Sparta Church Built 1805 Destroyed by Fire
Sparta Ga February 2 Special The Sparta Methodist church built in 1805 and remodeled several times was finally destroyed by a fire this afternoon caused by a defective stove flue The Woman's Missionary Society had just adjourned from the building Insurance coverage listed at 1000 dollars The building was dearly valued by the Methodists.
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Sparta
Sparta Methodist
The
Woman's Missionary Society
Central of Georgia Strike Ties Up Savannah Boiler Makers
Fifty three boiler makers employed by the Central of Georgia railroad in Savannah went on strike over a proposed 13 percent wage increase. The railroad cites reduced gross receipts and offers no raise, while workers reworked as ordered.
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Savannah
Becaues
Central of Georgia
Fire Passes Through Valdosta Home. Family Escapes
In Valdosta Georgia on February 2 a house owned by J W McDonald burned completely while he was away. Mrs McDonald woke to flames covering the roof and managed to save her three children before the roof fell in. Insurance partly covers the loss.
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Valdosta
J. W. McDonald
Feruary
New Jersey Pack Co Receiver Named in Mexico Venture
The Mexican National Packing Company, a New Jersey corporation controlled by English investors, failed with assets around 87 million. Henry Da Kay was appointed receiver by Judge Lanning in New Jersey, due to funds tied up in the Mexico City branch banking company. The British and Mexican Trust, Limited, holds about 6 million of bonds and two thirds of the stock, with a 12.5 million mortgage and 2 million floating debt. Incorporated in 1902 as United States Packing Company, renamed in 1906, the firm operates slaughterhouses in Mexico under government concessions.
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New York
National Packing Company
New Jersey Corporation
Republic of Mexico
Henry da Kay
Lanning
United States Circuit Court
New Jersey
United States Banking Company
Mexico City
Mortgraga
England
British and Mexican Trust, Limited
London
United States Packing Company
Understanding with Germany on Tariff Issue Nearing Final
The State Department announced that a final understanding between the United States and Germany on the tariff issue is likely by tomorrow evening with a public announcement then. Officials held talks with the German ambassador and later met with tariff board members and the chiefs of the bureau of trade relations.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Germany
Tariff Board
Bureau of Trade Relations
Atlanta Chamber Seeks Repeal of Oleomargarine Tax
Directors of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce unanimously adopt resolutions urging repeal of the 10 cent per pound federal tax on oleomargarine. The measure faults the tax for reducing revenue and raising butter prices, and asks Georgia’s congressional delegation to support Rep. Burleson’s repeal effort.
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Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Burleson
Texas
Washington
Georgia
Congress
Committee On Health
Wilmer L. Moore
Wiley
United States
South
Lhw. Whey
United States Bureau of Chemistry
Chamber of Commerce
Iour
Young Women's Christian Association Gulf States Convention in Athens
Athens Ga February 2 Special The annual convention of the Young Women's Christian Association of the Gulf states will be held here February 10 13 An estimated two to three hundred delegates are expected Miss Mildred Rutherford chairs the Gulf States committee and along with local officers has arranged an engaging program Educational institutions from the gulf states will send six to twelve delegates and many prominent women will attend and speak The convention will be at the First Baptist church Speakers include Miss Mary George White Dr Dunbar Ogden Miss Rutherford and Miss Celeste Parrish
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Athens
Young Women's Christian Association of the
Gulf States
Mildred Rutherford
First Baptist Church
Mary George White
Student Volunteer Movement
Dunbar Ogden
Atlanta
Mildred, Rutherford
Celeste Parrish
Weather shifts to rain and colder spell forecast
The forecast warns rain and a drop in temperatures today as a cold front moves through. From the west, weather reports indicate a period of heavy precipitation followed by a clearing period and return to cooler conditions.
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Sweather Bureau
Weather Churns North as Mercury Sinks in Nevada
A fragmented account notes a sinking thermometer near Winnemucca Nevada and a polarly driven weather map. A high pressure ridge in Georgia Alabama and the Carolinas meets a low in the Mississippi valley while a cold front sweeps the country. A physician anecdote closes the fragment with a missed stop alighting story.
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Winnemucea
Nev
Miarissippi
Georgle
Alabama
Carolinas
Important Hang Schedule Via Seaboard
Schedule updates list trains through Seaboard line with altered arrival and departure times. Cedartown to Atlanta 9:30 a.m. No 82 arrives 12:00 noon instead of 1:10 p.m. Headed east at 12:46 p.m. instead of 12:20 p.m. No 82 to Birmingham and Memphis departs with adjusted times. Cedartown return arrival from West Peabody unclear due to damaged text.
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Itown
Atlanta
Cedartown
Birmingham
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Atlanta, GA
Third National Bank
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