Prohibiting Liquor Ads Bill Introduced in Senate
The Georgia Senate moved through a short morning, with Senator Searcy introducing a bill that bans alcoholic beverage advertisements by newspapers magazines or public gazettes in the state. Violations would be a misdemeanor under code 1065 and the measure was sent to the temperance committee.
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Senate
Athens
Searcy
Georgia
Temperance
Tarver
Forty-third
Bush
Richardson
Oglethorpe
Cliff and
Pope
Wimble and Miller
R. T. DuBose
Chamber of Commerce
Agnews pay record price for Watteau painting
The Agnews paid 32550 for Watteau's A Fete Champetre, a record high price for a Watteau. The painting depicts a woodland glade scene with a guitarist seated among a group of men and women, a white silk dress figure, and a distant palace entrance.
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London
Agnews
Weltner Denounces Prison Conditions at Assembly Day
Philip Weltner secretary of the Prison Association of Georgia calls Georgia prison conditions an iniquity of the basest sort during Assembly day exercises at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. He argues we need better prison laws and says current laws handicap the Prison Commission by failing to segregate whites from blacks and youths from hardened criminals.
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Philip Weltner
Prison Association of Georgia
Georgia
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Butcher Ends Own Life at Savannah Market Stall
In Savannah on June 30 J Fried man a 37 year old Russian native and butcher shot himself in his market stall. His 16 year old son Isadore was present. Friedman had gone to the market to settle monthly bills. Mrs Friedman and other children were away at Tybee for the day.
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Savannah
J. Friedman
Isadore
Friedman
Russia
Postage Stamp to Feature Pope’s Effigy in France
Paris reports a new stamp series will include an image of Pope Pius IX. The design centers on the coronation of Emperor Francis Joseph as King of Hungary, marking the first time a papal effigy appears on a postage stamp. The move signals a change in the long-standing policy of stamp issuance.
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Atlanta
Paris
Papal States
Francis Joseph
Hungary
Pius IX
500 Boys Hair Shorn at School to Avoid Brushing
In New York on June 30, 500 boys from Public School No 2 at Bridge and Broome streets had their hair clipped very close to their heads to avoid the reminder to brush before coming to school.
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New York
Bridge and Broome Streets
Gold pen marks Georgia governor’s long career
The piece recounts Joseph M. Brown’s decades in Georgia politics starting as a railroad clerk and ending as two-term governor. It notes the same gold pen he used to sign thousands of documents and campaign cards, and his affection for it from 1881 through his retirement. It mentions key figures like Eugene Spalding, Samuel Wilkes, George Hammond, Hoke Smith, Terrell, Pope Brown, and Richard B. Russell. It highlights his war with a famous political rivalry and his love letters to Miss Cora McCord.
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Georgia
Eugene Spalding
Samuel W. Wilkes
George H. Hammond
Joseph M. Brown
Western and Atlantic Railroad
House of Representatives
Terrell
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Hoke Smith
Smith
Brown
Pope Brown
Richard B. Russell
Treasury
Cora McCord
Stripling
Joseph M. Terrell
United States
Macon Depot Decision in Ten Days Reported
Macon officials and business leaders await a ruling from the Southern Railway within ten days on entering a contract with Central of Georgia for a new union station. Mayor Moore and the Chamber of Commerce received the letter, and a local delegation will travel to Atlanta Tuesday to confer with Chairman Candler.
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Macon
Murphey Candler
State Railroad Commission
The
Southern Railway
Central of Georgia Railroad
Moore
Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Candler
Glad to Quit Says Henry 8 Jackson
Henry H. Jackson, collector of internal revenue, said Saturday he is glad to be relieved of duties due to weak health. His term expires June 30 and he plans a family trip to a quiet place to recuperate, noting they may not travel abroad because of his condition.
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Henry 8S. Jackson
Jackson
160 Bibb Girls to Hold Canning Bees
In Bibb County 160 girls will run canning bees from July 7 for sixteen days at various county locations led by Mrs. C. J. Ralston and Miss Mary E. Creswell. The project aims to can about 20,000 cans of vegetables and fruit this month.
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Macon
Bibb County
C. J. Ralston
Mary E. Creswell
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