Georgia Live Stock Meet to Open in Athens January 16 17 1912
The Georgia Dairy and Live Stock Association announces its annual meeting in Athens at the Agricultural College January 16 17 1912 with related events from January 18. Highlights include dairy breed papers on Jerseys Guernseys and Holsteins and discussions on hog breeds Berkshire pork costs. Delegates can arrange hotel rooms by writing secretary Milton P. Jarnagin.
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Geortry and Live Stock Associa
Athens
Smiuary
Agricultural College
Georgia Lets’ Association
Horticultural Society
Georgia
Jerseys
Berkshires
Georgia Dairy and
Milton P. Jarnagin
Georgia Dairy and Live Stock Association
Athens, Ga
Senator Hoke Smith Seeks Bills After Holidays
Senator Hoke Smith plans three measures after the holidays. One would demand payment from the United States for use of the Western and Atlantic railroad in 1865. A second bill would expand farm demonstration work through state agricultural colleges and government cooperation. The third measure details are not yet disclosed.
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Hoke Smith
State of
Georgia
Western & Atlantic Railroad
United States
Congress
State Colleges of Agriculture
Smith
Senator seeks government oil ownership in California lands
Senator Smith has pressed the interior secretary on mineral reservations in lands granted to the Southern Pacific railroad. He argues the grants preserved government ownership of any minerals found later and cites a congressionally authorized provision. If unmet, he plans to introduce a bill after the holidays.
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Tion
Southern Pacific Railroad
Smith
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
California
Cured of Solitaire Play
A woman recalls her husband’s nightly solitaire habit and her attempt to join him. She learned the game to show support but his effort broke when he watched her progress and he abandoned cards after a tense first lesson.
Tin mistaken for silver robs pirates
Chinese pirates who looted the Pacific Mail Asia mistook tin for silver after a haul in Oriental waters. W. W. Piplin of the Chinese maritime customs service said about 100 small Chinese fishing boats carried tin to various depots, rushing to unload the cheap shine they believed was precious metal.
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Pacific
Asia
Oriental
Samypans
W. W. Piplin
Chinese Maritime Customs Service
New
Persia
For Sale or Rent 45 Acre Farm Near Carro lton Bank
Advertises a mouse and tract of land totaling forty five acres with fifteen cultivated, fine pasture near a school building. Intended buyers or renters are directed to William Gaston or J T Bradley at Carro lton Bank. The rest is a fragmentary colonial-era note mentioning Silk and eastern products and a shipwreck tale from the San Francisco Chronicle.
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William Gaston
J.T. Bradley
Carrotlton Bank
Pacific
Salyers
San Francisco Chronicle
Word Borrowings Across Languages and Pronunciation
A correspondent notes Italian adaptation of English ride as spall and compares to French and English examples like rosbif and breeze. The author cites Italian uses of raid and parallels in phonetic spelling to mirror foreign sounds, referencing a four year old Italian newspaper example "Il raid Pekino: Parigi."
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Spectator
Minerals in the Human Body
The body holds about two pounds of phosphorus essential for bones and brain vigor. If extracted for other uses it could yield about 4,000 boxes of friction matches. It also contains small amounts of zinc and potassium, with traces of magnesium usable for chemistry or fireworks displays.
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Harper’s Weekly
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Live Stock Association
Bill
Twish Co
Carrollton and
Longview Street
R. A. Howell
Corner Square and
Depot St
Carrollton, GA
E& Phoe
Hugh Jackson
Carrollton Hardware CO
Winchester
New Hawaii
Conn
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