Memorial Day Observed in Brunswick with Monument Unveiling
Memorial Day services in Brunswick featured a monument unveiling in Hanover Park to Confederate dead. Hon. Albert Cox of Atlanta delivered a well received oration, with Marine Band music, a Dixie played, and a parade ending at Oak Grove Cemetery where veterans saluted the fallen as rifles fired.
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Brunswick
Hanover Park
Te Rive Men’s Armory
Aiken
Oglethorpe ‘Oetel
Havoner Park
Harry Cassil
Cline
Edwin Brobaton
Brohetor
Albert Cox
Atlanta
Cox
Memorial Association
Marine Band
Dixie
Oak Grove Cemetery
Season Opens at St Simon Island With Incoming Cottagers
The season at St Simon Island is underway as families arrive and more visitors are expected. A Pleasant party from Atlantic city including Miss Mary Jarragin and Miss Belle Dunnington arrives, with a boat ride planned for tomorrow. Ocean Fure is being rebuilt, summer schedules soon set by boat lines, and local cottages undergo improvements.
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St. Simon
Mary Jarragin
Belle Dunnington
Martha Cobb Howard
Martha Howard
F. D. Aiken
Alvin Johnson
Alvin Johnson, Wife and Child, and Miss Reed
Waycross
Ocean Fuér
Wm. Nightengale
W. L. Wallace
Negro lawyer to fight case in Alabama Supreme Court
Wilford H. Smith of New York appeared before the Alabama Supreme Court marking the first time a black attorney argued there. His credential came from Mississippi. He will pursue a challenge to the suffrage article of the new constitution seeking a U S Supreme Court appeal. He is in Alabama for months at the invitation of a Negro society funding an attorney.
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Montgomery
Ala
Supreme Court of Alabama
Wilford H. Smith
New York
Ana
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Brunswick Public Building Progress Report
Work on Brunswick's public building moves on toward its scheduled completion. Large boulders were positioned Friday and the project proceeds rapidly. Contractors W H Bowen Co lead a capable team, with all departments following the latest architectural standards.
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Brunswick
Messrs. W. H. Bowen & Co
Tragedy Near Roane Creek Ends With Granddaughter and Old Man Dead
A 75 year old man William Rogers shot his granddaughter Miss Mary Anfield aged 30 near Johnson City and then killed himself with a pistol. The couple reportedly planned to move west to live together amid alleged prior intimacy.
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Rogers
Knoxville
Tenn
the Sentinel
Butler
Roane Creek
Johnson County
William Rogers
Mary Anfield
Johnson City
Boy Drowns In Ocmulgee River Near Macon
J D Hough Jr aged 19 of Macon drowned this afternoon in the Ocmulgee river nine miles below Macon near the Brunswick bridge. The body has not been recovered as searching parties head out at daylight. Four companions on a boat ride saw him dive in to swim for the boat and he disappeared. Hough was a Vineville wood yards employee and son of former Manchester mills manager Captain J D Hough.
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Macon
J. D. Hough, Jr
Ocmulgee River
Brunswick Bridge
J. D. Hough
Manchester Mills
Vineville Wood Yards
Young Hough
Charley M. Adams, Jr
Richard Means
C. F. Finnlay
Hough
Young Means
Hoson
Mavis
No Library For Savannah Carnegie Offer Rejected
Savannah officials met to decide on Andrew Carnegie's gift for a free public library. The special committee declined to report and dropped the matter, noting the city could not commit to a 10 percent annual maintenance grant.
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Savannah
Myers
Dixon
Holland
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Nhot
Knights of Pythias Parade Uniforms Impress Crowd
The Knights of Pythias drew general attention in yesterday's parade with handsome new uniforms bought from A Kaiser & Bro through sales agent W H Wood Jr. The 49 uniforms measured by him all fit with no returns, reflecting credit on Wood and Kaiser & Bro.
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Brunswick
Newman
Ais
Knights of Pythias
A. Kaiser & Bro
W. H. Wood, Jr
Odd Fellows to Celebrate 83rd Anniversary Event
Odd Fellows and Essie Dietz Lodge members are invited to a free celebration at Odd Fellows hall on April 28 marking the 83rd anniversary of Odd fellowship. The notice corrects the mistaken belief that refreshments would require payment.
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Odd Fellows
Essie Dietz Lodge
Odd Fellowship
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Photographer offers unique Confederate monument unveiling photos
Wilson the photographer advertises for sale photographs of the unveiling of the Confederate monument. He claims unmatched quality and invites customers to visit and purchase. He also touts superior portrait work and urges prompt action.
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Wilson
Confederate Monument
Trial reveals gravity of Samar orders and killings
Manila April 26 court martial proceedings against General Jacob H. Smith reveal admission that Major Waller killed and burned to make Samar a wilderness. Defense seeks simplification while witnesses test the scope of orders to kill all over ten years old. Washington officials fear political fallout ahead of elections.
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Manila
Jacob H. Smith
Degan
Lloyd Wheaton
Charles A. Woodruff
Waller
Samar
David DD. Porter
Marine Corps
John H. A. Day
Littleton T. Waller
Ninth Infantry
Lieutenant Day
Washington
War Department
Jacob Smith
Woodruff
Smith
Lamar
General Smith
Philippines
General
Nashville opens Southern League with win over Atlanta
Nashville defeated Atlanta 8 to 2 in the league opener at the Atlanta ballpark. The game ended after seven innings due to darkness as the Tennessee club claimed victory before a crowded, restless crowd.
