Remembering Billy Cannon and Atlanta's early rail days
A veteran Atlanta journalist recalls Bill Moore and a vanished era as he honors Billy Cannon's death in Savannah. He recounts a time when the Southern Railway line and a fast mail service connected New York and Atlanta, sharing close ties with Grady and city figureheads.
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Joe Jacobs
Gon Baln
Atlanta
ITS
Epalding
Flowers Glenn
Morrell
Western and
Allantec Railroad Sun
Joseph BE. Brown
Louis Ghélstin
Billy Noble
W. H. Nutting
Bain
Henry W. Grady
Howell
Gate City
South
Billy Cannon
New ‘York
Atlanta and
Charlotte Air Line
Richmond
Danville
Exposition Rally Postponed as Canvass Nears End
Still working for exposition as canvassing for subscriptions resumes this morning. Grand could not be secured for Wednesday night, date to be named today. Subscriptions total to 279 505 with 220 495 still needed to reach 500 000. Mass meeting at 6 o clock to launch the 1910 exposition.
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Grand
Front Sea
Anybdy
Cooper
Bowden Lithia Springs Water touted for health benefits
An advertisement claims Bowden Lithia Springs Water cures rheumatism gout stomach liver and skin troubles and offers testimonials from physicians. The water is delivered daily from the springs to a Atlanta depot with shipments to any point and pamphlets available on request.
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Bowden Lithia Springs
Bowden Lithis Springs
Bowden Lithia Springs Water Company
Peachtree Street
Atlanta
Ward and Hardy Lead Living Novelists in Front Rank
Mrs Ward stands with Thomas Hardy and George Meredith among the top living fiction writers. Her new novel centers on two ambitious men and two contrasting women, tracing a material and moral struggle with a notably logical and life true ending.
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RS. Humphry Ward
Thomas Hardy
George Meredith
Mrs. Ward
Oldest Mason Passes Away at 95 in Washington County
Nathan Newman of Washington County near Washington dies Saturday night at 11 30 in his home. A Civil War veteran and longtime farmer, he was perhaps Georgia’s oldest Mason, initiated in 1843. Funeral with Masonic honors held at Beaverdam church. survived by five children.
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Washington
Nathan Newman
Newman
Tilm
Georgia
Beaverdam Church
Convention OF Engineers
Fire Destroys Naval Stores Plant in Gulfport
A massive blaze leveled the New Orleans Naval Stores Company and S. P. Shotter & Co plant in Gulfport on May 13. Six acres of resin yards warehouses and storage facilities were consumed. The origin was believed to be a hay fire in the commissary. Loss pegged at about $400,000 with $300,000 insured.
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Memphis
Tenn
Specia
Convention of Locomotive Engineers
Division 106
New York City
Baltimore
Gulfport
Miss
New Orleans Naval Stores Company
S. P. Shotter & Co
Labor for the South Brings Immigrants to Georgia by Ocean Steamship
Atlanta hosts Ocean Steamship Company officers as it becomes a hub for steering skilled European labor to the southeast. J A Von Dohlen heads passenger work in Atlanta with WW Shipman overseeing freight, while Ellis Island immigration operations funnel Italians Swedes Germans French and Russians toward Savannah and Georgia farmers. The plan emphasizes selecting industrious families to build farms and communities in the Empire State of the South.
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Atlanta
Mnew
Ocean Steamship Company
Savannah
Fourth National Bank
J. A. von Dohlen
von Dohlen
Sea
Mr. von Dohten
WW. IV. Shipman
New York
Fts
Shipman
Ellis Island
Frank Zott
Cnlonists
Tabor
Dixie
Ellsslang
Pier 35
North River
Mr. van Dohren
Trany
Georgia
South
Comng
Southeast
von Dehlen
South Georgia
Ocean Steamship Company Io
Ellis Igi
Great Northwest
Europe
Gulf Coast
Ang Sre
Gre Nat
Industrial migration drives southern labor boom claim
The report describes rapid southern industrial growth and a high demand for labor across railroads, steel plants, farming, and mining. It details a direct recruitment system from Ellis Island to Savannah, matching immigrants to jobs with transportation provided, while noting initial cultural adjustments and the tendency of newcomers to sponsor relatives after settling.
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South
Alabama
Tose
New York
Ellis Slang
Savannah
Atlanta As Steamship Center Says Liner Official
An Atlanta speaker argues the city will become the southeast’s major steamship hub. He notes increased steamer fleet capacity, new offices from multiple lines, and rising travel demand from southern farmers and business leaders seeking northern and Canadian connections.
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Atlanta
Narragansett
Saratoga
Quebec
New England
Canada
Southeast
Eclipse Catarrh Cure Promises Instant Relief
Advertisement from Eclipse Medicine and Manufacturing Company of Atlanta offers instant relief from catarrh with a vegetable cure. It claims fast air passage relief and permanent cure, invites readers to mail 25 cents for a week’s treatment plus a pipe, and promises testimonials and a booklet.
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Eclipse Medicine and Manufacturing Company
Atlanta, A
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Gre Ag
Hill Moore
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Hfe
New Orleans
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the Apollinaris Co., Ltd
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Trust Company OF Georgia
Equitable Building
Ernest Woodruff
J. Carroll Payne
S. McKennie
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W. ¥. Atkinson
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H.C Goaldwall
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