City considers paving bond issue for permanent street system
At a special city council meeting Mayer Hopkins introduced a resolution to study costs of paving materials and to issue bonds for a permanent street paving program. The council approved surveying material costs and set bond amount later, with estimates between 100000 and 150000. War Industries Board embargoes delayed action, now lifted, enabling procurement of temporary material for immediate relief.
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Indian Land Exhibit Car Tours Brunswick Before Oklahoma Sale
A Pullman car touring Brunswick advertises a federal land sale in Oklahoma offering 40 80 and 160 acre tracts. The car showcases soil products timber lands and photos of productive farms. It features maps of the Oklahoma oil field and mineral timber and agricultural prospects. Open daily with free information and no admission charge.
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Castle Street
Oklahoma
United States
Citer
Ain
Brunswick
Britain Favors Signing First Peace Settlement
London reports from January 9 indicate the Foreign Office aims to make a general demobilization and a first peace settlement the initial business of the Peace Conferences. The War Cabinet will discuss, with President Wilson thought to approve, while broader issues like freedom of the seas and League of Nations would follow after an initial accord.
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Daily Mal
Foreign Office
Way Office
War Cabinet
Paris
Wien
League of Nerions
Great Powers Debut at Peace Conference Delegations
Paris reports begin unveiling delegations for the peace congress. The American team led by a single figure stands apart. Britain Italy and Japan soon announce leaders like Lloyd George Balfour Orlando Sonnita Chinsi and Matsui. Twenty five members from the five great powers will direct the talks.
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Paris
Lloyd George
Arthur J Balfour
Great Britain
Orlando and
Sonnita
Chinsi
Matsui
Japan
Local Dixie Division Members Return From France
A number Brunewick boys in the Dixie Division have returned from France and are being mustered out at Camp Cordon. Sergeant Hubert Lang and H H Thompson, both mustered out Wednesday, arrived with about two dozen others in the city yesterday, as they await discharges.
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Dixie Division
France
Camp Cordon
Hubert Lang
H H. Thompson
General Lees Birthday Observance Noted By Local Veterans
The South Georgia camp led by Judge J. L. Sweat announces observance of General Lee's birthday on Monday January 20 in Brunswick. Berlin reports a state of siege proclamation, with uncertain timing and a dispatch from Amsterdam. Local Baptists under Rav Wallace Wear begin debt-pay campaign for Georgia Baptist institutions to raise funds.
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Georgia
TU. C. V
Lee
Berlin
Dipatch
Brunswick
Corde’e
Rav Wallace Wear
Georgia Baptist
Corde Baptist
Calvin's Appointment Pleasees Waveress
Jan 9 report notes Martin V. Calvin’s appointment by the State department as a statistician in April. Calvin formerly served three years as executive at the Wrveroes Chamber of Commerce and is praised for his work and expertise.
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Martin V. Calvin
State Department
Aprienitire
Chamber of Commerce
Wrveroes
Fire life toll in 1925 US reaches over fifteen thousand
New York reports that 1925 fire statistics show more than 15 000 deaths and property losses of at least a quarter of a billion dollars. Most victims were women and children. The data were presented by Insurance Commissioner Young of North Carolina at a conference of fire safety authorities and an insurance board.
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New York
United States
Drivein gasoline station planned at Gloucester and Reynolds
Brunswick to build a drivein filling station owned by George Lott, replacing a billboard site at Gloucester and Reynolds across from the post office. The station will offer gasoline, free air and water, with up to date fixtures en route, operated in a modern manner. In New York harbor a maritime labor dispute moved toward settlement as a conciliation board will arbitrate between shipowners and crews following a joint agreement.
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Brunswick
Ge Bill Board
Gloucester
Reynolds Street
George Lott
Yuryan Besin and Turrentine Company
New York
Smerine
Ibi
Traffe
New York Harbor
Hagber
Er Mintion
Jeniel
Gtatk
Maher
Iron Workers
Army supplies delayed on the Rhine front
Coblenz dispatch notes disrupted supply lines as lighting firms face coal shortages, threatening Army Headquarters with reduced light. The American command occupied Coblenzerhof and Furstenher Pgtels for headquarters, but rising Rhine waters flooded cellars, hampering operations while German lines enjoy heat.
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Hings
Rhine
Coblenzerhof
Furstenher Pgtels
War contracts to be validated by war department bill
Washington January 9 Validation aid adjustment by Secretary of War Baker on war contracts involving the expenditure of two billion seven hundred thousand dollars was authorized by a bill which passed the house late today. Approximately sixty six laundry contracts in this country and a large number in England France and Italy will be affected.