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Tennessee Club
Atlanta
Nashville
Tennessee
Tabernacle rising on Hillsboro square in Mansfield street
The tabernacle on Hillsboro square Mansfield street is rapidly taking shape with framing up and completion anticipated next week. Dr Munhall’s Birmingham tour concluded last Monday and his union revival at the First Methodist will end tomorrow night. His sermons draw thousands and convert hundreds, praised for clear reasoned Bible teaching and a passion to revive biblical study.
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Hillsboro Square
Mansfield Street
Munhall
Birmingham
Grammar School Honor Roll Names for the Month
The honor roll lists students by grade. First grade includes Eunice Briesenick Hel en Baumgartner Araneta Odham and others. Second grade features Annie Dean Atkinson Colon Bylsma Carrie Lorentsen among many more. Third grade lists Mozelle Traylor Elizabeth Penniman Leo Temple Mamie Bunkley. Fourth grade includes Louise Baxer Eva Cook Sophie Extroyitch Maude Elliot and others.
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lMirst
Eunice Briesenick
Helen Baumgartner
Araneta Odham
Pauline Brock
Miriam Gonzo
Ruth Ivine
Bessie Noble
Mane Raffo
Lebyy Cline
Annie Dean Atkinson
Colon Bylsma
Carrie Lorentsen
Minnie McKinnon
Katie Levin
Mike Silverstein
Lillie Brown
Etta Issensky
Katie Gardner
Lula Ralscon
Sara Verdery
Cleo Harry
Marion Moore
Wilson Spear
Willie Cline
Jordan Taylor
Stafford Burney
Newton Knudson
Frank Edwards
Golding Stacy
Mozelle Traylor
Elizabeth Penniman
Leo Temple
Mamie Bunkley
Florrie Mallon
Ruth Norris
May Joe Lott
Guy Hackett
Earle Moore
Bonnell Roberts
Olivia Kay
Nora Gogarty
Esther Clarks
Lulu Doerflinger
Oliver Taylor
Norbert O Brien
Dorothy Burford
Minnie Goldstein
Ellender Lewis
Louise Baxer
Eva Cook
Sophie Extroyitch
Maude Elliot
Mattie Ferguson
Mable Lancaster
Gertrude Lott
New Books at the Library Reflect Wide Range of Titles
The library announces new arrivals including The Firebrand by S. R. Crockett The Letters of Her Mother to Elizabeth by Eleanor Glyn The Argonauts by Eliza Orzeszko The Fifth String by J. P. Sousa The Battle Ground by Ellen Glasgow and The Mating of Jane by S. B. Elliot A notable gift is Georgia Historical and Industrial by O. B. Stevens.
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S. R. Crockett
Elizabeth
Elenor Glyn
Bids Sought for Brunswick Street Signs
The city of Brunswick invites sealed bids to furnish about four hundred street signs with about forty names and ten signs per name. Samples must be sent with bids. Bids may be rejected at the council's discretion. N D Russell Clerk of Court.
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Brunswick
N. D. Russell
Courci
Entertainment Postponed for Library Association Benefit
An event planned for Thursday night to aid the Library Association has been postponed to Tuesday night of next week. The change affects all attendees and activities associated with the benefit.
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Library Association
Appropriation Foie Experiment Star in South Gee
Glynn county's agricultural might is celebrated by visitors and writers. Sir Charles Lydell praises Hon. James Hamilton Cooper at his Lippeten plantation twelve miles from Brunswick, noting fields of rice, sugarcane, and cotton. Frederika Bremer calls Cooper a great planter. Hazlehurst Yamassee plantation yielded vast corn, illustrating early southern resilience before railroads.
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Glynn County
Georgia
United States
Charles Lydell
Seaon
James Hamilton Cooper
Lippeten
Brunswick
Cooper Fields
Frederika Bremer
America
Hamilton Cooper
Cannon
Pierce
Joseph
Egypt
Leighton W. Hazlehurst
Wiftose
Yamassee
Burroughs Efforts to Bring State Station Talked
State officials and local figures discuss securing a station for the gaming industry with Brantley cited as central to the push. The outlined plan calls for a $20,000 appropriation and emphasizes the station's possible impact on the area’s economy and regulatory framework.
Beleve Strike Nears End in Augusta Conference
Augusta Ga April 21. Four conference sessions today between local mill presidents forming the Manufacturers association and three King mill operatives representing the strikers. Strikers claim King mill pays lower wages but will not submit proofs yet. They will collect data and present to King management in a few days. Prolonged strike seems unlikely as minor discrepancies may be corrected. lack of proof ends grounds for continuation.
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Augusta
Manufacturers Association
King Mill
King
peraGves
Governor Jelks to Attend Tuskegee Visit
Governor Jelks plans to visit Tuskegee on April 26 with the Ogden party of northern philanthropists touring the South at the invitation of Robert C. Ogden. The group will tour the Tuskegee Institute and attend the dedication of Carnegie library building. J. W. Abercrombie and Dr. Albert Shaw will speak at events.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Wed
Tuskege
Ogden
South
Robert C. Ogden
New York
Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
School For the Education of
J. W. Abercrombie
Carnegie Library
Carnegie
Albert Shaw
Review of Reviews
Massachusetts mill to build hotel at Lindale Georgia
The Massachusetts mills plan a three story modern hotel on their Lindale property to serve about one hundred guests. With a recent $1,000,000 capital addition, bids will be called immediately as Lindale’s population rises toward 5,000.
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Rome
Massachusetts Mills
Lindale
Massachusetts Mill
Linsdale
New Electrical Supply Halt Noted in South Jersey Ad
Fragmentary notice reports a halt related to electrical supply in south Jersey with reference to a new wick and al p.
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South
New Wick al P
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