Profits of Woolen Company Reach 1919 High
New York report shows American Woolen Company 1919 net profits of 15 513 415 after taxes and contingencies. Dividends on 2 8 million preferred and 3 2 million common stock paid, depreciation 3 733 611. year-end surplus 12 029 804, total 31 754 426. President W W Wood credits prewar readjustment and notes foreign business across Argentina to South Africa with 4 5 million foreign orders and 4 8 million unfilled orders, 13 million refused due to delivery limits.
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New York
American Woolen Company
W. W. Wood
Cuba
Mexico
Europe
England
France
Belgium
Spain
Philippines
South Africa
Burke County Opens Voting Registration for Women
Waynesboro Georgia Acting at the request of the Georgia Women Voters League the Burke County tax collector allows women to register to vote in the presidential election if the 19th Amendment is adopted by then. Burke County is the first in Georgia to permit this registration.
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Jackson
Georgia
City of
Jackson National Bank
Ware
Co. M. Kimbell
Geo. E. Mallet
J. B. Settle
J. L. Bailey
Waynesboro
Georgia Women Voters League
Burke County
The May King Refuses The Royal Mold
A child narrator rejects the May King ritual, resisting the stiff crown, stiff pose, and subservient role. He longs to play with other boys and avoid the Queen who enforces the quiet, pleasant image. The poem expresses defiance against rigid pageantry and gendered expectations.
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May
Lady's Slippers and a Camp Meeting Misadventure
Bena worries over securing patent leather slippers for a neighborhood camp meeting while her mistress, Mrs Ford, asks for Bena’s shoe size. Bena’s worn feet force her to wear seven pairs, hurting so badly she can barely walk, delaying the planned outfit.
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Bena
The Song of the Garden Verse
A lyrical piece urges hoe water and weed as essentials for a thriving garden It contrasts farm toil with the beauty of lilies roses and the open sky and grass beneath feet
Mrs Jackson Makes an Unfortunate Comfort Visit
Mrs Jackson visits Mrs Brown whose husband died by suicide in the attic. The exchange centers on weather talk as a barrier to saying the wrong thing. Mrs Brown notes the rain and drying clothes while Mrs Jackson awkwardly suggests attic space for hanging.
Socialite Tripping Vignette Ends With Wry Comeback
Mrs Atkinson stumbled on her front steps and fell at the feet of a kind gentleman who asked if she fell. She replied with dry wit that she always comes out of the house this way, preserving her poise amid the mishap.
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Mrs. Atkinson
Quick Home Remedy for Constipation in Children
The article cautions that dull head and bloated stomach in kids often signal constipation. It advises checking the tongue and breath, watching for belching, and giving Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin nightly to ease symptoms by morning.
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Dr. Caldwell
Serretan
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Woolen Company
J. A. McMichael
Hart Schaffwerk& Marg
Hart Schaffner
Marx
J. Arenson
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Margaret Carolyn
SONG
Peanuts
Southern Cotton Oil Co
T. A. Nutt
NAT
U. S
The
Great Federal Reserve Bank System
Jackson National
National Bank
Butts County
Jackson Community
Chautauqua
Washington St
Monticello
Ilinois
Argus
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