Georgia Terrace Hosts Informal Dance For Miss Hemingway
Mrs M P Cool edge Mra MH Dooly and other guests entertained twelve guests at 8 for Miss Emma Hemingway of Mississippi. An informal dance at Terrace, the first of its kind alternating with formal dinners, featured dancing in the white tiled lounge, tables along the room, and a palm dined area. Otis Moulton and Robert Bell performed novelty dances while attendees watched from mezzanine balcony. Margaret Mitchell attended a fancy dress masquerade at the Peach Tree Street home of Mr and Mrs Eugene Mitchell with decorative surroundings.
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Terrace
Georgian Terrace
Wissothel Moulton
Robert Bell
Chiea
Margaret Mitchell
Eugene Mitchell
Peachtree Street
Dainty party scenes with costumes and Fortune Telling
A social gathering featured ferns chrysanthemums and an orchestra for dancing. Mrs David Crockett Mrs OK Goodhart and Mrs Wits Timmons helped host. Misa Mare H Mahoney offered fortunes, with prizes for best impersonation and best concealed identity. Mel Mitchell wore a ruby velvet gown. There was Sacred Harp singing plans and Christmas cantata rehearsals announced for St Leon Avenue Baptist church. The 1913 Embroidery club hosted a miscellaneous shower for a bride with a breakfast set gift.
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M Ferns
David Crockett
OK Goodhart
Wits Timmons
Misa Mare H.mahoney
Martha, Washington
Mel Mitchell
Weruyrouman
Bride
Westmoreland
Misa Clyde Whatlcs
Social Items Highlight Local Visitors and Events
Mrs Benjamin Wilson Tye and her daughter Caverly are in Washington for ten days. Miss Lattle Teye returns from South Georgia visit. Miss Mary Laurie of Montgomery visits Miss Ethel Hudson. Mrs 4 R Gresham hosts her bridge club. Mr and Mrs William Foster back from their wedding trip and new home at 19 Oak Street. Mrs Owen Malone hosts her pride club Thursday. Miss Virginie Harrison visits Miss Katherine Darby in Ansley Park. Dancing at Lane's continues Saturdays 5 to 7 at Lane's Dancing Academy Peachtree Street opposite the Masonic Temples.
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Benjamin Wilson Tye
Caverly
Washington
West Randers
Stanford
Gordon Street
Lattle Teye
South Georgia
Mary Laurie
Montgomery
Ethel Hudson
Gresham
Commission Bridge Club
William Foster
Oak Street West End
Owen Malone
Pride Club
Cate
Local cotton dealers optimistic over price trend
Local cotton dealers report three days of steady spot prices around 7.2 cents per pound as the New York Cotton Exchange reopened equalized markets. They see recent fluctuations as unsettled but view the stability as a sign that the trade has adjusted to new conditions and expect price gains to continue.
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New York Cotton Exchange
Ge Celine Mn
Dr Kober to Deliver Tuberculosis Lecture
Dr Kober, a Washington physician and prominent American Medical Association member, will speak on tuberculosis health problems during a Sunday afternoon conversion at the auditorium. Charles Moober, president of the National Distortion for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, outlines the event.
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Charles Moober
Audtorium
Kober
Lowng
Washington PD
American Medical So
Everroad Loses Hand in Railroad Accident
Traveling salesman Pierre B of 480 South Bowley was injured while boarding a moving train at Narwich. He fell under a car as the train slowly moved, escaping with the loss of his hand and minor injuries. Local reports say he attempted to reach the depot late and rolled beside the rail car.
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Narwich
Pierre
South Bowlevarg
Iverroad
Pierread
Eight Members Added to Honor Fraternity at Tech
The Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society at the Georgia Tech initiated class of 1910 members on Friday evening November 20. New initiates include Allen Brindsunta, Thomas Grayson, Walter Perr, Marshall Sasinnah, Walter Wynne Ballew, Cedutewr Ga Edward Brown, Newt Abinega Whklaw Rud Scumberg, John Wilton Reiss, plus two new Tech faculty members led by Professor Richard Raibirk of the University of Michigan.
