Savannah Electric Company Reorganization Plan Reported
Savannah Georgia July 3 Special Philip Stockton and George J Baldwin presidents of the Savannah Electric Company oversee plans for a complete reorganization. If approved the company now in receivership will be freed and return to sound condition. The plan includes the Savannah Electric Company its subsidiaries the Savannah Power Company and the Chatham County Traction Company. Committees will present the reorganization plan at an early stockholders meeting.
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Savannah, Gr
Philip, Stockton
George J.baldwin
Electric Company
Savannah
Teceiver
Savannah Electric Company
Savannah Power Company
A Chatham County Traction Company
Comfhittes
Decatur to Form City Planning Committees
Decatur Georgia officials adopted resolutions to appoint special committees on city planning and on stimulating additional home construction. The groups will draft plans and recommendations for future development and report to the city government via the city manager. The board also added to the garbage collection service as an emergency measure.
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Decatur
Board of Commissioners of
Board of Commissioners
Deeatur
Bank cashier arrested after examiners find 10000 shortage
Harrisburg police report Loren Feltz cashier of the First National Bank and superintendent of the First Baptist Sunday school was arrested after federal bank examiners discovered a $10000 shortage. Feltz was taken into custody Sunday as the investigation proceeded.
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Harrisburg
Idwig
Loren Feltz
First National Bank
First Baptist
Federal
Coal production in week ends June 25 totals 9,016,000 tons
Washington reports bituminous coal output for the week ended June 25 at 7,669,000 net tons, up 1.5 percent from the prior week but 356,000 tons below the May 44 to June 11 rate. anthracite production for the same week was 1,347,000 net tons, down 94,000 from the prior week.
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Washington
Scological
Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement shorten to solve foot pain
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for sprained corns and tired feet. It claims instant relief from stinging, itching, swelling and tenderness and notes 4,600,000 pounds of powder used by the Army and Navy during the war.
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Allen
Pretty hair slogan for Quin Mont hair dressing
An advertisement touts Quin Mont Laboratories Quin Mont hair dressing made with quinine and bergamot oil. It claims rubbing into the scalp twice or thrice weekly yields a wonderful improvement in a few weeks. Available at Deng Stores or by mail for 35 cents.
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Deng Storaa
Mall
Cts
Quin-Mont Laboratories
Atlanta
Roumanian Queen Delays U S Visit Amid Coronation Plans
Queen Marie of Roumania postpones her autumn trip to the United States. Coronation of King Werdinang and Queen Marie will be held in Transylvania late September with European sovereigns in attendance. Official visits to several European countries to follow. It may be spring before she can depart for America. Government allocates about twenty million dollars for coronation expenses.
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Bucharest
Romania
Jilly
Marie
United States
Werdinang
Transylvania
America
Revival of Shipping In Savannah Shown In Numerous Ways
Savannah Ga July 3 Revival of shipping activity is shown by signs of greater Orient trade making Savannah a port of call for three Pacific liners and orders to lay fourteen ships in dock for immediate use. In the last month sixty three vessels entered the port totaling 280000 tons despite a seamen strike. More ships included forty eight American seven British four Swedish three Japanese and one Italian. The coastwise trade is not included in these figures.
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Savannah
Bpecal
All-Woman Team Handles Bankruptcy Of Savannah Firm
In Savannah on July 3 a voluntary bankruptcy case was filed in federal court for Greenberg & Robinson, West Broad street merchants. Miss Hortense M. Dillon represented the firm, Miss Stella Aikin was named custodian of assets, and Miss Corinne Olive, deputy clerk, recorded the papers.
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Savannah
Greenberg & Robinson
West Broad Street
Hortense M. Dillon
Stella Aikin
Corinne Olive
United States Court
Savannah firms sue Bank of Havana for 170000 dollars
Savannah coal firm Taggart Coal Company and J P Taggart sue Banco Mercantila Americano de Cuba of Havana for 170000 dollars claiming the bank owes them money, following the bank’s recent filing of a suit against the Tags in excess of 300000 dollars.
