President Wilson mediates rail strike talks
Washington and New York dispatches report a nation wide rail strike threat tied to eight hour day demands and overtime pay. Brotherhood leaders and railroad managers meet Wilson to avert a general shutdown with mediation from the Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation.
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Washington
Wilson
William L. Chambers
United States Board of Mediation and Counciliation
Garretson
Order of
Brotherhood
Wilton
Congress
New York
Federal Board of Mediation and Connciliation
Tumulty
Mr. Wilson
Brotherhoods
Philadelphia
W. L. Chambers
White House
Sion
Board of Mediators
United States
A. B. Garretson
Elisha Lee
Garetson
Conference Committee of
Four Brotherhoods
Joseph P. Tumulty
National Guard Recruit Campaign to Expand in Glynn County
Lieutenant A N Drake, head of the local National Guard recruiting office, returned from Savannah where he met Senior Recruiting Officer B F Riley. He said permission to open a recruiting campaign in Glynn County and other Eleventh District counties has been requested. Drake plans to map routes and recruit as many men as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. N. Drake
National Guard
Savannah
B. F. Riley
Drake
Glynn
Fronts Report Mixed WWI Moves Across Europe
Reports from Petrograd London and Rome describe Russian gains along the Galician front and northern Dniester, Italian offensives on the Carso plateau with about 800 Austrian prisoners, and Allied trench activity at Pozieres on the Somme with temporary German footholds.
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Petrograd
London
Sereth
Stipa
Koropice
Dneister
Mariampol
Rome
Carso
Military boys at home expect to go to border
Brunswick Riflemen from Macon visited Brunswick for a day as rumors spread that all Georgia units were ordered to the border. Soldiers in camp at Macon anticipated marching toward Texas within a week or two, though prior reports had been common.
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Brunswick Riflemen
First
Georgia Regiment
Macon
Washington
Georgia
Texas
Committee Seeks Pastor To Succeed Dr Roberts At First Baptist
Col Ty E Twitty said the First Baptist church has not yet chosen a new pastor to succeed Dr L E Roberts who resigned to join College Park. A committee is actively seeking candidates with visits planned next week and a likely selection within a month.
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TY. E. Twitty
First Baptist Church
L. E. Roberts
College Park
Dr. Roberts
Mercury pushes heat records in Brunswick
The mercury hit 96 degrees around 2 pm in Brunswick as a heat wave. A brief shower interrupted the peak, then temperatures rose again later in the afternoon. Another heat surge was expected today.
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Mercury
Smithereens
Brunswick
Abercrombie Heads To Baltimore Medical Meeting
Public Health Officer Dr T F Abercrombie will leave Brunswick for a nationwide gathering of health officers in Baltimore to discuss infantile paralysis now affecting several cities including New York Philadelphia and Brunswick. The city will cover travel expenses and the quarantine here may be lifted soon as officials assess the situation.
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T. F. Abercrombie
Taboc
Brunswick
Ballings
United States
New York City
Philadelphia
Abercrombie
Dr. Abercrombie
Baltimore
Heath
Game Commissioner ARNOW Visits En Route Home
State Game Commissioner Arnow spent a few hours in the city during a trip from Atlanta to St. Marys where he plans a few days off. He will return to Atlanta after a day in town and expects a successful hunting season with more game than ever and strong public cooperation to enforce laws.
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Arnow
Atlanta
St. Mary's
Arrest on Train Amid Brunswick Drug Raid
Locket Walker was arrested Sunday morning on the A B and A train as it pulled from Brunswick. He had escaped earlier after officers raided a corner liquor place Saturday night at T and Wolf streets. Police recovered some whiskey and pursued him when bottles were heard moved next door. He attempted to flee town.
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Walker
Brunswick
T and
Wolf Street
Hensel Named Councilman In Glynn County Meeting
The Glynn County council held a semi monthly session with routine business. A. R. Hensel was elected to fill the unexpired term of Duncan C. Wright. Tax exemption granted to Sea Food Company for five years. A factory site near Georgia Center was pledged land for city use. Two Dixie Highway signs were authorized for Glynn County.
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N. D. Russell
Duncan C. Wright
A. R. Hensel
Hopkins
Baltimore
Dr. Abercrombie
Sea Food Company
Georgia Encer & Package Company
Glynn County
Crest of Texaway flood threat reaches South Carolina
Residents of the Keowee and Seneca valleys await the flood crest after the Lake Texaway dam broke, releasing a 550 acre flood up to thirty feet deep. Initial damage listed at 50000 dollars with no lives lost, while North Carolina reports minimal impact near Transylvania County and Potman dams. Industrial plants in South Carolina brace for higher waters as crops suffer potential losses.
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Asheville
N.C
Keowee
Seneca
South Carolina
Lake Texaway
Pickens
Walhalla Oconee
Anderson
Lake Toxaway Village
Sumner
North Carolina
Transylvania County
Toxaway
Potman
Geneva River
Here
Blue Ridgr
Serum Treatment Begins For Infantile Paralysis Agents
New York health officials will equip physicians with serum derived from recovered patients to treat infantile paralysis at once in true cases. Field teams are advised to watch households with an affected child and begin serum at first symptom. Epidemic shows improvement with cooler weather and fewer new cases, including 95 new cases and 1 death in 24 hours, mainly in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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New York
Health Department
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Casey
All Ready for W O W Picnic
The Woodmen of the World held a meeting to prepare for a big day Thursday. Special hotel rates and pavilion use are arranged with St Simon Hotel. A seafood dinner is served for forty five cents. The large city room will be available for visitors and locals. Local Woodmen will meet the train arriving at 2 oclock Thursday morning.
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St. Simon
Soa
Woral
Local Warden Announces New Hunting Licenses
County Game Warden Bunkley announces readiness to sell hunting licenses for the upcoming season to interested applicants.
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Bunkley
Meeting of Eagles Opens Grand Aerie Session in Savannah
Thousands of delegates from across the United States fill Savannah for the eighteenth annual Grand Aerie meeting of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Grand Worthy President William Grayson presides at tonight’s public opening. sessions run through Saturday with reports on changes to the constitution and the benefit fund. The Southeastern Aerie gathering from North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida opens today and closes tonight.
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Savannah
United States
Order of Fegles
William ©. Grayson
Spokane
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Early licenses issued as hunting season nears
The warden received a small supply from Atlanta yesterday and will place licenses on sale at his office by Glynn County Bank, at Rh Phillips Insurance, and Stephens & Allen's store. Although the hunting season does not open for two to three months, it will soon be lawful to shoot game in the state with a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Glynn County Bank
Rh. Phillips
Stephens & Allen's
Last Change for Aaron Williams
Attorney J. T. Powell travels to Atlanta to press Williams case in Glynn County Jail where a death sentence is set for Friday August 18. The Prison Commission refused interference but offered another hearing. A prior thirty day respite was granted by Governor Harris. A board recommendation of commutation or life imprisonment may prompt another extension, though chances of staying execution appear slight.
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J. T. Powell
Atlanta
Aaron Willams
Glynn
Prison Commission
Harris
Williams
Harrie
Railway workers push debate on freight rate rise plan
Railroad men and shipowners from across the county gathered before the Interstate Commerce Commission to contest the reasonableness of proposed freight rate increases from the Atlantic seaboard to inter mountain routes and from Pacific coast points east. Some adjustments reach 10 percent with potential September 1 effective date.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Atantic Seaboard
Intermountain
Pacific Coast
Washington
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