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Phi Kappa Ph
Georgia School of Technology
Allen Philip Brindsunta
Thomas Grayson
Duck Hunters Boat Capsizes on Lake Miccosukie Near Thomasville
Thomasville in November reports a duck hunting accident as a boat containing Wraser Driver Frank Ansley Jr and their boatman Wilson capsized about a quarter mile from shore. Driver swam to safety while Ansley was rescued. Wilson drowned, presumed to have cramps in icy waters.
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Thomasville
Lake Miccosukie
Wraser Driver
Frank F 4Msley
Thomasville Slumber Colony
Wilson
Ansley
Anslev
Dr Dean Winn to join Red Cross in Russia
Washington reports Dr Dean Winn will join American Red Cross units bound for Archangel Russia. Two more units sail from New York aboard the Finland line, totaling six surgeons and twelve nurses, with routes via Patras to Salonika then inland to Nish or Belgrade. Winn’s departure follows arrangements for other American Red Cross personnel to proceed to the theater.
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Washington
Red Cross
Bervin
New York
Red Star Line
Finland
Patras
Greece
James F Donnelly
Clapham , King Annapolis
Morton Paul Lane
New Orleans
Dean Winn
Augnta
Archangel
Russia
Jon
Amercan Red Cross
Rate of Rediscount for Boston Changed
The Federal Reserve Board tonight announced that the rediscount rate for the Boston reserve bank on thirty day paper has been raised from per cent to 32 per cent, aligning it with New York and Philadelphia and signaling easier money in New England. The board also said a special committee will draft entrance regulations for state banks into the Federal Reserve System, with focus on loans on real estate and the authority of state versus national banks.
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Weashleyton
Feaeral Reserve Board
Boston Reserve Bank
New Yok
Philadelphia
New England
Boston Bank
Federal Reserve System
Punishing Parents Instead Of Truants At Conference
Detroit November 2. Prosecution of parents for truants and extension of mothers pensions to one cent were urged. Delegates at the National League of Compulsory Education discussed reducing child labor and improving parental training. Superintendent William L Bodine led the seminar, arguing parental schools are essential to lower education and better child welfare.
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Detroit
Mich
National League of Compulsory Education
William L Bodine
Bodne
Prairie Creek Mine Resumes Operations
Prairie Creek Mine resumes operations under U S troop protection at Camp Garrigan Hartford Valley. Non union workers sent by Franklin Fache reoccupy Mine No 4 huts and proceed to Griffith mine near the soldier camp as the operator plans to ramp back production with limited guard. Visitors were few at the mine camp.
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Camp
Garrigan
Prairie Creek
Ark
Bache Doomman
Hartford Valley
Taber
Franklin Fache
Griffith
Theoldier
Cecener
Prania Creek
Carps
Mi Inion
Three Injured by Runaway Freights Near Alisboro
In Alisboro on November 20 a freight train crashed into five pedestrians crossing Southern tracks. The incident injured Thelma McCarley, 15, who later died in a Durham hospital. Leon Tinley and F McGauler are in serious condition and the remaining two members escaped with minor injuries.
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Alisboro SC
Falls
Tinana
Thelma McCarley
Durham
Leon Tinley
F McGauler
Fire causes $500 damage at Metzger Mattress plant
Fire investigators estimate $500 in damage after a blaze at the Metzger Mattress Company on Haines Street. The fire originated from defective wiring connected to a meter. Fire crews arrived and brought the blaze under control after about forty minutes of steady effort.
Barge Launching Postponed By Wind On Savannah River
Savannah November 26 A large crowd of Augusta businessmen attended the launching of the steel barge Chatham to operate with Richmond on the Savannah river between Augusta and Savannah. High winds prevented the launch but the vessel will be placed in water tomorrow or Monday. The Augusta Savannah Navigation Company expects year round use, with the steel barge drawing only about four feet of water yet capable of carrying 400 gross tons.
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Savannah
Augusta
Chatham
Richmond
Concussion After Mule Fall In Alabama Hunt
November 24 in Heflin area, Ufaula superintendent H L Up Shaw suffers brain concussion after being thrown from a mule while hunting. Eubank of Montgomery severely injured. Massey in critical condition from stroke. Captain C I Massey, Confederate veteran and former Barbour deputy probate judge, also in critical condition. Auto crash near Clio to Clayton leaves Ernest Jones, senator-elect, and Lucy Baxter with Lillian Gore resting well in Clayton.
