$1,000 For Athletic House At Athens University
Peabody Board and City of Athens donate funds for a $50,000 university building to be completed by September 1909 with a goal of creating new teaching posts. Total additions reach $76,000 including Athens city bonds. An athletic field house and multiple campus upgrades are proposed, with broader plans urged to the governor and legislature.
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Athens
University of Georgia
Peabody Board
Peabody Trustees
Sptember
City of
Board of Visitors
University
Denmark Hall
Old College
Davenport
J. M. Reade
Department of Pharmacy
Industrial boom shifts gears in Georgia Alabama
Georgia and Alabama postwar recovery gains noted with new rail contracts from Huntsville to Nashville and land deals. A Griffin cotton mill seeks capital, Montpelier colony forms in Jefferson county, and Colquitt County sells land to northern settlers. Fourteen new corporations apply for charters with 417 500 minimum capital. Public works and constructions expand including offices in Birmingham and a Mobile convent. Dougherty and Ben Hill counties approve bonds for roads and public improvements.
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Naw Industries
Columbus
Georgia
Alabama
Dyer
Georgia-Alabama
Nashville
Huntsville
Ala
Tennessee Capital
Kom Valley
West Aladame
Griffin
Montpelier
Jefferson County
Colquitte County
North Georgia
Birmingham
Mobile
Carrollton
Rug Enterprise
Raymond
New Decatur
Anniston
Peer Ala
Artland
Florence
Fitzgerald
Brunswick
Ben Hill County
Stallings Reports On State Agriculture Bulletin
Atlanta reports State Chemist R E Stallings nears release of annual department bulletin with farming value data. The note details cotton seed meal and hull mixtures, showing feeding value relative to corn priced at 95 00 a ton and meal at 24 00 per ton, outlining value comparisons for farmers.
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Atlanta
R. E Stallings
Department of Agricullure
Murder 18 Charged After Davidson's Death Incident
Columbus Georgia reports a sensational murder development in Tucker A. Davidson's death on the Chattahoochee River. J L Davidson, brother of the dead man, obtained warrants charging Hen Lloyd John Boggs Bud Phillips Lee Phillips J G Lloyd and Monroe Lloyd with murder. Six defendants formed the camping party. Boggs Phillips and Lee Phillips say Davidson was in a boat that overturned in rapids and caused his drowning. Three defendants are jailed, the remaining three are out on bond. Shots were heard near the river around the time of the death.
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Columbus
Tucker A. Davidson
Chattahoochee River
J. L. Davidson
Hen Lloyd
John Boggs
Bud Phillips
Lee Phillips
J. G. Lloyd
Monroe Lloyd
Davidson
New President of Senate to Lead Georgia Legislature Start
Georgia general assembly convenes June 24 with John M. Slaton in the House speaker chair. Five lawmakers dead since last session. successors to be sworn in. Bills include Western and Atlantic railroad continuation, anti-pass, anti-lobbying, railroad incorporation, regulating primaries and elections, and a study of convict leases. Also proposed pensions electivity and court verdict limits, plus forestry survey near Ducktown copper works.
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Atlanta
General Assembly of Georgia
Senaor Akin
Bartow
Williams
Laurens
Nev
Way
Pulaski
Galloway
Walton
Akin
Senate
Martin
Wauittiela
Hardoran
Jackson
Steed
Carroll
John M. Slaton
House of Representatives
Western and Atlantic
Railroad Commission
Wright
Floyd
House
Alexander
Dekkalb
Boykin Wright
Augusta
Shaw
Clay
Pensions
MclIntyre
Thomas
Ducktown
Tenn
Government Seeks Proposals for Georgia Public Buildings
Supervising Architect Taylor of the Treasury announces proposals sought for building sites in Georgia and nearby areas. Listings include Augusta Bainbridge Carrollton Cedartown Cordele Dublin Elberton LaGrange Tifton Milledgeville with specified lot sizes and July 9 deadlines.
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Georgia
Washington
D. C
Taylor
Treasury Department
Augusta
Bainbridge
Carrollton
Cedartown
Cordele
Dublin
Lot
Elberton
LaGrange
Tifton
Milledgeville
Peculiar Accident Threads Augusta Mill Man
J. E. Young, worker at Woodward Lumber in Augusta, was struck by a flying splinter while using a heavy lathe. The wood shard pierced his stomach and impaled him until help arrived. He was taken to the city hospital, underwent an operation, and his condition improved with a fair chance of recovery. A great man doesn't necessarily require a large hat.
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Georgia
T. G. Hudson
J. E. Rodgers
Ellijay
Murray County
Rodgers
Bob Tuggle
Cedartown
Tuggle
Augusta
Augusta Mills
Smith
Angus Morrison
Morven
Brooks County
Covington
J. E. Young
Woodward Lumber Company
Making hot beds and cold frames for growing plants
The article describes hot beds built with stone work and heated with manure, depth needs vary by climate and season. It explains March depths of about two feet, a glass-covered frame to warm soil, seed sprouting, and cottage setups with windowsill boxes for starting tomatoes cabbage lettuce cucumbers squash and flowering plants. It also defines cold frames as wooden frames with glass over garden soil without artificial heat.
Peat Moss as Bedding Outperforms Straw in Nitrogen Absorption
The American Cultivator notes peat moss provides more nitrogen than straw but less potash. When peat replaces straw, potash becomes scarce and must be supplied by potassic manures. Peat's absorptive power for ammonia exceeds straw fivefold, improving manure value despite higher nitrogen content.
Explained. Why bouillon cups have two handles
A fragment from Harper's Weekly presents a joke where a title girl asks why bouillon cups have two handles and a younger brother replies that left-handed people exist, ending with a dismissive taunt. The line illustrates a humorous, though arguably dated, social aside.
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Harper's Weekly
One Woman Endures Pain and Kidney Troubles
A Mississippi woman, Mrs. A. B. Payne of Columbus, recalls severe back and kidney pains and weak secretions. She credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief from the first use, claiming they made her strong again. Also advertised are Hicks' Capuchine and Abbott's East Indian Corn Spri ngs, then a Philadelphia book rental system offering two cent daily loans for new novels with a three day minimum rental.
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A. 8. Payne
Third Ave
Columbus
Miss
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Time and Eternity in Congress Quip by Butler
James F. Banks of Boston recalls a Senate exchange where General Benjamin Butler warned a floor member of crossing debate limits. The member protested that time was divided, to which Butler replied with a grim line about not dividing eternity. Washington Herald report highlights the sharp exchange.
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Congress
James F. Banks
Bostton
Benjamin Butler
Butler
Washington Herald
Two Tophs A Teacher's Experience with Postum
A Minn schoolteacher known as the Postum Preacher describes using Postum to quit coffee. She recounts nervous tremors from coffee, her husband’s similar switch, and lasting benefits of steadier nerves, better sleep, and improved appetite. The letter, signed and from Postum Co., promotes the product and its claimed health advantages.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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W. F E. Manry
Real Bank of Atlanta
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Wiley Williams
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America
Milwaukee
Rockmart Hosiery
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Lafayette
Southeastern Tariff Association
Tift
Macon
8. A. Knaff
Department of Agriculture of
Germofert Manufacturing Company
Charleston
South
Jonn R. Cooper
Jim Yeates
State Penitentiary
Donaldsonville
Archibald W. Butt
Roosevelt
Georgia Bankers’ Association
Savannah
Forest H. Crane
BE. D. Walter
L. P. Hillyer
Merrimack
Pratt
Caribbee
Ellis
Gulf Stream
Colons
Muue
Hicks
Abbott
Tae Assort Co
Time and Eternity
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