Georgians Help State By Patronizing Own Summer Resorts
J P Miller Savannah Morning News editor extols Georgia summer resorts led by Tybee Beach. He praises coast resorts from Tybee to St Simons and Cumberland Island, cites new roads and rail access, and notes Georgia’s climate and diverse recreation attract visitors from across the Southeast and beyond.
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Miller
J. P Miller
Savannah Morning News
Union
Georgia
Mr. Miller
Savannah
Tybee
Tybbee
Southeast
Gengoia
South Carolina
Citles
Howe Montday
Holder reiterates denial of charges in Georgia
Atlanta May 25 W T Anderson of Macon member of the state highway commission said he would stay on the board unless the legislature decrees otherwise or until the governor decides someone else may do the work better Chairman Jnc N Holder said he would likely reply later He did not deny charges he had previously emphatically denied them on March 12 to the press
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W. T. Anderson
Macon
State Highway Commission
Jnc. N. Holder
Supreme Court
Holder
Georgia State Revenue Estimate for 1926 Reported
Atlanta May 25 The estimated revenue of Georgia for 1926 is 10 917 277 44 while appropriations already made total 10 186 859 leaving an excess of revenues 780 521 44 The estimate relies on 1924 property values 1 213 423 073 yielding 5 218 399 29 at 5 mill with 521 329 93 deducted for collection costs Public utility property valued at 170 763 216 will bring 853 816 08 at 5 mill making net ad valorem receipts of 5 545 785 44 The comptroller notes revenues are estimates and seeks potential deficiency and special appropriations to absorb the surplus
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Atlanta
State of Georgia
Wm. A. Wright
Shriners Stage Big Ceremonial Parade in Macon
Shriners from Al Sihah Temple paraded through Macon in gaudy uniforms ahead of their Los Angeles Imperial Council appearance. A ceremonial followed at the Grand Theater with Shrine Fezzes on display. Visitors from Atlanta Columbus and Savannah attended. The Macon group heads to Los Angeles after a farewell luncheon for Savannah’s Alee Temple.
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Macon
Los Angeles
Imperial Council
al Sihah Temple
Grand Theater
Atlanta
Columbus
Savannah
Band
Patrol
Shriners
Alee
Earthquake Hits Western Japan Destroying Toyooka Town
Reports from Osaka describe a quake and ensuing fire devastating Toyooka and nearby towns in Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures. More than two hundred feared dead, with hundreds injured at Kinosaki Springs and fires spreading to Umbhuma and Tsuiyama. Naval vessels dispatched for relief as authorities scramble to assess casualties.
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Tokyo
Japan
Osaka
Toyooka
Department of Communitions
Kinosaki Springs
Maizuru
Enoki
Kawaga
Toyooka-kawa
Fukuchi Yama
Kiwasaki
Asahi
Tokio
Tsuiyama
Kyoto
Umbhuma
Tsuno
Saki
Japan Sea
Hyogo
Tsuno Saki
Kobe
Maidsuru
Kumihami
Leak Found In Rum Blockade Off New York Harbor
A leak in the coast guard blockade near New York harbor uncovered smuggling of beer and whisky worth 75000 dollars from Boston aboard two liners, the William Winters and the Boston of the Western Steamship company. The contraband was revealed when a workman accidentally dropped a barrel. The discovery also shows coastwise vessels engaging in quo brattiça.
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New York
Guard
New York Harbor
Boston
Hastern Steamship Company
William Winters
Wise
Atlantic
Gulf Mobile
Atlantic Coast
Gulf
Chandeleur Islands
VETS ELECT GEN. FREEMAN
United Confederate Veterans plan to hold departmental conventions to replace a general reunion. Birmingham Alabama chosen as next year’s meeting place after a close vote. General Freeman of Richmond VA elected commander in chief. General Thomas named honorary commander in chief for life. Department commanders named, and Stone Mountain memorial dispute tabled with a call to let the memorial association decide policies.
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Dallas
Texas
United Confederate Veterans
Birmingham
Ala
R. H. McCallum
W. B. Freeman
Richmond
Virginia
James A. Thomhe
Dublin
Thomas
Haldeman
Loulaville
Tennessee
Freeman
James Linkina
New Orleans
R. D. Chapman
Houston
Edgar D. Taylor
Department of Northern Virginia
M. G. Houghton
Montgomery
Department of Tennessee
R. A. Sneed
Oklahoma City
trans-Mississippi
Sneed
Oklahoma
Stone Mountain Memorial
Memorial Association
Modernist Backed Candidate Wins Presbyterian Moderator Role
Dr Charles R Hidman of Princeton elected moderator of the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States replacing the reformist backed by modernists and calling for harmony through peaceful methods. Erdman defeated McAfee of Berkeley on the second ballot with 470 to 420 votes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles R. Hidman
Princeton
N. J
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Erdman
Lapsley A. McAfee
Berkeley
Calif
McAfee
Kellogg to Stay as Secretary of State Amid Policy Clash
Washington reports Kellogg will remain in office for four years with no imminent replacement, despite speculation Henry Fletcher or Charles Warren might succeed. The debate centers on debt funding pressure and a shifted foreign policy approach, as Coolidge and Kellogg press a cautious arms-planning path while Borah prefers a more aggressive strategy.
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Washington
Kellogg
Bia
Henry P. Fletcher
Belgium
Charles B. Warren
Senate
Otto Kahn
Europe
State Department
Coolidge
I Coolidge
Charles E. Hughes
New Haven
Borah
Foreign Relations Committee
Ike
Mr. Kellogg
Arms Traffic Parley reports delays on ban clause
Geneva talks on banning poison gas face a split as the arms traffic control committee fails to approve the American proposal for a poleon gas restriction. In Lexington the Presbyterian Church reconvenes to organize country church work and consider reports from over a hundred overtures. A moral welfare report repudiates an attack on Willy Hays and plans pamphlet circulation.
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Geneva
W.H. Hays
Columbus
Ohio
Department of Moral Welfare
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Willy H. Hays
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
Board of Christian Education
Charles Beanson
Central of Georgia Excursion Rates for Summer Travel
The Central of Georgia Railway offers round trip summer excursion tickets at reduced fares to Lake Mountain Seashore Resorts across the United States Canada and to Mexico City. 60 day circle tours and rail and water travel options via Savannah to New York Boston Baltimore Philadelphia and eastern resorts. Booklets describe tours and rates. agents available to plan schedules and costs for max comfort, sight-seeing and value.
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Central of Georgia Railway
United States
Canada
Mexico City
Savannah
South Atlantic
Southeastern
Central of Georgia
Ocean Steamship Company of
Merchants & Miners Transportation Company
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Ranie
Central OF Georgiary
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Card
An old product ad describes cold symptoms and nasal catarrh. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a local ointment and a blood-acting tonic, claims quick action on mucous surfaces, and lists J Cheney & Co of Toledo as the sellers.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Early shaving customs of ancient Egypt described
According to Herodotus the Egyptians shaved continually and only let hat and beard grow when in burning. The barber, or hag, used various tools including a razor shaped like a small hatchet with a recurved handle and knives, the most common instruments.
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Herodotus
Where Two Rivers Meet in Al Khartoum
Description of where the White and Blue Niles converge in Al Khartoum, noting one river’s greenish gray hue and the other’s clear blue tint, with both changing color to chocolate brown during floods from their alluvial load.
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al Khartoum
Sudan
Testa Tests Timepieces and Certification Process
The government tests watches by timing, freezing, and baking them to ensure the ability to repair. Applicants for watchmakers' certificates undergo these procedures as part of the certification process.
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