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Ufaula
H Ll Upshaw
Ety Schools
NS D
Eubank of
Montgomery
Massey
I Massey
Barbour County
Ernest Jones
Clo
Miras
Lucy Baxter
Lillian Gore
Clio
Clayton
Widow of Stonewall Jackson Ill in Charlotte Home
Charlotte November 2. Stonewall Jackson widow, in her eighty fourth year, is most alarmingly ill at her home in this city. The report describes her condition as serious and causes concern among family and residents.
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Gen. Jackson
Charlotte
Stonewall Jackson
France to participate in Frisco exposition
Bordeaux France November 20. The French cabinet decided today that despite the war France will participate officially in the Panama Exposition at San Francisco via Paris.
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France
Bordeaux
Paris
San Francace
Texas 18 quarantined against cattle disease
Governor Colquitt announced at the state sanitary commission headquarters that Texas proposed a proclamation quarantining the state over foot and mouth disease. The move would isolate Texas from the world with exceptions for Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
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Texas
Fort Worth
Colquitt
State Ganitary Commission
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Two Vessels Lost Off Florida Coast
Tampa Fla November 20 hope of salvaging either the steamer Mildred or the schooner Brazos which were in collision off the mouth of Hillsborough bay yesterday mourning was abandoned tonight. A heavy gale began last night and continued today. Early today the Brazos in tow of the tug Caney broke loose and drifted away. The Caney could not regain her, and at daylight the capsized vessel was not in sight. The wind shifted to the northwest and seafaring men presume the Brazos may be driven ashore. The Mildred has pounded to pieces and disappeared from sight.
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Tampa
Fla
Mildred
Brazos
Hillsborough Bay
Edgar F Coney
T. M. Ponsell Dies on 67th Birthday in Georgia
Waycross Ga November 20 On his sixty seventh birthday T M Ponsell a well known farmer and former turpentine operator died today at his home near Waycross His wife four daughters and seven sons survive.
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Waycross Ga
Snemai
Anme
Wascrose
Pittsburg Fire Claims Three Lives in Homestead Home
A tragic blaze on November 20 in Pittsburg destroyed a homestead killing Mrs Marcia Petra and her two daughters as the mother died attempting to rescue them. The fire left the home a charred ruin with neighbors aiding in the grim aftermath.
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Pittsburg
Marcia
Petra
Many Hunters Out In Thomasville As Season Opens
Thomasville Georgia November 20 Spe al That never since they have been in the business hive they sold as many sporting goods at the beginning of the hunting season as now There is an exodus of hunters to Lake Miccasukie quail and duck more plentiful than ever Walter Tut of Macon John Lester of St canta and other veterans are present along with many sportsmen from the north during the opening of the season.
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Thomasville Ga
Speal
Busineas
Thomasvilles
Miccasukie
Walter Tut
Macon
John Lester
St Canta
Trade drive aims to link U S with Latin America
Memphis November reports the first International Trade Conference of the Mississippi Wales and Central West approving creation of a banking corporation to promote credits with South and Central America and a cooperative trading company for commodities. Committees to outline plans, seven member executive committee to implement actions, and officials including Edward Gore of Chicago and GF Sweat of the Commerce Department participate.
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Memphis Tonn
Latin America
Southeon
United States
South and
Central America
Mississippi Wales
Central West
Federal Reserve Board
Bante
Massissoni River
Congress
Mississippi River
Edward Gore
Chicago
South
West Indies
Gere
GF Sweat
Department of Commerce
If T Pratt
Federal Bureau of Domestic and Forign
Robert S Patehin
New York
National Foralen Trade Council
G L Swigsett
University of Tennessee
Wol Mapother
Tewmsville and Nashville Railroad
Pistol's Point Bandit Rails Columbus Saloon
On Broad street in Columbus a highwayman entered a saloon and, brandishing a .22 caliber revolver, ordered the bartender and patrons to hand over cash. He jumped the bar, opened the cash drawer, and fled with about $20 to $25. The man wore a red handkerchief over his face and did not wear a mask. He is described as a white man.
