Georgia board to meet on drug treatment plan
Georgia state board of health calls a February Atlanta meeting to discuss a $10000 appropriation for treating drug addicts. Attendees include Dr H J Williams and Gov Harris. details focus solely on treatment methods with reporters possibly admitted.
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Georgia
General Assembly
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Dor H J Williams
Macon
Itine Covernor Nave
Harris
C L Tilsley
Ofce
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Tinsley Bray
Tinsley
Board of Health Office
H B Harzig
New York
Harria Ja
Philadelphia
Washington
Blulucetog
National Capital
Britt Overstreet Mortally Wounded in Courthouse Square Duel
Statesboro Georgia resident Britt Overstreet was mortally wounded in a duel with City Marshal Aleck Kemp on the courthouse square. Overstreet was shot three times, including a right cheek wound, as Kemp fired multiple shots in the confrontation sparked by an old grudge.
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Sytranta
Hbritt Overstreet
Statesboro
Aleck Kemp
Overstreet
Erutieet
Reconstruction Days In Georgia Described For School Children
Several hundred school children gathered in the house of representatives to hear Professor J C Kerry discuss Reconstruction Days in Georgia. The lecture was part of a medal competition by the Atlanta chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, open to sixth and seventh grade students and to city and county high school pupils. John Ho Ransom chairs the medal committee, with awards to be presented to 2000 medals. last year 4000 essays were submitted.
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Everal
House of Representatives
J CG Kerry
Georgia
Atlanta
Daughters of the Confederacy
John Ho Ransom
Gramer School
County High Hools
Berri Tiday
Georgia Day At The Capitol Juvenile Day Observed
Georgia day activities at the state capitol included visits by boys and girls from many schools to explore departments and see how work is done. A large afternoon meeting in the House of Representatives featured an address under Daughters of the Confederacy auspices attracting hundreds.
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Georgia
State Capitol
Cta
Capitol
House of Representatives
Daughters of the Confederacy
Forger and Sneak Thief Charm Atlanta Benefit Play
Alias Jimmy Valentine benefit production at the Atlanta theater February 24 stars Blinky Davis as a forger and Dick the hat as a sneak thief. Walter Lee Craw and Brooks Lovelace lead the amateur cast with notable regional players and press figures aiding the charity staged show.
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Atharacters
Faul Armstrongs
Fanta Police
Atlanta
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Walter Lee Craw
Brooks Lovelace
Bhnks
Wardens Ofnce
Sing Sing
Blinky
Dick Makiig
Avanta
Alias Jimmy Valentine
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Walter Conk
Miss Livena
Home of P. D. Cheek Rifled by Burglars
Burglars rifled the home of P. D. Cheek at 14 South Ashby Street late Sunday after Mrs Cheek left Friday morning. Entry by door. valuables taken include a platinum and pearl lavalhere, two rings, a revolver, several suits and costumes. Police listing efforts to catch the burglars.
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Ashby Street
Mra Cheeke
Mellen to be Called in the Brandens Case
Washington February 31 Charles S Mellen former president of the New Haven railroad will be asked by the ducalosary subcommittee of the senate next week in connection with its inquiry into the nomination of Lowa “Db Branden” to the supreme court The committee decided today to ask Mr Mellen to testify after they examined testimony offered yesterday by W Barron of Heston who de lieved that Wr Branders had once been Fired to withom wrecking the New Haven railroad The committee decided to request Mr Mellen to come to Washington and bring any material he may have bearing on these
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Charles S Mellen
New Haver Railroag
Senate
Lowa
Db Branden
Supreme Court
Mellin
W Barron
Heston
Wr Branders
New Haven
Mellen
Washington
Thase
Colonel Bouldin Returns From Athens Trials
Col Briscoe Bouldin revenue agent returns from Athens where he attended trials of 100 moonshiners in U S district court before Judge Newman. He has investigated illicit stills in Kentucky Tennessee and North Georgia for about 40 years, saying the Georgia scene is no different.
