Covington Sees Bright Prospects for New Year
Covington Georgia begins 1909 with a larger outlook as mayor-elect Cheariea G. Smith leads a progressive plan. He promises waterworks sewerage, a new auditorium at the college, a new Baptist church, a memorial church at Oxford, and a Sunday school annex. The town’s major enterprises include Porterdale Mill, Covington Cotton Mill, a Terre linked mill, and a new buggy factory. Population around 5,000, housing surging as D. A. Thompson develops land and more homes rise rapidly.
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Covington
Cheariea G. Smith
Georgia Enterprise
Georgia
Atlanta
Augusta
Oxford
Midway
Smith
Porterdale
Bibb Manufacturing Company
Covington Cotton Mill
N. Turner
Head Thin
Three Big Negro Sisters Aggregate 775 Pounds
Perry Georgia January 2 Special Houston county notes unusually large trio of women weighing 775 pounds in total at F M Hanson's store Lula McKenzie 318 Lizzie Chapman 242 and Mattie Jackson 214 former names Johnson all healthy with large families.
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Perry
Houston County
F M Hanson
Lula McKenzie
Lizzie Chapman
Mattie Jackson
Johnson
Savannah girl not at Messina
Savanonah Georgia January 2 Special Miss Lucy Chisholm daughter of Mrs KE I Chisholm 205 Weldburg street east Savannah sailed from New York November 28 and her party planned to reach Messina via Naples before the quake but changed course to home relatives feared she perished cablegram later said she was safe she had called from Naples for Sicily to reach Messina on the day before the disaster and it was believed she did so
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Savanonah
Lucy Chisholm
Rome
Haly
KE I Chisholm
Weldburg Street
Thin City
Ming Chisholm
New York
Mesania
Exciting chase on river ends with fugitive escape
Savannah January 2 Spacia D H Heyward a Bluffton officer chased M Jenkins colored for stealing $200 after sighting him crossing the river in a rowboat from the steamer Seagate. The officer pursued in a batteau but Jenkins outdistanced and escaped before the Seagate docked. The river chase drew a crowd of around a hundred spectators.
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Savannah
D. H. Heyward
Bluffton
M. Jenkins
Jenkins
Seagate
Wedding Silver Assurance and Honest Pricing
A local retailer promotes wedding silver and other silver items as first quality with correct style. They guarantee reliability, saying they won’t risk their good name on inferior goods and emphasize a strict one price policy offering competitive, right prices.
Weather Today Sees Warmth Rise Across Region
Partly cloudy conditions as temperatures edge upward due to a dominant high pressure system covering the eastern half of the country. A pleasant warming trend continues with mild afternoon temperatures and light winds.
The Virginia and Maryland roast and electric boot shine craze
The excerpt notes a novelty electric boot shining device praised by a Gopher and Lilian Russell preparing love letters. It reports a 53 degree temperature reading and cites the January 2 sentencing of Whan Chang, the Korean shooter of Durham White Steven, to twenty five years in San Quentin.
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Virginia
Maryland
Lilian Russell
Stevens
San Francisco
Whan Chang
Durham White Steven
State
San Quentin
Worth County Offers Possums for Taft Dinner
Worth County through Judge Frank Park Sylvester Ga wires the possum committee Atlanta offering 100 fresh fat possums for TJ Taft dinner. The committee accepts. Park notes his hunter record and Georgia hospitality. The item envisions possums on taters as a possible menu, with supplies exchanged for persimmon beer and taters if needed.
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Worth County
That County
Frank Park
Wylvester
Constitution
C. E. Caverly
Mall R. Wilkinson
Ylvester
C —& Caverly
M. R. Wilkinson
Atlanta
Sylvester
Park
la Grange
Troup County
Rfe Park
Old Field School
Albany
Superior Court of Georgia
Jana
Worth
Judge Park
Georgia
Chamber of Commerce
Longino Re-elected Mayor in Fairburn Fifth Term
Fairburn Ga January 2 Special Hon John T Longino yesterday was elected to a fifth term as mayor of Fairburn without opposition. Born in Campbell county in 1870 he earned an MD in 1893 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Atlanta and later represented the county in the 1904-05 legislature.
