Dr J P Bowdoin Completes 25th Year as Correspondent
Dr Jos P Bowdoin, long time correspondent for The Constitution at Adairsville, marks twenty five years on the beat. A physician with public service roles including mayor and weather observer, he also edited local papers and led Masonic bodies across Georgia in a career spanning medicine, farming, and civic duty.
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Jos P. Bowdoin
The
Constitution
Adairsville
Bowdoin
Medical College
Atlanta
Adairaville
Mary B. Bib
Thin City
Blue Lodge
Grand Lodge
Old Honest School Policy in Product Statements
A business advertises sticking to plain explanations of its brands and rejects slogans like money back guarantees or try it before paying. It notes shipments come in six quarts as the smallest order with one exception, claiming reduced packing and transport costs. Six quarts delivered to your door cost the equivalent of four.
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Old Fogies
Americus Y M C A Building Nears Opening in 36,000 Build
Americus Georgia January 14 the splendid Americus Young Men's Christian Association building is complete and awaits interior furnishings before opening. Constructed of red pressed brick with oolitic limestone trim it costs 36000 with 36000 more for interior fit. The first floor holds pavlor auditorium reading room and boys department while the second floor has fourteen sleeping apartments to lease. Oliver G Harvey becomes local secretary and duties begin soon. The building was funded by local subscriptions and sits near the Carnegie Library. The Carnegie Library, a polished sandstone and gray brick structure costing 20000, is also nearing completion and reflects the city’s pride. Plans by T L Lockwood. Little and Phillips built it. The library fronts Tack non street and the interior is nearly finished. Crawford Wheatley is president. Miss Virginia Gunn serves as librarian.
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Americus
Americus Young Men's Chrelatian Association
Georgia
Pavlora
Olver G. Harvey
Cohxmtus Young Mensa Christian Association
Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
T. L Lockwood
Little & Phillips
Ioity
Iia
The
Library Association
Crawford Wheatley
Association
Misa Virginia Gunn
Ameritus
Famous Unopened Letter May Become Public Property
Washington Georgia January 16 A special report says the contents of the famous unopened letter may be disclosed to the public. Governor-elect Joseph M Brown hinted at publication after a banquet here. He said the letter was sealed to the Georgia governor and could be published when things have simmered down. Brown and his wife left for Atlanta after addressing Wilkes county at the courthouse on the rule of the people.
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Washington
Joseph M. Brown
Georgia
Ita
Brown
Georgia Railroad
Atlanta
South Georgia
Brunswick
St Mary's
Darien
Wilkes County
Court House
Lincoln and
McDuffie
Live Stock Men to Hold Meeting in Georgia
Griffin Georgia January 16 Announcement by C L Willoughby Experiment announces the fourteenth annual Georgia Dairy and Live Stock Association meeting to be held in Madison February 2 and 3 with a programme including talks by B M Rawl J S Dorman J H McCrain and C L Willoughby among others on dairy herd records breeding methods and creamery building Also note a separate benefit event at Mitchell Hotel January 22 for the local church with a diabetes demonstration and program.
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Griffin
C. L Willoughby
Georgia Dairy and Live Stock Association
Madison
South
B MH Rawl
Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington, DC
B. W. Hunt
Eatonton
Va K Risser
Blarkville
Missanne
Woc Flithouse
Weynenboro
Georgia
J. &. Dorman
Discumton
G Titrud
Berry Industrial
Pool
Rome
J. H McCrain
Ffett
Speriment Station
Experiment
G. F. Honnicutt
Atlanta
N. C. Nelson
St. Lous
C. L Wlloughby
Dairyme
Derry
Felix Willams
Villa Rice
Crewforaviie
Crewfordville
Mitchel Hotel
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges Advertisement Claims Cure
An old time ad praises Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a cure for bad breath and digestive ills. It extols charcoal from willow bark, honey, and the natural process, urging readers to buy a 28 cent package and use after meals to purify breath and aid digestion.
