Items From An Idler Reflects On Mind Work And Public Perception
The writer cites two editors who describe long-running daily work, one detailing twenty five years of editorial writing and another twenty year streak aided by a stenographer. A Spiritualist claims guardian angel power fuels his toil. An anecdote contrasts lawyer training with ploughman labor and a countryman's will cost. A Georgian politician’s boyhood card tale and a train encounter with bon bons end with a woman's critique of newspapers.
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Mr. Besant
Daily Press
Husbad
Barnesville Plans Growth as Factories Run Day and Night
A Barnesville warehouse worker pleaded guilty to blockading streets with cotton, saying premises overflowed as the Barnesville Manufacturing Company, Georgia Underwear Mills, Stafford-Huguley Hosiery, Hanson Crawley Company and others operate around the clock to meet booming demand. Prof Jere M. Pound urges more houses for Gordon Institute term as Realtors say twenty homes are needed.
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Barnesville
Smith
Barnesville Manufacturing Company
Georgia Underwear
Hanson Crawley Company
Jere M. Pound
Gordon Institute
Edward Elder
Orphans' Home Appeal Urges Aid for Destitute Children
A harsh appeal from horror gazette describes starving orphans in Decatur seeking admission to the North Georgia Conference Home. It recalls a boy of ten and a girl seven, their nakedness and hunger, and a new building rising to aid 275 destitute children in under two years.
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Horror Gazette
North Georgia Conference
Decatur
Orphas
Friends of God
H. LC
Memory of Col W D Alexander Honored in County Court House
A portrait of Col W D Alexander, once a prominent lawyer and benefactor in the county, is placed over the Judge's seat in the courthouse. He faced feuds during the war, earned a fortune, and devoted himself to benevolence after retiring from practice. The article recalls his dueling controversy with Judge Hiram Warner and his contributions to local development.
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W. D. Alexander
Col. Alexander
Hiram Warner
Court House
Pike County Journal
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D’uunome
Stafford-Huguley Hosiery Company
United States
Omes
Enterprises Contem
Col. W. D. Alexander
Castoria
Eignaran
Naypee
M. Born & CO
Chicago
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