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Fairpurn
Fairburn
John T. Longinee
Campbell County
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Atlanta
Longino
Industrial Education Ignites South's Economic Hope
Dr. Thomas Jones of Hampton Institute argues southern economic growth rests on industrial education for white and black youth. He notes vast southern resources, calls immigration a limited remedy, and cites Tuskegee and Hampton graduates boosting yields and industry. He urges practical skill formation over new settlements.
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Jones
South
Thomas Jose Jones
Hampton Institute
Waterfalle
Miller School
Virginia
Macon County
Alabama
Tuske- Bee 18
Tuskegee
Hampton
Blakatore
John B Pierce
Iates Enery
Ar Industen
Industrial Schoola
Oly
Caloun
Amazon
Dean Sour
Henry W Graay
Hiltops
Shake-up Probable In Floyd Officials
Rome Ga January 2 Special Professor W G Connor member elect of the Floyd county board commission who announced he would not qualify to serve as a member has changed his mind and will qualify Monday to serve his full term The withdrawal left the board deadlocked with four members expected to be equally divided Connor joined with two new members Massra W M Gammon and T E Bridges likely creating an entirely new set of officers including county attorney clerk of the board county physician and superintendent of the chain gang to be elected
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W. C. Connor
Rome
W. G Connor
Floyd County Board Commission.org
Connor
Professor Connor
Massra
W. M. Gammon
T. E. Bridges
Chain Gang
Pioneer Campbell County Doctor Seeks State Senate
Dr Longing devoted his life to Campbell County medicine after graduation and established a thriving pharmacy in Paiburn, expanding to a larger store. He serves as director of Fairburn Banking Co and of the Fairburn and Allania Railway and Electric Co, with broad local backing to represent the thirty sixth district in the state senate when Campbell County’s turn arrives.
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Campbell County
Paiburn
Fairburn Banking Company
Fairburn and
Allania Railway and Electric Company
First New Year Baby Born on Third Avenue Elevated
One of the first 1907 babies born in New York entered the world at the Third Avenue elevated station at Sixty-seventh Street. Mrs Eliza Christian, 23, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, on her way to a hospital, was accompanied by her brother when the birth occurred. An ambulance quickly arrived as the newborn cried loudly.
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New York
Third Avenue
Sixty-seventh Street
Eliza Christian
Elizabeth
N. J
Americus levies $200 tax on near beer sales
Americus Georgia. Special report notes council meeting where a $200 license tax on near beer dealers was imposed. The action threatens most shops, with only a few likely to remain in business. Hon Jy Sheppard elected city attorney after contest. all department heads reelected including city engineer fire chief and streets superintendent. Some dealers may reopen under Confederate veterans free license.
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Americus
Jy Sheppard
Boils Pimples And Blackheads Cure Claim Promises
Print package offers free trial of Stuarts Calcium Wafers claiming to purify blood and clear skin fast. Advertises calcium sulfide purifiers, lung cleansing support, and quick results. Promptly requests name and address for a free trial, with buyers urged to visit a druggist or write F A Stuart Co Marshall Mich.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart, Brig
Marshall, Mich
Yale Coach Chosen for Cincinnati Football Team
Robert Beh of Aval, a 1908 Yale football alumnus, was unanimously selected as coach for the University of Cincinnati football team for the next season. He will attend law school events in Cincinnati next year after graduating from Yale in June.
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Barch Ix
Cincinnati
Ghia
Robert Beh
Aval
Yale
Tniversity of In Innati
Cincinenati Law Archon
Property Transfers Aggregate of Odd Deeds and Mortgages
A scrambled list of real estate transfers including warranty deeds and mortgage notes. Transactions show legals between individuals such as John T Dennis to Ans G CanMer, Loew Tlack to 1D Greenfield, and various properties on Euclid Avenue Whitehall Street and Lakewood Avenue with amounts ranging from 400 to 8800 dollars.
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John T Dennis
CanMer
Lot
Euclid Avenue
Greenfield
Whitehall
Liebman
Warren
Guford
Anning
J Hansell
Prince
Stanton Comnant
Gufford
Princeton
Kollock
Lear
Bowtevard
Knila S Redford
Central Band
Fat Bhaala Road
Mortrage Foo
T J Karnlal
Mery I. Kirmel
Lakewood Avenue
Wermanty
Holmes
Bell Street
Mosk Ty
Ridges
Wood Avenue
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WU Carly Suitcases
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