Georgia News Notes From A Busy Era Summary
A compilation lists varied Georgia items including a Kirkwood gardener’s tomato weigh in at 2% pounds and Atlanta’s planned rubber factory for about 75 workers. It reports political appointments, legal actions, weather impacts on crops, college enrollments, and local crime, with notes on governors, congressmen, and University of Georgia activities. The piece touches on rail accidents, infanticide cases, lightning deaths, and plans for rural traveling libraries.
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Atlanta
University of Georgian
Paris
France
American College
Bessie Bernice Holland
Dex: R
Isaac Claude Hodges
Richmond
Dorsey
Ber Pe Townsend
Clay County
Fort Gaines
Senate
Joel Mallett
Nash
Frank Cochran
Adjutant General
Patent malaria remedy claim and dosing note
An old advertisement touts a prescription prepared medicine for malaria or chills and fever. It claims five or six doses cure malaria and used as a tonic prevents fever return, noting liver action superior to calomel and that it does not gripe or sickens.
Dodson's Liver Tone touted as a safe calomel substitute
An advertisement extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a pleasant vegetable liquid that starts the liver without causing salivation, unlike calomel which is described as dangerous mercury. The copy targets both children and adults, promises relief from biliousness and digestive woes, and guarantees money back if it does not act better than calomel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Exemption Boards Warned to Exercise Greatest Care
President Wilson and the War Department issue orders urging exemption boards to act with utmost care in granting affidavits for exemptions. General Crowder warns boards they serve the nation not individuals, stressing sacrifices and the risk to others if exemptions are misused. Employers are urged to apply strict standards under the selective service act to avoid favored exemptees and ensure national defense integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
General Crowder
Crowder
Wilson
Governor Ferguson Indicted on Nine Felony Charges
Texas Governor James E. Ferguson was indicted by Travis County grand jury in Austin on nine felony counts. Seven allege misapplication of public funds, one diversion of funds, and one embezzlement. Secretary of State Churchill J. Bartlett faces six counts of misapplication, Insurance Commissioner C. O. Austin four counts, and State Superintendent TL Stowe one count. Other indictments were returned but not public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James FE. Ferguson
Texas
Travis County
Austin
Churchill J. Bartlett
C O. Austin
Insurance
Banking
TL. Stowe
Blalock and Hardwick Aides Said to Face Removal
It is reported that A. Q O. Blalock, collector of internal revenue in Atlanta, will be dismissed amid patronage strife between the administration and Senator Thomas W Hardwick. Deputy collector R A Kelley has already been asked to resign effective August 1, and other Hardwick aligned appointees may also lose their posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Lovely Weldon
Thomas County
Mary Jarrell
Atlanta
Grady Hospital
Hardwick
A. Q O. Blalock
Internal Revenue
Thomas W. Hardwick
R. A. Kelley
Mr. Blalock
Force
Mrs. Bingham Dead Rich Widow of Henry Flagler
Mrs Robert Worth Bingham widow of Henry M Flagler died at her Louisville home after a two week illness She recently married Judge B W Bingham of Louisville into a prominent Kentucky family in November
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Flagler
Robert Worth Bingham
Henry M. Flagler
Louisville
Bingham
B. W. Bingham
Kentucky
Flour Prices Jump in Wholesale Market
The wholesale price of flour rose again with a 25 cent advance to 1.35 a barrel on Saturday. The lowest patent was 11.25 and the highest 14 a barrel. Merchants linked the rise to a wheat price jump of 36 to 53 cents since July 18, lifting mill prices accordingly.
Auction Notice of Ford Runabout in Taylor County Georgia
Will be sold before the court house door in Taylor County during legal hours on the first Tuesday in August 1917. Property described as one Runabout Ford Automobile owned by E B Windham to satisfy a fifa from the Taylor County Superior Court in favor of Reynolds Home Mixture Guano Co. Property in the possession of E B Windham. Dated July 1917. J R Beeland Sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
Court House
Ford
E.B. Windham
Fifa
Superior Court
Reynolds
E. B. Windham
J. R. Beeland
Sheriff Sale August 1917 In Taylor County Georgia
Sheriff sale notices eight shares of stock in Farmers and Merchants Bank Butler Georgia to be sold on the first Tuesday in August 1917 at the courthouse door in Taylor County for cash. Property in possession of Mrs W B Wilson defendant in fifa. Levied to satisfy a superior court fi fa in favor of Bertha Wilson. Property pointed out by plaintiff. This old day of July 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Taylor County
Georgia
S‘armers & Merchants Bank
Butler
W. B. Wilson
Fifa
Superior Court
Bertha Wilson
J. R. Beeland
Notice of Sale of Farmers Warehouse and Fertilizer Co
Public sale of the Farmers Warehouse and Fertilizer Company property will occur in Taylor County Georgia on August 7, 1917. The sale follows a deed to secure debt with Citizens & Southern Bank as successor to Farmers & Merchants Bank and includes a Reynolds land tract with a brick warehouse and fertilizer plant and associated equipment. Cash payment for title.
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Farmers Warehouse & Fertilizer Company
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Superior Court of
Taylor County
Georgia
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Citizens & Southern Bank
Sai
Butler
Court House
Taylor
Reynolds
Montague
Macon
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Administrator's Sale in Tavelor County Georgia
By order of the county ordinary, the estate of Sallie Rowe will sell the west half of lot 146 in the 12th district at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in August 1917, between legal hours, to settle debts and distribute heirs' shares. Cash to the highest bidder.
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Court of Ordinary
Said
Sallie Rowe
Auust
Lemon Juice Freckle Remover Recipe
A vintage home remedy promotes lemon juice mixed with orchard white as a cheap freckle and tan remover. The lotion is to be massaged daily on face neck arms and hands to fade blemishes and whiten skin, claimed as harmless and inexpensive.
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Mary Sartin
Sardis
Miss
the Commonwealth
Associated Press
John T. Larkin
House
Berrien County
Dorris
Crisp
Smyrna
Fulton Superior Court
Bank of East Point
A. J. McCoy
Rice
Birmingham
Oglethorpe University
Senate Constitutional Amendments Committee No. 2
Senr.Elders
Marg Obras
Ville
Albany
Johnson
Brenard
Metropolitan
Sills
Lorena Butler
Bostwick
Miss Butler
Gvas
Will Eubanks
Elberton
Athens
United States
J. O N. Caylor
Dalton
General Assembly
Georgia State Library Commission
Julian R. Lane
Muscogee
Columbus
Bright
Emory ‘University
Agricultural Committee No. 1
Genera Assembly
Georgia Landowners’ Association
Thomasville
Navy
Coast Artillery
Seabourn Air Line Railroad
G. M. Green
Howell Station
John S. Leak
Cartersville
J. S. Hall
Harry Davis
Moultrie
Hall
Ayers
Jackson
Congress
Thirtieth Georgia Regiment of Confederate Veterans
Forrest Park
Cotton Region Bulletin
Weather Department
Lula
Blue Ridge
Dank” Carter
Leone Leith
Leith
University of Georgia Trustees
Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lucy Cobb
Cocotone Company
Clara M. Jackson
Waycross, Ga
Cocotone
Anna M. White
Montgomery, Ala
C.P. Johnson
the Cocotone CO
Atlanta, Ga
Tybee
Central Georgia Railway
Ferguson
Blalock
Sherifi
Farmers Warehouse and Fertilizer Company
Citzens & Southern Bank
M. B. Lane
Adams & Adams
Savannah
Tavelor County
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