Georgia Product Day Dinner Spurs Chamber Drive
Hundreds of Atlanta business leaders pledged to raise 210,000 members and $50,000 for the Georgia State Chamber within a year at the Georgia Products dinner in the Auditorium Armory. The event featured Southern plantation themed dining, speeches by Wilmer Moore and prominent officials, and a strong push for coordinated effort to boost commerce statewide.
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State Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia State Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
Lee Barnes
Hotel Ansley
Piedmont
Albert Flowell
Joli WE Slaton
James G Woodwud
Woore
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Robert Maddow
WL Peel
Cb McKinney
Decatur Board of Tirade
Cale
Bartow County
Oh White
Mel R Wilkinson Fuller
Chamber of Wummueree
Ad Men’‘s Club
Rotars
Contention Bureau
Mardly
Fred Houser
Atlanta Convention Bureau
Woodrow Wilson
Siaton
Woodward
Frank Stanton
Wilmer le Moore
Atlanta Chamber
Mell R. Wilkinson
Joev Barnes
Maso
Ininesville
Harvey Brittain Craig
Wilmer Moore
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
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Georgia Chamber Drives Georgia Products Day Across State
Georgia Chamber of Commerce backers spread a statewide Georgia Products day showing the state’s resources and unity. Banquets and speeches sparked local boards, with LaGrange promising over 100 three year memberships and large turnouts in Bainbridge Decatur Rome and Macon as communities celebrated state grown foods and products.
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Dixie
Georgia Chamber
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LaGrange
Bainbridge
Board of Trade
Decatur
Rome
Franklin D Roosevelt
Brunawith
Macon
Georgia Products
Dempsey
New Winter Garden
Bibb County
J Haden
Bridges Smith
J Clay Murjphey
Harry Stillwell Edwards
C HW . Bruce
Holmes Mason
State Chamber of Commerce
New York World Takes a Look at City Hall Delay
The New York World comments on contractors delaying a twenty million dollar City Hall project due to June Bug or Hook Worm, noting a year and a half past the intended finish date. The piece suggests Georgia workers could help Gotham City, and advertises Atlanta Want Ads with Main 5000 or 5001.
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Atlanta
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Manhattan Island
Georgia
Gotham
Main
Want Ad Department
Federal jury indicts cashier of Lafayette bank
Sidney A Taunt Sr former cashier at First National Bank of Lafayette indicted by federal grand jury on nine counts for misuse of funds totaling about 4700 and forgery of Dr W H F Rhyne's name on $3000 in checks during 1912 1914. Bank closed July 19 under examiner reports of a 30000 shortage and 240000 liabilities. Taunt, 29, held bond at 5000. bank president was R N Dickerson.
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First National Bank of Lafayette
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W H. F Rhyne
Lafayette
Rand
Examiner Dunlap
Treasury Department
R. N Dickerson
Walker County Superior Court
Pan American Mass Protest by Capital Protestants
Washington clergymen from Episcopal Lutheran Baptist and Disciples of Christ oppose the Pan American Thanksgiving Mass at St Patrick s Church saying the event is used to project Roman Catholic prestige and an official national celebration with the president and cabinet in attendance. The resolution urges keeping Thanksgiving nonsectarian and in line with U S history and spirit.
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Roman Heirarchy
Mrs Williams Re-elected at G S F Railway Stockholders Meet
Bambridge Ga November 18 Mrs J B Williams president of the Georgia Florida and Alabama railway presided over the stockholders meeting here today. She was reelected president and all other officers were reelected.
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J. B. Williams
Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway
Miners Dead and Entombed After Alabama Mine Blast
An explosion at Alabama Fuel and Iron Company mine No 2 near Acton in Shelby county killed nine miners with 25 to 40 entering the mine that day. Rescue work continued as bodies recovered include Bel Patterson and Henry Childers among others, with many believed Greeks among the workers. Officials from Birmingham aided in rescue efforts as the mine, 24 miles south of Birmingham, used a modern air ventilation system.
