Thousands Welcome Confederate Veterans Parade in Atlanta
The eleventh annual Confederate Veterans of Georgia reunion drew an estimated 7,500 to 10,000 marchers and up to 50,000 spectators in Atlanta. Grand Marshal J. F. Burk led the parade past the governor’s mansion as General Clement Evans, General W. A. Wright, and other veterans rode or walked amid cheers. Ninety-two camps represented, with women nurses marching and two old enslaved attendants noted in the procession. Athens was chosen for the next convention and officers for the Georgia Division were elected.
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Atlanta
Confederate Veterans of Georgia
J. F. Burk
Clement
Evans
United Confederate Veterans
W. A. Wright
Park
South
Hver
Anon
Dixie
Suwannee River
Nellie Gray
Marster
Athens
Louis G. Young
Savannah
Georgia
John ©. Waddell
Gedartown
Benjamin Milikin
Jesup
J. W. Wilcox
Macon
Masters
BH. F. Davenport
Américus
Western Brigade
Robert L. Rodgers
Bulloch to Take Convicts for Road Work
At a county commissioners meeting in Statesboro Georgia it was urged that Bulloch County accept as many convicts as possible under the new apportionment when the current lease ends March 30. The county previously received nineteen convicts. about thirty three misdemeanor convicts are already in service on the public roads, and with more to come the county will have a road force of over fifty convicts available.
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Statesboro
Bulloch County
N. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Boll Weevil Threat Reaches Georgia Warns Entomologist
Georgia faces a looming boll weevil danger as State Entomologist B L Worsham warns the pest could reach cotton fields within four to five years if unchecked. A national meeting in Natchez November 24 27 will seek control methods with officials including U S Secretary James Wilson in attendance. Georgia monitors cotton seed hulls and seed imports to enforce quarantines and prevent infestation while urging local purchase to minimize risk.
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Atlantia
Georgia
B. L. Worsham
State Capitol
Agricultural Association
Natchez
Miss
Worsham
United States Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson
South
Government road to military post near Atlanta proposed
Hon Gordon Lee endorses a government road from Chickamauga Park to a military post near Atlanta passing through Rome Georgia He predicts Walker county commissioners will back convict labor and a $100000 bond to fund the project expanding Walker county road miles by about 100 additional miles
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Atlanta
Rome
Gordon Lee
Chickamauga Park
Lee
Walker County
Colonial Canal Zone report cites healthy workers and gold trade
New York City reports J H Collins returning from Colon to Washington after a fourteen month inquiry into Canal Commission staff, noting good health and labor conditions, low gambling and drinking, and affordable food. Baron von Tuber described San Blas Indians, gold nugget trade, and dangers of interior travel with Indians and locusts.
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New York City
Canal Zone
Canal Commission
J. H. Collins
Colon
Washington, D. C
Collns
United States
Collins
Panama
Canali Commission
Baron von Tuber
Smithsonian Institution
San Blas
Republic of Panama
Pacific
San Blaze
Sam Blas
Waron
Japan's cordial welcome for American fleet praised
Tokyo reports the cordial reception of the Atlantic fleet by the Japanese government and people as heartily planned and carried out. Admiral Sperry lauds the sincere friendship shown, noting flawless organization, imperial palace visits, and Roosevelt's message of lasting alliance. Three thousand sailors enjoyed shore liberty daily with no incidents.
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Tokio
Japan
Hampton Roads
Sperry
Admiral Sperry
Imperial Palace
Roosevelt
Forty Foot Fossil Found Near Glasgow Man
Dr Henry Fairfield Osborn of the American Museum reports a museum party led by Barnum Brown found part of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton in the Bad Lands south of Glasgow Montana. The fossil measures about forty feet long and twenty two feet high with a perfect skull and complete ribs backbone and hip girdle. This second specimen may complete the complete mount of the king of reptiles, praised by zoologists awaiting the find for years.
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New York City
Henry Fairfield Osborn
American Museum of Natural History
Great Falls
Mon
Barnum Brown
Glasgow
Man
King of
American Museum
Osborn
Untitled Health Ads from Early 1900s
An array of medical patent remedies is advertised, touting cures for piles, constipation, biliousness, liver issues, and eczema. Promotions claim free samples by mail, with prices from 10 to 60 cents, and list suppliers in Georgia. Some entries emphasize nervousness relief and skin treatments.
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Youge
J. R. Maxwell
Atlanta
Terranixz
J, T
Shuptrine
Dept. A
Savannah
Fire alarm leads to comical firehouse inquiry in Kingston
An American visiting Kingston Canada encountered a fire while fleeing toward a fire station. He barged in shouting fire and asked the lone occupant for the street number. The station resident urged him to locate the address first, saying the fire crew would want to know its location when they returned from dinner.
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Kingston
Can
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Tugge
New York Press
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Flabo
Cate
America
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T Mes
Rath Everett
Regitar
L.A. Hammitt
Tan Ave
York
GURH
Red Cross
Minne
Hicks
Zeus
Jupiter
Holts
Inas
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