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Savannah
Bank of Havana
Banco Mercantila Americano de Cuba
Havana
Taggart Coal Company
J. P. Taggart
Cuban Financial Institution
Cuba Bank
Tagsgert .Coal Company
Probable Italian cabinet ministers named by sources
Rome July 1 The Tempo reports Signor Bonomi will form a new ministry after Giolitti resignation with Vittorio Rolandi Ricci or Signor Nava as minister of the treasury The Messagero notes Rolandi Ricci as likely finance minister Also Villa Rica Bank meets to elect officers and declares a 4 percent semiannual dividend with W B Candler as president and J W Wilson as VP
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Rome
Tempo
Signor Bonomi
Giolitti
Vittorio Rolandi-Ricci
United States
Signor
Dé. Nava
Treas
Ury
Messagero
Signor Rotandi-Ricci
Finance
Two Girls Drown During Family Fish Fry at Savannah River
Savannah May. The Wobles of Miss Mary Louise Bell and Miss Mary Joris Elizabeth Stokes drowned in the Ogeechee River near Scott's Landing during a family fish fry. Mrs Bell, who also entered the water to help, was rescued but in critical condition from the shock and loss.
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Savannah
Mary Louise Bell
Wwa Bell
Mary Joris Elizabeth Stokes
Seth Stokes
Bouth Newington
Ogescee
Scott's Landing
Widows Picnic at Washington Park Draws Hundreds
In Chicago on July 30 a widows picnic at Washington Park invites widows and widowers to an Independence Day gathering. More than 400 guests are expected with Mrs. Anna Orr credited for the idea. The event aims to give widows a social outing and a chance to reconnect.
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Chicago
Washington Park
Bvery
Anna Orr
Body of Gross Bergdoll proxy arrives in U S
New York July 3 The body of Russell C G Gross of Philadelphia who replaced Grover C Bergdoll the fugitive in Germany is among 6824 American soldiers killed overseas brought home on the steamship Wheaton Saturday Gross cited for bravery posthumously He died by machine gun fire in the Argonne He belonged to Company B 226th Infantry
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New York
Russell CG. Gross
Philadelphia
Grover C. Bergdoll
Germany
Bergdoll
Wheaton
I Gross
Argonne Forest
226Th Infantry
Fight film air raids fail to land on Long Island house
New York July 3 an airman failed to deliver Garpentier Campany fight films to a steamship. C A Zimmerman attempted a landing for seven hours before crashing into a house at Oak Island Babylon L I. He was uninjured. Earlier Delos Thomas dropped films to the pilot boat New York at sea.
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New York
Bodies of Aged Man and Wife Found In Lonely Cabin
Trollister Missouri July 8 The bodies of Herman Helmeke 70 and his wife were found in a lonely Arkansas hills cabin late Sunday It is believed they were killed by robbers SINGING CONVENTION MEETS IN SYLVESTER P4 Sylvester Ga July 3 The second annual Worth County Singing convention to be held at Pinson Memorial Methodist church Wednesday and Thursday promises to be the biggest event of its kind A Ledderman A Lanier C Crosby T A Peavy Jennings Martin Pace Nobles basket dinner will be served daily The convention will also decide a 1922 meeting place and possibly a tabernacle site
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Trollister
Herman Helmeke
Arkansas Hills
Here
Robb Robbara
Sylvester
Worth County
Pinson Memorial Methodist Church
A. Ledderman
McCraat
C. A. Lanier
Cuthbert
Crosby
American Duchess to Be Remarried in London
Paris reports the Duchess of Marlborough formerly Consuelo Vanderbilt will wed Jacques Balsan in a London registry office within days. Balsan, a prominent French sportsman and member of the Balsan family, is noted for ties to French army uniforms during the war.
