Gillette will seeds aid for Girls High and Cornell University
Miss Florence Gillette died recently and left a will probated in Georgia naming scholarships in the Girls High school and at Cornell University. The estate includes significant holdings in Georgia and New York worth about 15000 dollars. Provisions allocate funds to monuments, a cemetery lot, and multiple educational scholarships, with major shares to be split between the Girls High School, the University of Chicago and Nashville and other institutions. Hamilton Douglas, the executor, plans to go to New York to guard the interests of the beneficiary. The will faces possible validity in New York due to age rules and differing state laws.
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Florence Gilette
Cornell University
New York
Miss Gillette
Freida
Girls’ High School
Georgia
Westview Cemetery Company
Atlanta
Geome
Hamillton Douglas
Ta Cornell University
Olin G Giett
Girls” High School
University of Nashville
Chicago
Uke
Catherine S Gilcutt
Cyrus Spencer
Birringham
Emma Humphries
West End
Hamilton Douglas
New
The Wise Dog and the Proud Wordmonger
An illustrated dog tale from Harper's Magazine recalls a mother collie who could charm strangers with lofty words. The narrator notes her showy education and quick wit, using a dictionary tone to mystify and amuse her canine audience at gatherings.
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Harper's Magazine
Hall
Delightful Trip acquaint St Augustine via Southern Railway
A daylight train from Atlanta on the Chicago and Florida Special departs at 40 a.m. and a second from Atlanta on the Florida Limited departs at 50 p.m. Both run through to Jacksonville and St Augustine with dining car service.
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St Augustine
Southern Railway
Chicago
Florida
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Chicago in Ashes Then and Now Weeps Sackcloth
Edward F. Younger recalls Chicago’s 1871 fire and the Iroquois Theater tragedy. He contrasts the city’s recovery with the current despair, detailing survivors' horror, maternal losses, schoolteacher deaths, hysteria, thefts amid救, heroism, and the uneasy search for meaning in a mourning metropolis.
Porto Rico Legislature Backs 5 Million Loan Measure
In San Juan on January 10 the Porto Rico Legislature signals support for a $5,000,000 loan to farmers. The better class assures the house of representatives it will back the measure while opponents in the Americana council press economy objections and threaten to kill all American measures including the general appropriation.
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Porto Rico
San Juan
Hunts
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Farmera
Americana
House
Bent to the Asylum Again Montgomery, Ala
B R Knox a prominent young white man in this city was carried to the insane asylum at Tuskegee this morning. He is related to leading county families and has been an inmate before but was released as cured. He has been attacked again and is now held in the county jail awaiting necessary papers for re admission.
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Montgomery
Ale
B. R. Knox
Tussatoosa
Knox
Martin Makes Annual Address To Macon Chamber
Honk I. Martin president of the Macon chamber of commerce delivers the annual address praising growing membership, federal building funding and the auditorium project. He highlights annexation, river navigation, rail concessions, Greater Georgia push and eager investor inquiries from the north, projecting Macon as a thriving city with factories and improved prospects.
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E. C. Bruffey
Constitution Bureau
Second Street
Macon
Honk I. Martin
Macon Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Georgia
Martin
Congress
Varlova
States Court House
Huguenin Heights
Vintyitle
Pleasant HU
Ocmulgee
Business Men's League
Macons
Greater Georgia
Greater Georgia Association
North East
North
Greater North
Eugene Anderson
Hos
Welcomed the New Minister in Montgomery Alabama
The Rev. Dr. J. W. Shoaff, new Dexter Avenue Methodist minister formerly of Opelika, was welcomed in Montgomery on January 10. Several city congregations joined in services with a special programme to greet the minister.
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Montgomery
Ala
J. W. Shoaff
Dexter
Motion Filed in Harris Case and Other Local Matters
Attorney S C Crane representing John Harr i seeks a new trial claiming jurors were misled by perjured testimony from Margaret Rees and other factors. Separately Georgia Bridge Company petition seeks incorporation for 25 year term with capital up to 25 000. Ida Quinn alimony case awards 88 monthly until child turns 16. county physician succession noted amid ongoing county care.
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S C Crane
John Harri
Balrday
Superior Court
Roan
IL Ty
Supreme Court
Te Ie
Mt 1A
George I Crafts
Pton Coveins
The
Georgia Bridge Company
Ure
Ida Quinn
John HH Quinn
New South Side Postoffice Station Inspected And Praised
Assistant Superintendent George L Wood of the salary and allowance division of the post office department in Washington inspected station FB the new south side post office in Atlanta and found it satisfactory in every respect He recommends a five year lease covering the entire post office area with heating and equipment The building owner is Mrs Dilse Adler and the lease is negotiated by her son William Adler Wood praises the station as the finest and most complete in the south and expects it to improve mail service The post office may handle 875000 in stamps next year matching totals of major city main offices and Wood commends Postmaster EF Blodgett for his administration He arrived Friday night and will depart after further inspections.
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George L Wood
Postofice Department
Washington
New Southside
Dilse Adler
Welns
William Adler
South
Wood
Atlanta
Atlanta Postoffice
aManta
Jester Company Offers Free High-Grade Tailor Birdings
For Monday only EB C Jester Company will furnish high grade tailoring Birdings absolutely free of charge. Regular price $10 for tailoring comes in first class style. Spring tailor cloths in novelties homespuns meltons and worsteds. Reg price 317.60.
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EB. C. Jester Company
Ith
Big University to Be Decided at Atlanta Meeting
A January 10 gathering in Atlanta will decide if Presbyterian colleges from Clarksville Tennessee and Columbia South Carolina should relocate to Atlanta and form a unified university. Twenty one commissioners from seven southern synods will weigh removal rights and funding as a candidate for the new site.
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Atlanta
Presbyterian University
South
Presbyterian
Southern Pressbyterian University
Clark White
Tenn
Colum
Origieal Seminary
Columbia
Presbyterian Church
Central Presbyterian Church
South Carolina
W G Neville
McKay
Sam Inman
Florida
J T Anderson
3. Z. Yvererr
Donald Mathewson
Mississippi
Chisholm
Heddieston
Calvin Wells
Louisiana
W M Alexander
Edward Mack
D W Pipes
Tennessee
W M. Anderson
F HL Lacy
W. M. McCraa
Family Narrowly Escapes Fire at Elberton Home
In Elberton Georgia last night the elephant home of Z A Tate burned completely destroying the structure and all contents. The family barely escaped unharmed. Insurance details are not known.
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Elberton Ga
Z A Tate
Elberton
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