City Government Directory Listing Local Officials
Directory-style record lists city government officers trustees school board and county offices with names such as Mayor R J Baker, trustees, tax collectors, clerks, and registrars across multiple localities. It presents notary peace officers and road and revenue chairs alongside appointed positions and precincts in a fragmented historical listing.
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G.H. Moore
A. West
Jos. Townsend
V.Z. Smith
T. Jacksonen
W. H. Jones
Wim
Housley
Trustees City School
John H. Moore
Eggrol
Treas
W. L. Ash
J. M. Brooksaber
Jk. C. Meaders
Mprdiary
W. B. Townsend
Superior Court
Christian Bury
Haart J.M. Davis
Porter Pax
Pecker
Cantrellae R
Baker
Fare reduction to Gainesville by mail line announced
The Gainesville mail line cuts fares to 2 dollars each way with autos carrying passengers safely and comfortably. Public notices solicit patronage and provide contact details for bookings and inquiries. Meanwhile, Lumpkin County court proceedings set February 4 1922 to address Eliza Dowdy’s year’s support petition and calls for show cause. Ordinary W J Townsend records indicate shifts in local administration and estate matters for F A Crane and heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gainesville
Ufely
Avery & Vaughn
Lumpkin County
Eliza Dowdy
J. W. Dowdy
Jary
W. J. D Townseap
Srgin
Homer
A. Crane
Peécy
Ine
Wand
F. A Rane
Court of Mnary
Umpkin County
New Woman in China Sees Modern Roles Rise for Women
A Pittsburgh Dispatch summary notes a Chinese magazine promoting the New Woman ideal to reform old society. It praises independence, public participation, and self reliance while urging plain living, clean dress, and avoidance of display, though some critique jewelry and social vanity.
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China
New Woman
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Hay fever drives crowds to Petoskey as cure belief grows
A Cleveland Plain Dealer account notes hay fever sufferers migrate north each summer, flocking to Petoskey Michigan. A tale recalls a Chicago couple discovering the bay’s climate proved curative after a storm drove them ashore, inspiring a growing colony that became a bustling town with thousands of residents.
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Maine Woods
Mackinac Island
Petoskey
Mich
Chicago
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Harassing Wheat Pests Threaten U S Wheat Output
The Department of Agriculture notes pests destroy millions of bushels of wheat annually. If losses could be saved and milled, it would add about 29,463,700 barrels to national production. From 1916 to 1919 the country produced 783,819,500 bushels yearly, with a loss of 147,818,600 bushels to disease. Research in the bureau of plant industry aims to reduce these diseases across cereals.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Tree saved by Washington nominated for tree Hall of Fame
The Hampton plantation oak on the Santee river in South Carolina, saved by George Washington in 1791, is nominated by J Danforth Bush of Wilmington for the American Forestry association Hall of Fame. Col Henry Rutledge maintains the tree, near the home built by Daniel Horry circa 1770, after Washington urged Mrs Horry not to cut it down.
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Washington
Hampton Plantation
Santee River
South Carolina
Hall of Fame
American Forestry Association
J. Danforth Bush
Wilmington
Del
Henry Rutledge
Daniel Horry
Pigs as a Medieval Form of Rent in England
The Manchester Guardian notes that in fourteenth century Cheshire rents in kind included sparrowhawks pepper gloves and especially pigs. Pigs varied in size with prices from 85 to 90 cents each, sparrowhawks worth about 25 cents and pepper about 20 cents a pound.
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Prince of Wales
Launceston
England
Lancashire
Cheshire
Grosvenors
Manchester Guardian
Secrets of symbols and orders traced through time
A dialog on ancient symbols linked to modern fraternity pins argues that charms predate watches by millennia. It claims ancient mysteries normalized knowledge, with architecture, geometry and numbers once guarded as sacred secrets before education opened to the profane.
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Jones
Nebuchadnezzar
Straight tale of China nine prisoners and a flagstaff
A Cornell professor recalls Willard Straight recounting his China assignment. Straight saw nine Chinese delinquents handcuffed together and kept dancing around a flagstaff all night to prevent escape, as the local policeman explained.
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Willard Straight
Cornell
China
Straight
Find Fine Kaolin Deposits in Finland Reports
Investigations in Puolanka reveal at least 10 000 tons with potential exceed 500 000 tons. Kaolin also found in four sites at Vihdawala with depths of four to six meters and occasional ten meter stratification. Deeper deposits yield better quality. German experts rate Finnish kaolin as excellent and whiter than other European sources.