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Paris
Duchess of Marlborough
Conseula Vanderbilt
Jacques Balsan
London
Daily Mail
M. Balsan
Baisan
Wireless Weather Reports Grow At Sea
Washington July 3 The practice of exchanging weather reports by wireless among vessels at sea grows with potential to locate storm centers and predict weather. An example from the British tanker Tuscaloosa shows voyage coverage Hong Kong to San Francisco and reports from other ships. The Weather Bureau urges ships to collect and use wireless reports to supplement official forecasts and has issued a map for shipboard weather mapping in the western North Atlantic Gulf and Caribbean.
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Washington
Wessels
United States Weather Bureau
Bureau
Tuscaloosa
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Weather Bureau
Wester
North Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean
Heat Drives NYC Citizens to Beaches as Temperatures Soar
Terrific heat and humidity sent New York City residents to beaches. The weather service logged 91 degrees from 2 to 6 pm with 50 to 65 percent humidity. Police estimated nearly one million visitors across Atlantic beaches as crowds filled Coney Island, Long Beach, and Rockaway, with large numbers sleeping in cars and sand after hotels filled.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Potice
Lon Island
Coney Island
Long Beach
Rockaway
Gompers To Speak In Savannah On Labor Day Plans
Savannah July 3 Special Samuel Gompers head of the American Federation of Labor may be the principal speaker in Savannah next Labor Day if local unions carry plan Invited and believed to accept The Fourth of July holiday used for planning the greatest Labor Day celebration in this area All day events at Tri State fair grounds preceded by a parade featuring a band contest with union bands from twenty to thirty towns invited to compete for a prize Body of War Hero buried in Georgia Meigs resident James A Vickie killed at Meigs during the war funeral held there today American Legion Spence Jr post members attended the funeral services
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Savannah
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Savannah Rade and
Labor Assembly
Tri-State Fair Grounds
Georgia
James A. Vickie
Meigs
Wna
Michiel
Br. Vick
American Legion
Spence, Jr
Post
Three-Year Sleeper Awakens and Regains Strength
Fort Smith Ark July 3 James Eslinger awoke from a three year sleep Friday morning and by today was steadily gaining strength and control of his faculties. He ate a big Sunday dinner and held a long conversation with attendants at Sebastian County Hospital. He attempted to feed himself and could name each food when asked.
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Fort ‘Smith
Ark
James Eslinger
Eslinger
Sebastian County Hospital
City government headed by girl as acting chief
A young woman is named acting head of City Government, expected to lead until she calls a special session. The unusual appointment marks a shift in local governance as officials plan a formal meeting to set next steps.
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Girl
Ays Ee Ear
Poor Core Causes Miss Big Fight On New Amsterdam
New York July 3 A steamship New Amsterdam carrying many passengers bound to witness the Dempsey Carpentier bout failed to dock on time due to poor coal. Wireless news reached travelers who could not attend, while Dr May T Stout of Washington praised for Serbian hospital work but faced superstition from Serbs despite her feats.
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New York
New Amsterdam
May T. Stout
Washington
Serbia
Foch praises U S effort in July Fourth message
Marshal Foch, commander in chief of the allied armies, sends a message through the Associated Press praising the American nation on Independence Day. He credits the United States with a decisive, concentrated effort in manpower ships and supplies that helped win the war and underscores the allied victory achieved with American help.
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Paris
Ferdinand Foch
France
Associated Press
United States
Germany
America
Marshal Foch
New Day Chiefs Told New Plans By Commissioner
Washington reports that Federal Prohibition Commissioner Haynes writes to newly appointed state prohibition directors outlining a new plan of organization. He stresses firm purpose, hard work, fight, and absolute fairness, bringing enforcement and permissive work under the state directors and pledging full support in administering their offices.
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Washington
Prohibition
Haynes
Tariff Debate Shapes U S Auto Prices And Industry
New York July 3 The tariff bill faces mixed reactions as auto prices fall in higher end models and demand rises for affordable cars. The Ways and Means Committee report highlights revenue projections, strategic bartering aims, and doubts about overall impact.
