Social notes from Danville and surrounding areas
A stream of visitors and local gatherings fills Danville and nearby towns with social activity. News covers trips to Richmond, Washington, Lynchburg, Natural Bridge, and Lexington for commencements, dinners and bridge parties, weddings and births, a golf tournament visit, al fresco parties, and visits with friends in Gainesville and Macon. The record includes engagements, family visits, health updates, and a critical illness in Huntsville, Alabama, affecting Mrs. Virginia Clapton.
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Danville
Richmond
Washington
William Overby
Lynchburg
Natural Bridge
Lexington
Emily Ransom
Columbus
Charles Braime
Montgomery
J. Prank Meador
Charlotte Meador
Atlantic Beach
Virginia Clar Clapton
Milton James
Huntsville
Ala
Thin People Can Increase Weight With Sargel Pills
An old home remedy promotes using Sargel tablets with meals to gain five to eight pounds in two weeks. The guide urges weighing and measuring before and after, claims fat turns into nourishing tissue, stops waste, and that Sargel safely increases weight. Sold by Jacobs' Pharmacy in Atlanta with a money-back guarantee.
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Jacobs’ Pharmacy
Atlanta
Fragmentary Note on Southern Literary Figures at Atlanta Visit
Fragmented text mentions Mrs Clopton and her alleged memoirs titled Hello of the Six ties as a noted Southern literature contribution. References to guest of the late Mrs Robert Emory Park in Atlanta appear, but details are unclear and partially obscured.
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Miay Alice Parks
Bridge
Sixteenth Street
John Little
Oakland
L. O.stevens
Macon
A. G. Rhodes
Tate Spring
Tenn
Arthur Neal Robinson
Arthur Neal Robinson, Jr
Robinsnest
Springdale Road
Mra
L. Bloomfield
Master Raymond
Harry G. Butler
Tybee Island
J. D. Watson
W. H. Campbell
Gainesville
Watson
The
Auth
Clopton
Atlanta
Robert Emory Park
Short Route Highway Association Formed at Hawkinsville
Hawkinsville June 16 members from Pulaski Wilcox Ben Hill Irwin Coffee Ware Charlton Houston and Pierce counties organized the Dixie Short Route Highway Association with W R Bowen as chairman J C Brower vice chairman M Gliders secretary and J J Whitfield treasurer The convention named county delegates to discuss cooperation with Twiggs Cleckley and Houston reports show Forte along the route The plan is to operate the short route to Jacksonville with visiting brass bands and out of town delegations hosted by Pulaski and Hawkinsville.
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Hawkinsville
Pulaski
Wilcox
Ben Hin
Irwin
Coffee
Ware
Charlton
Houston
Pierce
Dixie Short Route Highway Association
W. R. Bowen
J. C. Brower
M.gliders
J. J. Whitfield
Pate
Waterma Wilcox
Sheffield
Beckam
Hill
Hendley
Paulk
Cranie
Gyerman
Wart Fleming
Hampton
Bennett
Summerville
Jacksonville
Grocery Clerks Enjoy First Half Holiday In Atlanta
Several thousand retail grocery clerks enjoyed the first Wednesday half holiday of the summer as about 80 percent of Atlanta’s retail grocery stores closed yesterday afternoon. C Camp, president of the association, urged housewives to recognize the clerks’ aid and merchants’ cooperation. By 1 o’clock Camp Grocery Co closed, yielding higher sales than on any prior Wednesday. If not for rain, Ponce Park bleachers would have been crowded with salvation. Camp, with A F Boisclair and H N Smith, toured city sections noting many closures.
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Atlanta
Itas
C. Camp
Association
Camp Grovery Company
Ponce Park
Amp
A. F. Boisclair
Decatur Opposes County Merger With Fulton
The Decatur mayor and city council unanimously adopted a resolution opposing a merger of DeKalb and Fulton counties. They warned such a merger would threaten business interests and the Decatur school system and potentially lead to a DeKalb Atlanta union. Citizens are urged to act to prevent the two counties from merging.
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DeJaalb
Fulton
Decatur
Acton
Atlanta
Covnel
Campaign to Rid Decatur of Dust Historic Local Effort
A new anti dust campaign has been launched to clean roads in Decatur. Main routes include Sycamore, South Candler and College Avenue linking Decatur with Atlanta. Workers will focus on dust suppression along these thoroughfares to improve street conditions.
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Decatur
Sycamore
South Candler
College Avenue
Atlanta
PMN de
Festival Directors Meet This Afternoon in Atlanta
Directors of the Atlanta Music Festival association will hold their regular annual meeting this afternoon at 3 o clock in the office of Victor L. Smith. The meeting, postponed from Tuesday, will close the association's affairs for the year with routine matters only.
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Atlanta Music Festival Association
Victor L. Smith
Smith
Woman to receive naturalization papers in June hearing
Miss Marie Taege of Kirkwood awaits final hearing before U S District Judge Newman on June 28 for naturalization. She will be accompanied by 48 men of foreign birth. Taege was housekeeper for the late George S. May, Atlanta capitalist, who befriended her in Germany and urged proceedings, with Nutting and Wilson as guarantors.
