City Government Directory and Church Listings
A historical directory lists city officers and officials, including aldermen, trustees, clerks, and department heads, followed by church listings for Baptist Methodist Presbyterian Church of God with service times and Sunday School details. It enumerates notaries, police, tax officials, road and education boards, and local ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
A. B. Keith
County Board OF Education
Cea
J. M. Je Ie
T. Dowd
C.D. Pierce
D. W. Caldwell
Connie Schools
Carl Shultz
John H. Moore
W. L. Ash
R. C. Meaders
T. F. Christian
Notary and
Jutsio“S Peace
Auraria
W. A. Hutcheson
J. P
Cane Creek
Luther Justus
J. P. Crumby
L. K. Hatfield
N. P. Chestatee
J. M. Wilkins
N. P. Davis
W.aes Webunt
B. H. Higgins
N. Reaoe
P. Rider
A. R. Ray
N. P. Frogtown
Speer
Supt. Methodist Church
J. W. Blake
Wrayer
Sworth League
Lamar Weaver
M.C. Wyley
Supt. Presbyterian Church
B. W. Baker
Sonae
J. C. Carson
Wanted workers to sell guaranteed hosiery nationwide
Help wanted advertisement for International Stocking Mills seeks men or women to take orders for hosiery for men women and children. Full time 40 weeks at one dollar an hour spare time option no experience required Norristown Pennsylvania firm emphasizes eliminating darn ing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Stocking Mills
Norristown
Wildcat SCARE in Enid Window Display
In Enid Oklahoma a Kansas City traveler and an editor encountered a loose wildcat inside a burlap crate used as a sidewalk display. The box sat on a street box as the wildcat hissed and clawed, prompting a dramatic hops and shrieks from the portly salesman. The incident highlights a quirky curiosity dealer’s stock ranging from moccasins to coyote pelts and other Eastern-appeal items.
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Enid
Okla
Kansas City
Demand for Cascara Bark Harvest Reaches Half Million Value
Grays Harbor residents harvest cascara bark from barberry trees in Hoquiam swamp forests. Six years after a small start, bark fetches 15 cents per pound as skilled workers earn 10 to 16 dollars daily. Incisions are made near ground level and bark may extend up to ten to fifteen feet per tree. Taking partial bark does not harm the tree.
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Grays Harbor
Wash
Hoquiam
Charity Cake Incident Upsets Indianapolis Social Event
A charity supper in Indianapolis featured a woman sharing angel food cake with a poor boy. The boy refused the cake, saying they have bread at home, so she gave him marble cake instead. The episode leaves her vowing no more angel food cake for charity events.
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Indianapolis
Safety First in a Westbound Family Trip
A young girl about three named Betty travels with her parents to the Middle West to visit her grandfather. In a city stayover, Betty watches taxi and hotel bus drivers spar. she whispers a hopeful boast about beating the man who doesn’t go to his house, reflecting playful city scenes from an Exchange notice.
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Middle West
Betty
Letty
Their Choice In-law Dilemma Prompted City Shuffle
In a quirk of fate Mrs Gabbins faces a family riddle as her two married daughters live in different cities. One son in law favors Springfield while the other leans Brooklyn, yet each wants the mother to move to the other city. The Brooklyn son-in-law secretly wants Springfield and the Springfield son-in-law wants Brooklyn.
Eskimo Census Being Taken in Edmonton Alberta
A Royal Canadian Mounted Police census counts Eskimos from Corona tion gulf to the Alaskan boundary, estimating no more than 8 000 scattered across Arctic regions. The report notes aging behavior and a humorous family moment involving a septuagenarian.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Arctic
Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Bar North
Coronation Gulf
Alaskan
Will You Swap Judge Jones On The Bench
The Clayton Tribune urges readers to consider reappointing Judge Jones to continue on the circuit bench noting his fitness, experience and noted mercy. The piece cites his instinct for justice in cases from Hall to Habersham and highlights a large, demanding circuit with nine counties and growing court business. The editor states not to tell readers how to vote but poses the question Will You Swap.
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Jones
Hall
New Holland
Mercy
South Carolina
Clayton Tribune
Tree memory and caterpillars interrupt a sermon
A Muncie lawyer told his first church speech praising his hometown and a favorite tree in his yard. His eight year old son interrupted to remind the audience to teach about caterpillars too, prompting a light moment in the Indianapolis News item.
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Muncie
Indianapolis News
Old Clock Keeps Time in Loveland
The oldest clock in the area belongs to J. Colwell of Loveland. A grandfather clock over 200 years old, it keeps perfect time. All wheels are hand carved from hardwood with metal only in the springs. An ancestor bought the clock at a public sale in England 202 years ago.
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Loveland
Colo
J. Colwell
Colwell
England
New Rubber Shipping Crates From Singa pore
An American firm introduces sheet rubber cases to Singapore shipping circles. Sheets are 100 percent fiber with riveting packing and wiring by shippers. The thin sheets allow 12 to 25 percent more rubber per case, and the construction is nearly unbreakable and waterproof.
