Directory of city government and church notices in Georgia
Directory lists mayor aldermen city officers and trustees plus county officers surveyors road revenue notaries and various church listings. It includes Baptist Methodist Presbyterian and Church of God staff and services with weekly times and Sunday school details.
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John Yans
G.G. Evans
W. J. Free
K. O. Johnson
W.H. Jones
W. J. Hightower
A. B. Keith
Ounty Board OF Eduocation
Owe.t.b
Ces
J. M. Ridley
W.T. Dowds
G. D. Pierce
John H. Moore
W. Ll. Ash
Rk. GC
Meaders
J. F. Christian
PEACH
Auraria
W. A. Hutcheson
J.P
Cane Creek
Luther Justus
J. P. Crumby
H. B. Hatfield
N. P. Chestatee
J. M. Wilkins
N. P. Davis
W. M. Wehunt
J. P
B. H. Higgins
N. P. Dahlonega
W. P. Rider
A. R. Ray
N. P. Frogtown
G. L. Jones
N. P. Hightower
J. N. Satterfield
N. P. Jones
Creek
M. H. Kendall
N. P. Martin
S Ford
J. G. Martin
W.T. Evans
Speer
Supt. Methodist Church
J. W. Blake
Haworth League
W. R. Hightower
Wyley
Presbyterian Chuurcil
B. W. Baker
Loo
J. G. Carson
Church OF God
Ella Fry
Elia Fry
Romance ends in a grand row in Boston and beyond
An 18 year old bride Eleanor Montgomery Sanborn accuses her guardian uncle of abuse and says her husband Jack Sanborn forced her to sign a letter. the five month marriage ends in desertion and scandal amid family divisions and past crimes.
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New York
Boston
Jack Sanborn
Eleanor Montgomery Sanborn
Cape Cod
Sandy Lock
Sanborn
Oren Sanborn
Coffee
W. Robert Montgomery
Hamilton National Bank
Montgomery
Eleanor
Jack
Robert
Colonial Hotel
Edward Montgomery
Sanborns
Hicanor Sanborn
Seek Opportunity in West
Helena Montana reports a westward immigration surge in 1922 with hundreds of migrants moving to Montana. The article notes farm growth from 26 214 to about 60 000 farms since 1910 and a 202 percent rise in improved farm land, with farm property value climbing 183.5 percent to 85 061 508 and livestock products marketed near 25 million annually.
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Helena
Mont
United States
Montana
United States Department of Agriculture
One Stumbling Block in a Rough Patch
An elderly voice complains that stopping fighting in a rough game will be hard. Uncle Eben observes cheating persists as the struggle continues, reflecting a stubborn conflict in a community setting.
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Uncle Eben
Ten Cent Golf Ball Ahead Changes Hazards
A humorous column argues a ten cent golf ball made of scrap rubber will curb fear of losing the ball, reduce profanity on the links, and let players replace balls cheaply. It suggests caddies and families may benefit as players buy new balls instead of risking financial ruin.
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Sonny
Paper Pile Caps for Underwater Supports Aimed at Toredo Resistance
In California researchers describe piling for submarine supports made from tarred paper wound around a wooden core. The process uses multiple paper layers, glue, cord, and cement to form 60 foot long cylinders 18 to 80 inches in diameter, topped with a steel square head to endure pile driver shocks.
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California
White hair craze spreads from Paris to Britain
A London Answers writer notes a fashion shift as white hair becomes desirable. Paris starts the trend and southern France supplies much of the hair. Lighter shades command higher prices with some markets advertising white hair worth many times its weight in gold. best strands reportedly fetch £80 per ounce.
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London
Paris
France
Remembering Seeds and Silk in Congress Debates
Senators recall past common gifts as they battle present constituency demands. Sorghum notes earlier kindnesses like garden seeds, while criticizing modern expectations for costly luxuries such as silk shirts and phonograph records.
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Senator Sorghum
Mound Builders’ Potent Elixir Rumored From Ancient Cave
Report from Middlesboro Kentucky describes two Bell county youths finding a sealed earthen jar in a cave. They claim a strong liquid inside surpasses Kentucky whisky, with unreadable inscriptions. Experts may try deciphering the markings. authorities’ stance on prohibition remains undecided. The tale ties to theories of ancient Ohio Valley inhabitants and their mysterious relics.
