Defend Empire Hotel Amid Slander Attacks Across Atlanta
Marion M. Jackson denounces attacks as immaterial to protected vice. He cites safety concerns for patrons and asks police to inspect the Empire Hotel, asserting the building owner and management face underworld campaigns. Edmondson and Reynolds reply, defending cleanliness and denying misconduct, while Hutcheson urges public judgment and legal scrutiny.
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Lextar
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Atlanta
Cavalry
Lee
Diamond Purchase Offer with Deferred Balance Plan
A sales pitch explains securing a diamond by paying one-fifth of the price upfront and settling the remaining balance in ten equal monthly installments. Selections can be sent prepaid for inspection anywhere.
Georgia trustees meet in Athens for joint university and agriculture board session
Athens is set to host a joint meeting of the university board and the State College of Agriculture board. Former Governor McDaniel chairs the university board with Clarke Howell as the fifth district member. Redistricting moved the president to the state at large and Atlanta's rep to the fifth district. J J Connor leads the agriculture board with T W Reed serving as registrar and secretary to both boards. A M Soule assists.
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Junia
Athena
University
State College of Agriculture
Irea
McDaniel
Clarke Howell
Atlanta
Fon
J. J. Connor
T. W. Reed
A. M. Soule
4SK PROBE OF STATE MUTUAL AGENCY IN SELLING OF STOCK
In Athens Georgia a meeting represented nearly 4000 shares in State Mutual agency convened to form a committee to examine the company affairs and report at an upcoming meeting where a grand jury investigation into stock sales to Clarke, Geonee and Oglethorpe county residents is expected. Pollitt moved the business to Savannah and is reportedly abroad. The agency planned to handle multiple firms, with commissions funding dividends, and a Rome insurance contract as the principal case pushing stock sales amid merchants and farmers. An agent in Savannah will be asked to provide data on the agency’s condition and attend the next meeting.
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Athens
State Mutual Agency
N. P Pollitt
Lukely
Clarke, Geonee
Oglethorpe Cqunty
Pollitt
Savannah
Rome Sleuth School Scandal Sees 60 Cent Badges Go
In Rome Georgia on June 11 a white man T Eubanks is held for running a short course detective school. He charged 60 cents for badges and credentials cards and advertised a national concern. Several boys enrolled, entered a chautauqua tent, flashed badges to a doorkeeper, sparking police action. An estimated 109 youths were circulating with imagined arrest powers.
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Rome
T.' Eubanks
Eubanks
Mere Man Taught How to Handle Broom in Chicago
Chicago June 11 The technical board of the bureau of streets proposes a school for men who sweep the city streets to teach the one correct broom handling method and the practical use of tools and machines for scientific street cleaning.
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Chicago
Technical Board
The
Bureau of Streets
White Wings
Troops to Battle Sultan of Jolo in Mindanao action
Manila June 11 Brigadier General John Pershing commander of Mindanao department has arranged a decisive fight against the Maros entrenched at Bagdag under the Sultan of Jolo. A strong, assembled force includes regular infantry cavalry seven scout companies two constabulary companies a four gun mountain battery and a machine gun platoon.
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Manila
John Pershing
Department of Mindanao
Bagdag
Jolo
Dredging in Panama Canal Sets May Record
May dredging in the Panama Canal exceeded previous figures, with more than 1,060,000 cubic yards of earth removed from the two entrances marking a monthly record for operations.
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Panama
Canal
Outdoor Athens Graduation Forces Indoor Ceremony
Harsh cold weather forced Athens High School to move graduation indoors with a warm fire. Twenty-two students, including Monteith Flanigen, graduated. girls crafted their own domestic science garments and created an electric arch sign with class letters and numerals in flash effect.
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Athens
Athens High School
Monteith Flanigen
Protege Visits Mr and Mrs Sonn After Atlanta Wedding
Mr and Mrs Irvinge Frankenstein of Savannah married last Thursday. They are guests of Mr and Mrs Ralph Sonn, the bride's foster parents. Rose Baker, formerly Miss Baker, was Sonn's protégé in Savannah where she rose from stenographer to office manager at a major estate and banking concern. The couple arrived in Atlanta last Friday. The Sonns hosted a reception Wednesday night from eight to eleven.
