New Bank Planned for Canton Georgia and Local News Gleanings
The item notes Canton plans a new bank and cites regional figures such as Georgia governor race results and Hardman Holder vote totals. It mentions Cotton crop estimates for the state, Morris of Hartwell Sun death, and Hardenman’s rise in Georgia politics. It also recounts Local incidents from Lumpkin to Gainesville including a fatal shooting near Tennille and a found child on railroad tracks.
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Gainesville
China
Local and Other News Highlights 1927
Dr Hardman succeeds Clifford Walker in June 1927. The motor vehicle tag sale advances amid rain and discomfort for chestnut gatherers. A Tate Georgia couple dies by their own hand this week. Mail from Bluirville arrives late. 414 unit votes with 218 needed for a choice. D Hardman wins the governorship by a narrow margin. John Holder chairs the state highway commission into 1928. Ma Ferguson faces a vacancy pressure as Texas legislature acts. D. C. Stephenson returns to testify on political corruption in Indiana. A Nashville officer is discharged for drunkenness. A burglar in Atlanta switches shirts with a resident during a theft. Three lynched Africans in Aiken South Carolina after a murder accusation and a not guilty verdict. Dah Lonega Chamber of Commerce meets at Mountain Lodge October 8 with officers reelected and a healthy balance. Atlanta visitors praise local assets and the Blue Ridge location. host W W Zimmer serves a grand banquet.
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Dr. Hardman
Clifford Walker
Jack King, Sr
Tate, Ga
John Holder
State Highway Commission
Texas
Ma Ferguson
Sam
D.C. Stephenson
Indiana
Grand
Aiken
J. 5. Speer
T. F. Christian
W. M. Housley
Fred Jones
Housley
Atlanta Chamber of Lommerce
B.S. Barker
Dudley Glass
Service Publicity Bureau
Newell
Industrial Bureau
W. B. Townsend
Blue Ridge Mountains
W. W. Zimmer
City of Wonders Lincoln Saw in Washington
Carl Sandburg describes Washington as a planned city orbiting the Capitol dome where Lincoln would begin his national journey. He notes the hub of government and the gathering of ambassadors, plus the diverse panorama of states, languages, and peoples shaping the republic. Lincoln and his family would later board there for two years starting December 1847.
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Lincoln
Allegheny Mountain Range
Potomac River
George Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
James K. Polk
Capitol
Congress of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Europe
Asia
South America
Mexico
Washington
Allegheny Mountains
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountains
California
Fremont
America
Capitol Dome
Republic
Louisiana
Maine
Carolinas
Minnesota
Carl Sandberg
English Women Inventors Patent Applications Rise
English women filed 35 000 patent applications last year at the British patent office with 12 250 in motor vehicles and internal combustion engines. Notable are glare reducing headlamp devices and a continuous cutting candle making machine among domestic and wireless inventions.
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Brish
Wanted to See Action
An odd afternoon drew many visitors to a door with callers described as agents. A distressed Mrs. 8. faced demands for a gun and a shotgun was urged by her elder son. She refused and spoke calmly, prompting the youngest son to remark that no shot was fired.
Radio Intelligence Tests Take Sweden by Storm
Sweden broadcasts intelligence test questions after each program with 15 seconds to answer and reveals correct responses. Audiences also identify familiar quotations and musical airs as part of the radio feature.
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Sweden
Minneapolis Tribune
Bible prices vary from auctions to daily scripture sales
The Bible remains a top seller with wide price ranges. A Gutenberg Bible previously sold for 106000 at auction reportedly resold for 120000, while the American Bible Society issued nearly 8000000 Scripture portions priced at one cent each.
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Gutenberg
American Bible Society
Lutheran Church Herald
All Adventure Is Life in Raymond Spears Essay
A reminiscence on adventure by Raymond Spears from Adventure Magazine. The narrator recalls nights on the St Mianets River in Arkansas and a near disaster at Muscle Shouly, weighing memories from study to danger. He asserts that every experience adds to the joy of living and that missed chances define true adventure.
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St. Mianets
Arkansas
Muscle Shouly
Ruskin
Mississippi
Raymond
Spears
Adventure, Magazine
Bullhead Tale From Milford Lake Fishing
Knute Kimson recalls a fish story from Sears Lake near Milford where a bullhead allegedly lured by lantern light was seized by the anglers and hooked, yielding the biggest catch in three years. The tale is told as a tall fish story with a note of skepticism.
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Knute Kimson
Alexandrine Avenue
Sears Lake
Milford
Detroit News
Arkansas Bird Reserve Abandoned After Drainage
An executive order abandons a 14 acre bird reserve in Mississippi county Arkansas. Established in 1913 as a native bird reserve it relied on water but drainage has left the tract dry. The land will be returned to the public domain of the United States.
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Forsyth County
Gainesville
St. Peter
Arkansas
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of the Interior
Mississippi County
United States
Government Plans Hawaiian Beach Purchases for Tourism
Prosperity in Hawaii hinges on government acquisition of famous beaches including Walktki to curb commercialization. The territorial government will fund imposing resorts to draw global tourists, having secured a tract for 600000 dollars at one third of its appraised value. Mawali shows prosperity with many natives holding bank accounts as roads and harbor upgrades proceed.
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Hawaii
Tlawaii
Population Density in Guatemala and El Salvador
The two Central American nations have dense populations with little waste land. Guatemala holds about 2,000,000 people while El Salvador, covering 7,225 square miles, has roughly 1,040,000 inhabitants. Both nations are rich in sugar coffee minerals rice hemp cotton and bananas.
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Guatemala
Salvador
Central America
Gautemala
Hemisphere
Boy Defaces Sand House at Jameson Park Fight Sparks
A boy allegedly spends almost an hour building a sand house at Jameson park playground before a disruptive youth kicks it over. The builder warns the assailant he will respond, promising a forceful reply.
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Bobby
Jameson Park
Dobby
Indianapolis News
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Dahlonega, GA
Office
Kone
Canton, Ga
Lumpkin County
On Morris
The
Hartwell Sun
Hardeman
Trenton
S. C
Hardman
Holder
Georgia
Thos, H. Hartley
John Lindsey
Tennille
C. Porter
Macon
Bluirville
D. Hardman
Nashville
Atlanta
W. A. Housley
Bank For
Dahlonega
State Depository
J.F. Pruett
J. M. Brooksher
J. F. Pruett
J.M. Brooksher
S. H. Jenkins
W. J. Ash
M. ©. Wiley
W. M. Rice
H. Head
John H. Moore & Son
Dahlonega Lumber Company
Housley Bros
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