Dinner Party at Georgian Terrace Hosts and Attendees
Mr and Mrs J C Berm entertained a dinner party at the Georgian Terrace with guests including Mr and Mrs Sims Bray Dr and Mrs Ginder Mr and Mrs Johnson and Mr and Mrs Pedder A yellow satin gown and a blue velvet lace dress were worn by Mrs Beam and Mrs Bray respectively. Tea and Dance at Capital City Club draws a large crowd with 5 to 7 pm orchestra. many tables reserved for about a hundred guests. The Marist Fathers Home to open Thursday at 3 20 pm ivyette with a reception that evening for Bishop Kelly Mrs J K R Holliday chairs the Ladies Altar Society arranging the event.
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J. C. Berm
Georgian Terrace Hotel
Sims Bray
Ginder
Johnson
Pedder
Beam
Bray
Capital City
Marist Fathers
The
Ivyette
Kelly
Sacred Aeert Church
J KR Holliday
Gadies’ Altar Society
Beauty cream claims permanent hair removal by Delatone paste
Modes of Today promotes a Delatone paste mix of powdered delatone and water that is applied to hairy skin for two minutes, rubbed off, and washed to remove hair. The ad asserts skin will be firm and smooth and urges buying the product in its original packaging.
Meetings and lectures in Atlanta reform groups
The Nineteenth Century History class meets Mrs Vassar Woolley on March 18 at 40 Felock. The Atlanta Equal Suffrage association convenes at 2 pm in Hotel Ansley parlor H with J Rodter on The Value of Woman to the State and Evelyn Lesavoff on Men and Women and Their Capacity Relative to the Family and Government. Ward committee chairs report past work. Epworth League at St John’s church invites all today March 20 at 8 pm for a church discipline contest and readings by H A Manning.
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Vassar Woolley
P40
Ofelock
Atlanta
Ansley
Rodter
Evelyn Lesavoff
Epworth League
St John's Church
Fanny Crespy
H. A. Manning
St. John's
Cordele Interested in Judge Park's Bill
Cordele residents show strong local interest in a Park bill to fund a Flint River survey from Albany to Montezuma. The project aims to establish a steamboat service between the points, promising cheaper freight and easier movement of cotton, fertilizer, feed, and merchandise to the gulf and world markets.
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Cordele
Mareh
Frank Park
Flint
Albany
Montezuma
Cordelo
Gulf
All Hope Is Abandoned For Missing Schooner Levi S Andrews
Savannah Georgia reports that the schooner Levi S Andrews capt Slocum from Norfolk with cargo for Vulcan Fuel company is missing. No ship reports sighting the craft nor any port entry since March 3 after leaving Norfolk in a severe blow. The Levi Andrews carried a crew of four officers and six seamen.
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Savannah
Levi S Andrews
Slocum
Norfolk
Vulcan Fuel Company
Norfol
Levi . Andrews
Historic courthouse sold at public auction Warrensburg Mo
Johnson County historic courthouse sold at public auction for 630 dollars to William Mavis. Built in 1836 it gained fame for speeches by Senators Thomas Benton George West and Francis Cockrell, including Benton’s 1861 proclamation of Western greatness and West’s dog loyalty anecdote. Cockrell later served 30 years in the U.S. Senate.
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Warrensburg
Johnson Counts
Thomas H. Benton
George West
Francis M Cockrell
United States
Missouri
William
Mavis
Lenton
Senator West
Cockrell
Senate
Mrs Littleton pushes Monticello shrine bill in Senate
Mrs Martin W Littleton urged a senate committee to favorably report the Reed bill creating a national congressional committee to acquire Monticello by purchase or condemnation. The home of Thomas Jefferson in Virginia should become a national shrine, she said. Representative Jefferson M Levy of New York, Monticello owner, protested against the bill. The committee took the measure under advisement.
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Martin W .Littleton
Senate
Sant
Monticelli
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Littleton
Jefferson M Levy
New York
Monticello
Government Troops Defeated by Brigands in China
Peking China March 17 government troops at King Tze Kwan in Ho Nan province were defeated today by brigands led by the White Wolf. The raiders recently looted and burned Ho Kow in Ho Pen province, killed Norwegian missionary Dr T Froyland and wounded Norwegian Key O M Sams. Fifteen hundred Lag Ho Kow residents were paraded and 409 tortured to force treasure disclosures. Brigands threaten Sian Fu, capital of Shen Si.
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Peking
China
Sian-Fu
Shen-Si
Taxes in Macon show large increase in valuations
MaconGa March 17 report by City Tax Assessor B J Hendricks to the mayor and council details a 5,654,041 rise in assessed valuation from last year bringing total property valuation to 35,495,041 with real estate and personal property driving the gain. The increase promises 76,675 64 more revenue, and officials discuss the city’s larger budget, new street mapping, and a June tax due date while noting other revenue sources compensate for higher appropriations. Also noted are a receivership for Empire Realty, a county decision against cattle tick inspectors, and a protest from Dr W O N Ainsworth over street tax.
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Macon
Imperial
B. J. Hendricks
B L. Hendricks
Hendricks
Cty
Board of Water Commissioners
Dog Discovers Body of Fatally Harmed Black Man in Georgia
In Columbus on March 17 a dog named Sara attracted a group of children by carrying the victim H. A Guile’s severed arm, then led them to a swamp where the body lay. Coroner reports say the man was fatally struck in the back of the head and had been dead several days. No arrests have been made.
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Columbus
H. A Guile
Sara
Suffragettes Shout at the King and Queen in London Theater
Militants interrupted a London performance before King George and Queen Mary as a shower of suffragette pamphlets drifted from the gallery. A protester shouted Mrs. Pankhurst is in prison before being escorted out by detectives.
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London
Royal Box
Lea to See Wilson on Tennessee Middle
Senator Leo of Tennessee visited the White House with Leo Douglas federal attorney for the middle district of Tennessee and planned to see President Wilson tomorrow about latest developments in the political situation. Refusal of the independent Democratic convention to accept the president's harmony plea had not been detailed to Senator Lea, but he expected to discuss its aspects with the president.
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Washington
Leo
Tennessee
White House
Leo Douglas
Middle District
Wilson
Lea
Haden Praised For Georgia Chamber Work
An Atlanta leader Charles J. Haden receives high praise in a Quitman Free Press editorial. The piece lauds his tireless, unpaid service as president of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and as a private citizen, noting his unselfish devotion to state progress and public welfare.
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Charles J. Haden
Atlanta
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Quitman Free Press
Royal Daniel
Atlanta Journal
Free Frees
Charles J Haden
Commonwealth
Hig
Hinden
Washington names new interstate commerce chairman
Washington reports the interstate commerce commission elected Commissioner James S Hare man as Chairman succeeding Commissioner Edgar F Clark. Commissioner Harlan assumed the duties of chairman today, marking a formal transition in leadership.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
James S Hareman
Edgar F. Clark
Harlan
Dulins
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ALL Hope
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Mrealts
Marena
H & Mathews
Empire Realty Company
Uulland
Byron
Bem
Bank of Senertan
Maretta Brustana Banking Company
George M. MecKenzie
Central Trust Company
Fmpue Realty Company
Pankruptcy
Uch
Bibb County Dairy, Agricultural and Live Stock Institute
WB Sparks
Sparks
W O N Ainsworth
Mulberry Street Methodist Church
Macon Law Einforcement League
W. H. Gates
Drainsworth
Allen’s
Allen & Co
Whitchall
Dog
Haden
State Chamber
Keely
Keely Company
Alabama-Georgia Syrup CO
Montgomery
Alabama
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