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Tharedal
Spain
Secheyron
Stuart
Math Yy Sree
Heitman Convicted of Bigamy in Bartow County
Henry A. Heitman a Cartersville cigar maker was tried before Judge A W Fite and found guilty of bigamy receiving a three year sentence in the Georgia penitentiary He had married Mrs Mary Smith of Cartersville and later Mrs Lillie L Baker of Florida among others He claimed his Florida wife did not know of prior marriage and wrote a letter to Judge Fite seeking clemency while detailing his tangled marriages including a Savannah marriage to Mrs Lumpkin Maddox and a May 1907 Savannah ceremony He charges his two former wives with various faults and shows affection for his present wife in the midst of the scandal.
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Cartersville
Jaugary
Henry A. Heitman
A W Fite
Bartow County
Georgia
Pen-Iteabury
Bettman
Mary Smith
Atlanta
Smith
Charles N. Smith
Florida
Lillie L. Baker
Savannah
Nortali
Heitman
Lumpkin Maddox
Waycross
Heltman
Billie L. Baker
Monroe County
A. W. Fite
Bleamiet
How to Have a Beautiful Yard
Fragments urge readers to request the Dixie Garden Handbook for southern garden plants and flowers including roses. Promotes free copy with advice on what to plant and where to buy from Chattanooga nurseries Mission Ridge, Chattanooga Tennessee.
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Chattanooga
Mission Ridge
Tenn
Jackson banks declare dividends at annual meetings
Jackson Blackholders Ment Jackson Ga January 6 special The First National Bank of Jackson at its annual meeting declared a semi annual dividend of 3 percent The same officers and directors were reelected for the ensuing year The Jackson National Bank and the Jackson Banking Company also held their annual meetings this week but the former has existed only a few months and the latter declared a dividend of 10 percent In July no dividends were declared The citys financial institutions are all one prosperous and substantial basis.
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Jackson
First National Bank of Jackson
Jackson National Bank
Jackson Banking Company
Basia
Cuthbert Port Office Sees Three Applicants Varying Plans
In Cuthbert Georgia on January 16 special coverage notes head of three applicants for the port office. Mrs J B Bussey the incumbent, a third candidate, and Charles Taunton and H J Knowles join the race. Knowles recently moved from Wisconsin and runs a local dairy business. The office has grown in salary and could use a boost to reach the next class.
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Cuthbert
J B Bussey
Ibs
Charles Taunton H J Knowles
Wisconsin
Dalary
Your Liver's Your Life Health Ad Warning
A vintage public health notice stresses preventing liver disease with Cascareta to keep the liver lively and bowels regular. It warns a dead liver leads to serious, fatal illness and urges prevention.
Aged Farmer Sentenced for Blackberry Wine Sale in Americus
Leonard Ward, a Sumter County farmer, received a fifteen day jail term for violating state prohibition by manufacturing and selling blackberry wine to neighbors. Judge Charles R. Crisp noted Ward’s sincere confession and inability to pay a fine. Ward defended his actions as customary, explaining the berries grew on his farm and many locals had done the same. He pledged to work to pay debts and keep his family fed while jailed. Ward remains in Sumter county jail as of report.
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Americus
Leonard Ward
Sumter County
America
Charles R. Crisp
Ward
Sean
Crigp
Weather Today Rainy and Cold
Rainy and cold conditions prevail across the district today as a low pressure system drifts through. Widespread fog reduces visibility and unsettled weather continues, with forecasts predicting cooler temperatures and ongoing rain showers throughout the day.
Two Bands of ONS Headache and Simmon Beer Night
A fragment describes a night with two bands of ONS headaches, private banquets, and cathedral lights. It notes many spires, Rom an candies, and a club scene. The speaker warns Simmon beer causes headaches and jokes about sobering after many shots as the temperature sits in the fifties.
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Scession
Waterworks Construction Begins in Covington Georgia
Work started on Covington waterworks after bond funds of 60 000 were reserved for thirty years. Jonn W Dickey & Co of Augusta purchased the project for 80 000, with excavations underway for the engine house and plant scope.
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Covington
Jonn W Dickey & Co
England Embraces American Books Amid Publishing Boom
London reports a surge of American titles gaining popularity in England. Publishers establish London branches as consuls push importing reference works, and major firms like British and American publishers expand imprint activity. Copyright rules remain a perennial concern for cross Atlantic sales.
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London
England
Dean Howells
James Lane Allan
United States
America
Lals
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