Weslayan College Gift Highlights Postwar Philanthropy
Mrs E W Bellamy of Macon has donated 20000 from her estate to Weslayan college in honor of her parents. In May 239,629 American soldiers were returned home signaling strong transport service. The Brown House in Macon is sold to businessmen to be converted into modern stores. Columbus wins the next Georgia County Commissioners session with a barbecue at the Southeastern fairgrounds. Prof W M Pound a noted harp teacher dies at Gorday Ga.
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E. W. Bellamy
Macon
Wesleyan College
Brown
Columbus
County Commissioners of
Georgia
Atlanta
W. M. Pound
Gorday
Jere M. Pound
Airplane wedding marks Ellington Field ceremony
An unusual wedding occurred at Ellington Field Texas on Saturday when a Handley Page bomber and a party of twelve personnel were involved. The event highlighted aviation ties in military life during the period.
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Ellington Field
Texas
Handley-Page
Methodist Orphans Home fund drives Georgia campaign
Columbus leads in subscriptions to replace the Macon girls dorm destroyed by fire as the Centenary movement nears one hundred million in cash and five year pledges. Bonds for good roads total seven million with more eight million pending as Taylor county evaluates a county officer term change. Over eight hundred auto dealers converge on Macon for a state convention at Hotel Dempsey with twenty one counties voting road bonds.
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Columbus
South Georgia
Methodist Orphans’ Home
Macon
Methodist Church
Georgia State Association of Automobile Dealers
Dempsey
Bibb
Sumter
Colquitt
Walton
Evans
Coweta
Thomas
White
Hall
Lumpkin
Charlton
Laurens
Pulaski
Spalding
Jackson
Glynn
Berri
Tift
Dougherty
Morgan
Banks
Murray
Bartow
Haralson
Troup
Union
Elbert
Bullock
Wilkes
Clarke
Hart
Baldwin
Dooly
Bad Taste In Your Mouth Affects Digestion
A health note urges that a bad taste may signal faulty digestion and recommends Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy. It claims the medicine corrects the disorder and will prove one of the best cures you have used.
The Need for Homes Continues Across The Nation
An article argues for government long term loans to help citizens build and own homes. It stresses national stability with home ownership, warns against widespread renting, and promotes ample time to repay, framing home ownership as essential to national and local well being.
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Amelia
United States
The South’s Opportunity for Industrial Independence
The Augusta Chronicle argues the South can become financially independent by developing commerce and industry. It cites abundant raw materials, cheap power, and labor, noting the region’s wealth of water power and potential to harness savings to build a self-sustaining economy.
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America
South
Augusta Chronicle
United States
World Peace and Trade Secrets Debate
Opinion argues that secret trade agreements between Great Britain and Japan threaten global peace. It urges President Wilson to reveal such deals and warns that unequal commerce fuels wars, calling for fair access to markets and true peace instead of commerce-driven conflict.
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Great
Britain
Japan
Wilson
London
Lelse
Bumper Crop of Oratory Ahead in Congress
Washington correspondent reports an overwhelming prospect for congressional oratory as the nation expects a surge of speeches. The outlook is described as the best in memory with plans to distribute the output nationwide. The piece notes strong opposition to certain topics and hints at broad public attention.
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Washington
Boel
United States
Ang
Georgia should educate feeble-minded children statewide
The Georgia commission on feeble-minded seeks legislative funding for welfare and education of mentally deficient youths, led by Dr. V. V. Anderson from federal service. The piece argues current neglect leads to crime and vagrancy, urging a school or colony to reduce future crime and save state costs. It notes schools suffer without proper treatment and stresses equal education rights for affected children.
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Georgia Commission On Feeble-Minded
V. V. Anderson
Georgia Board
Georgia
Special Commission
Building a Wood Sweet Potato Storage House
A 20 by 40 foot wooden storage house raised 12 inches above ground provides dry conditions for 2,500 to 3,000 bushels. Construction details include three rows of pillars, ship lap walls, ventilated openings every ten feet, and a central stove to cure potatoes at 80 to 100 degrees for about ten days before cooling to 55 degrees.
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C. E. Benns
Official Organ Taylor CO
Butler
Uncle Sam
H. A. Mathews
Superior Court of
Houston County
Taylor County
the World Hope OF Peace
Oratory
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Prince Albert
P.A
P. A
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem
N. C
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