Free Scholarships Offered by Southern Shorthand and Atlanta Schools
A statewide contest offers 145 tuition free scholarships worth 50 dollars each in Shorthand or Bookkeeping at Southern Shorthand and Business University or Atlanta School of Telegraphy. Contestants must submit bona fide names and addresses, bring one paying pupil, and enroll by January 15 1908. The county with the most names wins a free 50 scholarship. others receive half rates, with 2.50 commission per additional pupil.
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South
The
Southern Shorthand and Business University
Atlanta
State of
Georgia
Atlanta School of Telegraphy
Evey County
A. C Briscoe
L. W. Arnold
Grant and Petersburg Missed Chance at James Crossing
The article argues Grant planned a surprise crossing of the James at Wilcox s Landing to attack Petersburg from the rear, a move Lee misjudged for three days as Grant's army arrived June 15 16 and 17. It credits Grant and possibly Humphreys with the decisive spy outcome, with E P Alexander noted in passing.
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Grant
the James
Wilcox
City Point
Lee
Petersburg
Butler
Beauregard
Longstreet
Hill
Lontrest
Cold Harbor
Clautios
Gettsburg
James
Humphreys
E. P. Alexander
Scribner’s
Machinery replaces craftsman in daily goods
Reginald Newton Weekes laments in Nine teenth Century that machinery dominates production, reducing many skilled workers to routine labor. He argues that cheap goods come at the cost of diminished craft, and that life should value quality over sheer abundance.
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Reginald Newton Weekes
Speiling a Good Speech On Women's Rights
A reminiscence from The Inner and Middle Temple recalls Lord Coleridge delivering a graceful speech in support of woman's rights, which was humorously undercut by Serjeant Dowze who quipped that judges may be women but all old women are not necessarily qualified.
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Ranen
Hove
RS. M. Summers
H. Notre Dame
Ind
Mr. Bellot
Inner and Middle Temple
Lord Coleridge
Dowze
Bee Separ
Aries Sign Marks Start of Spring and Mythic History
The article notes the sun entering Aries on March 21 signaling astronomical spring. It recounts ancient beliefs linking Aries to vernal equinox and myth of the ram with the golden fleece, including Phrixus, Helle, Mercury, and the Hellespont, with Hamal as the sunrise star. It includes a short local vignette about Wash Jones and a moral about honesty learned in prison shoe work, plus a brief literary quotation.
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Aries
Athanius
Thessaly
Phrixus
Helle
Mercury
Europe
Asia
Hellespont
Black Sea
Wash Jones
Bill
Young Couple's Theater Plan Leads to ProvisionsHaul
A newlywed man plans a theater night with his wife, who then fills two bags with food. She explains she read in the paper that six weeks elapse until the first and second sections, prompting her to stock provisions.
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Southern
Business University
Thomasville
Business College
Thomasville, Ga
A. WW. Bali
American Steel and Wire CO
New York
Denver
Grant and Petersburg
Sloans Liniment
Earl S.stoan
Boston
Mass
Ram
Argonautic Fame
Ork Press
Trav
Elers’ Guide
Bainbridge
J. W. Callahan
Bainbridge, Gworg
Atlantic Coast Line Railry
Montgomery
Dorbon
Troy
West Engl
Savannah
Waycross
Jacksonville
Mong Savannah
North
TJ Bottoms
Craig
Traffic Agr
Wilmington
TC Wain
J H Kirkland
Apalachicola
Southbo
Leave River Junction
Dolan
Juniper Guest
Hosford Evans Trump
Sumatra
Beverly
Apalachic
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Noath J
Fausha
Rvice Ba
Iyer Junction
Northboro
Apalachicel
Juniper
Greensboro Dolan River Junction
River
Atlantic Coast Line
T. C. White
W. J! Craig
Mac Wilmington
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