Atlanta Ford Club Banquet Highlights Good Will and Efficiency
The Atlanta Ford club gathered 205 Ford employees and guests at a Piedmont banquet. Captain Harrison Jones spoke on Good Will, Kendall Weisiger discussed Efficiency, and R. S. Abbott noted psychology impacts sales success. Douglas Garnes presides as club president.
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Atlanta
Ford Club
Piedmont
Oscar II
Ford
Harrison Jones
Kendall Weisiger
Southern Bell Telephone Company
R. S. Abbott
Obituary Notices from Carrollton and Surrounding Areas
Deaths include Hon W C Hodnett former city court judge and Franklin solicitor with funeral today. A Wesley Ken of Dublin dies at 75 from heart failure after house fire incident. Annie Ard of Lumpkin, long-time postmistress, dies at home. Mrs Garrison, 36, dies in Atlanta hospital. Jarnigan child dies from burns. Detective Doyle’s daughter dies after extended illness. Roberta Doyle, 14, dies after prolonged illness at home.
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Franson
W.C. Hodnett
Carrollton
Franklin
Stae
Thureh
Dublin
Wesley Ken
Gethsemane
Roberta
James Doyle
Formwalt and
Glenn Streets
Seligman Kills Wife Then Ends Own Life
In Gloversville New York Jesse Seligman treasurer of the Gloversville Leather Co and his wife were found dead in bed with a revolver nearby. A note read This is the only way out of it You never can tell The fellow who always has the hammer at is seldom the first to nail. Their ten day old daughter Mary was found at play in the adjoining room.
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Gloversville
Decemeer
Jesse Seligman
Glov+arsville Leather company
Plans to Improve Our Foreign Trade Highlight Congress
Charleston December 16 Speakers at the Southern Commercial Congress urged expanding foreign trade with Latin America and educating masses. They called for a national chamber of agriculture, rural credit, and a larger mercantile marine. J N Hurley urged mobilizing to seize Latin American markets before postwar competition. Claxton argued universal high school education for all.
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Charleston
Postal Service
Department of Commerce
United States
Latin America
Southern Commercial Congress
Chamber of Agriculture
Mercantile Marine
New York
J. W.W. Jenks
New York University
Coueges
Latin- America
Germany
Jenks
England
America
J. N. Hurley
Federal Trade Commission
Hurley
P. Claxton
Schwedtman
Claxton
Lrief
Europe
Mewin
Sweet
Daniel C. Roper
Bett
Gorgas, Bryan Speak on Sanitation and Peace at Conference
At a southern states conference on labor and immigrant conditions, A Caminetti presided as Secretary Wilson planned to attend. Bryan and General Gorgas led talks on peace and the future of tropical sanitation, with Gorgas declaring sanitary measures could open vast Caribbean trade and enrich border regions.
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Bors
John G. Ruge
Apelachicole
Fin
South America
A. Caminetti
Wilson
Gorgas
Bryan
William ©. Gorgas
U.S.A
Gorgea
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Europe
Fingo Editore
Mrs Brown Saves Baby After Car Fall at Whitehall and Mitchell
Mrs Henrietta Brown alighted from a street car at Whitehall and Mitchell Streets yesterday afternoon. She shielded a one year old baby in her arms as she fell and the infant struck the pavement uninjured. Mrs Brown sustained injuries including two strained ribs and a knee cap injury and was taken to Grady hospital.
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Henrietta Brown
Whitehall
Mitchell Streets
Woman Run Down by Automobile Loses Her Purse
Mrs C D Sparks of Eatonton Ga was struck near Mitchel and Pryor streets while a Georgia hospital patient wagon passed. She was injured and an $18 to $20 purse was knocked from her while a streetcar blocked the chauffeur’s view. The purse remains missing and efforts to locate it continue.
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Mitchel and
Pryor
Excelsior Auto Company
Georgia Hospital
C. D. Sparks
Sparks
Eatonton
B .M. Hail
Washington Street
Explosives Found in Swoboda Room by Powder Co Detec tives
Salem, N J December 16 Detectors from Du Pont Powder Co arrest John Szodoba alias Dr Jacob Swoboda alias Lena Hartman former employee suspected in recent plant explosions Police hold bail $1000 for a further hearing In Szodoba room at Fenn Grove boarding house officials report found guncotton treated nitroglycerine dynamite and letters in French and German Szodoba says fellow boarders left the explosives He admits prior prison terms for grand larceny and burglary.
