County split talks and local notices in mid Georgia paper
A jumble of notices and advertisements from a small Georgia paper discusses plans for a proposed Atkins county formed from parts of Berrien, Coffee, and Clinch, with no capital chosen yet. It also includes ads for Chamberlain remedies, a Columbus convention on April 17-18, and editorials touching on weather disasters, postage, and local politics.
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Atkinsers
Berrien, Coffee
Clinch
Columbus, Ga
Laymen’s Missionary Movement
Georgia
Alabama
Georgian Hotel Partly Destroyed in Cordele Fire
Cordele March 27 The Georgian hotel in the business district was partially destroyed by fire at dawn. Guests escaped from second story windows aided by ladders as flames cut off front exits. The Georgian cafe and a nearby drug store suffered heat damage. total losses estimated at about 3 000 to 4 000 dollars.
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Cordele
Georgian
GM McMillan
Frost Yields Limited Peach Damage in Middle Georgia
Macon Ga February 28 Despite forecasts the peach crop in central Georgia escaped heavy loss from the cold snap yesterday morning. Winds and cloudy skies limited damage with reports around Fort Valley of five to ten percent loss and overall size projection at forty to fifty percent of last year.
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Macon
Vareh
Georgia
Arround Fort Valley
North Georgia Crops Stricken by Record Cold
Atlanta reports grave apprehension as a severe cold wave brings heavy frost and ice across the region. Temperatures plunged to 28 degrees in Atlanta with deeper lows expected in northern areas, threatening fruit crops and prompting warnings from State Entomologist Lee Worsham about widespread damage.
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Atlanta
Lustuizai
Lee Worsham
Frightful Polar Winds Prompt Hand Care Ad
Frightful polar winds blister skin causing red rough and chapped hands and lips. Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals and softens skin and savors cold sores burns boils sores ulcers cuts bruises and piles. Only 25 cents at City Drug Store. Adv
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Bucklen
City Drug Store
Victim of Montezuma Shot Wounded in Georgia
Oscar Walters was shot four times with a shotgun by Alfred Joiner in Montezuma, Georgia. Doctors at Macon Hospital say Walters is likely to lose sight in both eyes, with the right eye already removed. Walters’s wife accompanies him. Walters denies any romance with Joiner’s sister, Miss Alice Joiner. Police report suggest the shooting occurred on the street with no prior word.
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Macon
Oscar Walters
Alfred Joinet
Joiner
Alice Joiner
Walters
Move For A Monument to Northern Is Started
In Atlanta on March 27 the drive to erect a memorial at Fitzgerald for the late Governor William J Northean has formed. State Game Warden Jesse Mercer reports rapid subscriptions and strong official support from capitol officials, signaling a quick fund raise.
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Atlanta
Fitzgerald
William J Northean
Jesse Mercer
Blind Tigers of Taylor County Warn of Hidden Dangers
A letter from Mrs. A. H. Bazemore in Norwich Georgia dated March 29 1913 urges local men to hunt and eradicate blind tigers near Butler and surrounding counties. She warns of harm to hunters and townspeople and calls for detectives and watchdogs to protect the community.
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Norwich
Butler
A. H. Bazemore
Escape After Fifteen Years
W. P. Broyles reports a fifteen year suffering from kidney and bladder troubles ended by Foley Kidney Pills. He credits relief from a severe backache and painful bladder irregularities to the pills and urges others to take the direct road to health. Sold by City Drug Store.
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W. P. Broyles
Foley
City Drug Store
Ady
Rocky Hill Items Chronicle Local Social Updates
Farmers busy planting corn amid continued rain in Rocky Hill. Mrs Susan Gaultney, one of the county’s oldest ladies, is noted as frail. Families including the Gaultneys, Petermans, and Goodwins attend services and visits at Turner's Chapel and Crowells. Rabbits destroy cabbages, and many locals travel to Reynolds and Macon for visits and church.
