Infernal package injures ex senator's wife and maid
An infernal machine mailed to former Georgia senator Thomas W. Hardwick exploded at his Peachtree Street apartment injuring his wife Mrs Maude P Hardwick and severely injuring her maid Ethel Williams. The device was marked sample and traced to New York with a Sandersville Ga address. Federal and local police suspect archists.
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Atlanta
Maude P. Hardwick
United States
Thomas W. Hardwick
Georgia
New York City
Senator Hardwick
Sandersville
New York
Gimbel Bros
Thirty Second
Broadway
Epworth League Meet Planned in Cordele
The South Georgia Epworth League conference of the Methodist church will convene in Cordele on June 13 14 and 15 under the auspices of the local Epworth League. An estimated three to four hundred delegates are expected and the Cordele league plans a large reception.
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Cordele
South Georgia
Epworth League
The
Methodist Church
Emperor of Japan Grants Annual Fund to Salvation Army
Word reaches America that an imperial decree in Japan endows the Salvation Army with an annual fund and recognizes it as part of the empire. The fund will expand uplift work and religious outreach in the Far East under Salvation Army leadership, after years of accepted presence and service.
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Amer‘ica
Japan
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Corps
Imperial Fund
Far East
S. A
Victory Loan Congress in Atlanta May 1 1919
Proceedings outline a Victory Loan Congress event in Atlanta Georgia on May 1 1919. Notable figures include Carter Glass secretary of the treasury, Joseph A McCord chair War Loan Organization, Hugh M Dorsey governor of Georgia and Frank P Glass president American Newspaper Association with a luncheon at Piedmont Driving Club and a mass meeting at Baptist Tabernacle. Delegates will be conveyed by chartered trolley cars.
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Victory Loan Congress of Statesmen and Publishers
Carter Glass
Jos. A. McCord
War Loan Organization
Federal Reserve Bank Sixth District
Hugh M. Dorsey
Georgia
Frank P. Glass
American Newspaper Association
Samuel C. Dobbs
Atlanta Metropolitan Campaign
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Rainey Honored at Highway Meeting in Texas
E L Rainey, member of the state prison commission, returned from Mineral Wells where he attended the national good roads convention as the official delegate for the state highway department. He and M J Abner of Athens were elected directors of the association. Rainey said enthusiasm was sweeping the country with 2000 delegates from twenty states and Texas plans a 6 million dollar bond issue for good roads.
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E. L. Rainey
State Prison Commission
Mineral Wells
Texas
State Highway Department
M. J. Abner
Athens
Th Association
Georgia
Organized County Marketing Board Forms in Butler
A large meeting of farmers at the Butler courthouse on April 26 established a county marketing board affiliated with the Georgia State Bureau of Markets. Officers named include H. J. Peagler as chairman and 11 vice chairmen. The plan aims to connect farmers with markets and aid even small producers in selling all farm outputs.
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Court House
Butler
State Bureau of Markets
Atlanta
W. W. Webb
Reynolds
Builer
H. J. Peagler
W. W. Douglass
J. T. Garrett
C. O. White
F. R. Purvis
J. A. Heath
A. W. Gray
F. C. Jarretl
J. W. Woodall
Earl Neisler
W. M. Gee
R. E. McCants
J. T. Childs
Pension lists sought for Confederate veterans widows in Georgia
Pension Commissioner of Georgia asks Ordinaries and Tax Receivers to survey counties for Confederate veterans and widows eligible under recent amendments. Camps of Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy to help compile lists for the next General Assembly. Estimated annual pension around $100 per eligible person.
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Pension Commissioner
Georgia
General Assembly
Daughters of the Confederacy
Prominent Howard County Citizen W C Willis Dies
Mr. W C Willis, 45, dies of pneumonia Tuesday night at his home three miles north of Howard after Friday illness. He leaves wife Miss Dickey and three children. Funeral at Westsv church conducted by Rev L A Harrell drew a large crowd.
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W. C. Willis
Howard
Willis
Methodist Church
B. W. Willis
Miss Dickey
J. T. Dickey
Westsv Church
L. A. Harrell
New Cotton Warehousing Company Formed in New York
Preliminary organization completed for a cotton warehousing company to operate nationwide warehouses. Capital of 20 million dollars, with plans to issue 15 million in first mortgage five decade bonds at 6 percent. Prospectus notes fireproof federal licensed warehouses and negotiable receipts usable as bank collateral. Initial capacity 1.5 million bales, half in existing warehouses to be purchased, aiming for 3 million bales total.
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New York
Tthe National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
For A Bad Cold Take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
An old advertisement endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as reliable and time tested for cold relief. The copy promotes consistent effectiveness and trustworthiness for ongoing use.
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Chamberlain
Col H P Wallace Named Taylor County School Superintendent
Col H P Wallace was elected by the Board of Education to the office of Superintendent of Schools in Taylor County to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his uncle A S Wallace. Wallace passed the required examination before State Superintendent M L Brittian in Atlanta and received unanimous board support.
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Col. H. P. Wallace
H. P. Wallace
Board of Education
Taylor County
Wallace
Brittiau
Col. Wallace
Our Boys of Rainbow Division Arrive at Camp Merritt
The Rainbow division arrives in New York aboard a troop ship from France. Telegrams report Bob Carson and Perk Harris as safe home, with Joe Rawls presumed landed with the same unit. The 151st Machine Gun Battalion will soon transfer to Camp Gordon and muster out.
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New York
Rainbow Division
France
Bob Carson
Perk Harris
Joe Rawls
Carson
Harris
151St Machine Gun Battalion
Camp Gordon
Theix
151St
Georgia
War Department
Butler College Votes to Retain School Faculty for Another Year
The Butler Male and Female College aldermen re elected nearly the entire faculty for another year in a special session. Excluded was Mrs. C R Brown replaced by Miss Julia Wilson a Bessie Tift College graduate. Prof Chas R Brown may or may not accept continued supervision. Elected staff include Miss Wilson Miss Katie Nell Adams Miss Nettie Harrell and Mrs J W Edwards.
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Butler
C. R. Brown
Julia Wilson
Miss Wilson
Bessie Tift College
Chas. R. Brown
Brown
Katie Nell Adams
Nettie Harrell
J. W. Edwards
Georgia Passes 100000th Motor Vehicle Tag Issued
Georgia reached the 100000 mark in motor vehicle registrations when a license tag bearing 160000 was issued to J. H. Smith in Atlanta. The milestone marks the first time since the law's enactment that registrations surpassed 100000 and projections suggest annual tag sales may reach about 110000.
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Georgia
J. H. Smith
Commercial High School
Atlanta
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Epworth
Emperor of Japan
Organized County Marketing Board
Howard District
Camp Merritt
DELCO
Home Light & Power Go
Reynolds, GA
Hasette
Jouroe
Pson
Taylor
Macon
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