Legislature Debates Convict Lease Reform and Highway Plan
In a Friday session, Georgia lawmakers discuss amending the constitution to end convict leasing and fund a statewide highway system. An impeachment move against prison commissioners is considered, with a committee to investigate. The Holder convict bill is amended to a 1909 start for road labor and a state farm. revenues include lease funds, a half mill tax, and imitation beer taxes.
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Alexander
DeKalb
House of Representatives
Crawford
Bartow
Jackson
Jones
General Judiciary Committee
House
State Prison Commission
Representative White
Screven
Georgia
Committee On General Judiciary
Holder
General Assembly
Senate considers far reaching prison reform bill with income tax
The Senate debated a Felder bill and three substitutes aimed at reforming convict leasing and the prison commission. The measure would abolish the prison commission on October 1 1908, create a prison board, shift felony convicts to public roads after April 1 1909, and place convicts on state farms with age and gender rules. Cotton market expands as Waycross plans a large new factory amid ongoing drought impacts.
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Senate
Prison Commission
Penitentiary Committee
Boyd
Brocks
Born
Commissioner of Agriculture
Prison Board
Georgia
Waycross
Varius
Georgia Briefs Highlight Farms Bands and Schools
Amos B Fuller reports three bean harvests from the same vines this summer with shoots returning after plowing. Atlanta retains the sole Peachtree Street post office landmark, confirmed by a Bavarian letter addressed to Peachtree Street USA. Griffin gains a new state band. W H Beck to enlist musicians with government support. Georgia Normal Institute closes admissions as dorms and halls fill. 800+ applicants rejected. Jesup Warehouse plans a free concrete building for five years for Wayne County Farmers Union. Franklin county primary results list multiple winners and incumbents unseated. Pike County veterans hold a successful Bluff Springs reunion. L M Park attends. Lois cotton mills near Douglasville expected to start Oct 1 with 70 000 spindles and rapid growth.
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Amos B. Fuller
Gainesville
Peachtree
Atlanta
Karlsbad
Bavaria
German Empire
Europe
Peachtree Street
W. A. Harris
Second
Georgia Regiment
National Guard of Georgia
W. H. Beck
Griffin
M. M. Parks
Georgia Normal Institute
Wayne County Farmers' Union
Jesup Warehouse and Storage Company
Jesup Company
Bulding
Franklin County
Chandler
Strange
McCay
Nelms
McDaniel
Little
Canady
Wanslet
McFarlan
Jordan
Brown
Westmoreland
Smith
Thomas
Pike County
Bluff Springs Camp Ground
L. M. Park
Park
Lois Cotton Mills
Douglasville
What the Trade Mark Means to the Buyer
A discussion explains trademark accountability for quality and consumer protection. It notes that manufacturers bear responsibility for product merit and that deceptive branding shifts risk to dealers, using National Lead Company's Dutch Boy White Lead as a test case. It also mentions the Kentucky court of appeals upholding a dog tax as a proper police power measure.
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National
New York
Woodbridge Building
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Tetrenine Promised Cure for Skin Diseases
An advertised remedy called Tetrenine claims to cure eczema tetter ringworm and erysipelas and all itching skin diseases. The supplier J T Saurt Turnx Dept Savannah Ga offers 50 cents, with mail orders available.
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J.T. SaurtTurnx
Dept
A. Savannah
London Preacher Warns Against Judging by Gossip
A London preacher stresses the danger of judging events by women's talk, insisting the flowing tide of chatter often misleads and that no one should rely on it to gauge truth or importance. The remark reflects a skeptical stance toward gossip and public opinion.
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London
To Drive Out Malaria and Build Up the System
An old bottle label touts Grove's Tass as a tonic claimed to combat malaria and build up the system. It promotes “Qui nine and Iron” in a tasteless form for both adults and children and lists a 50c price.
Man Who Tells All He Knows Falls Into Habit
A Chicago Record-Herald observation notes that a man who proudly reveals all he knows tends to increasingly chatter and disclose more over time.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Remains Contested
An old promotional text offers a $100 reward for catarrh cure failure and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as oral treatment. It cites F J Currey Co and Waterins Kinnan Marvin as Toledo suppliers and mentions testimonials, price 75 cents, and Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The Nashville American quote questions lying versus business.