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Marie Taege
Kirkwood
United States
Newman
Miss Tacwe
George 8
May
Atlanta
Germany
Miss Taege
Berlin
Ponce de Leon
J. HR. Nutting
W. C. Wilson
Crisp Farm Club Prizes Offered in Georgia
In Tifton Georgia on June 16 1915 G Cunningham district demonstration agent reports Congressman Charles R Crisp offers as prizes for the third district corn and canning clubs two short term scholarships to the State Agricultural College The letter from Mr Crisp dated Americus June 16 1915 expresses support for vocational education and states prizes to be awarded under department rules with the winner to be determined accordingly.
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Tifton
Cunningham
Annouces
Charles R. Crisp
State Agricultural College
Crisp
Department
Tam
Charles RB
Georgia hardware dealers meet in Macon session
Members of the Georgia Retail Hardware Dealers association held their annual session in Macon on June 16. About 600 attended the barbecue at Central City Park after a day of instructive talks by Paul E. Rapier, T. G. Green, and J. R. Gambelt. Officers to be elected tomorrow and Griffin’s C B Thoman is likely to become president.
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Macon
Georgia Retail Hardware Dealers’ Association
Central City Park
Paul E. Rapier
Joel Hunter
Atlanta
T. G. Green
J. FR. Gambelt
Canton Wins Meeting of Red Men in 1916
In Atlanta the Georgia Red Men held their annual great council with hundreds attending. Mayor Woodward welcomed the delegates. J F Miller and Frederick O Downes spoke as leaders. Walter C Hendrix of Atlanta was elected great sachem for the year, with Koon Barrett Miller and Daniel in key roles. Delegates to the United States council included Miller Gillette Bell. After a luncheon the group visited Stone Mountain for a picnic and an evening exhibition of Sessee work followed by a large ball at the Wigwam on Central Avenue.
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Great Council of Georgia
Atlanta
Woodward
J. FR. Miller
Sachem
Georgia
Central Avenue
Atlantan Graduates Shine From National University Law
Frank P. Callaghan and Jacob M. Horocheft, noted Atlanta youths, graduate from National University College of Law. Horocheft earns merit as a scholar in Washington, while Callaghan, former Smith Hammond & Smith employee, now with the U S Department of Agriculture, plans to return to Atlanta to practice law. Friends predict a bright future for both.
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Frank P. Callaghan
Jacob M. Horocheft
Atlanta
National University College of Law
Horocheft
Washington
Callaghan
Messrs. Smith
Hammond & Smith
Five Young Lawyers Admitted In North Georgia
Five graduates of Atlanta Law School were admitted Wednesday to practice before U S courts in the North Georgia district. Judge Pardee swore in the applicants in Judge Mann’s absence. Admitted were Mel Arnold of Atlanta Fred A Ode Whorter of Greensboro Toule Alpin of Atlanta J Walter LeCraw of Atlanta and Henry G Bell of Atlanta.
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Atlanta Law School
United States Courts
North Georgia
Don 4. Pardee
Fifth District
Man
Mel Arnold
Atlanta
Fred A. Ode- Whorter
Grestisboro
Toule Alpin
J. Walter LeCraw
Henry G. Bell
Georgia Dentists Convene Forty Seventh Annual Convention
Georgia State Dental Association opens its forty seventh annual session at 10 30 a m in Piedmont hotel auditorium with President B A Tigner presiding Mayor James G Woodham delivers welcome Dr M D Huff speaks and Dr N A Teague responds. Sessions feature reports and lectures by Drs Roach Blum and others with progressive clinics Friday and Saturday.
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BE. A. Tigner
Milledgeville
Georgia State Dental Association
Piedmont Hotel
James G. Woodwam
M. D. Huff
Atlanta
N. A. Teague
Augusta
B.A. Tigner
M. M. Forbes
ML Zirkle
J. Z. Roach
Chicago
Dre, Reach and
Blum
Eighth Wonder of State of Texas Reported
Scientists are drawn to a mysterious chemical mineral earth stratum in an isolated Texas site. Claimed to be the eighth wonder, the stratum rises from a mound and has curative properties, allegedly resembling substances in Carlsbad Bohemia and Hot Springs Arkansas. Vitalitas is touted as a universal remedy, cleansing the body and aiding organs. demonstrations occur at Jameson’s Pharmacy on Whitehall Street.
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Texas
Carlsbad
Bohemia
Ark
Vitalitas
Jacobe’ Phar- 3
Whiteball Street
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Whitehall
W. Z. Turner
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Orduta
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Orduna
Tompan
Liverpool
Gillegeq
Coosa
Blue Ridge
Joseph Ranie
Misaldo Winship
Peachtree Road
Misoellte Woolley
New York
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Allen P
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Mattie Raley Newberger
Dom Rodgers
Knoxville
W. T. Newman
Athens
Boykin Turman
Hexagon Mall
Mr. Latimen Hollings- Sworth
Dalton
William Isas
New England States
W. J. Morrison
Hot Springs
N.C .Som
Waller Hill
Charles Nininger
Memphis
A. J. Nininger
Edward C. Peters
Robert Troutman
Gadsden
Sehr Sumane
Oener
Pagtenee College Young Women
LaGrange
University of Georgia
Emory College
Daisy Davies
Lagrange, GA
Tts
Ulel
G. Matheson
Georgia School of Technolog
Short Route Highway Association
Farm Club
Canton
Ter C. Hendrix
National University
James G. Woodward
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Varsity
Daniel Bros. Co
Central Banks ON Dives Trust Corporation
Andler
Sannen Mitchell& Forsyth S
J. P. Allen & Co
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