Georgia News Notes From Random Sources
Random state notes cover a broad range of topics including a Kirkwood gardener's tomato, a planned Atlanta rubber factory employing about 75 workers, and rising lightning deaths in Georgia. Other items mention university clubrooms in Paris, political appointments, a wreck near Atlanta, military training at Oglethorpe, and legal actions in Fulton and Muscogee counties.
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Atlanta
University of Georgia
Paris
France
American College
Lessie Bernice Holland
Dex
Dorsey
Bero F. Townsend
Clay County
Fort Gaines
Sensational Suit in Lula Over Damages to Character
In Lula Georgia a major suit seeks 75000 against Dank Carter, a wealthy rural figure, by Mrs Seppe Leith postmistress, alleging damages to character and community standing. The case dominates Blue Ridge news as regional tensions rise. A daytime UGA trustees meeting with the Georgia Federation of Women’s clubs led to a compromise on Lucy Cobb institute incorporation into a new system for women.
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Georgia
Lula
Blue Ridge
Dank” Carter
Seppe Leith
Leith
University of Georgia Trustees
Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lucy Cobb Institute
Tf —Ine Ewetem
Malaria Fever Cure Ad Claims Strong Liver Action
An old advertisement promotes a malaria remedy described as specially prepared for malaria or chills and fever. It asserts five or six doses break the illness and that taken as a tonic it prevents fever recurrence, with claimed gentler liver action than calomel and no stomach upset.
Dodson's Liver Tone touted as calomel substitute
An old advertisement attacks calomel for causing sickness and salivation and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a pleasant safe vegetable alternative. The copy claims it cleanses the liver, prevents biliousness and constipation, and promises a money-back offer if it fails to work, suitable for children and adults.
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Dodson
Dolson
Exemption Boards Warned to Exercise Greatest Care
President Wilson and the War Department urge local exemption boards to act with the utmost care in issuing exemption affidavits for department employees. General Crowder warns that any exemption favors others who must risk their lives, and boards are not courts. The aim is to minimize discharges while preserving national interests and avoiding favoritism during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
General Crowder
Crowder
Wilson
Governor Ferguson Indicted on Nine Felony Counts
Texas Governor James E. Ferguson faces nine felony indictments from Travis County grand jurors. Charges include misapplication of public funds and embezzlement. Secretary of State Churchill J. Bartlett and Insurance Commissioner C. Austin are named in related counts, with others pending disclosure.
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James FE. Ferguson
Texas
Travis County
Austin
Churchill J. Bartlett
C 0. Austin
Insurance and Banking
C. L. Stowe
Blalock May Go in Government Postings Shake
It is said A. Blalock, internal revenue collector at Atlanta, will be removed amid patronage disputes between the administration and Senator Thomas W. Hardwick. Deputy collector R. A. Kelley has resigned effective August 1, and others tied to Hardwick may face dismissal.
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Boston
Lovely Weldon
Thomas County
Citi
Weldon
Southern
Brunswick
Frank Warris
R. A. Kelley
Internal Revenue
Georgia
Hardwick
Mary Jarrell
Atlanta
Grady Hospital
A. ©. Blalock
Thomas W. Hardwick
Mr. Blalock
Force
Mrs. Bingham Dies in Louisville Widow of Henry Flagler
Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham former Mrs. Henry M. Flagler died at her Louisville home after a two week illness. She was married last November to Judge R. W. Bingham of Louisville, a member of a prominent Kentucky family.
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Henry Flagler
Robert Worth Bingham
Henry M. Flagler
Louisville
Bingham
R. W. Bingham
Kentucky
Flour Prices Jump Amid Wholesale Increase
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 sharp wheat rally of 30 to 53 cents since July 18, lifting mill prices accordingly.
Legal Notice of Auction in Taylor County Georgia
Will be sold before the court house door in Taylor County during legal hours on the first Tuesday in August 917. The property is a Runabout Ford automobile owned by E. B. Windham to satisfy a fi fa from the Taylor County Superior Court in favor of Reynolds Home Mixture Guano Co. The sheriff, J. R. Beeland, notes the sale.
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Georgia
Taylor County
Court House
Ford
E. B. Windham
Reynolds
Fifa
J. R. Beeland
Sheriff Sale Notices for August 1917 in Taylor County Georgia
Sheriff Beeland announces the August 1917 sale of eight shares in Farmers & Merchants Bank of Butler. Certificates 9 for five shares and 72 for three shares are levied to satisfy a superior court fifa against Mrs. W B Wilson. Sale set for the first Tuesday in August at the courthouse door for cash.
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Court House
Taylor County
Georgia
Farmers & Merchants Bank of
Butler, Ga
PPR
W. B. Wilson
Fifa
Superior Court
Bertha Wilson
D. R. Beeland
Notice of Sale of Property by Farmers Warehouse and Fertilizer
Public sale ordered under deed to secure debt to Farmers & Merchants Bank and assigned to Citizens & Southern Bank. In Taylor County Georgia, on August 7, 1917, at the courthouse door in Butler, cash terms, for the Farmers Warehouse & Fertilizer Company tract in Reynolds with brick warehouse and fertilizer plant, lease details referenced, attorneys noted.
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Farmers Warehouse & Fertilizer Company
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Superior Court
Taylor County
Georgia
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Citizens & Southern Bank
Sai
Butler
Court House
Taylor
Yorcash
Reynolds
Montague
Macon
Central of Georgia Railway
Administrator's Sale in Taylor County Georgia
By order of the ordinary, the estate of Sallie Rowe will sell the west half of lot 146 in the 12th district Taylor County Georgia at public sale on the first Tuesday in August 1917, at the courthouse, for cash to pay debts and distribute to heirs.
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Court of Ordinary
Said
Sallie Rowe
Court House
Auust
Lemon Juice Freckle Remover Promises Clear Skin
A recipe claims squeezing two lemons into three ounces of white wine to yield a quarter pint freckle lotion. It promises freckles fade with daily application to face neck arms and hands and asserts the remedy is harmless while being inexpensive and fragrance is sweet.
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Mary Sartin
Sardis
the Commonwealth
Apt
Joel Mallett
Nash
Frank Cochran
Ant
Adjutant General
Associated Press
John T. Larkin
Frice
Cook County
Berrien County
Dorris
Crisp
T. P. Westbrook
Smyrna
Fulton Superior Court
East Point
A. J. McCoy
Rice
Birmingham
Oglethorpe University
Senate, Constitutional Amendments Committee
Sen
Mary
Albany
Johnson
Brenard
Metropolitan
Sills
Lorena Butler
Bostwick
Miss Butler
Will Eubanks
Elberton
Athens
United States
J. N. Caylor
Dalton
General Assembly
Georgia State Library Commission
Julian R. Lane
Muscogee
Columbus
Bright
Emory University
Agricultural Committee No
Georgi Landowners’ Association
Thomasville
Navy
Coast Artillery
Seaboard 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
Weather Department
Cocotone Company
Clara M. Jackson
Waycross, Ga
Cocotone
Anna M. White
Montgomery, Ala
C.P. Johnson
Cocotone Co
Nam
Central Georgia Railway
Ferguson
Blalock
Farmers Warehouse and Fertilizer Company
Cipmzens & Southern Bank
M. B. Lane
Adams & Adams
Savannah
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