Postmaster General Hitchcock Sees Postal Reforms Proposed
Washington February 4 Postmaster General Hitchcock's annual report suggests reducing some parcel post rates and increasing the weight limit beyond 17 pounds. It urges civil pensions for postal workers, higher second class rates, and consolidation of third and fourth classes to allow parcel post forwarding of books and papers. The report highlights a $45,000,000 savings in postal operations and details finances, savings banks expansion, and outlook for a larger, self supporting system as deposits rise toward $80,000,000.
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Washington
Postmaaster
Aitchcock
Aome Parcel Post
Parcel Post
Hiteacovis Bare India
Mary
Pratal
Portal Savings
Pratal Savings
Clese
Anu
Postal
Arcuuots
Graia
Ihnwater
IU 1
Feneral
Justice Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Post Offics Department
Keteral
Jattars
von Rresamen
Wnd
Postottion Department
Mall
Mallvonds
Witchcock
Repor
Tt Fa
Put Your Surplus Earnings in Diamonds
Diamonds are promoted as a superior investment with claims of high annual gains and contrast to bank savings. The advertisement touts diamonds outperforming 1900 prices, promising 11 to 172 percent annual increases and a 302 percent edge over savings interest, alongside monthly payment plans and a booklet detailing prices and facts.
Parcel Post Reform Aims to Expand Service and Cut Costs
A government report argues parcel post should raise weight limits and consolidate third and fourth class mail to simplify rates. It urges extending service, expanding scope, and reducing costs while noting proposed rate tweaks for second class mail and calls to end franking for official mail.
Presbyterians Meet in Atlanta Thursday
Telegates from twenty three counties surrounding Atlanta gather for the Presbyterial conference to be held February 6 and 7 at Westminster Presbyterian Church. The opening program features Rev. J. S. Lyons and Rev. E L F P Williams. Friday includes evangelistic condition discussions and a benevolent survey with closing address by Lyons. Notables include Rev I S McElroy of Columbus Iowa and Mr C rowland of Athens.
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Atlanta
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Westminster
Lyons Gn
Christan
I. 8. McElroy
Columbus, Ia
Ca. Rtowland
Athens
Georgians in New York Honor State Founder
Georgians in New York held a midweek reception at the Pura to honor the state's founder. About 250 attendees wore white carnations for President McLinney's birthday anniversary. supper followed at midnight. The year book was presented, with a page for Titanic heroes Isidore Straus Archibald W. Bute and Jacques Fue trelle. Guests included William de Herborn Washington and Mrs Katy J Foster of Shreveport.
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New York
Pura
Tech Bible Class Holds Second Business Meeting
Last Friday evening the Tech Bible Class of North Avenue church met at 446 Spring Street for its second business meeting of the year. Officers and committee chairs reported a prosperous period, followed by a social with a Soto sung in Spanish by Bobby Pardy and a closing chorus.
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Tech Binte
North Avenue
7. Fagan
Spring Street
Bobby Pardy
T. B.C
Underwood Typewriters for Rent at 52 North Broad Street
Rental listing for Underwood typewriters from the Underwood Office located at 52 North Broad Street. Available machines include standard models for office use with rental terms and contact details.
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Underwood
North Broad Street
UNKNOWN FRIEND ON SICKLES BOND FUND RAISER
An unnamed ally reportedly helps General Danial Sickles amid an $84,000 shortage tied to a monument fund. Sheriff Harburger and State Comptroller Lohmer plan a letter to 160 sheriff's jurors asking private contributions. Renowned figures like Carnegie and Rockefeller are named as potential contributors along with Confederate veteran widow Helen D. Lonsatreet spurring support.
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Danial 5
Sickles
New York State
Monument Commission
Harburger
Lohmer
Sheriff's Jury
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Jacob H. Schiff
James Speyer
John Rockefeller
August Belmont
J. T. Morgan
Vincent Aster
Helen D. Lonsatreet
St Guinerville
Dr Walker’s First Year Ends as He Pastors First Presbyterian
Die Vugh J Walker marks one year as pastor of First Presbyterian with a morning sermon on church needs and past work. He recently arrived from Los Angeles and has earned broad respect as a forceful, scholarly speaker. Next Sunday begins his second year as a capacity crowd is expected.
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Vugh J. Walker
First Presbyterian Direc
Ter. Walker
Muanty
Los Angeles
Tin
Fast Mightor Walker
Abraham
Starnes Delivers St Francis Legend At Organ Recital
Dr. Percy J. Starnes performed a Sunday organ recital featuring Tischs St Francis Preaching to the Birds as the centerpiece. A large audience admired the mystical pieces and the Avanti Music Festival showcase, with Weber and Offenbach selections and other classics drawing strong applause.
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Tisch
St. Francis
Percy J. Starnes
Anandation
Th. Starnes
Weber
Ofen- Bach
Hoffman
Lemmens
Lie
Tift Truck Growers Plan to Cooperate
The Tift County Truck Growers association held a meeting in Tifton on Saturday with strong attendance. Discussions covered varieties, fertilizers, seed selection, and marketing. A seed-purchasing committee was formed to secure low prices. Members report cabbage ready, many planting tomatoes, and plans for centralized crate shipments. Eighty seven acres in vegetables were noted, with increases in Irish potatoes and about seventy five acres in cantaloupes and watermelons planned by members.
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Tifton
Tift County Truck Growers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Veterans defend Sickles despite embezzlement case
Confederate veterans across New York and Cobb County denounce the idea of paying to save General Daniel E. Sickles from trial. A Marietta camp letter signed by J. Gid Morris and Elam Curriellan expresses enduring loyalty to Sickles and his wartime allies, urging continued support for the widow rather than aiding him.