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Hall
F. J. Currey & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Waterins, Kinnan & Marvin
Cure for Three Children with Eczema Cited
Mme Napoleon Duceppe of Montreal reports her three daughters and a baby were cured of severe eczema after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She states head eruptions and neck folds healed after four to five applications. The testimonial is dated May 21, 1907.
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Mme
Napoleon Duceppe
Duluth St
Montreal
Que
A Chance Of Retaliation Quotation From The Washington Star
A brief quoted exchange features Miss Cayenne refusing a male claim of brotherly protection in a leap year context. The item notes society attitudes and gender expectations reflected in the dialogue.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Railroad Commission Rulings Aimed At Shippers Rates
The Georgia Railroad Commission moves to appeal to the Interstate Commerce Commission against elevated grain hay and provisions rates from Ohio and Mississippi crossings. It bars a passenger fare rise by Georgia Railroad and orders a six month trial of a Griffin to Cedartown train to aid local riders. The action backs shippers facing possible annual costs up to one million dollars.
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Atlanta
State Railroad Commission
Georgia
Ohio
Mississippi
James K. Hines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroad Commission
The
Georgia Railroad Company
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Griffin
Bremen
Chattanooga
Cedartown
Central
Women Appointed Collectors for Will Eregt Memorial Fountain
Officials of the Georgia Woman's Christian Temperance Union appoint collectors by district to raise funds for a memorial prohibition fountain to be placed on the state capitol grounds in Atlanta. The fountain will bear the names of legislators who voted for prohibition. Collectors named include Miss Haddie Davis in the First District and Mrs. Lee Hall in the Second, with others listed for the remaining districts.
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Columbus
Atlanta
Georgia Woman's Christian Temperance Union
2Georgia
Georgia
Haddie Davis
Oglethorpe Street
West
Savannah
Lee Hall
Newton
Maud Allen
Abbeville
W. Gowdin
Cotton
P. O. Box
M. L. McLendon
Washington Street
J. L. Kennedy
Barnesville
Cedartown
G. B. Stovall
Madison
J. C
Bennett
Jefferson
J. C. Martin
Thomson
Augusta Deen
Waycross
12-Year-Old Train-Wrecker Admits Bolt on Track
Buford Georgia. Lewis Cooksie 12-year-old boy who wrecked Southern train No. 38 causing the deaths of Engineer Ben Dewberry and a fireman, is jailed awaiting superior court trial for murder. He says he placed the bolt after being influenced by two older youths whose names he would not give.
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Buford
Lewis Cooksie
Southern
Ben Dewberry
Atlanta
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted for Women's Health
A Denver woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of female troubles and an unsuccessful operation. The note urges other sick women to try the tonic and invites letters for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. Also mentions Hicks Capuchine as a nerve remedy sold in liquid form at drug stores.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Gregory
Lawrence St
Denver
Col
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydia EH. Pinkham
Marriage a Detail of Art in The Profession
A Chicago Evening Post excerpt cites Mrs. Leslie Carter arguing marriage enriches an actress by providing life’s joys and sorrows, a necessary part of theatrical education. The Kansas City Star echoes the view, noting actors move through marriage as a detail of art shaping their craft.
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Roswell Field
Chicago Evening Post
Leslie Carter
Carter
Kansas City Star
Our Foreign Janitor
A child asks about the Golden Gate and San Francisco with a quip on who holds the gate key. The exchange hints at international tensions as a humorous jab in a Philadelphia Public Ledger item.
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Golden Gate
San Francisco
Hodson
Japan
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Postum letter praises health benefits and taste
A letter from an Indiana woman extols Postum as mild and palatable, claiming it lacks caffeine and improves health. She says her husband and she prefer its flavor to coffee and report relief from gall colic and headaches. The Postum Co. from Battle Creek, Mich, features the testimonial in ads.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Nashville American
Oston USA
Astower Paramatuar
Georgia Railroad
Will Eregt
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