Georgia News Roundup Mentions Alimony and Local Politics
A Georgia wrap includes alimony notes in Americus, talks of a new station’s right of way, and mentions Warren A. Candler and a Georgia Conference in Thomasville. Columns cite Hugh Dorsey’s gubernatorial bid, a Columbus crime case, and praise Charles Crisp’s anti malaria surveys benefiting Sumter and the third district.
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Americus
Public Health Department
Charles R. Crisp
Sumter County
Atlanta
Crisp
Butley Macon Convention Honors Col W E Steed
The county praised Col W E Steed of Butley for volunteering as a delegate from the Third district to the national convention to be held in St Louis in June.
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County
W. E. Steed
Butley
Macon
Steed
St. Louis
Congress Bill Aims Leprosarium Oversight by Public Health Service
Congressman Adamson introduces a senate awaiting leprosarium act. The project, already passed by the house, would establish a facility open to all leprosy patients and cost 250000 dollars under Public Health Service supervision, repeating a prior failed senate effort.
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Adamson
United States
Public Health’ Service
House
Senate
Georgia counties share $90 387 15 road fund from license tag tax
The state road fund allocated from 1916 automobile license tag revenue will be divided among Georgia counties. Distribution follows each county's public road mileage inside and outside city limits, with funds to be spent on road construction.
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Georgia
Sheriff Publishes Revenue License Names Monthly
The new prohibition law requires county sheriffs to publish in local newspapers the names of every resident holding federal revenue licenses. Names must be secured from the deputy collector and printed between the first and tenth of each month.
Ambition of a Georgia college boy highlighted
A visitor recalls a diligent Taylor County schoolboy visiting a well known town for boys. The waiter, son of a Baptist minister, funds his college through honorable work. The youth, a hard student, earns esteem and may shape Georgia’s future citizens.
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Taylor County
Georgia
Promises and Local Facts Hit Georgia News
The Rochelle New Era notes Governor Harris may renege on a one term pledge. The Exchange mentions cigarette smokers among Franklin County inmates as a curious warning about advertising. The Butler Herald editor C E Benns visits. Marion County Patriot touts top weekly status. A McRae merchant sources most farm goods locally, signaling shifts in Telfair County trade.
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Harris
Ike
Rochelle
New Era
C. E. Benns
Butler Herald
Mr. Benns
Marion County Patriot
McRae
Telfair
Telfair Enterprise
Departed Heroes and Respects in Passing
A collage of obituary quips honoring figures like Andy Aikens William Rotter Reef Adam Doak Thomas Kent Sadie Dow and William Jennings Bryan. Each line salutes a public figure with light verse noting their traits or quirks and urging respectful remembrance.
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Sadie Dow
Southern Telephone News
Praise of Georgia and California in political verse
The Los Angeles Times recalls Congressman Bell of Georgia praising his state’s wealth and virtues. It then contrasts California’s abundance with playful digs at California’s fermented grape juice, alkali flats, saleratus, timber, progressive orators, and Republicans likely to win in the next election.
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Bell
Georgia
California
Baatam
Los Angeles
Cal
Banks Report At War Financing In Early May Call
The comptroller of the currency issued a May 1 call for every National bank to disclose investments in foreign securities especially those of warring nations. The data will reveal the share of the 500 million loan to the Entente Allies and the amount of German funding routed through U S banks.
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United States
Macon Editor R L McKenney Honored by Butler Friends
Mr. R L McKenney editor of The Macon Evening News and The Columbus Enquirer Sun and president of both companies is a Butler native. He has long been a prominent figure in Georgia journalism and recently received warm congratulations from Butler friends.
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McKenney
Macon Evening News
Columbus Enquirer-Sun
Mr. McKenney
Butler
Macon
Tonic Rations For Spring Feeding By Dr. A. M. Soule
Dr. A M Soule argues spring feeding should favor laxative easily digested rations. He warns against winter coarse fodder, stresses green feed when possible, and prescribes balanced corn oats and cotton seed meal with moderate concentrates to prevent indigestion in working stock.
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A. M. Soule
Alimentary Canal
Maxims and local fair note from Crisp County
A list of shared life maxims followed by a county update notes Crisp County may hold a fair this fall. The piece highlights civic approval and remarks that Crisp County has never before hosted a fair.
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Crisp County
Ke Crisp
Light on Prehistoric Man
An American Museum of Natural History expedition led by Nels C. Nelson explores a Santa Fe refuse heap near an ancient pueblo site. Finds indicate one to two thousand year old artifacts showing the rise and decline of Southwest industrial arts, especially pottery, including fragments from the ancient Tanos dwellers.
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American Museum of Natural History
Nels C. Nelson
Southwest
Santa Fe
N. M
Nelson
What Catarrh Is
Catarrh is common and often signals general body weakness. Local snuffs and vapors do little. To treat the cause, enrich your blood with Scott’s Emulsion, an alcohol free medicinal food and building tonic. Scott & Bowne Bloomfield NJ.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
The Plaice Prices Boost East End Fried Fish Trade
The plaice, Britain’s chief fried fish staple, commands over 1.2 million pounds in annual landings. Rising restrictions have driven up prices, forcing some East End shops to close, while locals prefer plaice even over pricier fishes and halibut sometimes passes as its cheaper cousin. Dogfish and sharks stories are noted as fiction in the Chronicle’s view.
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Great Britain
East End
East
London Chronicle
Court hears cruel and inhuman treatment plea in divorce
The husband cites cruelty as grounds for divorce describing his wife waking him each morning by playing a phonograph in his bedroom and disturbing him with a tune he abhors. The exchange underscores the case's emotional strain and grounds for separation.
Landscape dispute ends in alley encounter
Jims confronted the landscape architect hired by his wife over unpaid charges. The confrontation escalated and the landscape artist struck him, leaving him injured. Local authorities began reviewing the incident and interviewing involved parties.
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Jims
Judd’s Pushy Manner Noted by Onlookers
The remark “What a pushing manner Mr. Judd has” highlights Judd’s forceful business style as he manufactures electric buttons.
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Mr. Judd
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