Georgia Peach Growers Campaign Seeks Higher Prices
The Georgia Fruit Exchange committee reports its third week of canvass among peach growers yielded 271 pledges and about 40 percent crop participation based on 6 480 cars shipped in the 1909 season. Chairman H C Bagley starts circulars to lead growers seeking cooperation to improve distribution and crate returns.
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Georgia
Atlante
Ricks
Reynolds
Stu
M Kitcjen
E B
Middleton
Augusta
Berockmans
Hom Veach
Bagley
Berckmans
Home
Kitchen
Organization
Kagiey
Ohio
Ohuo
Fort Valley
Americus Bagley
H C Bagley
Eid
Eah
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Tusda
Weather Today Mild and Pleasant Across Town
Weather forecast from Washington calls for mostly fair conditions with light southwest winds. Sunday proved warm, like a September day in November, as people enjoyed outdoor strolls and children in strollers while couples and families spent time outside.
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Worhington
A Baby's Pin or A Diamond Tiara
An ad-promoting jewelry store touts value for money with one fixed price. It highlights gold and crystal radiance and assures customers of fair pricing and quality as the core of its business.
Summer Drift Through City Streets and Lake Scenes
The narrative recalls a sunlit June day with East Lake as a magnet for youth and a busy Grant Park. Boats cluster in the boathouse, golf greens show players, and a crowded porch contrasts with streetcars packed to capacity. Summer’s echo lingers as winter quarters loom.
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East Lake
Capavaty
Grant Park
Miss Bradley not engaged in apparent joke report
Carrollton November 8 A and B Bradley deny engagement rumors involving Miss Marie Louise Bradley and Mr Adam McKey of Valdosta Georgia a college denial says the supposed announcement was a practical joke Wesleyan President Guerry plans to locate the responsible party The second item reports Mrs F J Belles of Alexandria La firing at a burglar during the night but only slight wounds resulted.
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Wesleyan
Carrollton
J T Bradley
Marie Louise Bradley
Adam McKey
Valdosta
Bredier
Wesleyan University At Macon
Gueery
Macon Ge
DuPeot Guerry
Wesleyan Tm
Marc Bradley
Alezandria la
F J Belles
Vieapiaet
Georgia Fruit Exchange pledge plan pitched to growers
A local appeal outlines a subscription plan for capital stock to back the Georgia Fruit Exchange. It explains shipment pledges, credit on first delivery, and a structure with installments and notes. The plan aims to raise 100000 dollars held in trust, with stock offered to purchasers and distribution funded for growers.
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Amy
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Commission
Eagm
Bera
Antira
At & Guarantes
Exchange
Cooperas Derteking
The Man Who Cultivates Flowers for Atlanta
In Grant Park the city’s flowers are cared for by F C Ritter, a skilled floriculturist born in Germany. Since moving to Atlanta, he has managed the Grant Park conservatory for nine years, earning praise for cultivating and identifying every plant and making the park a top floral attraction.
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Atlanta
Parke
Grant Park
F. C. Ritter
Ritter
Germany
Ell
Young boy dies after fall from delivery wagon
George Shannon, four-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Hugh Shannon, died yesterday morning at home on Anau Street from brain concussion after falling from a grocers delivery wagon Saturday afternoon. He was helping load the wagon when the horse started, throwing him to the pavement. He remained conscious briefly, complained of a headache, and died four hours after losing consciousness. Funeral at Harry Gooole's chapel on East Hunter Street at 9:30 this morning, burial in Holywood Cemetery.
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George Shannon
Hugh Shannon
Famiy
Anau Street
Otlock
FF Freeman
Mr Shannon
Harry Gooole
East Hunter Street
Holywood Cemetery
Cotton convention to discuss price and night riding
Memphis will host a three day gathering of cotton growers ginners and allied interests to address the downward trend in spot cotton and the night rider situation in the south. Attendees include governors Patterson Haskell and former governor Vardaman along with J A Taylor of the National Ginners Association. The conference called by Southern Cotton Association president Harvie Jordan aims to produce remedial measures and draw wide southern participation.
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Memphis
Teun
Mmas
Weex
South
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Jordan
Bex
Dr Lee Urges Practical Faith in Everyday Tasks
Dr James W Lee preached at Trinity Church urging believers to treat cooking, housekeeping, stock care, and farming as true religion. He defended using all faculties to serve God, contrasting active virtue with mere piety, and recalled practical kitchen table scenes among mourners to illustrate his point.
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James W Lee
Trinity Church
Lee
Bencher Lee
God
Conaton
Dr Lee
Clarke s Pure Rye Bottled in Bond Quarts Delivered
Clarke s Pure Rye is described as a bottled in bond whiskey. The notice notes four full quarts and mentions delivery to houses, implying a bulk order or sale detail in a historical advertisement.