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Susan Gaultney
L. O Bloodworth
Turner’s Chapel
John Gaultney
Ida Peterman
Letcher Neisler
Midway
James Harris
Alta Goodwin
Leila Belle Beats
Williams
Thomaston
Hary Goodwin
W M Goodwin
Frank Gaultney
Willie B
Dave Shines
Irma
Susy Belle Peterman
Oscar Peterman
Ulah
Ruby
Durward
Perbert Gaultney
Evelyn
Dudly Goodwin
Reynolds
John Winters
J B Goodwin
Tom Holeman
Macon
T A Shoupe
Pope Booth
Polly Russ
Butler
Clarence
Charles Shines
Willie , Goodwin
Crowells
Cold Wave Proved By Witty Farewell
A brief exchange hints at a chilly reception after a rejection. The dialogue labels the moment a cold wave as she ends the interaction with a departing wave, underscoring a terse, minimal interaction.
Central Railroad Offers Special Rates to Opera Week in Atlanta
Metropolitan Opera Company plans a four day week of operas at the Auditorium starting April 21 with Puccini La Tosca Verdi La Traviata Damrosch Cyrano Ponchielli La Gioconda and Offenbach Tales of Hoffmann in multiple languages. Atlanta Music Festival Association will manage ticketing and seating while Central of Georgia Railway provides excursion fares and travel details through area agents.
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Central Railroad
Atlanta
New York
Giulio Gatti-Casazza
Metropolitan Opera Company
Atlanta Musical Festival Association
South
Puccini
Manon Lescaut
I Verdi
Donizetti
Luclia
Gatti-Castaza
Gatti-Casazza
Atlanta Music Festival Association
CB Bidwell
Fourth National Bank
Central of Georgia Railway
J. C. Haile
F. J. Robinson
Agit
Sheriff Sale of 13 Acres in Taylor County Georgia
Georgia Taylor County sheriff sale to settle a justice court judgment. Thirteen acres of land lot 245 in the 13th district with dwelling and buildings, bounded by Lucendie McCants Henderson Elder F H Bone and R S West, to be sold at Butler courthouse. Also an administrator sale of 170 acres in the Fourteenth District known as Elizabeth Durden lands within S H Lockett estate, north by Flint River and adjacent lands, to be sold at public outcry at the courthouse door.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Court House
Butler
E. H. Comthers
Rodgers
Lucendie McCants
Henderson Elder
F H Bone
Liza Edwards
Gus Edwards
Justice Court
Butler Banking Company
J. R. Beeland
Superior Cour
County
S. H. Lockett
David Beeland
R. E. Casey
E. E. Fuller
Elizabeth Durden
Georgia Letters of Administration Notice
FOR LETTERS ADMINISTRATION. GEORGIA-Taylor County. To all whom it may concern: Delila Gooch applied for permanent Letters of Administration on the estate of Warren Locket late of this county. Creditors and next of kin are cited to appear at the Ordinary's office within the legal time and show cause why administration should not be granted. Witness my hand this March 3, 1913. A. H. Riley, Ordinary. Mrs A. R. Tabor of Crider Mo. reports sick headache relief from Chamberlain's Tablets after five years of trouble. Two bottles cured her. Sold by all dealers. Adv
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Georgia
Taylor County
Delila Gouch
Warren Locket
Warren Lockett
Delila Gooch
A. R. Tabor
Crider
H R
Fruits of Japan marketed in the country
The principal fruits marketed in Japan include persimmons mikan pears apples peaches grapes strawberries apricots watermelons melons figs loquats walnuts chestnuts bananas and pineapples. Except bananas and pineapples all these fruits are grown in Japan.
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Fruits
Japan
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Custer
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Ira
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Chamberlain's Co
Chamberlain
Ald
Waters
Macon Telegraph
Saasensville
Adikir 5
Vienna News
Vienna
Omaha
Nebraska
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Terrahautes
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Unesday
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Pensylvania
Johnson
Dayton
Wes
Commerce News
Henry Clay
New Orleans
City
North Georgia
Blind Tigers OF
Rocky Hill
Annie
Mamie Smith
Jones County
Tom Harris
R L Bodiford
D T Shines
Rey H H Mosley
G T Gaultney
Thedford’s
J. H. Easter
Spartanburg, S. C
Thedford
Damrosch
Cyrano
Ponchielli
Offenbach
Farmers & Merchants Bank
H. J. Peagler
Cashier
U. S. Depository For Postal Savings Funds
Ilizer
J. A. Matthews
S. HL. Lockett
North Carolina
Chuna Seed Garden
Stock & Poultry
Pater Eis
Peea
Colquitt
Moultrie
Ocklocknee River
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