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Alabama Fuel Aid Iron Company
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G. Bright
John Langston
Henry Childers
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Kittrell
Charles Catman
Thomas
Jesse Pate
Bright
Na 2
Birmingham
H. F. DeBardeleben
C. T. DeBardeleben
C. H. Nesbitt
Acton Mine No. 2
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Helena
Shelby County
J G. Steele
Luncheon for Ad Men Aids Southern Pub Firms
St Elmo Massengale hosted a noon luncheon at Hotel Ansley for dairy and farm paper publishers and advertising agents from across the South. He noted Atlanta’s rise as a pivotal ad hub, revealing two thirds of southern advertising flows through its offices and urging closer agency and publication coordination. Attendees included Kirk Rankin in Nashville Tn and others from Birmingham Jacksonville and Atlanta.
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Ansley
Massengale
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Nashville, Tenn
T. C. Enlee
Chattanooga, Tenn
Joseph Martin
J. H. Bell
Birmingham
Ala
F. W. R. Hines
Jacksonville, Fla
W. L. Halstead
F. J. Merriam
LA. D. Hicks
William F. Perkhurst
J. C. McMichael
Robert Johnson
BE. Dallas
Rebels Demand Recognition in Mexican Talks at Nogales
Nogales Sonora November 18 Francisco Escudero minister of foreign relations in the Carranza cabinet asked William Bayard Hale Wilson's agent to present credentials before continuing conferences with the constitutionalists. The demand signals a push for recognition while talks with Washington were under way. Washington gave no official comment.
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Hale
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Bryan
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Juarez
Republic
Carranga
Francisco Scudero
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Wale
Five Hurt In Wreck Of Seminole Limited
Five persons injured three miles east of Jasper when the Louisville and Nashville Seminole Limited engine turned over and baggage mail cars left the rails. Engineer J J Baxter badly scalded was most seriously hurt. Baggageman J H Johnson shoulder and internal injuries. Mail clerks Louis A Ivey and Angy Harper slight injuries. Baggagemaster among the injured. Cause of accident not determined.
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Ala
Jasper
Lrlines Central Seminole Limited
J. J. Baxter
J. H. Johnson
Louis A. Ivey
Angy Harper
Ody
Sterilization Law Declared Void by New Jersey Supreme Court
In Trenton on November 18 the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled the 1911 act sterilizing epileptics the feeble minded criminals and others unconstitutional The court found the law rests on an irrational classification and denies equal protection of the laws to the named groups A test case filed before enforcement led to the decision removing the act from legal effect.
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Supreme Court of
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Mexico in turmoil as Huerta defies U S and rebels gain
Dispatches from Mexico indicate Huerta remains defiant amid insurgent victories. Carranza and Zapata forces advance, Mexico City fears U S intervention and a port blockade while Huerta seeks soldiers and braces for possible U S action. Refugees are halted near Vera Cruz as Congress opens and diplomacy continues.
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Huerta
Mexico City
Mexico
United States
Victoria
Tamaulipas
Carranza
Zapata
Porta
Mexican Congress
Nelson O'Smaughnessy
Sionet Cardon
Washington
State Department
Congress
Coroner Probing Fight Before Lem Bone Death
Coroner and detectives investigate a fist fight at James and Forsyth streets linked to the death of Lem E. Bone, a gambler, after his widow tells of the theater return and a man escort. Coroner Donehoo reports medical evidence does not prove the fight caused the pleurisy fatality, yet the inquiry continues with no inquest ordered.
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Forsyth Streets
Donehoo
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Sturdivant
Fairlie Street
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Brewer
Bone
Bone Home
Fone
Tested By Fire The Constitution’s Role In The South
The Atlanta Constitution, founded in 1868, highlights its mission to serve the city and region amid chaos. It claims to strengthen the timid, ease conflicts, and sustain hope, growing into the heart of the south and promising advertisers a receptive audience in a changing market.
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Weather Prophecy FAIR Georgia-Fair Wednesday
Georgia forecast notes warmer temperatures in the east and south on Wednesday with a fair day for the state. Thursday looks to remain fair across regions with mild conditions and no precipitation reported.
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