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Middlesboro
Whatling
America
Molus
Bell County
Ohio Valley
Kentucky
Tennessee
Champion Beach Lifeguard Bud Wiley Tours With Mascot
Bud Wiley, official Rockaway Beach lifeguard near New York, boasts 200 rescues over nine years and credits his eighteen month old mascot Violet Amico Sileo with part of his success. The happy girl accompanies him daily on the life raft as the season continues with more saves anticipated.
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Bud Wiley
Violet Amico Sileo
Bud
Rockaway Beach
New York
Rockaway
Hot Dogs and Houn’ Tales of a Daring Dog
The exchange recalls dogs Sam owned and a hammer throwing incident linked to a shop, prompting Snowball to boast of a dog’s cleverness. The tale hints at a dog making tracks toward the Atlantic Seaboard Railway, casting a humorous, nostalgic light on canine prowess.
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Sam
Snowball
Atlantic Seaboard
Height of Clouds Measured By Night Time Instrument
In Europe aviation is more developed and night flying is common. A plan to locate cloud heights along flying routes uses a theodolite and a distant searchlight. Distance is measured to compute cloud altitude, guiding airmen at night.
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Europe
Urope
Soon to Be Extinct Race of Caribs
The Caribs once numbered highly in the West Indies but are now nearly extinct as a ethnic group with pure strains remaining mainly in Dominica. The decline is linked to Spanish oppression and later French persecutions, with the slave trade beginning after Columbus. They worshipped spirits and celestial bodies, used the Pee-ay-man as healer, and practiced hanging the dead in hammocks between trees.
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West Indies
Dominica
Blondin's Feat Amazed Niagra Tightrope Feats Recalled
The piece recalls Charles Blondin later Elizabeth Yelding attempting a Niagara rope crossing. Blondin, born Jean Francois Gravelet, toured the United States first in 1855 to astonish the public by crossing the river on a tightrope below the falls and again in 1859 and 1860 drawing large crowds and daring stunts.
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Elizabeth Yelding
Niagara River
Charles Blondin
Blondin
Jean Francois Gravelet
United States
Falls
America
Spinster Bride-to-Be Drops Invite List Twist
A Indianapolis story recalls a bride to be who asked who would present her at the altar. Her nephew quips that the groom should be a gift she long desired, prompting a wedding invite list reshuffle with no neighbors invited.
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Indianapolis
Sonny
Indianapolis News
Looted Russian Church Treasures See Nationwide Haul
A partial tally details vast church riches seized by Bolsheviks across 80 provinces led by Moscow and Petrograd. The haul includes 43 711 precious stones many diamonds rubies sapphires and emeralds plus 40 carat plus diamonds and a 47 carat prize stone. The treasures may be sold abroad with Paris London and Amsterdam named as sale sites and some pieces reserved for American buyers.
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Moscow
Petrograd
Kiev
Kasan
Nijnt Novgorod
Hatton Gardens
Warter
St. Isaac
Regiow
Volga
Paris
London
Amsterdam
Russia
The
Hague
Flatirons Declared Deadly Weapon In Georgia Case
In Atlanta Judge BW T Shurley sentenced Lon Kinneybrew to at least five years in the penitentiary after Kinneybrew struck his wife with a flatiron. Kinneybrew expected a lighter sentence and refused counsel.
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Atlanta
BW. T. Shurley
Lon Kinneybrew
Judge Shurley
Mrs. Kinneybrew
Kinneybrew
Bohemian Inventor Demonstrates Unbreakable Glass
A Bohemian inventor after 18 years of research claims to have produced unbreakable glass. During a demonstration, glass plates and vessels remained intact when dropped from 12 feet. A thin plate roasted meat over 750 degree Fahrenheit heat, tin was melted in a glass pot, and nails were driven into hardwood with a glass hammer.
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R. A. Baker
Moore
A. West
Jos. Townsend
T. J. Smith
T. BF. Jacksongon
W. LH. Jones
Wm. Housley
Trustees City School
Whedas Bumits Yeaa
Pea
John T. Moore
Aire
AB Ves
Tawests
J.M. Brooksher
J. F. Pruett
Hall
Nature
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
J. P. Court
Nugget
BH. C. Brannon
Jackson Building
Gainesville
Watkins
Dt. RB. Watkins Co
Memphis
Tenn
International Stocking Mille
Norristown
de, Homer Head
Cantonega, Ga
West
Rockies
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