Georgia Legislature Bursts of Action and Key Delays
The session closed after passing a $2000 probe appropriation and several measures favored by Governor Smith including telegraph service timing and a primary election law. It delayed the convict lease decision to an extra session and let many bills die in committee, with the anti lobby bill and near beer tax failing. The houses adjourned around 3 am with gavels bang and valedictory amid clock discrepancies.
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Ring
Peanue
Henderson
Aeetseardl
Aes
Greater
Atlanta
Foste
Smith
Ethine
Pp Gural Schools
House
Senate
Court House
Flynt
Slaan
General Assembly
Georgia House OKs Education and Primary Reform Measures
Georgia House actions include extending the state school book contract to 1911, setting primaries at least 80 days before the general election, and authorizing an extra session. The day’s votes also tackled water power eminent domain, local charters, road and real estate bills, and Confederate veterans pensions.
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House
General Assembly
Senate
Georgia
Bush
Eighth
Colquitt
Dobbs
Twenty-fifth
Edgewood
DeKalb County
Atlanta
Battle Hill
Fulton County
Hawes
Union City
Campbell County
Georgia Volunteers
United States
Dean
Felder
Overstreet
Tattnall County
Thhe
Senator Felder
Twenty-second
Tatnall County
Cander
DeKalb
Railroad Commission
McMahan
Clarke
G. Houser
Gordy
Twenty-fourth
Muscogee County
Camp
Thirty First
Chattanooga
Senate Advances Georgia University Funding and Pension Bills
The Georgia Senate debated and approved appropriations for the University of Georgia and the State Agricultural College at Athens, plus experiment station work at Waycross and sugar cane syrup experiments. The night session passed the Foster pension bill, a statewide constitutional amendment, and numerous local measures while discussing street railways and city courts.
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Senate
University of Georgia
State Agricultural College
Athens
Experiment Station
Experiment
Flynt
Waycross
House
Foster
Cobb
Marietta
Davison
Greene
L. H. Ledsinger
Ellison
Harris
Nancy M
Georgia State Sanitarium
Jones
Mitchell
Queen Shiver
Williams
Dodge
Leon
Ward
Coffee
Buchanan
Messrs. Chamblee
Dean and Wright
Floyd
Floyd County
Telfair
Board of Commissioners of Roads
County of
Madison
Danielsville
Slaters and
Jesus
Georgia
Hines
Baldwin
White
Screven
Sylvania
City Court of
Strickland F Or Pike
Barnesville
Messrs. Slade, Russell and McMahon
Stephens
F. M. Rice
W. A. Mitchell
Mr. Bond
Forsyth
W. J.standford
Messrs. Blackburn and Bell
Fulton
State Board of Health
Mr. Noyes of
Butts
Indian Springs
Mr. Foster
Blackburn
Tallulah
Towns
Goode
Perkins
Mary Blackstock
Tyson
Emanuel
George M. Brinson
Fowler
Bibb
Headlight bill not a law in Georgia
In Atlanta the headlights on all locomotives bill failed after senate receded from its substitute. Railroads argued the measure would cost two to three hundred thousand dollars. The Georgia plan now faces possible court action to resolve parliamentary questions. At Chattanooga the Southern Commercial Secretaries chose Atlanta as next meeting place with W. R. Royster and John A. Benjamin elected as officers.
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Atlanta
Senate
Iit
Tift
Dougherty
Railroad Commission
House
Southern
Chattanooga
Tenn
W. R. Royster
Ahstannant
John A. Benjamin
Albany
J H Kelly building work reveals historic relics and notes
While removing the front wall of the J H Kelly company building at Monticello, a jar with old deposits and artifacts was found in a corner. Included were a September 1 1886 Atlanta Constitution about the Charleston earthquake a 1886 Gries Almanac coins and more.
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J. H. Kelly Company
Monticello
Atlanta Constitution
Charleston
Madisonian
Jasper County News
Gries
Horse Swappers Converge In Cartersville State Event
About six hundred horse and mule traders from Bartow and neighboring counties gathered in Cartersville for a freewheeling horse swapping convention. Traders judged animals on sight with no formal rules, while sales and trades rolled in.