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Washington
Baker
House
England
France
Italy
Commissioner to Begin 1919 Tax Collection
Washington reports Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper announced plans to start collecting 1919 taxes once the revenue bill passes with no material changes. He said new tax forms are nearly ready for distribution.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Roper
BrunsWick Man Promoted to Captain on Special Staff
Brunswick residents hail Capt. S. K Brown after promotion from First Lieutenant to Captain and assignment to special staff duty with the Army of Occupation in Luxembourg. Brown returned from abroad when WWI began, joined an army training camp, earned lieutenant rank, then went overseas. London and Tokyo dispatches note ministry reshuffle and Japan’s finance policy and foreign trade guidance amid wartime conditions.
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Brunswick
Tokio
Karen Takahashi
Japan
Japan Trade Association
Glynn Academy to Host Noon Flag Event Amid Rain Delay
At Glynn Academy a patriotic noon flag presentation, postponed by rain, will be held. The program, printed in The News, features notable segments and open activities. In other news from Macon a federal grand jury case involves charges linked to whisky shipments disguised as other goods.
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Odar
Macon
Washington
Jim
David Shaw
Rasdal Ricks
Five Indicted in Macon’s Famous Liquor Case
Amerongen Jan 9 William Hohenzollern walked in Amerongen Castle garden for the first time in weeks. The ex-emperor’s health is reported nearly normal again.
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Macons
Amerongen
William Hohenzollern
Amergen
Brunswick's Rat Thompson Returns as Full Fledged Soldier Mascot
Martin H. Thompson known as Rat returns to Brunswick in uniform as a veteran mascot. He was mustered out in Atlanta and served overseas, joining the Brunswick Riflemen after overcoming age and enlistment hurdles. Thompson traveled to Savannah then France, arriving before the armistice, and says he did not see front line action but kept watch alongside his unit.
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Brunswick
Atlanta
Brunswick Riflemen
Mexico
Mastin
Uear
Macon
Hen
Hurricane lights to mark Gulf Coast storms in 1919
From U S Weather Bureau guidance, two red lanterns with a white lantern between were approved for night displays on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts starting Jan 1 1919 to signal tropical hurricanes or severe storms. Samuel W Meek longtime NYT assistant treasurer died in New York City after a year long illness born 1866 Monetriage Arkansas.
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U. S. Atlantic
Gulf
Great Lakes
Atlantic
New York
Samuel W. Meek
New York Times Company
Monétroge
Ark
Brunswick Marine Contract Rumor Sparks Local Pride
The report claimed Brunswick Marine Construction won a contract for a handsome craft. Superintendent J P Davenport denies any contract has been awarded and urges a Brunswick company secure the job, praising local firms and urging home employment.
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Brunewise
J. P. Davenport
Waethigist Foundation Company
Hilda Rachael
Jacksonville
Brunswic Marine Construction Corporation
Davenport
Watermelon Cutting payday near as retroactive pay rises loom
Amid cold weather a water melon cutting event is planned under board supervision. Hundreds of employees are expected to receive back pay distribution similar to recent months. Checks reportedly go out on the fifteenth, with workers to get them Thursday next week. For Brunswick the sum to be distributed is expected to exceed 50 909.
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Yar
Brunswick
City Council Raises Salaries For 1919 1920 Officials
The city council held two brief sessions to review and adopt a special report on officers and salaries. The measure increases pay for mayor clerk treasurer assessor city engineer chief of police deputy marshal police officers jailer and several fire department roles with new monthly figures and allowances including gasoline for the public works chief and sewerage staff.
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Hopkins
Brown
Dart
Leybourne
Roberts
Nerma
Mit
Mawebal Ant
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Ctor
Meyer
Sexton Cemetery
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Ner Mo
Waycross Ice Plant Reopens After Remodeling
Waycross Ice and Cold Storage company, closed for some time, has remodeled its plant and reopened for business. The facility now resumes operations in Waycross.
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Waycross
Waycross Ice and Cold Storage Company
Sunday School Adopts 10 15 A M Start Time
Presbyterian Sunday School will begin at 10 15 a m to finish in time for church services at 11 30 a m. Officers and teachers invite all current and new members to attend next Sunday morning as the new schedule takes effect.
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Presbyterian Sunday School
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