Telegraph School to Provide 300 Operators for Railroads
Southern Telegraph School plans to furnish 300 operators to meet a new law requiring a nine hour workday. Prof Bowden and Prof Johnson expect 300 graduates with salaries from fifty to one hundred dollars monthly. Several roads seek similar contracts and many students are enrolling daily in Newnan News.
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Southern Telegraph School
P. Johnson
Southern Telegram School
Atlans
Johnson
Rea
Rtntime
Bowden
Jon
Poole, Bowden and Johnson
Newnan News
Machinery cuts canal digging time and paints cheaper
The article touts Panama Canal and Erie Canal machinery as far faster than hand digging. It promotes L. & M. Paint with zinc hardening, claims long wear and low labor costs, and offers repaint guarantees for defective work.
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Panama Canal
Ly MacDonald Hardware
Blumenstein Willis & Co Petition for Charter
In Decatur County Superior Court E Blumenstein and Willis petition to form Blumenstein Willis & Co a corporation for general merchandise dry goods and clothing with capital stock 5000 and option to increase up to 50000 to act as agents for others and conduct related business. The principal office is in the city and the petition requests corporate privileges and immunities allowed by law with attorney MO K Wilson signing June 10 1907.
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oSt
MO. K. Wilson
C. W. Wimberly
Decatur County
Leon
Wimberly
Blumenstein Willis & Co
Death of Mr James Donalson
The community learns of the sudden heart failure death of Mr James A Donalson at his summer home in St Andrews Bay Florida. He leaves a wife seven children a brother Hon John E Donalson of this city and sisters Mesdames Agnes Graves and Ellie Boozer. The bereaved are offered sympathy.
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St. Andrews Bay
Fla
James A. Donalson
John E. Donalson
St. Andrews
Donalson
Florida
Donalsonville
de Fuuiac Springs
Hon. E. Donalson
Mesdames
Agnes Graves
Ellie Boozer
Quitman
Distinguished visitor tours city and tobacco region
Mr G H Miller of Miller Bros & Co visited the city with associates from Chattanooga and Knoxville to inspect the City of Oaks, its commerce, transport, and tobacco interests, returning with favorable impressions. H Allen and E A Wimberley will occupy the newly bought building south of the Post Office vacated by Decatur County Bank.
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Oaks
G.H Miller
Miller Bros & Co
H. ©. Allen
Decatur County Bank
E. A. Wimberley
Decatur Superior Court Ad Journed Amid Heat and Tobacco Woes
The Decatur Superior Court adjourned to November after a May term due to farmer petitions and attorney absence. Judge Spence and officers returned home as jurors and litigants faced delays. A local Dougherty farmer sold 56 acres of cantaloupes for cash after shipping full ears, netting $700 on shipped portion and $5,000 on the remainder.
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Spence
Solicitor Wooten
Dougherty
Eastern Commission
Decatur County Tobacco
Editorial Notes on Prohibition and Politics in Dawson
The piece argues for strong anti nicotine and liquor laws, calls for an enforceable anti tobacco measure, and endorses Governor Smith and his campaign platform. It criticizes legislative plans for a new Tifton Circuit and praises Lincoln's stance on morality, urging practical prohibition.
Bucklen Arnica Salve Heals Longstanding Leg Sore
Amos F. King of Port Byron New York aged 82 has a leg sore for years healed by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The world’s great healer of sores burns cuts wounds and piles is guaranteed by druggists at 25 cents.
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Amos F. King
Port
Byron
N. Y
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