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Cartersville
Bartow
Cobb
Cherokee
Gordon
Paulding
Polk
Murray
Thomas Knight
Atlanta
Abba Benton
C. D. Jordan
Monticello
J. A. Hicks
Hicks
H. J. Thomas, Jr
Maconinsole
Joseph von Bracht
Savannah
Herrmann Rosenheim
Americus
Jane Worthey
Beach Haven
Macon
R. T. Manley
Pomona
Farmers’ Union
Statesboro
Bulloch County
Isaiah Singleton
Singleton
Police Commission
Rome
New York
C. A. Lilly
Gainesville
Currahee Mines
Hall County
Germefort Manufacturing Co
East Point
Schoen Brothers
Roseland
Southern Wood Preserving Co
Medical
The
State University
Hoke Smith
State
G. L. Carpenter
Augusta
Sheddie Usher
Springfield
L. F. Lanier
Sylvania
C. G. Cox
Eiljay
T. B. Brantley
James T. Longe
Darien
J. G. Stampffer
Blakely
W. H. Watson
Omega
C. C. Frederick
Kathleen
L. D. Parrott
Homer L. Barker
Franklin
F. ©. Harp
Cusseta
T. R. Aycock
Monroe
Paul J. Smith
Wilson M. Hardy
C. N. Fuller
Coeducation and Women in Early 20th Century Society
A collage of brief extracts covers the University of Michigan’s coeducation era with 2852 degrees earned by women and breakdowns by department. It also notes fashion trends in Washington society, Tolstoy’s domestic life, Lady Constance Mackenzie’s Scottish shoots, Seminole matriarchal influence, and tribal norms including divorce rules and harsh penalties for female indiscretion.
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Michigan
University of Michigan
University of Michigan News-Letter
Empress Eugenie Finds Solace in Mother Earth
Brooklyn Life portrays the Empress Eugenie living quietly at a Riviera villa. She tends her garden by hand, battles garden pests, and spends rainy days playing solitary patience. A recent guest at Sir Thomas Lipton’s Colombo estate, she is pictured in her waning years seeking simple comforts.
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Tolstoy
New Orleans
Eugenie
Riviera Villa
Sir Thomas Lipton
Colombo
Brooklyn
To Look Well Woman's Duty
A Pittsburg Dispatch quote urges women to keep fashion current and invest in quality dress. It argues stylish, durable clothing protects family prestige and that economy comes from lasting outfits, not frugality at the expense of appearance. Poverty is no excuse for shabbiness except for extreme cases.
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Pittsburg
Society Woman a Decorator in London Shop Opening
Lady Mary Graham Montgomery, sister to eight beauty famed siblings, opens a decorating shop in Duke Street Manchester Square London under the implied trade name Ropley House Decoration Alterations Upholstery Sanitation. She is married to Sir Thomas Montgomery seventh baronet and youngest daughter of the late Sir Thomas Moncrieffe. Her eldest sister wed the Duke of Athol, linking a prominent noble family to the new venture.
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Duke Street
Manchester Square
London
Ropley
Montgomery
Thomas Montgomery
Stanhone
Peebleshire
Thomas
Louisa Moncrieffe
Duke of At
Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson Takes Up Ballet
Society notes reveal Lady Constance has begun ballet training with Mme Cavalazzi-Mapleson at Covent Garden. Her talent is touted as exceptional, suggesting she could become a premier ballet dancer if she dedicates time. She is also known as a champion lady swimmer.
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Constance Stewart-Richardson
Constance
Mme. Cavalazzi-Mapleson
Covent Garden
Women Physicians Advocate Equal Roles at Chicago Session
At the American Academy of Medicine in Chicago, women doctors urged equal access to professions and business. Some male physicians argued against women leaving homes, while Dr. Helen C. Putnam endorsed woman suffrage and education for women to choose fathers of children.
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American Academy of Medicine
Chicago
Helen C. Putnam
Providence
Emma Culbertson
Boston
Edward Jackson
Denver
Otto Juettner
Cincinnati
Fashion Notes on Silks and Coiffures in Modern Dress
The piece reviews silk department best sellers with pastel blues and voile coats, Pompadour coiffures paired with small hats, and the popularity of princess petticoats. It notes slim silhouettes, wide shell and jet back combs, two toned noiles for afternoon gowns, lace garniture bows, and modest use of metallic trims.
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J. H. Shaw
Collding
Spalding County Superior Court
South Georgia
Brooks
Lowndes
Berrien
Tattnall
Effingham
Pierce
John D. Rockefeller
Uncle Remus
Joyner
Rockefeller
Uniform Bank of the Knights of Pythias
Company L of Georgia
Mobile, Ala
Washington
D. C
Baroness Moncheur
New York Press
Scotland
Rockies
Leslie
Mother Earth
Mary Graham Montgomery
Ballet Dancer
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