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Singapore
Scientific American
Governor Miller Speaks With Stenographers and Mimeograph
When New York Governor Miller delivers a speech he brings three stenographers a typewriter and a mimeograph. The stenographers work in shifts and copies of his speech in New York were ready 9 minutes and 10 seconds after he finished speaking.
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Miller
New York
Change of Subject in Senate Debate Turns to Mars
Senator Sorghum discusses topics beyond politics, noting he is researching Mars and evolution with his wife joking that men have muddled politics. The exchange hints at a shift toward science and literature for public figures.
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Mars
Sorghum
Watkins Agents Wanted Seeks Territory and Free Samples
Advertisement notes an opportunity to sell Original Watkins Products in a good city territory. Offers free samples and directs writers to contact She J. R. Watkins Co, Dept. 79 in Memphis Tennessee.
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Watkins
J. R. Watkins
Dept
Memphis
Tenn
Halls Catarrh Medicine Claim and Method
The advertisement states that Halls Catarrh Medicine treats catarrh and deafness caused by catarrh by a liquid taken internally. It claims to act through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation and aid nature in restoring normal conditions. Free circulars from J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
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J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Radio In Indo China Receives Daily Bordeaux Reports
Indo China is covered by a complete radio telegraphic system of 16 stations with high powered apparatus. The country receives every night from the Bordeaux station in France full market and financial reports and the news of the day.
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Indo-China
Bordeaux
France
Girl Completes Panama Canal Zone Walk 50 Miles
Alma Mann, twelve, completed a coastline to coastline hike in the Panama Canal Zone covering about 50 miles in 16 hours and 26 minutes. Her feat highlights youth endurance in a rigorous walking championship event.
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Panama Canal Zone
Alma Mann
Canal Zone
Ocean
Antiquated Librarian Attacks Milk in Coffee
Arsene Thiebaud de Berneaud in Mazarin Library Paris argued against adding milk to coffee calling it disastrous to health. He claimed it caused pneumonia and consumption and extended his view to tea chocolate and spirits. He published a lengthy diatribe in 1826 admitting perhaps 10 percent could drink cafe au lait safely.
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Arsene Thiebaud de Berneaud
Bibliotheque Mazarin
Paris
le Frogres Medical
la Connaissance
de Berneaud
New_ York World
Buffalo Calf Counts Rise on National Ranges
The Biological Survey of the U S Department of Agriculture reports 46 new buffalo calves across three of four preserves. In Montana's National Bison Range there are buffalo with 28 calves this spring, Wind Cave in South Dakota hosts 15 calves, and Niobrara Nebraska has 8 calves. The department notes effort to protect remaining herds at Sullys Hill North Dakota and other sites as buffaloes near extinction.
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Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Montana
Wind Cave
South Dakota
Niobrara
Neb
Sullys Hill
North Dakota
Powder Horn Map Hints Cherokee Town Sites in NC
A powder horn engraved with a 1750s map may reveal locations of Cherokee towns in western North Carolina. The horn, loaned from Hugh Kirk of Ireland, once belonged to James Grant, a British soldier near Charlestown Fort Loudon and Fort Prince George, and shows Aucassee and other settlements.
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North Carolina
Bureau of American Ethnology
Washington
Hugh Kirk
Newtownards
County
Down
Ireland
James Grant
Charlestown
Fort Loudon
Fort Prince George
Great Britain
Aucassee
Perpetual Motion Debate Ends With Newton De La Hire Claim
The Pittsburgh Leader notes that before 1772 no European scientist denied perpetual motion. Newton and De La Hire allegedly demonstrated its possibility, then by 1775 the French Academy of Science called perpetual motion impossible and branded persistence as charlatanry.
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Europe
Isaac Newton
de la Hire
Fms
French Academy of Science
Paris
Pittsburgh
Multiplying Scenery by Russian Widow Innovates Stage Craft
A Russian widow, Mme Ivan Boutkovsky, developed a clever "multiple scenery" system. Two scenes are painted on one canvas with colored lights shifting visibility to reveal a landscape or an interior. With one set, several acts can be staged, offering novelty and cost savings for producers.
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Mme
Ivan Boutkovsky
Scientific American
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. Baker
OG. H. Moore
S. A. West
Jos. Townsend
I. J. Smith
T. F Jacksongen
W. H. Jone
City Marshall
Wm. Housley
Trustees City School
Wal
Ash
GA Sta
Treas
J.M. Brooksher
W. Cain
Townsend Clerk Superior Court
F. Christian Rho Mie Ie
J.M. Davis
D. C. Porter
J. I. Peek
Cantrell
R. Be, Baker
John Evans
G.G. Evans
W. J. Free
D. O. Johnson
Church OF God
Ella Fry
G H McGuire
Dahlonega
Moore & Karlys
Martin
Harney Station
Omaha
Nebraska
Cat
Storm
Washington State
North Georgia Agricultural College
M. D. Duboskh
Mounted Police
Fila
Spring Place, Ga
Hlla Fry Holt
J. M. Brooksher & Sons
Habersham Court
Blue Ridge Mountains
Department of Agriculture
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