Georgia and national notes in a chaotic news page
This column compiles a wide mix of items from Georgia and beyond including political shifts around revenue laws, local crime reports from Atlanta involving prohibition raids, and a dramatic incident in Braxton Mississippi where a tornado killed fifteen. It notes railroad, highway, and military logistics, plus human interest vignettes on poverty, roads, and weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Shaw
Boston
Atlanta
Daily Paper
North Carolina
Raleigh
N.C
Pascal
Georgia mountaineers and a plan to curb liquor trade
The Dahlonega Echo notes both saint and sinner in the Georgia mountains believe liquor is God given while Winder News describes scarcity of livelihoods pushing corn into liquor. Yet awakenings among mountaineers spark demand for better living, schooling, and roads as the press cites the need to keep bloodlines pure while ending the blockade liquor trade. The editor recalls May weather and sleeping between blankets and quilts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dahlonega Echo
Winder News
Lumpkin
Othe
Georgia
Alpharet
Fee Press
Novelty Store Displays Middy Suits and Accessories
A century old fragment notes Mrs Jones Novelty Store offering Middy suits in colors skirts and ready made waists as part of a fading storefront display. The item sits among a broader page of local notes including grand jury activity and pension transfer discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Jones
Wais
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the & Nugget
Dahlonega
Tom Bell
Post Offices and Post Roads Committee
Senate
House
Washington
Braxton
Miss
Russia
Georgia Penitentiary
Hall County
France
War Department
J. R. Cathey
Lumpkin County
Dortsey
Tech
Dorseys
General News
Germany
Dawsonville
Porter Parks
Ballston
N. Y
Postal Service
Sears
United States
New Orleans
Federal Grand Jury
Prohibition
Harris
Lee
Secretary of War
Georgia State Highway Department
Newark, N. J
Highway Department
China
J. B. Rigketts
Route-Onke
G. W. Vaughn CO
General Merchandise
G W.vaughn&co
the Mountain Inn
Jia
Craig R. Arnold
Propr
H. F. Parks
Nimblewill Dist
J. M. Brookshee Danroneaa
Dahlonega, GA
G. H. Grasox
G W. Vaughn & Co
W. H. Jones
J. B. Viexrry
H.e.watson
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Th. Hall
Fulton County
Dorsey
J. W. Lindsey
A.B. Keith
H. Watson
Phon
Bank OF
J. M. Brooksher
T. F. Jackson
Go'ryo
LI. J. Smipvh
Phonis
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