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Irvinge Frankenstein
Savannah
Ralph Sonn
Frankenstein
Rose Baker
Mr. Sonn
Atlanta
Mra. Soun
Tariff Injures Commerce Says Dobbs Before Ad Men
Baltimore June 11 Special. B C Dobbs Atlanta publicist for Coca Cola addressed Ad Men's convention in Baltimore arguing tariffs hinder global trade. He blasted restrictive duties as greed driven and unchristian, saying they sap invention, starve labor, and obstruct peace through exclusion. Dobbs urged unified effort to raise ethical commerce and foster universal prosperity through fair dealing.
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Baltimore
B.C. Dobbs
Atlanta
Dobbs
Coca-Cola Company
Midas
Dobby
Order of Railway Telegraphers Meet in Waycross
All arrangements completed for the O R T convention in Waycross next Saturday with over 100 delegates attending. The banquet will be one of the most elaborate ever served in Waycross, with local officials of the Atlantic Coast Line among the guests.
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Warycross
Vune
Waycross
Atlantia
Homer
Epworth League Elects New Officers in Eastman
At a Sunday meeting of the Eastman Epworth league L. C. Pennington was re elected president for a third year. Elected officers include first vice president Ruby Nash second vice president Estora Jackson third vice president Willie Belle Rogers fourth vice president Professor M W Harrell secretary treasurer R B Stinson Epworth chair agent Ralph Sapp and junior league superintendent Alfe Harrell.
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Epworth League
Eastman
Eastman Epworth League
L. C. Pennington
Ruby Nash
Estora Jackson
Willie Belle Rogers
M. W. Harrell
R. B Stinson
Epworth Hira
Ralph Sapp
Alfe Harrell
Ten Day $10 Tickets to Wrightsville Beach on Sale
Ten day sale offers ten dollar tickets for Wrightsville Beach every Thursday with daily season ticket sales and ticket sellers taking reservations.
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Wrightsvile Beach
Reservatios
Mt Amas
Fire Threatens Whigham Town in $26,000 Blaze
Thomasville Ga June 1 Special Whigham in Grady county reports a fire early in the week causing about $20,000 in damages and threatening to destroy the town. The blaze started at Harrell Plug Co store and spread to Swicord Milinery and Chapman Dry Goods stores. All buildings were destroyed and most contents lost. Insurance details not learned.
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Thomasville
Whigham
Grady County
Harrell Plug Company
Swicord Milinery Company
Chapman Dry Goods
Test Value of Free and Convict Labor
Waycross Georgia June 11 Special The question of the relative cheapness of hired labor and convict labor is one that in Ware county commissioners propose to investigate Two gangs of laborers will be put to work on the county roads One gang will be county convicts under their usual conditions the other hired laborers Careful supervision will be given to their work in regard to its result amount and cost
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Waycross
Ware County
Prohibition Fine Paid in Macon Lowers Groves Case
Milam Fla resident Groves received a $1,000 fine for violating state prohibition law in Macon Ga The sentence followed a prior case and occurred while an appeal was pending Judge Hodges noted Groves kept a promise to Governor Brown by avoiding whisky sale and Groves later moved to Miami disposing of about $150 000 in property
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Macon
W. 1. Groves
Milam Fla
Groves
Court of Appeals
Joseph E. Brown
Hodges
Miami
Florida City
Resinol cures itching in one night claims testimonial
A New York testimonial from 1913 says Resinol ointment and soap cured a six to seven month itchy, rough hand rash overnight. The writer, Mise Kleinman, urges others to try the products, offering free samples by mail and noting wide druggist availability.
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New York
Celia Kieinman
Columbia St
Miss Kleinman
Dept. 45-5
Resinol
Baltimore
Electric Light Bonds Sold in Jonesboro Auction
In Jonesboro Georgia on June 11 special, President A. C. Blalock of the Bank of Jonesboro placed the winning bid for the entire issue of electric light bonds.
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Jonesboro
A. C. Blalock
Bank of Jonesboro
City approves $40,000 electric light issue plan
The May and General Council approved a $40,000 issue of electric light at par during Monday afternoon’s regular meeting.
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May and General Council
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