Early 1900s Educational and Civic Meetings Announced
A compilation of regional events lists dates for women’s groups, Sunday school institutes, Saengerfest, summer schools for teachers and Southern Educational Association meetings across Augusta St Louis Knoxville Tuskegee Asheville Athens Nashville and more. Ticket sale windows with final limits and extension privileges are noted for each event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Congress
W.C. T.U
Monteagle Sunday School Institute
ST. Louis
Saengerbund
Knoxville
Tenn
Tuskegee
Ala
Asheville
N. C
Southern Educational Ass'n
Athens
Nashville, Tenn
Peabody College Summer School
Confederate Vets Welcomed in New Orleans Reunion
Thousands of veterans gather as the United Confederate Veterans hold the thirteenth annual reunion in New Orleans. General J B Gordon, commander in chief, receives cheers and delivers the opening address before Louisiana Governor Heard and New Orleans officials welcome the delegates. Memorial services for Jefferson Davis held at Christchurch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent City
Gordon
The
Echo
New Orleans
United Confederate Veterans
Fair Grounda
J. B. Levert
Louisiana
Levert
J. William Jones
Jones
Unt
John B. Gordon
W. W. Heard
Paul Capdevielle
Layo Charbonnet
Song of Veterans
Daniel P. Lawton
Louisiana Confederate Veterans
William J. Behan
Confederate Southern Memorial Association
Fair Grounds
Crescent Theater
J. D. Nix
Camp Beauregard
Brishop Thomas F. Caylor
Tennessee
James D. Nix
Beauregard Opamp
8. B. Wright
Ladies’ Federated Memorial Aspeciation
J. Richardson
Daughters of the Confederacy
Allan DP
San ‘Ford
Waco
Tex
Jeferson Davis
Christchurch
Receiver's Second Round Notice For Multiple Dist Names
Notice lists numerous district dates and locations including Giles Crossing Olays May 1st Juncombe 1386 dist and Walker 100 dist May 6th with many others. It notes the book close date June 30th and lists official names H Jonpan Hovare T R W C along with a Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barksdale
Giles Crossing
Wriday
Juncombe
Olays
Walker
Walker Bros
Warthen
Mayview
Jate
Sun Hill
Davisboro
Chalker
Harrison
Giles
Tennille
Northen
Wommack
Stoney
Finglas
Cleveland
Riddleville
iSmith’s
Irwins X Roads
Golson
Hodges
Tabernacle
Sandersville
Paesay
H. Jonpan Hovare
T. R
W. C
Striking Italians Clash With Police on New York Subway
Striking Italian excavators clashed with police along the subway line in New York on May 19. Pickets intimidated returning workers, leading to a dozen fights and three arrests as officers moved to restore order. About two thousand men, half the required workforce, were at work on the subway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seventy-second Street
Columbus Avenue
TRYING TO SETTLE STRIKE IN MOBILE
Mobile May 19 W G Lee first grand master of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and C H Wil king grand senior conductor of the Order of Railway Conductors arrived to confer with Mobile and Ohio railroad officials about settling the strike of trainmen and switchmen. A grievance committee from St Louis Jackson Tenn and Montgomery accompanied them. Lee has a dispatch from Grand Master Morrissey pledging confidence and support of the National Order of Railway Trainmen now meeting in Denver Colo. The railroad officials say the strike is practically over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
W. G. Lee
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
C. H. Wilking
Order of Railway Conductors
Clarke
Russell
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
St. Louis
Jackson, Tenn
Montgomery
Mr. Lee
Morrissey
National Order of Railway
Denver
Colo
Object of Expedition Attained in Albania Advance
Constantinople May 19 The lesson taught the Albanians by Turkish troops in the advance on Ipek Albania is considered to have attained the primary object of the expedition namely the occupation of that place in spite of opposition. A number of Albanian chiefs still hold out in the mountains and it is said that when they fled Ipek they took with them members of the sultan's special commission sent to pacify the Albanians who had made Ipek their headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Ipek
Albania
Caribou Brown Dead, Noted Southwest Gambling Figure
Henry F. Brown known as Caribou Brown, a famed frontier character in the southwest gambling scene, dies in Tucson at 87. Born in County Limerick Ireland, he sailed as a merchant captain in youth, built and lost fortunes at the gaming table, yet retained a reputation for honesty throughout his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Great South West
Henry F. Brown
Southwest
Caribou Brown
County Limerick
Ireland
Bootblack Finds 10000 Dollar Bill Reward Noted
Philadelphia May 19 Carmine Cammorata a bootblack found a 10000 dollar bill on the sidewalk at Twelfth and Market streets and returned it to the loser earning ten dollars as a reward. A pocketbook with 850 dollars was later returned by a police officer who received only thanks. A nervous young man fainted upon learning the note had been found. Vanderbilt Piggery Burned in Asheville caused five thousand dollars damage. pigs saved, pedigree books saved, boiler room origin suspected, rebuild planned. Death of B F Jones in Pittsburgh at 79 ends a career with Jones and Laughlin steel works. he led the Republican national committee during the Blaine-Cleveland campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Carmine Cammorata
Twelfth
Market Streets
Policemen Volner
Cammorata
Bootblack
Vanderbilt Piggery
Asheville
Biltmore
Vanderbilt
B. F. Jones
Pittsburg
Jones & Laughlin Steel Works
United States
Republican National Committee