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Huscoe R. Bouldin
Athens
United States District Court
Newman
Bouldin
Kentucky
Tennessee
North
Georgia
Capitalists Visit Georgia to Inspect Lands for Big Farms
A Cleveland and Chicago group of capitalists will tour Georgia next week to inspect tracts near Albany and Valdosta for potential heavy investments. Led by Judge Hawkins of Cleveland, the party will meet Georgia landowners in Macon and consult with farm experts including R G DeLoach of Griffin. If land is acquired they plan to spend at least 1 6 00 9 00 in Georgia and install modern farming machinery and buildings.
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Chicago
Thas State
Georgia
Albany
Valdoste
D Judgkhins
Atlante
Macon
R G DeLoach
State Experiment Station
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E P M Burney Heads Commercial Exchange
The Atlanta Commercial exchange was organized yesterday afternoon in the Healey building. Capital is 2500 with potential growth to 500000, all stock paid in. Originating with the Taylor Commission company, officers include E P M Burney as president and Clyde King as first vice president. Directors include J H Taylor, Clyde King, and multiple cotton and grain business figures, forming a new exchange patterned after Memphis New York and New Orleans.
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Healey
Memphis
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HP McBurney
Clyde King
W L Fain
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G ‘Taylor
HH Watking
T J Brooke
Joseph Cregg
Jor Its Jr
Frank M Inman
Robert Dmyihn
Georgs C_ Spier
William Butler
Les Ashcraft
McKee
Lamar
Georgia Republicans clash over Johnson party unity thrusts
Hugh McKee at Republican headquarters disputes Roscoe Pickett on party aims in Georgia. McKee accuses Pickett of ignorance and asserts Johnson forces seek realignment through conciliatory methods. The piece also notes Muscogee and Marion county talks on a Senate swap and Harrell's bid for Southwestern Circuit solicitor.
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Walton Street
Roscoe Pickett
Georgia
Hemarka
Pickett
Tla
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Jackson Pickett
Bil Pickett
Wilson nominates Janvier as postmaster for New Orleans
President Wilson announced on February 11 his nomination of Charles Janvier to serve as postmaster in New Orleans, specifying a key federal appointment amid ongoing administrative reshuffles.
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Wilson
Janvier
Washington
Charles Janvier
New Orleans
Tribute Paid Memory of Booker T Washington
New York February 11 tribute to the memory and achievements of the late Booker T Washington was paid by leaders in negro educational work at a memorial meeting at Carnegie hall under Tuskegee Institute. Seth Low presided. Major Robert R Moton and others eulogized Washington, noting his uplift efforts and early challenges establishing Tuskegee.
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New York
Booker T Washington
Carnegie Hal
Tuskegee Institute
Purely Vegetable Blood Remedy Promoted by Swift Specific Co
A misformed ad touts Yes, Purely Vegetable Blood Remedy promising to purge poisons from blood and treat rheumatism catarrh scrofula skin ulcers and other blood disorders. It claims to be nonmineral and universally recognized and invites letters to Swift Specific Co Atlanta Georgia.
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Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Georgia
Muscogee Pushes Plan For Senate Terms In District
A visiting Muscogee county leader outlined a plan to shift senatorial terms in the district. Cheetahoochee and Marion would name a senator only half as often as Muscogee, which seeks to waive its upcoming term in favor of Marion. If approved, Muscogee would name the next senator for two consecutive terms, leveraging influence during the senate presidency to push for support in the following session.
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Brick
S. Miver
House of Representatives
Atlanta
Muscogee County
Cheetahoochee and
Marion
Muzcogee
Muscogee
Buford Boy Killed by Fall From Train
Ten year old Jewell Shadburn of Buford Georgia fell from a Southern Railway freight train this afternoon and died shortly after the accident. The incident occurred in Buford and authorities described the fall as fatal. The boy was the son of Norman Shadburn and the case is reported as a tragic train accident in this special from Buford.
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Buford Boy
Buford, Ga
Jewell
Norman Shadburn
Buford
Southern Road
Secident
Stredded Wheat cereal promoted for all ages
An advertisement touts Stredded Wheat as the purest and most nutritious cereal. It claims tested superiority for youngsters and adults, calling it a life source of wheat in a digestible form. Endorses use at breakfast or with milk or cream, produced at Niagara Falls, New York.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
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