Opposition to Limiting Women Work Hours Dominates Georgia House Hearings
Debates on House Bill 30 to cap women’s factory hours at 50 per week featured strong support from the State Federation of Labor and the League of Women Voters and opposition from the Georgia Cotton Manufacturers Association. Witnesses urged larger education appropriations as hearings examined labor conditions and potential constitutional issues. The session also tabled abolition of the state department of labor and discussed tax and highway measures.
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Messure
Department of Labor
House
Georgia
House Committee On Labor and Labor Statistics
State Federation of Labor
State Federation of Woman's Clubs
League of Women Voters
Georgia Cotton Manufacturers Association
The
Georgia Manufacturers Association
Haynes McFadden
Atlanta
Eliott Cheatham
Valentino
Chatham
McFadden
Cottton Mills
Georgia League of Women Voters
Jordan
Algo
George H. Harris
Expoattion Cotton Mills
New England
Tr. J. Callaway
Georgia Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Callawa
Harris
P. & Geer
Milledgeville
Ethel Thomas
LaGrange
LaGrange Shuttle
Special Judiciary Committee
Harper Hamilton
Floyd, i
State Department of Labor
Gunnels
Franklin
General Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Bentley
Futtion
Chatham County
Nuxated Iron Crowns Claims of New Vitality
Advertisements tout Nuxated Iron as a health tonic boosting strength and energy for both men and women. It promises improved digestion, red blood cell health, and stamina, claiming over four million users yearly and warning against substitutes. The copy emphasizes that the product is different from ordinary iron and should bear the genuine I. A. mark.
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Bornale
Wasteful Eating Campaign Mentioned in Advertisement
An old advertisement extols Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy to relieve stomach and intestinal ailments and claims one dose will convince money refunded. The text also promotes Dixie Brand Calcium Arsenate for cotton weevil control, noting shipments from Atlanta or Milledgeville via Culber & Kidd, Inc. Georgia.
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Mayr
Trawick Bros
Lintonia
Dixie Brand
Atlanta
Milledgeville
Culber & Kidd, Inc
Georgia
Lions Club Hear Kory And Woolford On Southern Progress
Edward Kory of Union Indemnity spoke on southern investment growth and patronage of Southern firms, noting 1918 to 1920 casualty and fidelity bond investments rising from 355 million to 454 million. Cator Woolford praised California education system and urged American ties with Europe, especially Swiss career prep. The meeting announced a baseball fund drive and a forthcoming comedy performance by Lions Civitan volunteers.
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United States
Kory
Union Indemnity Company
New Orleans
South
Woolford
Cator Woolford
Retail Credit Association
California
Atlanta
Sutton
Chamber of Commerce Building
Retail Credit Company
Cosgrave Carrier Orchestra
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Federal
B. M. Boykin
Woman's Club
Lions-Civitan
Federal Vocational Trainees of
Atlantae
Atlanta Woman's Club
Sarah Moulton
Mary Singleton
Marietta Shriner event limits guests for afternoon visit
The Marietta Shrine club restricts invited guests to officers, uniformed groups and their ladies, denying rumors it would host the entire Yaarab Temple nobility. About 400 will travel by caravan or interurban train from Walton Street, with a 6 pm dinner at the Marietta Golf Club following a day of Shrine program.
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Marietta Shrine
Noble Len C. Baldwin
Walton Street
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Marietta
Marietta Golf Club
Railway Mail Mien Convene Here Today
Governor Hardivick will be the principal speaker at a banquet at 7 30 o clock Wednesday evening in the Ansley hotel by the fourth division of the Railway Mail association the biennial meeting of the division includes Georgia Alabama Florida South Carolina and Tennessee More than three hundred delegates are expected to attend the business sessions welfare work among members will be discussed delegates to the national meeting at St Paul in September chosen and B D Adams of Atlanta recently elected divisional president installed as
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Hardivick
Ansley
Railway Mail Association
Georgiay
Alabama
Florida
South Carolina
Tennessee
St. Paul
B.D. Adams
Atlanta
Intelligence Tests a Georgia cost saver say Osbron
A. T. Osbron argues intelligence tests in Georgia and Atlanta schools could save about 1 million dollars annually for the state and 150000 for Atlanta. He says matching tests would route students to appropriate grades and subjects, reducing wasted instruction, with PTA leaders planning to push for a state tests board and House committee support.
State Highway Progress Report Details Aid and Work
A public statement outlines highway department expenditures and accomplishments across Georgia counties. It notes 105 counties allotted federal aid, 150 counties with projects, 10 counties with no current work, 100 projects completed including 108 bridges and 390 miles of road valued at 8.5 million dollars, and 126 projects under construction totaling 37 bridges and 786 miles of road valued at 9.35 million dollars.
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House
Senate
Assembly
State Highway Department
White
Long
Taliaferro
Campsbell
Treutlin
Toombs
Marion
Talbot
Seminole
Atkinson
Early department marks 19th birthday next month
The department notes it will turn nineteen next month, being the South’s first of its kind and among the nation’s early examples. It highlights its pioneering status and long service since inception.
Road and bridge maintenance totals across counties
The report outlines 1225 miles of road in 102 counties with 21 bridges and 257.22 miles of road under maintenance. It lists office expenses of 5000 dollars per quarter and staffing including engineers, draftsmen, inspectors, and a purchasing agent across field and office roles.
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Drifteman
Apartment House Planned On Fourteenth Street and Piedmont
A $75,000 brick and hollow tile apartment building is proposed for Fourteenth Street and Piedmont Avenue overlooking Piedmont Park. The three story structure will house twenty one apartments and is to be erected by J H Whisenant after receiving a city permit application.
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Fourteenth Street
Piedmont Avenue
Piedmont Park
J. H. Whisenant
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Mills
Cons Serra
Georgia Training School For Girls
Brank €. Manson
Training School For Boys
Jere M Pound
State Normal School
Hardy
Dahlonega
State College
Stovall
Foy
Brown
W. H. Felton
Cartersville
Committee On
Highway Department
Davis
Commission
Highway Committee
George Carswell
Carswell
Arnold
Rutherford
Lamitford
McMichael
Bowden
Oglethorpe
Macon Capital Removal Association
Public Property Committee
Murphy M. Holloway
Fowler
Bibb
Haralson
Appropriations Committee
Pryor ST
Stachelberg
Dra
Mont” Laboratories
Kory, Woolford
LIONS
Marietta Shriners
Osbron
A. T. Osbron
Presidents Club
Parent-Teachers' Association of Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Morris
Presidents’ Association
Mesdames J
BE. Andrews
S. P. Turman
D. L. Wise
House Committee On Appropriations
General Assembly
Verlyn Moore
Fulton County
Teachers’ Association
Peachtree Street
Marietta Street
Fourth National Bank
Sonim
Rayay Sistem
Mo Hetil & Sin
Atroad
Haas & Howell
Aaron Haas
Candler Building
gedda _ Daniel Bros
Hart Schafft Mars Clothes
Oxfords
J. K. Orr Shoe Co
Red Seal Shoes
A. M. Robinson Co
Aragon
Morris Fertilizer Co
White Provision Co
Frank E. Block
Bakers of— Kennesaw Biscuits
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