Dlaine-Cleveland
New Swindling Method Nets Victims Among Big Firms
Reported in New York on May 19. District Attorney Jerome hears of a new consignment of debt collection swindles operated by two agencies. An agent learns of a supposed indebtedness and offers to collect for a commission, often paying advance fees and arranging court refiling. Credit men report 100 cases and merchants nationwide complain of similar schemes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jerome
New York Credit Mens’ Association
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Baltimore
Pittsburg
St. Paul
Cincinnati
Return to Work at Franklin Printing Company
Twenty six union printers formerly with the Franklin Printing company have returned to work quietly in their previous positions at the Atlanta establishment. They were set to return last Friday but the agreement was temporarily called off due to published reports. A settlement of the strike seems likely soon and efforts will be made to reconcile the parties on some basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Company
Atlanta
Franklin Printing Company
Engineers Visit Savannah Forts for Storage Probes
The United States Fortification Board of Engineers visited Savannah on May 19, inspecting Fort Screven and Fort Pulaski to assess obsolescence and potential use as storage for military supplies. The panel included Col Suter Stickney Livermore and officers Fremont Burney Schultz as representatives of Army and Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortification Board
Forte
Savannah
Fortification Board of Engineers of the
United States
Army
Navy
C. R. Suter
A. Stickney
W. R. Livermore
J. C. Fremont
R. Burney
EB. Schultz
Fort Screven
Fort
Pulaski
Georgia Pharmacists Meet in Twenty-Eighth Session in Macon
The Georgia Pharmaceutical association opened its twenty eighth annual session in Macon at 10 o clock led by President John H Polhill of Fitzgerald. Claude Estes gave the welcome. Discussions aim to tighten license laws including a three year apprenticeship and state board exams saw 18 of 27 pass. Civil engineer Robert C Hilton, 34, of Savannah, committed suicide after a fever hospital stay. He came from Nedburg New York. his wealthy parents were noted. In Seoul, Korea the governor of Quelpart island threatens to imprison Koreans for selling land to Japanese buying Japanese goods and for plans to behead Korean scholars in Japanese schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Georgia Pharmaceutical Association
John H. Polhill
Fitzgerald
Claude Estes
State Board of Pharmacists
Savannah
Robert C. Hilton
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Hilton
Nedburg
N. Y
St. Petersburg
The
Novos Vremya Today
Seoul
Korea
Quelpart Island
Yellow Sea
Strikers Decide to Resume Work in Melbourne
Melbourne railway workers vote by ballot to return to work under government terms after a recent strike. The decision was by an overwhelming majority, marking a quick end to the labor action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Victoria
Georgia Trucking Riches Urged Despite Wet Season
In a long note from Georgia farms, Steven explores delayed planting due to protracted rains yet asserts a bright outlook for corn and cotton. He highlights sugar cane, oats, and wheat, notes strawberry and raspberry markets, and cites USDA bulletins on transportation rates and fertilization costs for Savannah trucking. The piece emphasizes Georgia as a growing hub for truck farming, with strong markets in New York and Philadelphia and significant profit potential per acre for berries and other garden crops.
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Georgia
North Georgia
Middle Georgia
Middle
New York
South Georgia
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Jon
Long Island
Philadelphia
New York City
Bulletin
Savannah
Isog
Atlantic
Norflok
Florida
Cotton production and value of 1902 crop noted
The 1902 cotton ginned amounted to 11,078,882 running bales valued around 501.9 million dollars, with exports at about 290.7 million. The report warns against overproduction and urges diversification, praising southern mills and Georgia as leading in progress.
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United States Census Office
Mississippi
Texas
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
United States
Great South
Dep’t
Sugar Cane Growth Boosts Southern Georgia Industry
In southern Georgia sugar cane emerges as the most profitable crop with large, well paying cane shops in several counties. Naval stores depletion left forests, now guiding expansion. The Department of Agriculture supports the industry, noting progress at four stations in Guyton, Waycross, Quitman, and Cairo under federal appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Guyton
Waycross
Quitman
Cairo
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Herald & Georgian
William Park
Dia
Lander
Price
Ile
O. N. Ruben
Malone
Bvandersville
Gqhorgia
Rawlinge
Rawlings & Howard Attorneys AT
Courts of Middle Circuit
Haynes St
J. W. Daniel
Evans & Evans, Attorneyse At
Sandersville, Georgia
Evans Building
Charles M. Tyson
Holt
Sandersville, Ga
Theus Company
Corer Bull and
Broughton St
Savannah, Georgia
DRS, Starkey & Palen
Girard St
San Francisco
Cal
Toronto
Canada
NEW Home Sewing Machine CO
Orange
Mass
St. St Louis
Allston
Dallas
Vox
Henry J. Godin
Nenad St
Augusta, GA
Central
Los Angeles
Monteagle, Tenn
Monteagle Bible School
War Heroes
J. B. Gordon
Christ
Leivert
W&. B. Kruttschnitt
Kruttschnitt
Grove
P.M. Whitman
7Th Street
Augusta
Ives
Subway 1
Ohio
South Western Frontier
Georgia Pharmacists
Steven
Georgia Farmers
Fruita
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