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Walter 8. Brown
New York Commercial
United News
New York
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
jJtaravenas
Treasury
New Orleans Cotton Shows Narrow Range
New Orleans cotton prices moved in a narrow range last week due to Friday bureau reports and a holiday period. Highest Tuesday, lowest Monday and Friday, with July and October futures trading within modest points of the prior week, while middling spot closed up. Government crop data suggested a cautious bullish tone, with area planted down and yield near record lows, though weather and boll weevil damage cloud outlook for the belt.
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New Orleans
Aeven
Bureau
Hoth
Fragmentary Sailings and Ports Listed Amid Mixed Fragments
A garbled OCR fragment lists numerous ports and destinations including Kingston Suriname Jamaica Metapa Tribes Trieste Tampico Houston and Kingston with scattered names like Dan Bennetts Jamaica Metapa and Lichtharte Provident. The text appears as an unfinished schedule or shipping notice with numerous unreadable segments and unclear dates.
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Oye
Port Yate
Gedtantn
Tampico
Lake Floris
Savannah
Masca
Tampa
Mooorway
Houston
Oscar
Bennetts Aaeipplen
Tabasco
Zool
Ir Asheworth
Hambers Commack
Joines
Ireinden
Gan
Pranciaco
Qantlaga
Mera Cran
Bohpolik
Antyern
Kingston
Suriname
Sareiag
Trieste
Port
Arthri
Lichtharte
Provident
MHL
Lexas
City
Wedrral Bridge
Commodity Prices Continue Declines In Wholesale Quotations
Dun and Bradstreet reports a week of overall declines with 52 declines and 23 advances across 73 quoted commodities. Grains faced pressure from new crop offerings but some recovery from food export buying. hogs supported by demand while beef and sheep weakened. Provisions firm. butter receipts light, eggs rising, high grade cheese firmer. Iron and steel soft, dry goods quiet, cottons firmer with raw material gains. Hides and leather show mixed moves overall.
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Dun
Failures Show Gains Except in Eastern U S
Insolvency totals for the United States last week rose overall, with 303 defaults, 152 of which were $6,000 or more. Regions outside the east posted gains: 13 in the south, 14 in the west, and 6 on the Pacific coast, while the east showed a drop of 6. Canada reported 27 insolvencies, compared with 29 previously.
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United States
R. G. Dun & Co
Pacific Coast
Wheat market outlook dominates Chicago trading update
Chicago reports crop conditions capture trader attention during a July holiday week. Observers note conservative operators forecast wheat around 2 dollars per bushel for 1922, with the new crop likely not exceeding last year and prices fluctuating sharply toward week end.
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Chicago
Pobtain
E CO
Bank Clearings Show Continued Losses Across Cities
Last week's bank clearings totaled 5.5496 billion dollars across twenty cities, down 29.8 percent from 1923 and 19.1 percent from the previous year. Los Angeles shows a tiny rise, while New York City and nineteen other cities report broad declines. June daily averages run 22.9 percent below last year's level.
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United States
Dan
Los Angeles
New York
New York City
Equitable Eastern Bank Declares Initial 3 Percent Dividend
The directors of Equitable Eastern Banking Corporation, in a June 30 meeting, declared an initial dividend of 3 percent from six months earnings. The dividend is payable July 5 to stockholders of record June 20.
WETERAL TAX SERVICE Ad claims prompt reliable Bureau of Internal Revenue handling
Newton Keneson & Company advertise tax services with direct tariff adjustments and prompt efficient service. The firm, an accounting and auditing office, briefed clients about reasonable charges and solicited new business from Washington.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
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Whiteballs Street
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Gompers
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U. S
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Newton. Keneeson & Company Accountants and Auditors
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Financial Statement
Messrs. Storey
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Boston
Bond Department
Trust Company OF Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
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