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Mra
Helen D. Longstreet
Daniel E. Sickles
Pia
New York
Marietta
J. Gid Mor|ris
Elam Curiellan
Long
Gettysburg
Cobb County
Daniel
Imew York
Underwood Typewriter Office Offers High-Grade Stenographers
The Underwood Typewriter office can furnish high grade stenographers and directs inquiries to Miss Hitt by phone.
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Underwood Typewriter
English Glasses Ad by Moore & Sons at 42 North Broad
English glasses are heavy and clumsy on the nose but Jnv L Moore & Sons offer glasses that fit well as if grown on the face. Expert service is provided daily by Ina L Moore & Sons at 42 North Broad Street in the Grant Building.
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Jnv. L. Moore & Sons
Ina
Moore & Sons
North Broad Street
Grant Building
60 Cases On Docket Of The City Court
The criminal division of the city court opens a two weeks term with sixty cases slated for trial, most inmates facing multiple charges. One day lists thirty two trials as Judge Andrew EB Calhoun presides on the second floor of the Thrower building while Judge L Roan sits in Dekalb county.
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Andrew EB. Calhoun
Thrower
L. &. Roan
Superior Court
Roan
Dota Als
Dekalb
Legalized Sin: Four Sins In Hearts At Calvary
Dr. Dunbar Ogden warned that legalized power reveals the worst form of sin as hypocrisy, indifference, denunciation, and oppression. Speaking in Atlanta after a Mis sissippi revival, he linked clergy bigotry to the crucifixion era and warned of state sanctioned sin.
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Dunbar Ogden
Atlanta
Misalgaippi
State University
Oxford
Ogden
Cross of Calvary
Dr. Ogden
Christ
Demand Grows for Fertilizer Tags in Georgia
Demand for fertilizer tags surges in Georgia as the state requires every bag of commercial fertilizer sold to bear a tag. Officials anticipate record use in 1912 driven by warm weather and heavy rains, with soil surveys planned across counties to guide plant food needs and fertilizer proportions for better crops.
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Georgia
Georgia State Department of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
Powder storage defense by Taylor after blast injury
J T Taylor of Vedado 89 and W N Tumblin defend storing blasting powder in a barn at Spring and Sixteenth streets to aid ongoing improvements. They say the powder had been there three months and was kept 489 feet from residences to prevent danger. Warren Gilbert, a boy playing with friends, was badly burned when a blasting powder can exploded and is treated at Atlanta hospital.
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J. T. Taylor
Vedado Way
W. N. Tumblin
Bpring
Sixteenth Streets
Warren Gilbert
Mr. Taylor
Gilbert
Atlanta
Farmers Preparing for Spring Planting in Thomasville Ge
The January finish shows unusually active farm work as warm weather allowed no work days lost. County fields are ready for planting with farmers optimistic about a diverse set of crops this season. Experienced growers report diversification to boost profits.
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Thomanville
Best Jellico Four Fifty Fulton Goal Company
Best Jellico price four fifty. Fulton Goal Company. Both phones M one five two two.
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Fulton Goal Company
Congress Prints Talk by Miss Rutherford
Athens Ga February 2 Special For the first time in US history a complete address by a woman was published in The Congressional Record. Georgia woman Mildred Lewis Rutherford historian general of the United Daughters of the Confederacy presented her Washington talk on the Souths role and correcting fallacies. Printed in full in the 21st January House Proceedings per remarks by Rep Tribble of the Eighth Georgia.
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Athens
United States
Georgia
Misa Mildred Lewis Rutherford
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Washington
House
J. Tribble
House of
Fumes of gasoline cause Slack’s death in tank
Brunswick Ga February 2 Special York Lee two men entered a large gasoline tank to clean it out after removing all the fuel. They found one worker lying unconscious and dead at the bottom, overcome by gasoline fumes. The man was nearly white when removed from the tank.
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Brunswick
York Lee
Fisher Defends Government Irrigation Policy
Secretary Fisher replies to Dr. B Galloway's attack on irrigation in arid regions denying the claim that no long continued successful irrigation exists. He seeks to show the necessity and growth of irrigation in the United States and its crop results and civic benefits, defending the $74 million reclamation investment and stressing no grounds for alarm about reclamation future.
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Washington
Fisher
House
B. Galloway
Bureau of Plant Industry
Mos
Gallaway
Wilson
United States
Galloway
Raw cotton exports surge to India and China in 1912
Washington reports record US trade with Asia in 1912 with imports from Asia and Oceania reaching 298 million dollars and exports to the region at 190 million. The shift includes sending 36 million pounds to India and 14 million to China, while Japan takes about 209 million pounds. The rise follows little prewar export to these markets.
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Washington
United States
Asia
Oceania
India
China
Japan
Orient
Philippines
Atlanta Plans for Sanitary Progress in 1913
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce outlines aims to improve sanitation in the city during 1913. Committees will tackle sanitary problems, school medical and dental exams, and safeguarding Atlanta milk supplies with pure milk depots. Dr A Visanska leads milk safety study, eyeing positive results by year end.
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Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
A. Visanska
Lves
Auanta
Board of Education
Tilg
LaGrange Delegates Leave for Southern Baseball League
LaGrange Georgia February 2 Hon W A Holmes and Da F M Ridley Jr depart LaGrange Monday for Analston to attend the organization meeting of the old Southern baseball league where LaGrange is slated to have a place. Holmes is among LaGrange's wealthiest men and Ridley a leading physician, showing strong local backing for the association this year.
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LaGrange
Pey
W. A. Holmes
da F. M. Rid.ey, Jr
Analston
Old Southern Baseball League
Holmes
Ridley
Baseball Association
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