Death Ends Sailor's Attempt to Circle Globe in Canoe
Rudolph Roehrle died after his canoe voyage began October 16 in Brewster Maine. His plan spanned 50,000 miles across three oceans from the Maine coast through the Americas to Africa Europe and Asia. Roehrle's body was found ashore near St Leonards Maryland as a tropical gale swept the coast ending a bold voyage.
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Bangor
Maine
Rudolph P. Roehrle
Chesapeake Bay
Brewer
Here
Rodhkie
Valparaiso
Buenos Aires
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
South America
Africa
Spain
England
France
Germany
Medterranean
Suez Canal
Red Sea
Indian Ocean
China
Japan
Panama Canal
New York
Penobscot
Rock Island
Portland
Portsmouth
Boston
St. Leonards
Roebke
Seaboard Passenger Train Derails Through Trellis Near Camp Benning
In Columbus Georgia a Seaboard Air Line train from Albany to Columbus derailed four passenger cars when the engine and baggage car fell through a trestle near Camp Benning. Engineer Robert Shepherd of Americus was severely burned and injured. rescue trains and doctors rushed to the scene. three victims taken to Columbus City Hospital.
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Columbus
Seaboard Air Line
Albany
Here
Robert Shepherd
Americus
Columbus City Hospital
Camp Benning
Doan's Pills touted for kidney relief in Thomasville ad
An old Thomasville advertisement promotes Doan's Pills as a stimulant diuretic to ease kidney discomfort. Mrs. E. E. Rehberg credits the remedy with rapid relief after daily chores, detailing back pain and shoulder ache. Price 60 cents, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, NY.
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Doan
Thomasville
E. E. Rehberg
E. Jackson St
Dean
Thomas’ Drug Store
Foster-Milburn Co
Mfrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Real Estate Men Meet in Atlanta for Georgia Association Session
More than two hundred members of Georgia real estate boards convened in Atlanta for the first annual session of the Georgia Real Estate Association led by president Joseph Mourney of Columbus. The event runs through Thursday with officer elections and a 1926 city selection. Speakers include James R. League Augusta R L Cooper Savannah Clyde Nelson Birmingham W T Anderson Macon A O Blackmar Columbus and Meyer Eiseman New Orleans.
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Atlanta
Georgia Real Estate Association
Joseph Mourney
Columbus
James R. League
Augusta
R. L. Cooper
Savannah
Clyde Nelson
Birmingham
Ala
W. T. Anderson
Macon
A. O. Blackmar
Meyer Eiseman
New Orleans
Railway safety increases for passengers across the United States
Atlanta reports show 931,000,000 passengers carried with 149 fatalities last year. Officials compare rail safety favorably to autos, noting 19,000 auto deaths and 4,650,000 injuries, arguing lack of supervision and training in driving raises risk.
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Atlanta
Woman slain and another injured in riot at Momour mine
In Pittsburg a mob attacked a supply truck at Momour mine No. 10 near Library. One woman died, another is critical, and three men were injured including a deputy sheriff. Driver Frank Flora suffered broken legs. a deputy Carl Martin and helper Andy Brookamyer were bruised. Deputies restored order after bricks shattered the windshield.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Momour
Library
Robert Woodside
Frank Flora
George Timko
Susie Bezek
Timko
Geologist Claims Equator Shifting Its Position
New York reports Dr. J. Harding a geologist for Anaconda Copper says the equator is shifting, the North American coast sinks while the South American coast rises. He spent a decade in the Andes and plans a six month Yale observatory study to build a demonstration sphere.
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New York
North American
South America
J. Harding
Anaconda Copper Company
Andes
Military training in schools condemned by scholars and clergy
A coalition of churchmen educators officials and public figures condemn military training in high schools and oppose it in colleges. They warn the War Department exerts undue influence on schools and urge excluding military training from education altogether.
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Washington
War ‘Department
Winthrop D. Lane
New York
Senator Borah
Idaho
Norris
Nebraska
Lafollette
Wisconsin
Shipstead
Minnesota
Stephen S. Wise
Francie J. McConnell
Methodist Episcopal Church
MacCracken
Vassar
Maurer
Beloit
Olley
Mt. Holyoke
Huddleston
Alabama
Nelson
Wise
Ne'n
Jane Addams
Carrie Chapman
Ca‘t
John Brophy
Pennsylvania
Samuel McCrea Cart
Federal Council of Churchies
James Weldon Johnson
Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Oswald Garrison Villard
France
Germany
United States
War Department
Proving Equator Shift and Gulf Changes
The passage discusses proving the equator’s shift and explains why the Hudson Gorge near New York sits 200 feet below sea level and why the Mississippi delta has moved in and out of the Gulf of Mexico many times in Earth’s history. It notes climate changes as part of Dr. Harding’s theory if proven.
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Hudson Giver
New York
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
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Thomasville Falks
Capital City Club
1926
Equator
Chevrolet
Fr Economical
Fleming Motor Company
Georgia
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Thomasville, Ga
Smith's’ Cash Store
Smith's Park
Imo
Hart Sebaner & Mera
Jarvin PF ‘Watkine & Co
S. H. Monroe
T. 8. Baker
Lone Star Service
Lenard
Dawson St
B. Clewis
Remington
Hill Street
Park Avenue
R. J. Brooks
Robinson Hardware Co
W. A. Davis’ Place
Tuck Bros. Farm
L. A. Baxley
City Rt
J. H. Jenkins
M. D
Marlow
Tosco Hotel
Phone 365
Empire Furniture Store
Cavalier
G. B. Davis
Italy
R. W. McMillan
Jarvis B. Watkins & Co
KR. W. McMillan
Thomas County Produce Exchange
Office Tobacco Warehouse
Times-Enterprise Office
J. O. Baxley
Jasvis B. Watkins
Hackmen's Headquarters
Wesley H. Hadley
Gragg Street
W. W. Blow
W. A. Palin
Chrysler
Shedling
Janvis B. Watkine & Co
W. A. Leonard
J. Bt. Dly
Tiye-Enterprise
Sarvid B
Waskinis & Ca
Vermont
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