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Puolanka
Finland
Vpihlajavanna
Leslie A. Davis
Helsingfors
Holland Starts Spitzbergen Coal Venture
A Holland group of engineers and miners went to Spitzbergen to work newly acquired coal properties. The first Spitzbergen coal cargo arrived in Rotterdam on August 11 from the Netherlands Spitzbergen company. Despite high freight rates, Spitzbergen coal can undercut English and German coal in price due to easy bed access and economical mine operations. Enormous coal reserves are reported.
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Spitzbergen
Holland
Rotterdam
Netherlands-Spitzbergen Company
Angler Touts Simple Tackle as Lesson Turns Sour
A novice angler questioned the cost of the float while fishing beside a expert. The seasoned fisherman explained the float costs about two pence and the novice cheekily repaid the loan after admitting the float had sunk.
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London
Flea Study Seeks True Plague Culprit In India
Major I. W. Cragg of the Central Research Institute Kasauli India conducts a targeted study of Indian flea varieties to identify the specific species responsible for plague transmission. He notes only certain fleas carry the disease and aims to determine the guilty type.
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I. W. Cragg
Central Research Institute
Kasauli
India
Buying and Selling Without Money in Soviet Russia
United States Trade Commission reports in Riga that the Council of the People’s Commissariat set arbitrary exchange values for commodities as of June, using one pood of rye grain as the basis. A pound of rye grain equals 12 poods of salt, 25 poods of petroleum, 12 packages of matches, 4 iron pails, 6 arshins of calico, or 86 pounds of rye per pood.
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United States Trades Commission
Riga
Soviet
Russia
Council of the People’s Commissariat
Puritan's Well Uncovered In Boston Sidewalk
A dry old well possibly linked to Gov. John Endicott of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was found on Tremont Row in downtown Boston after a policeman kicked loose a brick. The well runs about ten feet deep and is partly filled. Historians note it matches Puritan era wells. Endicott is said to have occupied nearby property in 1605.
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John Endicott
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Tremont Row
Boston
Endicott
Candle-dipping in a family kitchen remembered in Scribner’s tale
A grandmother conducts an annual candle making ritual using brass kettle wax and alternating rods as children are tied to chairs with a clothes line. The scene moves from setting newspaper-blanketed rectangles to dipping wicks and forming tall candles until metal tins end the activity, a nostalgic memory from W. Henry Shelton in Scribner's.
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Albany
Ontario County
Waterbury
W. Henry Shelton
Scribner’s
Few Diversions in Japan for Schoolboys
The Detroit News notes Japanese students face social and economic bans on recreation, leaving them with readier but dull pastimes such as diary keeping, postcard collecting, or youth clubs. Some may enjoy a river festival walk or lantern processions, while others endure “bitter learning” until marriage and work with limited tools.
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America
Europe
Detroit News
Sumida
Jokes in Architecture in English Churches and Homes
The article notes architects' humor in stone with carved monk and geese scenes. It cites a Bedfordshire Hertfordshire farmhouse with a beam inscription saying if you are cold go to Hertfordshire, reflecting a split county living room and a Hertfordshire fireplace.
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England
Bedfordshire
Hertfordshire
Elk Antler Shedding and Growth Across Years
The article explains yearly elk antler shedding and regrowth. It notes age can be read by prong counts, describes the velvet stage during growth, and mentions a blood clot at the root when an antler detaches.
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. J. Baker
Aldermin
W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
A. B. Keith
County Board OF Education
W. B. Lowe
J. M. Ridley
W.T. Dowdy
C.D. Pierce
Carl Shultz
Jofn H. Moore
W. J. Ash
R.C. Meaders
T. F. Christian
Auraria
W. A. Hutcheson
J. V
Shoal Creek
Burges
N. P
Washoohoo
J. A. Abercrombie
J P
Bunyan Pierce
Yalhoola
B. GC
Jarrard J. P
Gainesvillie
McGuire
Haillonega
Walelos
Moore & Marlys
al. Watkin Co
Vegiphis
Wal McGuire
Carl Buck
J. P. Court
Orient
Petoskey, Mich
Chesterfield
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
Japan
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