Georgia News in Short Story Form Highlights State Events
Georgia notes report Brecknau College Gainesville graduation crowd. Strikes at Litbotia granite quarries. Hail ruin to cotton in Washington County. Georgia peaches forecast 3500 car crop. W H H Barrett elected president of Georgia Bar Association. Valdosta women plan new club. Fort Oglethorpe camp enrolls 200+. Americus restaurant indicted for Sunday closing law violation. Lucy Cobb Institute closes fifty ninth year. Fulton officials probe body found in Chattoochee river. Bessie Tift College closes strong year. Georgia law school class graduation at Atlanta theater. Multiple fatal and legal incidents across state including rail and river events. Prohibition era liquor shipments surge into Fulton county. National Memorial Day observed at Marietta. Savannah and Atlanta figures in crime and industry. Confederate senate veteran James Nash celebrates eighty eighth birthday.
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Brenau College
Gainesville
Litbotia
Washington County
Georgia
W. H H. Barrett
Augusta
Georgia Bar Association
Valdosta Chib
Southern Military Training
Fort Oglethorpe
Americus
The
Hotel Tybee
Savannah
Larry Wilson
Hartwell
Fort Valley
Columbus
Gulf Refinings Company
George C. Smith
Atlanta and
West Point Railroad
Western Railway
Alabama
Atlanta
New York
Hoy Green
Lawrenceville
Paul Kelly
Atlanta Law School
Rutledge
Fulton County
Grand Army of the Republic
National Cemetery
Marietta
Tallapoosa
Colquitt County
H. J. Hirsinger
Marine Corps
United States
Puerto Plata
Santo Domingo
DeWitt
Jones
Norcross
United States Army School
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Staff College
Savannah Cspital
Rafe Simmons
Bulloch County
Hardwood Lumber Dealers of
Maton
G. H. Evans
G. H. Evans Lumber Company
H. C. Fowler
Case Fowler Lumber Company
Savannah River
Elbert County
Elberton
Edward M. Brown
Boozer Payne
Memorial Hall
Cox College
W. R. Joyner
Georgia Weekly Press Association
Decatur
Stone Mountain
Druid Hills
East Lake Country Club
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Arkansas Tornado Leaves Heavy Death Toll and Destruction
A statewide tornado across central and northern Arkansas kills fifty nine and injures well over a hundred. Deaths are reported in Judsonia Heber Springs Cabot Delark Morrillton Kensett Greenland and Hot Springs with rescuers dispatching trains of doctors and nurses. Communication is down and the full extent may take days to determine.
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Arkansas
Judsonia
White County
Heber Springs
Hot Springs
Cabot
Delark
Dallas County
Kensett
Morrillton
Greenland
Little Rock
Memphis
Tenn
Indiania
Fayetteville
Brandeis Sworn In As Associate Justice
Louis D Brandeis of Boston was sworn in as associate justice of the U S Supreme Court by clerk James P D Maher. Brandeis coughed nervously as he read the oath and then seated himself at the bench amid a jammed chamber of spectators and friends who sent flowers.
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Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Supreme Court of the United States
James PD. Maher
Brandeis
Supreme Court
Panic at Kentucky church leaves dead and injured
A dozen drunken hill billies shot at a Leatherwood Creek church near Jackson Kentucky. One man was killed and many injured including women. panicked worshippers trampled as ponchos searched mountains for attackers. A posse pursued the disturbers. Deemer plans suit against United States for border losses. An Alabama official, A W Hall, commits suicide after asking daughters to play piano.
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Kentucky Church
Deemer
United States
Jesse Deemer
Roquillas
Mexico
Daggett Says La Brea Still Yields Mammal Remains
Frank S. Daggett director of the Exposition Park museum Los Angeles reports La Brea fields have not exhausted their finds. Workers uncovered a complete cave bear in a recent pit and will continue digging to locate more specimens. The bear lived about two hundred thousand years ago alongside saber-tooth tigers.
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Mr. Daggett
Window mirror quips spark shopfront humor
In the Kansas City Journal exchange a shop window idea prompts wit about attracting women revealing a simple mirror keeps the display inviting. The Old Fogg muses on fate while the Grouch asks about the man seeking trouble in a lighthearted dialogue.
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Kansas City Journal
A FAT TRADE
A humorous exchange reveals Jinks as a writer who earns his living with the pen and by raising pigs. The conversation praises straightforward talk and willingness to tackle any subject without gloves, including the idea of live wires.
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Jinks
Iowa Women Win Ballot In Surprise Constitutional Vote
Returns from Iowa’s special election show the suffrage amendment likely to pass though by a smaller margin than advocates expected. The Mississippi river counties largely voted against the measure.
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Iowa
Mississippi River
Negroes Barred From Pullmans in Virginia Ruling
Virginia attorney general’s office rules no negro may ride in a Pullman car unless a drawing room accommodation is provided. Applies to interstate and intrastate travel under the ruling.
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Virginia
Virginia Ey General's Office
Senate feud delays bill to build battle cruisers
Tillman in the senate urged a fight over the bill as passed, aiming to block or modify provisions for constructing battle cruisers. The clash centers on funding and design specifics, with supporters urging swift action and opponents warning of overreach.
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Tillman
Senate Fee
Senate Total
Bmnildttle
Taylor County Fair 1916 Premium List Display Prizes
Premium items include cash awards for best displays of oats wheat rye velvet beans soy beans ten ears corn ten stalks corn cotton cane millet hay largest sweet potato syrup field peas ground peas flour meal and livestock including Taylor county raised colt bull heifer milch cow hog brood sow pair pigs and sow with suckling pigs.
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Taylor County
Poultry Department Awards for Taylor County Raised Birds
Prize offered for prettiest pen of Taylor county raised poultry one variety one dollar. Additional prize for prettiest pen of Taylor county raised poultry any variety one dollar. Heaviest pen consists of one cock and five hens for one dollar.
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Taylor County
Ladies' Department Prize List I
A prize for largest exhibit and greatest variety of canned goods includes a $6 rocking chair. Best display of pickle earns a $2 rug. Best display of preserves wins a center table. Best display of canned peaches yields a $2 rocking chair. prettiest display of jellies gains a linen table cloth. Largest exhibit and greatest variety of ladies' needlework awards a set of silver knives and forks. Best piece of needlework earns a water set.
Boy's Corn Club Prizes Announced
The department lists rewards for the corn club with prizes including Berkshire pig for top yield, a spring-tooth cultivator for second, $2 for third, and a Duroc Jersey pig for best ten ears.
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Boy’s Corn Club Department
Berkshire
Corn Club
Boy's Pig Club Prize Details
A department announces prizes for a boy's pig club. Best pig earns 3 dollars, second place 2 dollars, and third place 1 dollar, with age considered. Committee members listed are J. H. Adams and R. A. Hinton.
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J. H. Adams
R. A. Hinton
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