Local News Notes From Newnan And Nearby
Several short items in Newnan items note visits and travels. C L Walker spent Thursday in Atlanta while Geo Gray attended a Rome fire tournament. Miss Kate McGarity of Tyus and Miss Ruth Sewell of Newnan are visiting. Protracted services begin Sunday at Central Baptist led by Rev F J Dodd with cordial welcome. Prof. Sanders will leave for Magnolia Sark to take a new post as principal. Rev W N Ainesworth to preach at First Methodist with potential bishop election.
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Central Baptist Church
F. J. Dodd
Fairburn
Sanders
Magnolia, Sark
W. N. Ainesworth
Wesleyan College
Southern Methodist Church
Ainesworth
June Sale Fashion Items and Housewares Highlights
A June sale listing offers various fabrics including White Linen 36 inch and 40 inch Lawn, Cambric, Percales, Sea Island Sheeting, and Linonettes. It also promotes Ladies waists, skirts, silk drops, Gauze vests, children's dresses, ginghams, lace curtains, matting art squares, parasols, and decorative items with assorted prices and discounts.
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Sea Island
Meat in Burma and India
In Burma India meat must be eaten the day it is killed due to few refrigerators and limited ice. No meat markets exist. meat fish and fowl are sold at bazaars where fowls are sold alive to be killed on demand. Only machine made fee is available in small quantities.
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Burma
India
Jack and Jill Head Injury Recounted in Juvenile Chronicles
The Chicago Tribune notes Jack and Jill climbed a hill and tumbled, with Jack aching from the fall and Jill guiding him back to health. The tale reflects a juvenile chronicle style from the period.
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Dack
Jill
Jack
Chicago Tribune
July Bicycle Races Highlight A&M Fair Attractions
The A and M Fair Association invites July 4th visitors to enjoy many attractions at the fair grounds with bicycle races as the day’s top feature. Prizes will be awarded to winners as the event promises exciting competition.
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A & M. Fair Association
Bicycle Shop Offers Full Range And Repairs In Carrollton
A Carrollton bicycle shop advertises bicycles for all purposes along with sundries and complete repair services. The ad promotes a full line of products and in shop repair capabilities.
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Carrollton
Englishman Collects Debt From Turk Family by Next World Threat
A London Telegraph tale recounts an Englishman who lent money to a Turk. After the borrower’s death and a chain of heirs, four relatives agreed to pay in full rather than face an afterlife reprisal, while one daughter balked and the mullah mediated the settlement.
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London Telegraph
Human Ear Deformity Explained by Naturalist
A naturalist argues that human ears are deformed by the weight of the brain. He claims erect animal ears contrast with humans, whose heavy heads crush the ear against the pillow. He attributes this to evolution and insufficient neck support.
Duray and Pasteur Coin Tribute in Paris Cab Ride
Victor Duray the French historian and minister of education under Napoleon III rode with Pasteur in a cab to the Institute de France. Duray offered a five franc note, the cabman refused change, and Duray praised the driver. Pasteur added a second coin, noting the ride honored the greatest minister of education the world had seen.
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Duray
Pasteur
Victor Duray
Napoleon III
Institute de France
Durny
France
Pall Mall Gazette
Monkeys Pocket-Picking at Bronx Zoo
An Accomplished Monkay. Police in New York traced a string of pocket-picking complaints at the Bronx Zoological Garden to a monkey named Jake. The thief would wait for visitors to approach the cage and remove items from coats before being sold to an animal trainer.
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New York
Bronx Zoological Gardens
Jake
Harper’s Weekly
Allie Th Wonderland Youths Companion Highlighted
A self made man with a card index business system shows a fine library, arranging volumes by cases such as Travel Art Poetry Science. A prominent Travel volume titled Allie Th Wonderland Youths Companion attracts a friend with literary tastes.
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Allie Th Wonderland
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Hamrick
C. L. Walker
Atlanta
Mazda
Fitts’ Drug Store
John Mitchell
Newnan
Harry Kingsberry
Lowell
Kodaks
Kodak Films
Hamtick’s
Geo. Gray
Rome
Otho Brantley
Chattamooga
G. A. Hogan
Tallulah Falls
Mrs. J. G Cheney
Kate McGarity
Tyus
Roy K. Powers
Ruth Sewell
Amelia Power
Ola McLendon
Bowden
E. Cramer
Geo. Benton Neely
Estey Organ Co
Minges Annell
Mary Dillard
Marietta
Rhoda Cheves
Villa Rica
Lois. Braswell
John Hixon
E. L. Hixon
Lucile Cobb
Milledgeville
Floy Shela
Bradley, Hyatt & Co
Calhoun
Laura Lipscomb
Burg
J. R. M. Carter
Minnie Brittian
Marvin Beddingfield
The
City
Ruby Ragland
Mary Summers
Gladys Thornton
G. W. Beck
Doris
Percy Travis
Piedmont Sanitarium
J. W. Barrow
Bowdon
Way Back
Natalie Jones
Griffin
Will Griffin
Harry Bledsoe
Cullman
Ala
Geo. Bledsoe
J. E. Thornton
E. C. Thornton
Hawkes
Fitta Drug Store
A.D. Turner
L. B. Gurley
Sargeant
Irene Creel
Mandeville
R. Adamson
Verna Shela
Miss Floy, Shela
Kate Martin
Athens
Rufus Martin
Marie Bradley
Georgia
Wilson
Hamricks
Court House
Travis
Presbyterian Church
S.J. Cole
W.R. Thomas
Waycross, Ga
Thomas
Alice Austin
Heth
AD Baskin Co
Harris Hardware Co
Conkey
Ramny Dise Cmaca
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx
AI Baskin Eo
Georgia School of of Technology
Atlanta, Ga
Ace Fe
Matheson
Jas. D. Hamrick
Carrollton, Ga
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