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Columbus
Broad Street
Hais & White Man
Columbia Mayor Orders Son Held by Augusta Cops
Augusta Ga November 2. David Griffith 14 son of the Columbia mayor was brought to Augusta after riding in his father's automobile with three companions. The mayor ordered police to detain both car and boy awaiting further instructions.
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Columbia
Augusta
Augusta Ga
David Griffith
David
Bulett
American Initiative in Arizona Aims for 80 Percent Citizen Workers
Arizona voters approved an initiative requiring that 80 percent of employees be American citizens in businesses with more than five workers. Opponents pledge court challenges. The law could impact railroad construction and mining projects with heavy common labor.
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Phoenix Ariz
Arizonas
Cotton thieves active at Rome Georgia
Rome Ga November 20 Special A four man cotton theft gang has been operating in this area with numerous complaints to the sheriff and chief of police They ride at night through the countryside stealing bales from ards and around ging A J Chem Yess a White man was taken from a Southern train last night charged with stealing a bale and is believed to head the gang He has posted bond for city court appearance.
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Rome
Shariff
City Court
Miss Ava Coker Injured In Auto Crash
Miss Ava Coker daughter of W. Saker sustained painful but non dangerous injuries after an automobile struck her. Clifford Wile, the negro chauffeur operating the car, was detained by authorities as doctors say she will recover soon and the driver is under arrest.
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Mame
Ava Coker
Saker
Clifford Wile
Roval
Arres
Cops Save Coupons for Poor Kids at Christmas
Captain Thomas Ardelott plans a city effort to collect coupons from cigarettes bread and other goods to provide Christmas treats for underprivileged children. Police officers have gathered a substantial value in coupons to fund the charity drive and ensure every poor child gets a Christmas gift.
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Gary
Thig City
Thomas Ardelott
Santa Claus
Christ
Pocketbook Missing After Shopping Row on Whitehall Street
Mrs Clarke of 184 Hill Street reports a black leather pocketbook lost on Whitehall Street near the corner of Whitehall and Alabama. The item, containing 312, is believed stolen after a Thursday afternoon incident at the shopping lot.
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Ts . Clarke
Hill Street
Sanic Black Pocket Book
Whitehall Street
Whitehall and
Alabama
Dr Lovejoy Rested Beside Wife at Carterville
The remains of Dr W P Lovejoy who died in Marietta were interred at Oak All Cemetery in Carterville after a ritual at the Sam Jones Memorial. Clergy and pallbearers, including Rev Frank Quillan and Bishop Collins Denny, attended the service and graveside rites.
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Atlanta
Hun McUtt
Sam Jones Memorial Church
Pr Loveley
Lnte
Loses $25 000 Suit Against Georgia Road
Augusta November 20 In United States court Charles T Morris sued the lessees of the Georgia road for 25000 for the loss of an eye. The jury returned a verdict for the railroad. Crust also seeks damages of 20000 from the lessees. Draft, a blacksmith in the Georgia shops, held hot iron with tongs when a steam hammer operation scalded his helper, causing injury to Drost.
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Augusta
United States
Charles T Morris
Georgi Railroad
PC Crust
Georgia Road
Georgia
Helher
Warships of Allies Mobilize in Pacific
From San Diego a report by Captain Robert Israel says British cruiser Newcastle and Japanese cruiser Tetsume were coal ed off Guadaloupe islands near Lower California with other warships southbound. Fishermen confirm mobilization as Allied ships move toward the German squadron under Admiral von Bee, while directions remain unclear.
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San Diego
Motinaim
Lower California
Robert Israel
Nonesuch
Israel
Newcastle
Tézume
Guadaloupe Islands
Geman
von Bee
John Morton Dies at 71 Former Tennessee Secretary of State
John A Morton former secretary of state of Tennessee died in Memphis on November 20 at age 71. Morton served in the United States Army and was chief of artillery on the staff of General Nathan B. Forrest.
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Memphis Teun
John A Morton
State of
Teeth chattering dress in the cold buy a gas room heater
Local advertiser pitches a gas room heater as a solution to biting cold and bundled up fashion. The prompt suggests a practical home comfort item marketed to comfort seekers in winter.
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