Georgia Baptists Launch Statewide Victory Drive
Georgia Baptists mobilize over three hundred thousand strong for a statewide Victory Cash Drive to liquidate debts against churches and colleges. February 9 16 designated Victory Week with a Team of Ten plan led by S S Mathis and John G Harrison as organizers, aiming to raise about 125000 dollars in sixty days from communities across Georgia.
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Georgia Baptists
United States Census Bureau
Georgia
Georgia Baptiste
Georgia Baptist Schools
Aptist Fathers
Macon
Mathis
Lawrenceville
John G. Harrison
Committee of Five
8. S. Mathis
Flatiron
Atlanta
S. S. Mathis
Arch C. Cree
Fletiren
Carolina
Florida
Rabin's Gap
Victory Scholarship Awards for Merc er and Bessie Tift College
The record outlines cash and tuition scholarships for teams or individuals that exceed set amounts. First, teams earning the farthest over 1000 dollars receive four years tuition plus board at Mercer University and Bessie Tift College, with transfer restrictions. Individuals surpassing 100 dollars receive four years tuition and board options at the same institutions.
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Pew
Mercer University
Sears
Bessie Tift College
Year's Support Application For M R Foy Estate
Mrs Sallie M Foy applies for twelve months support from the estate of M R Foy deceased. Appraisers have filed their return. All concerned must show cause before the Court of Ordinary on the first Monday in February 1919 why the application should not be granted. Dated January 7 1919. A H Riley Ordinary.
Georgia Taylor County year’s support vigorously pursued
Mrs. Oliver C. Trussell has applied for twelve months support from the estate of Oliver C. Trussell, deceased. Appraisers filed their return and all interested persons must show cause before the next Court of Ordinary on the first Monday in February 1919 why the application should not be granted. Dated January 8, 1919. A H Riley, Ordinary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Taylor County
Oliver C. Trussell
A. H. Rilew
Freckle Removal Formula From Lemons
A vintage beauty tip promotes lemon juice mixed with orchard white to create a cheap lotion. The formula claims to fade freckles and blemishes and whiten skin when massaged daily on the face neck arms and hands. The ad notes the mixture is harmless and inexpensive to acquire via grocers or drug stores.
It Ran in the Family Coroner Notes Imitative Suicides
Wynne Baxter, coroner, stated that death by self action is highly imitative. He noted he had held inquests into a grandfather, a father, and a son, all of whom had taken their lives in exactly the same manner.
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Wynne Baxter
London Observer
A Child Praises Father on Balancing on the Box
The assistant concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony asked his four year old son how he enjoyed a performance he conducted. The boy replied that he watched his father balance on the box for two hours and did not fall off.
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Catarrhal Deafness Claim Promotes Hall's Medicine
An advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a bloodborne remedy. It claims inflammation of the Eustachian tube causes deafness and offers a reward for any case not cured by the product. Circulars are free from F J Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Union coast harbor funds rise in revised rivers and harbors bill
The Senate commerce committee revised the rivers and harbors appropriation, boosting the total to about thirty seven million dollars. Increases include Beaufort to St Johns River in Florida, Brunswick harbor in Georgia, St Johns River segment to the ocean, Okla hawa river in Florida, Sarasota Bay and other Gulf coast projects, with 975000 added for Houston ship canal improvements and 275000 for dredges. The Galveston Houston harbor total reaches 1875000, and new surveys authorize Cape Fear region, Florida Bay, Pensacola to Mobile Bay, and Texas Neches and Sabine river segments.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
House
Senate Committee
Beaufort
St. Johns River
Fla
Brunewick
Jacksonville
Ocean
Oklawaha River
Florida
Sarasota Bay
Gulfport
Miss
Mississippi River
Brazos Island
Texas
Neches River
Beaumont
Yazoo River
Mississippi
Houston, Texas, Ship Canal
Galveston
Texas City
Houston
Cape Fear
Wilmington
Les
River Bar Chan
8 Bay
Piorida
Pensa Ja
Mobile Bay
Alastal Waterway
Rockport
Coras
Anebiina River
Allies Evacuate Shenkursk Front North of Archangel
Allied troops led by Americans and Russians withdraw from Shenkursk 190 miles south of Archangel to a safer line along the Vaga river after a Bolshevik push. They report orderly retreat with wounded evacuated by sled and little enemy interference as forces regroup 20 miles north near Shegovari.
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London
Archangel
Shenkrusk
British War Office
Russia
Slenkursk
Shenkursk
Colnem
Shegovari
Vaga River
Farm Prosperity in Grave Danger
Atlanta reporting that H G Hastings president of the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce and the Southeastern Fair Association warns Southern farm prosperity faces danger if food and grain production declines. He argues prosperity hinges on growing sufficient food on home acres and minimal debt, not returning to prewar cotton dominance.
