Georgia Sociological Society Opens First Annual Session
The Georgia State Sociological Society met in Atlanta at the First Methodist church. President R R Kime opened with a prayer and outlined the aim to unite state interests and study crime, vice, and disease for prevention. Papers discussed orphan care and state action, alcoholism, and a proposed Washington laboratory study on criminals and social ills. Delegates from multiple cities attended, including F S Key Smith, W D Upshaw, C F Douglass, and Rev C B Wilmer.
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The
Georgia State Sociological Society
Amet
First Methodist Church
C . Byrd
R. R. Kime
W. W. Landrum
J. C. Solomon
W. D Upshaw
Atlanta
J. E. Spratlin
Forsyth
A. R Holderby
Emmie Lou Garrett
A Langston
J C G. Boloman
J. L. Hiers
Savannah
Georgia
C. B. Wilmer
L. L. Parham
General Assembly of Georgia
W. B Parks
Daniel R- Brower
Chicago
J L. D Hillyer
Key Smith
Rome
Mr Hillyer
F S. Key Smith
Washington Elya Laboratory
C F Douglass
New South
Douglasville
Douglass
Wilmer
Hillyer
F. S. Key Smith
Home
C. F. Douglass
C. B Wilmer
C. W. Byrd
A. R. Holderby
L .B. Davis
F. P Gamble
J. L. D. Hillyer
C. Cartledge
J. C Olmstead
J. F. Gastin, Jr
J. N. Browner
W. H. Wiggs
M. L. McLendon
Liverpool Exchange Acts on Coronation Postponement
Liverpool cotton exchange directors met to decide actions in response to the coronation postponement. They adjourned until tomorrow morning.
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Liverpool
Cotton Exchange
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First Woman Pharmacist Betsro Married in Alabama
The sole woman student at the Atlanta College of Pharmacy and Georgia’s first female graduate, Miss Alice T. Ross, will marry W A Medford ABPHG at Miss Ross’s parents home in Eufaula Alabama this morning. The couple, after a South Carolina honeymoon, will reside in Monroe Georgia where Medford runs a drug store. Miss Ross was a top honor graduate and is celebrated as a pioneer in Georgia pharmacy.
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Atlanta College
Atlanta College of Pharmacy
W. A. Medford
Ross
Bufauia
Ala
College of" Pharmacy
Atlanta
Medford
South Carolina
Mee
Monroe
Eufaula
Miss Ross
Georgia
Blackberries Ripen as Drought Aids Farmers in Georgia
Sarge Plunkett notes rain revived crops and boosted morale for rural Georgians. He praises a hopeful Fourth of July spirit while acknowledging uneven yields for oats and wheat. He laments urban profiteering on holidays and recalls a Confederate widow’s struggles of town sewing.
Unfinished Story of the First Photographer Mystery
Sixty years past a poor pinched lad visited Chevalier in Paris claiming mastery of photography. He showed a plate proving the secret but vanished the next day, leaving his fate and his name as a matter of conjecture.
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Talbot
Scientista
French Academy
Chevalier
Optician
Quai de Portage
M. Chevalier
Long Tail
Seine
Paris
Honeymoon in a Prison Cell Ends City Wedding Tour
Miss Sophia Jones of Anniston Ala and Mathias Wichser a Greenesboro dairy farmer were arrested in Atlanta after celebrating their wedding with beer and pretzels. They drank at a saloon and a restaurant, the groom and bride facing arrest as police sent them to the barracks. Wichser claimed not drunk enough to lock up. bride says she drank three to four glasses and plans to continue to Greenesboro. Police intend to seek dismissal as a wedding present.
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Sophia Jones
Anniston
Ala
Mathias Wichser
Greenesboro
Union
Wichser
Atlanta
Dlunter Street
the Constitution
Court House
Negroes Clash With Deputies Over Whisky Refusal
Tuscaloosa Alabama June 24 Special fourteen deputies led by Deputy Sheriff Latham raided a riverbank camp sixteen miles north of the city after reports of quarrels with the camp boss and a whisky fueled refusal to work. Forty to fifty negroes were found at a crap game. twenty one were captured and jailed. Deputies fired shotguns but no one was killed or wounded. The raid may continue for the remaining captives. Also Northport ends dispensary plans keeping the town dry. Hon J W Abercrombie, new University of Alabama president elect, arrived to prepare for trustees meeting and will move to Tuscaloosa June 1 to plan university expansion.
