Local Officials and Church Listings For Oconee Township
A fragmented roster lists aldermen trustees and department heads, including City Marshal J A Anderson and Treasurer W A Jones, followed by county education leaders, road and revenue committee members, notaries, tax officials, and multiple church notices from Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Church of God with service times and meeting details.
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T. F P. Christian
A. S. Cantrell
W. P. Rider
Jos. Townsend
N. Pitts
J. W. Grindle
J. A. Anderson
Trusteds City School
DOW Cro
Old Colony Life expands agent field for wide age range
Old Colony Life Insurance Company of Chicago Illinois offers agents a broader market writing men women and children ages 0 to 60 in annual semi annual or quarterly plans. Policies cover up to 3000 for children and up to 80000 for adults with few rejections due to accepting sub standard risks. The company has entered Georgia and seeks a local producer.
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Old Colony Life Insurance Company of
Chicago
Iainois
Georgia
Telephone Users and Night Call Delays
Help us improve service by looking up numbers before ringing Central. She could connect ten people while looking up one number. If you call after 11 tonight do not hang up until three minutes pass due to delay. R. O. & F. L. Meaders.
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Central
F. L. Meaders
Gallant Old Vessel Yankton Falls On Hard Times
The Yankton, a famed dispatch gunboat from the Spanish American War era, later served in World War I era patrols and Globe circling assignments. Now in Boston she faces unpaid debts of 784 dollars and is under United States marshal custody as she enters hard times.
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United States
Bob” Evans
Roosevelt
North Sea
Boston
Collier’s Weekly
Needs More Space for Housing of Insects
Dr Cam Gahan of the Natural History Museum in London faces a space crisis as his department can store about 3b insects. He has 17 000 more beetles to house and notes roughly 200 000 species exist, with the museum holding about ten specimens per species. Some beetles are 150 years old or dead yet remain in good condition.
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Cam Gahan
Natural History Museum
London
Detroit News
Doctor Gahan
New Old Beverage Cassina Credits Native Roots
Cassina, a new drink for Americans, is made from a plant abundant along Atlantic and Gulf coasts from the James River to the Rio Grande. Historically Indians cured its leaves to create a stimulating beverage, similar to yerbe mate used in South America, with Argentina consuming over 140 million pounds annually.
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Atlantic
Gulf
United States
James River
Rio Grande
South America
Argentina
Twin brothers born in 1851 share life-long coincidences
Devonshire report notes twin millers born in 1851 who were apprenticed together at twelve and remain colleagues. They married on the same day and live in adjoining houses. One had ten children, the other seven, with mixed genders. For 57 years both have attended the same Sunday school, with one never missing a Sunday.
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Devonshire
England
Mach
Agreed With Her Wife A Fool for Luck Phrase
A London Tit-Bits line recalls a quip about marriage and loyalty, noting a husband’s steadfastness and the saying a fool for luck. The fragment reflects witty Civil War era humor in a brief, characterful aside.
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Atluse
London
Swamp in Bolivia Hinted as Home of Monster Relics
London Answers notes legends of prehistoric monsters possibly living in a vast Bolivian swamp south of the country. Reports tell of enormous water pythons up to eighty feet and mysterious footprints of unknown lizard-like creatures along its edges. Future air travel and traps may unlock the mystery.
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London
Earth
Wales
Bolivia
London Zoological Gardens
Very Exclusive Hat Joke Prompts Sneak Peek Sale
A brief joke turns into a product tease as a hat becomes the centerpiece of an exclusive sale. The line hints at limited quantities and a playful marketing pitch inviting curiosity.
Drift of Waters Life Buoy No 9 Drifts Across Oceans
The Life buoy No 9 broke from the Indio channel in the Plata river Argentina on July 8 1918 and was recovered by Australian authorities near Fremantle Western Australia about 100 miles north on June 29 1923. The drift crossed the South Atlantic past the Cape of Good Hope and the Indian Ocean totaling 8700 miles. It recalls the Blue Jacket figurehead drift burned at sea near the Falkland Islands on March 9 1869 and found ashore near Fremantle December 8 1871. These drifts show easterly water movement in the Southern Ocean.
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Indio
Plata River
Argentina
Freemantle
Western Australia
South Atlantic Ocean
Cape of Good Hope
Indian Ocean
Falkland Islands
Oil Evaporation Losses Prompt Gas-Tight Storage
The Department of the Interior notes large petroleum losses from evaporation on producing properties. In the mid continental field about 6.5 percent of oil is lost, 3.5 percent on the lease and 3 percent in transport, with up to 9.3 percent from well to refinery in under ten days.
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Department of the Interior
Mid-Continent
Namesake dialogue echoes from a London Punch sketch
A fragmentary line compares a boy named Moses with a mock solemn inquiry about names in a Punch magazine style quip. The exchange hints at humor and familiarity with biblical names in a British periodical context.
Lumpkin County Voter Withdraws From State Senate Race
A card from a Lumpkin County resident announces withdrawal from the Georgia State Senate race. He explains personal business and mining prospects justify stepping back, thanks supporters, and hopes to serve in the General Assembly in the future. Also notes local syrup for sale and discusses volcanic eruption theories.
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Lumpkin County
State Senate
General Assembly of Georgia
Luenkins
Hamlet Returns to Elsinore in Local Theater Feat
A club discussion reveals a Copenhagen paper announcing a Hamlet production next month in Elsinore. The piece notes the play returns to its old home town with Hamlet in residence, prompting mild interest among members.
Quite Safe Smith-Three Weeks Married Joke Exchange
Jones jokes about temper in marriage as Smith replies that his wife still has it after three weeks. The brief banter plays on domestic humor and timing of newlywed life.
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Smith
Jones
Wasteful Prof And Now We Get X Equals Zero
A fragment shows a dialogue line with a prof lamenting waste and a character named Sour Owl sarcastically claiming efforts yield nothing. The tone resembles a clipped stage or radio performance excerpt from a Lear-like context.
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Lear
Sour Owl
Lumpkin County lawmakers seek renomination to Georgia Senate
A series of candidacy announcements from Lumpkin County voters for the State Senate and General Assembly outlines long service, past legislative work including creation of the State Highway Department, and pledges to campaign despite needing to rely on supporters for outreach ahead of the Democratic Primary on September 10.
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Senate
State Senate
Lumpkin County
Crata R. Arnorp
F. Pruett
General Assembly of Georgia
W. P. Riper
Rember
OB. Saviir
Lask
Georgia
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John Euans
C. Burns
Y. G. Abercrombie
W. J. Free
D._O. Johnson
W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
County Board OF Education
Frank Parks
W.T. Dowdy
G. D. Pierce
D. W. Caldwell
J. Hutcheson
Carl Shultz
John H. Moore
W. L. Ash
R. 0. Meaders
T. F. Christian
Auraria
W. A. Trutcheson
Dave White
N. P. Hightower
J. N. Satterfield
N. P. Jones’ Creek
M. H. Kendall
N. P. Martin’s Ford
H. M. Poore
J. P. J. A. Hollifield
N. P. Seay
M. Calhoun
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J. K. Richetts
N. P, J. M. Duckett
Th. F. Anderson
Green Mountain
Said
Howanrp Ancoor
Healy
Atlanta
Good Farm
Dahlonega
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Janie Martin
Cane Creek Falls
Robert Housers
Notivi
Greenway
Homer Head
Dahioneca, Ga
Goodrich
Silvertown
Gomirtich
Vallant
Moses
Deuce Brothers
B. F. Anderson
Vweetier
Meete
P. Sieges
Dahlonega, Ga
W. M. Wenent
Bank of Dahlonega
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