blakely
J. A. Laing
James G. Parks
William D. Kiddeo
R. L. Moye
Cuthbert
John D., Rambo
Young Ladies of St Paul's to stage Friday benefit play
On Friday the 13th in Columbus Georgia the young ladies of St Pauls Methodist church plan an elaborate play at the opera house to raise funds for the parsonage. The cast numbers about 150 and word suggests large attendance despite superstition. The event runs Friday evening with proceeds for the church trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Opera House
St. Paul's Methodist Church
City council seeks railroad ruling change for vital transport
Columbus Ga December 8 Special The Columbus city council adopted resolutions asking the railroad commission to modify its ruling forbidding free transportation on street cars to permit the city Columbus and the Columbus Railway Company to arrange for the transport of police, firemen, and other essential city workers for streetcar service and hospital needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Columbus City Council
Railroad Commission
Ciity
Columbus Rafiro Company
Mercet and Sanitary
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Clark Howell
Rory Robdinson
United Stalia
Mexico
Bunda Quiatte
Allenta
Nichols & Holliday
Constitution Building
Ore Advertising
Parlial Aiea Ce Eae
Washington Bureau of the Constitution
G St. N. W
Treasury Department
John Corrigan
Constitution
Hoteling
Broadway
3 Street
Oc. H. Donnelly
W. W. Blackhurn
C. 8. Moore
C. B. Atkinson
W. J. Overby
W. F. Stokes
W. D. Brumbeloe
Constitution Publishing Co
Little Joe
Gridhop Club
West Virginia
Mobile
Standard Oil
Joe Cannon
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Little Joe Brown
South
Bob Taylor
Heaven
Edward
Mars
Lght
Naugent
Yerkes
Jupite
Coal Trust
Ake
New Times
Saith
Chicago Post
Garnett W. Quillian
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