Americus Bank Heads Indicted in 1920s Collapse
Americus Georgia November 14 1920 official information comes from U S district attorney that indictments were returned against Mcm Lowry cashier George D Wheatley Jr and Emmett Rawkins assistant cashier of the Americas National Bank which failed in February with about 500000 in debt Wheatley fled just before the collapse and is now missing Lowry headed the bank and was also mayor of Americus while Cushler is mentioned as a cashier in the period
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Americus
Sneelal
United States District Attorney
Micon
Mom Lowry
George D Wheatley Jr
Emmett Rawkins
the Americas National Bank
Lowry
Wheatley
Hawking
Jenrus Cushler
Ameri Ua
Mrs Mabel Stevens Delivers Address at Trinity Church
Mrs Mabel Q Stevens of St Petersburg Florida will speak this evening at 740 Avlock Street Trinity Methodist Church during the WC T UL convention.
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Mabel Q Stevens
St Petersburg
Fla
Avlock
Trinity Methodist Church
Augusta Cotton Exchange Opens Monday in Augusta GA
Augusta Ga November 14 The Augusta cotton exchange will open for future business Monday aligning with the New York and New Orleans exchanges. The spot market remained open. Receipts in the local market run slightly ahead of last year while stock on hand totals 137,398 bales. storage facilities in Augusta can hold just over 200000 bales.
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Augusta
Augusta Cotton Exchange
York
New Orleans
Funeral farce nets insurance fraud in Augusta case
In Augusta Georgia November 14 special reporter Tanny Sloan details a case where a negress in last stages of consumption arranged four life insurance death claims without any deaths. She staged funerals with coffins and affidavits to fool Metropolitan Life Insurance, succeeding on three policies before the brother alive exposed the scheme.
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Augusta
Tannly Sloan
State Farm
Fannie
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Home Made Medicine Lands Him in Booby
In Waycross Georgia on November 14 a man named Cayiton reportedly took a homemade mixture of roots and remedies for illness and became temporarily crazed. Investigators say he fought officers and was placed in a padded cell at the county jail. The negro appeared to sober up after a few days in jail and revealed what he had ingested, leaving listeners astonished that he survived the ordeal.
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Waycross Ga
Cayiton
Jait
Papes Diapepsin Promises Fast Indigestion Relief
Advertises Papes Diapepsin as a remedy for indigestion gas sour stomach and dyspepsia. Claims it digests meals even when stomach is upset eliminates fermentation souring and discomfort within five minutes from a fifty cent case. Targets readers with stomach disorders and general relief promises.
Atlanta Praised by Road Experts at Great Congress
Delegates from north east west and south praised Atlanta hospitality after the fourth American Road Congress. Exhibits valued at 2000 600 were moved to rail yards by Saturday as editors from Manufacturery Record Enginering News and other leading journals declared Atlanta the greatest congress they had attended.
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Atlanta
United States
Road Congress
America
Fitchmond H Ramonds
Manufacturery Record
Baltimore
Charles Whiting Baker
Engineering News
New York City
E J Mehren
Engineering Record
S W Hume
Municipal Journal
J Buttenhem
Americanity
Jesse Taylor
Jamestown
Ohio
George D Steel
Philadelphia
C R. Thomas
Chicago
Joe L Long
Des Moines
Frederick W. Irvine
Rock Products
Harvey Whapple
Concrete Cement Age
Detroit
J W Manion
The
Highway Contractor Magazine
Albany
Herbert O Link
Southam Good Roads
Lexington
Charles P Light
Atlanta Congress
Alabama Man Walks to Washington to Boost Use Cotton
LaGrange Ga November 14 Special Ezra Spike of Gadsden Alabama will begin a long walk from Tallapoosa Georgia to Washington DC Monday to advertise the age cotton movement. He aims to show new cotton uses such as baby-bata and will meet governors chambers of commerce and newspapers along the route. He plans to reach Washington and present President Wilson with a baby bale and a New York exchange draft attached with his photo for identification.
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LaGrange
Hzra Spike
Gadsden
Ala
Tallapoosa
Washington, DC
South
J @ Chandler
Pike
Georgia
Washington
Wilson
Temple
Douglasville
Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce
New York Exchange
Atlanta Hosts Largest Road Congress Delegation Ever
Delegation registration topped 3270 with about 6000 visitors in Atlanta for the road congress. Officials praised hospitality and exhibits while Washington officials called the event the greatest educational factor for better roads and rural advancement.
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San Francisco
Executive Committee
Fifth American Road Congress
Central West
Road Congress
Congress
Executive
Washington
Government Road
United States Office of Public Works
J E Pennypacker
M . Eldridge
Death mystery surrounds W J Davis in Georgia
Athens Georgia November 14 Special Mystery deepens as coroner's jury investigates the death of W J Davis of Jackson county found on his veranda in Esme shack with a pistol wound The inquest has run for weeks without a verdict amid puzzling details including the rusted pistol and a ball larger than the gun's caliber Insurance and a reported startle wake by Davis after chickens are noted The jury remains sequestered and plans further inquiry next week to determine whether death was suicide or murder.
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Athens
W J Davis
Jackson County
Esme
Davis
Seasion
Jt Ig
Dollar Dinner at Brunswick Wednesday
Brunswick Ga November 14 The Brunswick board of trade has completed arrangements for the annual dollar dinner to be given on Wednesday night under the auspices of that organization. A large number of prominent out of town visitors will be guests, with addresses by Colonel WE Key of Jacksonville toastmaster CJ Haden of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce John Temple Graves editor of the Hearst papers C Lee Cook of St Louis president of Brunswick Creosoting Co T DeLoach R G Pegram WLankford and others The list includes twenty five prominent men from the south.
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Brunswick
Brunswick Board of Trade
WE Key
Jacksonville
Asmst
Atlantic Coast
Ine
CJ Haden
Georgi Chamber of Commerce
John Temple Graves
Hearst Papers
C. Lee Cook
St Lews
Brunswick Creosoting Company
T TH DeLoach
R G Pegram
Thomasville Farmers Set Meeting Next Saturday
Thomasville Ga November 1 Special 1 A meeting of the farmers of Thomas county to take action on the cotton acreage for the coming season is called for Saturday November 21 at the court house in this city. The meeting was postponed from last month due to court sessions and other circumstances.
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Thomasville
Thomas County
Cascarets Promised To Cleanse Bowel And Cure Ailments
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets as a remedy to regulate bowels and relieve headaches sour stomach colds and biliousness. It claims a morning cleansing with a 10 cent dose will leave the head clear stomach sweet and bowels regular for months including children in need of gentle cleansing.
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Goa
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Americus Bank
M. M. Lowry
Geo. D. Wheatley, Jr
Emmett Hawkins
Mabel Stevens
Alabama
Candy Cathartic
Harry L. Dix, Inc
Diamond Merchants and Mig
Jewelers
Candler Bidz
Atlanta, Ga
Dighain Sort Sale
Europe
Cravenettes
Gabardines
Goodyear Raincoat Company
Nunnally
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