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Clarke S
Bond
Mrs McDonald Dies After Revolver Accident
Mrs McDonald died at Wesley Memorial hospital after an accidental self inflicted gunshot wound on election night led to double pneumonia. Her mother and brother were present. she had worked as a stamp clerk at the post office for six years and leaves two children, Robert and Henry. Funeral services will be held at 5 o'clock at H M Patterson & Son with Rev Dr C A Langston officiating and interment at Westview Cemetery.
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Mra StDonald
McDonald
Atlanta
Mre
Denle Clayton
J. D. Clayton
Attle
Robert
Henrys
Chinese Editor Li Sum Ling Visits Atlanta Before New Orleans Trip
Li Sum Ling, editor of the Hongkong Daily, travels from Atlanta to New Orleans with Mr. A. H. Fox of the New York Herald. He plans commercial calls, visits Piedmont hotel, observes cotton seed industry in China, and hopes to report accurately on US conditions for his paper. He expects to attend the Farmers Union meeting in New Orleans.
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I Ta Sum Ling
Hongkong Daily 1
South
A. H Fox
New York Herald
New Orleans
Jay
Pathere
Loi
China
Atlanta
New Orleana
Farmers Union
Birmingham Tragedy Sows Sorrow In Prohibition Raid
In Birmingham Alabama a violent incident on an alleged bootlegging raid at a residence left Officer Little and Wilmer Womack dead at the scene and J W Harris and a young girl Lilian Harris dying en route to hospital The shooter fled and authorities search for him widowhood and orphaned families follow the tragedy as funerals and investigations begin.
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Birmingnean
Birmingham
Little
Wilmer Womack
J W Harris
Little Lilian
Harris
Igmantha
Jones
Offeer Lillie
Mr. Wards
Tuttles
Womack
Funeral of Annie Plant Murphy Infant at Christ Church
Funeral services for Annie Plant Murphy infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Clay Murphy were held at the residence this afternoon with Rev Mr Bunting of Christ Church officiating. The death of the first and only child brought sadness to many friends.
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Macon
Annie Plant
Clay Murphy
Mr Bunting
Christ Church
Murphy
Monument to Southern Women Veterans Urged by Confederate Groups
The Constitution editor reports a Georgia division of the United Confederate Veterans urged each camp to appoint a committee to raise funds and erect a Capitol square monument in Atlanta to honor Southern women for their loyalty, sacrifice, and support during the Civil War, urging immediate action and funding. The call emphasizes duty, gratitude, and the desire for a lasting tribute reflecting history and devotion.
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United Confederate ‘Veterans
Sesson
Cach
Capitol Square
Atlania
South
Thme
Atlante
Capitol
Irig
Coor
ALVAN_D
Freeman Newnan Gahoy
Dam Across the Savannah Augusta Bridge at Prices Island
The contract for a dam and bridge across the Savannah River at Prices Island, twenty miles above Augusta, has been awarded. Work will begin in December and take about one year. The dam will be thirty feet high and provide 000 horsepower transmitted to Augusta via a substation, a great industrial factor for the region.
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Augusta
Movemose B
Savannah River
Prices Island
Auguste
Leesburg Term Ends After Week of Civil and Felony Cases
The Leesburg term adjourned after a busy week with major civil suits including Andrews Clay, Pope v. Albey and Northern Railway Company, and a murder case where the State secured a life sentence for Ben Whitefield. No serious felonies were tried. This was Solicitor General Hooper’s final term after twelve years of service.
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Leesburg Ganovemper 5
Sapecia
Tee County
Andrews Clay Auit
Pope Vy Albeny and Northern Railway Company
Cass
Ben Whitebeld
Hooper
Forest fires threaten Monte Sano and Limestone areas
Front page report notes forest fires near Monte Sano spreading for a week with several summer cottages on the mountain threatened. A state alert says fires also rage in northern Limestone County and much timber has burned. Authorities attribute the blazes to careless hunting.
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Frontav
Ay Noveswer
Monte Sano
Athens
Albany Municipal Politics in Albany Goovember Campaign
Albany awaits a lively city primary in late November with date undecided. The Good Government League of Albany has formed and sponsored meetings culminating in a large gathering Friday. Three of six aldermen will be chosen, with Ndwin Bterob backed by the league and Grean Sheppard fielding a candidate. More nominations expected next week.
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Albany
Albany Fato
Good Government League of Albany
Good Government Teague
Ndwin Bterob
Cisbler
Citisepe Firat National Bank
Grean 7
Sheppard
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Wtal Reem
Nel Bell Phone
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Price's Island
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Knickerbocker Suits
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