Georgia Gov Candler to Head Carnival Week Schedule
Gov Candler and the Georgia legislature will attend the three day carnival opening December 5 with a parade of school children and a sham battle. Dec 5 marks Middle Georgia Day with an address by the governor and a King and Queen coronation. Dec 6 is Butts County Day featuring livestock parades and bicycle races. Dec 7 Jackson Day showcases floral displays and trade. Midway opens daily at 9 and closes about 11 with several bands performing.
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Jackson
Gordon Institute
Barnesville
Georgia
Candler
Ballon Ascension
Midway
Fish wagons for sale by J. J. Thornton
A local advertisement notes J. J. Thornton offering fish wagons for sale and promotes the Cash Store. It highlights customer praise for low prices and good merchandise with claims of wide reach and satisfaction in shopping in town. Gunn & Co. are touted as leaders in flour and meats. Chamberlains Pain Balm is advertised for sprains and swellings.
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Chamberlain
Young heirs enter business as Vanderbilt and Rockefeller set example
Percy Avery Rockefeller and Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, heirs to vast fortunes, choose to work from the bottom up in the railroad and oil fields. Vanderbilt joins New York Central treasurer’s office earning about $60,000 yearly equivalent salaries for clerks, while Rockefeller enters Standard Oil as a clerk to learn the business. Both men are engaged to be married, Isabel Stillman and Elsie French, respectively.
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Percy Avery Rockefeller
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Alfred Vanderbilt
Alfred
Cornelius
Vanderbilt
Croesus
New York Central
Elsie French
Percy
Rockefeller
Young Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Isabel Stillman
Halstead Seeks Front News From Sherman
Wartime journalist Murat Halstead visits General William T. Sherman for news at headquarters. Sherman dismisses formalities, directs him to Cincinnati-bound train at 2 o clock after a brief exchange and assures plentiful hospitality. Halstead follows the orders and departs.
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Murat Halstead
William T. Sherman
Cincinnati
Sherman
Halstead
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Gov. Candler
J. J. Thornton
Gunn & Co
Clarter
Mich
Vanderbilt and Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
John D
Ameer
Afghanistan
Czar
Russia
Turkey
England
New York Tribune
Pach Bros
New York
A. Dupont
Taos
Gillard
Elgin
Eterting Remedy Company
Chicago
Montreal
Oman
E. C. Dewitt &Co
Burts
Wm. M. Mallet
T L. Williams
Said
Jas. F. Carmichael
Georgia—Butts County
Rosa L. Goins
John W. Goin
John W. Goins
Court of Ordinary
Sterling Remedy Co
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