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Salem
N. J
The
du Pont Powder Company
John Szoboda
Jacob Swoboda
Lena Hartman
Powder Company
du Pont Lants
Scodobia
Harria D. Smith
Magistrats Smith
Srodeba
Sing Sing
Phyllis Brooks Wins Divorce From Reginald Brooke
Charlottesville Va December 16 Mrs Phyllis Brooks one of the Langhorne sisters of Greenwood VA has been granted an absolute divorce from her husband Reginald Brooke New York clubman on the ground of desertion An existing agreement bearing date February 24 1913 providing alimony for the support of Mrs Brooks and her two children was continued The case was decided in circuit court here last month but kept secret until today Additional details note Mrs Brooks alleged abuse and harsh criticism and that Brooke said he no longer loved her The report also mentions British dispatches about Mrs Brooks being denied under wills of English officers and other social connections
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Charlottesville
Phyllis Brooks
Greenwood
Reginald Brooke
New York
Crcuit
Brooks
London
Pelee Waldorf Aster
George Dong Ine-Pennant
Grenadier Guards
Williams Reginald ‘Yndhem
Geventh Hasgars
Brooks Bes
Cperien
Dane Gibson
Dre
Paul Phipps
Vancouver
Senator Works urges one million man standing army plan
Senator Works of California told the senate a standing army of one million would defend the U S against invasions and Pacific coast Asiatic attacks. He backed a mobile land force and 200 000 man reserve costing 54 million dollars yearly for ten years, with soldier settlers in government provided tracts and two months annual military training.
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Washington
Senator Works
California
Senate Today
United States
Pacific
Secretary of Interior
War Department
China fears involvement as unrest rises in India
Bern reports China shaken by rumors of serious uprisings in India and German arms smuggling. English papers blame Chinese officials for not stopping exports to Germany while noting Chinese ties with German agents. Russian dispatches urge curbing German activity in China and threaten consequences if China shows favor. Europeans warn of repercussions from both sides as tensions grow.
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Bern
Associated Press
China
India
Germany
Russia
Imperial Powers Push Asia Ambitions Amid Global Crisis
The article notes German and Turkish activity in Asia and predicts Emperor William's forces nearing Chinese soil in the west. It highlights unrest in Egypt and a looming closure of the Suez Canal. Japan and Russia remind China of its duty, while China’s helplessness is shown by lost jurisdiction abroad and fragile ties with foreign powers.
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Ture
Asia
William
Egypt
Sue Canal
Japan
Russia
Cama
China
Iral
Sale of Unclaimed Freight by Southern Railway Company
Georgia Fulton County news item states Southern Railway Company will sell to the highest bidder at public auction on January 3 at 10 AM. The sale is for abandoned freight held at Atlanta tracks Madison Avenue and Nelson Street. Carloads from Rondamite California to Atlanta were unloaded but delivery could not be completed as agreed. EDGAR Neely, attorney, oversees the process.
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Wotica
Georgia
Fulton County, Southern Railway Company
Awit
Atlanta
Rondamite
California
Southern Pacifc
EL Findley
Southern Pacific
Sald
NONCH
Southern Fuflway Company
Southern Railway Company
Madison Avenue
Nelson Street
Edgar A. Neely
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Berckmans
Atlantia
P. J. Berckmans Co., Inc
Augusta
Dohn J. Woodside Storage Ge., Inc
Bros Cane
Paves
EL Abe
Fanniey
E. Hodnett, Franklin
Wesley Rea
Annie Ard
Lumpkin
Lumpkin, Ga
Gw.ard
Ollie Hays
Qgmie Hays
Lawrenceville
Sara M. Garrison
Sara
Garrison
East
Alexander Street
J.C. Jaquet
Lurleen
Aritison
M. E. Garrigan
William Jarnigan
Wiliam Jernigan
Suayon
Della Jarnigan
Crew Street
Barclay & Brandon
Roberta Doyle
Seligman
Daniel
Daniel’s
Peachtree St
Silk
Daniel Bros. Company
Trepiye
Mrs. Brown
Baby
Powder CO
Swoboda
Mrs. Astor
Pacific Coast
Woek
Ses
Tenn
Jobbery
Carolina
Portland Cement Co
Alana Ge
Charteston
Acksonville
Birmingham
New Orieang
Magubla Stove & Range Co
Edgewood Ave
Ivy
Steve and Hage
Forrest
George Adair
Weyman & Connors
Trust Co. of
FOOTE
Davies Company
Dunson & Gay
Equitable
Colonial Trust Company
State OF
Fulton County
H. C. Graday
Asid Bank
O-Graddy
James C. Williams, JR
the Securit
Risnrveries
Y State Bank
Grariaes Profite
Jess
H. C. Graddy
Security State Bank
Lodge
Palestine
Masonic Temple
Arch Elkin
W. M David
Shumaker
Bok
Jadge
Shoala Avenue
Glenwood Avenue
Lerayelves
AL Mae
Tom Connally
C Burks
Atterrs
Ernigan
Joel Hunter, & CO
NEAL
Neal Institute
Keeley Taethutel
Woodward Ave
J. Conway
Neal Institutes
Citissley
Lincoln
Lee
Grant
Forsy
Keith
McIntyre and
Heath
GRAND
Irrestainie
Patuty Tattie
Artin Marglehite Clark
Papaiat Clamor
Comedienne
Uperd Comedienne
Onav Zoguntie
Renulte
Evel
Nesta
Gil
Mina Clark
Aare Rew Pictures
Kathlyn Williams
Terenc
Vaudette
Willard Macken
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