Stone Mountain mayor reelected by large margin
In Stone Mountain L B F McClelland wins a fourth mayoral term by a wide majority. Montezuma in Macon County offers a bid to move the state capital with a fund totaling $350 650 pledged and a canvassing committee still circulating. The era of political and civic activity extends across several Georgia towns with notable events including a murder case bond, a tax dispute, and civic projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone Mountain
L. BF. McClelland
McClelland
Atlanta
Montezuma
Macon County
Georgia
Monteguma
Swainsboro
Mattie Flanders
Fred Flanders
W. J. McNaughton
McNaughton
Doctor McNaughton
Washington, D. C
Thomasville
Perry
Houston County
Macon
Newman
State of Georgia
Western Union Telegraph Company
United States Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals
Western Union
John Fletcher Hanson
Central of Georgia Railroad
East Fourteenth Street
Major Hanson
Monroe County
James Jr
Permetea C. Hanson
Gatensville
Mitchell
Cordele
Tallulah Atkinns
Daughters of the Confederacy
Dublin
W. G. Towns
Grady
Thomas
Decatur
South Georgia
Valdosta
Floyd Chapman
Irwinville
Mystic
United States District Court
Emory Speer
Macon ‘Telegraph
Amelia Horne
Telegraph Publishing Company
Prize Corn Growers 228 Bushels Per Acre Demonstrated
Eleven Southern boys out of 46225 contestants, all under 16, received diplomas of merit from the secretary of agriculture and met the president after showing 83 to 228 bushels per acre in the South. Notable yields include Ira Smith 119 bushels at 8 cents a bushel and Joseph Stone 102 68 bushels at 29 cents.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
United States
Joseph Stone
Centre
Jackson County
Georgia
South Carolina
Jerry HH. Moore
Winona
Ira Smith
Silver
Ark
South
O. B. Martin
Seaman A. Knapp
Direct Vote for Senators Favored by Senate Panel
A Senate Judiciary Subcommittee approved a favorable report on a constitutional amendment to elect U S senators by direct popular vote. Southern senators warn the move could threaten states rights to restrict suffrage under the Fifteenth Amendment and raise questions about who may vote if Congress acts.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Committee On Judiciary
United States
Congress
Cotton Ginners Report Shows High Ginning Rate
The National Ginners Association reports 477000 bales ginned from December 1 to 18, 1910, compared with 481000 a year earlier, with the crop 99 percent picked and 96 percent ginned indicating a total near 11,059,000 bales. totals by state list Alabama Arkansas Florida Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas and others. Senator Lafayette Young of Iowa shocks Senate with call to adjourn for two years and critiques editors as rulers. C Drew, president of Alabama Electric Service, arrested in Fort Payne on charges of using the mails to solicit stock sales for power projects in Birmingham Chattanooga and Atlanta.
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Memphis
Tenn
National Ginners’ Association
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Various
Washington
Drew
Alabama Electric Service Company
Fort Payne
Ala
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Digest it relief for stomach indigestion prospect
Generous offer promotes Digest it as a new relief for stomach indigestion and dyspepsia. The ad guarantees a full size 50c package on receipt of 15c for mailing costs or an order for a free full size 60c package via a local druggist. Take two or three tablets after meals and repeat in half an hour if needed. Address W. L. Brown Company Box J Jackson Miss.
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W. L. Brown Company
Box J
Jackson, Miss
Rougher Times to Smoother Gridiron Praise
Harvard coach Paul Withington recalls football in the 1890s as brutal while praising the milder game of 1910. He cites Bourget from Outre Mer and a Philadelphia editor’s recollection of a deadly mule incident amid a heated West Philadelphia scrimmage.
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Paul Withington
Harvard
Withington
Bourget
Outre Mer
Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Faithful Umbrella Held Thirty Years Stolen
Dr. James A. Mullican of Greenwood avenue reported a thirty year old umbrella stolen Sunday after lending it to B. A. Leck during a rain. The umbrella had been in the family for more than thirty years and had been repaired several times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Mullican
Greenwood Avenue
B.A. Leck
Mullican
Doctor Mullican
Chicago Tribune
The Modern Way On Market Street Viaduct
A pair of young men on the Market street viaduct boastfully try a modern stereotype as they scan the area for a white automobile after passing two auburn-haired girls. This slice captures a street-uttered quip reflecting urban slang of the time.
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Market Street
Youngstown Telegram
A Book for Sportsmen and a Golfing Encounter
A 1910 Game Laws book offering hunters guidance is available free from M. H. Hartley Co. in New York by mentioning the paper. A jurist, avid in golf, questioned a Bala boy witness about the oath in a criminal suit. the boy, a country club caddy, answered with familiarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Hartley Co
Broadway
New York
Bala
Sucess
Filing System Overhauls Halt Business
A merchant reports stopping business to attend to a new filing system. An agent praised the system, noting it works well, while the merchant confirms the disruption to daily trade as implementation proceeds.
Globe makes a turn in a playful dialogue
A humorous exchange features a globe and a childlike uncle debating corners on Earth. Chips quips that the globe is spherical, while Henry insists it has corners, prompting a lighthearted back and forth.
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Henry
Cuticura Promoted for Skin and Hair Care
Potter Drug and Chemical Corporation of Boston, sole proprietors of the Cuticura Remedies, offers free mailing of their 32 page Cuticura Book on skin and hair upon request. The promotion targets skin and scalp afflictions and general toilet and nursery use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter Drug & Chem, Corp
Boston
Mass
Tripe Shortage Sparks Confusion In London Shop
A shopper requests two pounds of tripe and learns none is available. The shopkeeper cites a fisheries commission ban on catching tripe, prompting the customer to seek alternatives and question the term’s meaning. The exchange highlights a humorous misunderstanding over seasonal provisions.
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Fisheries Commission
Tripe
The Way of Life and Punishment in Aging Work
An Atchison Globe quotation notes the elderly man's diminished endurance for punishment in business and daily life. The reflection observes punishment present in home, streetcar, and work, arguing aging reduces tolerance and highlights the steady grind of making a living.
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Atchison
Cork in Brandy Bottle Locks Drink's Spirits Tight
A humorous aside on corks and their purpose. An office chair quip notes the cork's job is to seal bottle contents and keep spirits from escaping, highlighting a tongue in cheek analogy about containment.
Capudine advertised for headache stomach and nerves
An advertisement touts Capudine as a liquid remedy for headache stomach and nervous troubles. It promises immediate relief and lists prices of 10c 25c and 50c at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capudine
The General Opinion and Health Remedies
In a witty exchange a man brags about his wife while a friend jokes about her marrying him. The ad copy touts Hamling Wizard Oj as a superior mustard plaster alternative for lung pain and praises Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels with sugar coated granules that do not gripe.
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Dr. Pierce
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Prize Corn Growers
Cotton Ginners Report
DeShort
Miss Oldgold
GROVE
Skin Beauty
Slopay
DeLong
Thompson
Putnam Faceless
Monroe Drug C
Quincy
Witnote
Virgil
Standard Oil CO. (Incorporated
Munyon
Munyon’s
Munyon’s Laboratories
Jefferson Streets
Japan
Standard Oil Company
Patton-Worsham Drug CO
Mfrs
Dallas
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