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Ala
Latham
Copelands
Warrior Southern Railroad
Tomy
Northport
Abercrombie
Leupoundeng
The Kitchenmaid's Discovery
Branley tem near Bursley tells of a kitchen maid boiling salt water when a clay vessel boiled over. The accidental coating on the exterior inspired a potter to invent grazing by common alt, spawning a remarkable sequence for the Staiordsnirapo series.
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Branley Tem
Bursley
Origin of the Modern Lighthouse Beginnings in Liverpool
In the late eighteenth century a Liverpool scholar bet he could read a newspaper by a farthing dip lamp from a distance. A glass-lined wooden box behind the lamp formed a reflective channel that allowed reading at distance. A dockmaster witnessed it and saw potential for lighthouse use, leading to the modern reflected light with long range and lifesaving power.
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Liverpool
Astbury Discovers Flint Powder Transforms Ware at English Mint
An ostler's act at Dunstable inspires Astbury to test powdered flint from burned flints. He observes the material turning white with heat and imagines a harder white ware. He then coins the idea of adding flint to British manufacture.
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Stefforagnire Pote
Astbury
Dunstable
London
Water Cut Off and Fire At Decatur Street Store
Fire at E P Oakes grocery on Decatur street near Piedmont halted by lack of water after a spur track caused the main shutoff. Firemen struggled to obtain water from a distant plug as $400 to $500 in损 damage occurred with Oakes losing a gold watch. Prisoners at the police barracks also faced water cuts, provoking captain Thompson and criticism over the supply and recent track work.
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Decatur Street
Georgia Railway and Electric Company
Piedmont Avenue
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Beene
Oakes
Decatur Streets
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Street Car Company
Thompson
Branch Named Full Professor at the Tech
Professor T. P. Branch, formerly assistant professor in mathematics and civil engineering at the Georgia School of Technology, has been elected full professor in civil engineering. The news is welcomed by students as Dr. W. A. Jackson will continue as athletic director next year. The summer school will be run for students needing makeup work and applicants preparing for entrance examinations, under President Halli.
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Georgia School of Technology
Branch
the Tech
W. A. Jackson
Jackson
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Tech
Halli
Faculty Rosters and School Session Dates Noted
The summer school starts July 14 and the regular session opens September 24. The school faculty reaches thirty three, listing professors in mathematics engineering and English, plus several juniors. The text also notes a meeting of the Atlanta Woman's Missionary Association and court actions involving Otto Wolth and Perry Finley.
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Fessors Furlow
Morton
Wallace
Germanic Won't Sail From Liverpool Tomorrow
The steamer Germanic will not sail tomorrow due to repairs. No mail from Liverpool to New York until June 23 when the Etruria sails. Representative Coomer of Texas invites the president to Beaumont on his western trip.
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New York
Beaumont
Washington
Cooner
Texas
Beaumort
Atlanta man vows sixteen day fast for prize
Jackson of 205 Cooper street plans a $1,000 challenge to fast sixteen days with medical supervision. He has completed four days, insists on continuing daily work, and aims to join the professional circuit if successful. He is a married newspaper subscription solicitor and father of four, awaiting a sponsor.
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Atlanta
Jackson
Cooper Street
Chicago
Mr. Jackson
Washington
Ealing
The Fate of an Inventor and the Glass Secret
Two centuries ago an inventor amazed Richelieu with malleable glass and claimed sole knowledge of its manufacture. He was imprisoned for life after the cardinal dismissed the idea of revolutionizing trade. The secret vanished with the inventor in the Bastille.
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Richelieu
France
Doctor Fahlberg's Discovery and the Sweet Saccharine
A 19th century note explains how saccharine emerged from coal tar research by Dr Fahlberg at Johns Hopkins University in 1887. He tasted sweetness on bread and butter, traced it to his fingers, and confirmed its harmlessness and extreme sweetness through experiments on himself and animals.
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Fahlberg
John Hopking University
U. S
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