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Atlanta
H. G. Hastings
Georgia State Chamber of Commerce
Southeastern Fair Association
Georgia
Europe
Fighting Parsons War Croix Hero John Clifford Receives Croix de Guerre
John H Clifford a Baptist minister and YMCA worker in France earned the Croix de Guerre for extraordinary heroism rescuing Colonel Albertus W. Catlin of the Sixth Marines under heavy shellfire. At fifty one he was born in Oxford England and preached worldwide before volunteering for service.
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New York
Jan
John H Clifford
John Clifford
Albertus W. Catlin
Sixth Regiment of Marines
Clifford
Oxford
England
France
Pershing Sends Mott New Year Greetings
Paris on December 26 General Pershing praised the Y M C A for the A E F soldiers and sent a cable to Dr John R Mott head of the Nations War Work Council. He expressed gratitude for the Army Y M C A's vast moral and physical welfare contributions and sent Christmas greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year.
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Paris
General Pershing
John R. Mott
The
Nations War Work Council
Army Young Men’s Christian Association
Our National Ash Heap Fire Loss Figures
A provocative claim puts Americas annual fire loss around 250 million to 300 million dollars. The author argues this level vastly exceeds any other nation’s contribution to the ash heap and calls for scrutiny of disaster accounting.
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America
Half Your Living Without Money Ad From Hastings Seed Book
A 1919 farm guidance ad urges gardeners to grow substantial food and forage on own acres to cut costs as cotton prices stay high. Emphasizes a profitable garden can nearly halve living expenses and save more than cotton gains. Hastings Se ed Book offers guidance on garden and farm crops with free distribution from H. G. Hastings Co. Atlanta.
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Hastings
H. G. Hastings CO
Atlanta, Ga
Georgia Letters of Dismission in Saylor County
W B Ingram administrator of G W Ingram states in a filed petition that he has fully administered the estate. The court cites all persons kindred and creditors to show cause why the administrator should not be discharged and receive Letters of Dismission on the first Monday in February 1919. January 15 1919. A H Riley Ordinary. Homer Beeland attorney.
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Georgia
Saylor County
W. B. Ingram
G. W. Ingram
A. H. Riley
Homer Beeland
Leave to Sell Georgia Estate in Taylor County
J A Heath guardian of Mrs S A Heath deceased applies for leave to sell the real estate of the estate. An order for citation was made at the January 1919 term. Citations issue to heirs and creditors. A February 1919 Court of Ordinary term will decide. unless cause is shown, leave to sell will be granted. Jan 1919. C T Montfort Acting Ordinary.
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Georgia
Taylor County
J. A. Heath
S. A. Heath
S.A. Heath
8. A.heath
Court of Ordinary
C. T. Montfort
Letters of Administration cited in Taylor County Georgia
In Taylor County Georgia Mrs T N Goodwin petitions for Letters of Administration on the estate of the deceased and is cited to show cause why letters should not be issued. The application will be heard on the first Monday in February 1919. Dated Sunday January 1919.
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Georgia
Taylor County
T. N. Goodwin
Pangests
A. H. Riley
Homer Beeland
Sad Predicament at the Pouch Mansion Party
Mabel recalls being embarrassed at the Pouch mansion after a night out. Flo asks what happened and Mabel explains she tried to laugh but wore a décolletage gown and had to hide her giggle inside her glove.
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Mabel
Pouch
Flo
Glass Making an Old Art Emerges in Fragments
Fragments of wine vases dated to ancient times have been found in IBaypt, suggesting glass making was known to the Assyrians. The New Testament uses glass as a symbol of brightness, reflecting its long historical and cultural resonance.
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Ibaypt
Ziron Named By Rheumatism Sufferer From Kentucky
M J Hutcherson of Tomkinsville Kentucky says rheumatism left him helpless for three months and after trying doctors he found Ziron to greatly improve his strength. He credits Ziron with boosting his blood iron and aiding rheumatism indigestion anemia and general weakness. He invites others to ask their druggist about the first bottle guarantee.
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M. J. Hutcherson
Tomkinsville
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Cenvemi
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Permna
O. F. McBride
Banta Fe
Ohio
Peruna Company
Columbus
Peruna
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Tyler St
Minneapolis
Minn
N. E
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Harbor
Wood's
T. W. Wood & Sons
Richmond
Y. M
Pershing
Mott New Year Greetings
Nary
Ziron
Kentucky
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