Bulldogs Open Basketball Season With Boston Visit
The 1926-27 high school basketball season starts Friday at 7:30 p m with the Bulldogs hosting Boston's last quintet. Four football stars will play, including Willis at center Zalumas Mil ton and Burch, plus one more, as the team to face Boston.
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Boston
High School
Bulldogs
Invaders
Willis
Zalumas
Milton
Burch
Barwick
Neel
Silva
Peacock
Higgins
Brown
Riley
Petty
Poole
A. Barwick
Mahler
Waddell
Booth
Walker
Bryant
Kent Mack
Mack
Eufaula
Ala
Enterprise
Georgetown
Thomasville
Atlanta Officer Shot Twice in Pistol Duel
County Police man W A Vinson was shot twice and survived a pistol duel with Will Black Gal Kelly at a Dooleytown Rockdale park dance hall. Luther Pope was arrested as an accessory before the fact and others were expected to be charged as investigators probe the duel. Vinson’s wounds were described as improving at Grady hospital.
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Atlanta
Luther Pope
W.A. Vinson
West Washington Street
Will
Gal’ Kelly
Dooleytown
Rockdale Park
Pope
Kelly
Vinson
Grady Hospital
L.J. Dickerson
Dickerson
Body of Brunswick Man Found on Highway
Brunswick Ga Dec 9 a coroner jury ruled J C Flynn of Sanford Fla died from a self inflicted gunshot wound near the Dixie Highway several miles from Brunswick after a hysterical wife found him dying. Flynn a Seminole Investment Co manager had been drinking and had threatened death by his own action. A .32 caliber revolver with two empty cartridges lay near the body.
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Brunswick
J. C. Firnn
Sanford
Fla
Dixie Highway
Flynn
J. D. Baldwin
Drunnk NP
Seminole Investment Company
Darien
McIntosh County
Bandit in Chaplin Make-Up Pulls $3000 Heist
New York police hunted a dapper burglar who dressed as Charlie Chaplin. He rang the Bronx apartment door of Mrs Harriet Buccola and, after bowing with a derby, presented a bouquet as part of the ruse before fleeing with $3000 in loot.
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New York
Charlie Chaplin
Harriet Buccla
Bronx
Georgia Enacts State Child Labor Law
Atlanta announces Georgia will put a state child labor law into effect January 1, 1926. No child may enter gainful work before age fourteen, must pass a physical exam, and must be able to read and write English. Night work under sixteen is prohibited. The legislature argues state control is preferred to national rules.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Man Uses Revolver to Ambush Women and Loot Bank Money
A man burst in and herded Mrs. Buccola and her mother-in-law into a side room. He bound and gagged them, then escaped with more than $3,000 he was taking to the bank.
Early Christmas marriages urged to file licenses now
Atlanta December 9. Couples planning to wed on Christmas must apply for licenses by December 19 due to a five day waiting period. Fulton county officials warn many have faced disappointment for missing timely applications.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
Georgia Eyes Move Toward Cotton Crown After Drought
Georgia, once cited as the largest cotton producer east of the Mississippi, trails Texas and three other states in 1926 output. A drought kept boll weevil damage low this year, trimming pest losses and boosting Georgia's standing in the latest crop report. Alabama Mississippi Oklahoma and Arkansas remain ahead of Georgia in long staple cotton production.
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Mississippi River
Texas
Empire State
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Arkansas
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Santa Claus Headquarters
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Parrish Bicycle & Hardware Company
Madison and
Jackson Streets
Baybrook
Grady Street
Colton Ave
Thomasville Real Estate
Owner
Upchurch Building
Dickers
Bandit
Chaplin
Hill
Quinine
Weevil
KOTEX
Kirby Planing Mill Company
Fleming Motor Company Telephone
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