Plans for Pan American steamship ties proposed
Washington May 29 delegates at the Pan American Financial Conference heard plans from the Transportation committee for operating U S South American steamship lines. A permanent committee of representatives from the United States and seven South American nations proposed a fast ten thousand ton line and a public stock corporation with government backstops and proportional board seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
South America
Americas
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Uruguay
Ecuador
Peru
South American
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Nerve Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as quick relief for neuralgia and facial, head, arm, shoulder, chest, and back pains. It claims a few drops stop pain within minutes and offer brighter outlook, pricing 26 cents for a 3 ounce bottle at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Piney Woods Lodge Takes Third Prize at Fitzgerald Contest
The Piney Woods lodge in the Piney-Woods contest at Fitzgerald earned third prize. Teams Piedmont Atlanta scored 99, Rose Hill Columbus 98, Piney Woods 97. Thomasville won earlier at Rome with 88, showing notable improvement and earning praise despite not securing first.
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Piney - Woods Lodge
Fitzgerald
Piedmont
Atlanta
Rose Hill
Columbus
Piney Woods
Thomasville
Rome
Georgia
Gary Sees Postwar Prosperity and Arbitration Hope
Elbert H. Gary chairman of United States Steel and president of the American Iron and Steel Institute spoke in New York at a meeting. He warned of postwar race supremacy but urged a world court of arbitration and a strong U.S. navy to prevent domination by others. He predicted the United States would lead in finance commerce and industry, while acknowledging it may not yet hold that position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
American‘ Iron ‘and Steel Institute
Instiute
Court of Arbitration
Gary
Speaser
United States
Aaa
Williams Rigsby Wedding Unites Whigham Pair
Mr E Cliff Rigsby and Miss Malessa Williams of Whigham were married Sunday at three in the Baptist parsonage. The groom escorted the bride from Whigham to Bainbridge where the ceremony took place. They will reside in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whigham
Mrs. Rigsby
Bowen and Bullock In Near-Matal Wreck In Meigs
Meigs Georgia May 29 special reports a Ford car and a Ford Chero-Cola truck collided while trying to pass on a narrow public road to Thomasville at Hansell. Both drivers Mr Frank Bullock and Mr Bowen escaped unharmed amid near total wreckage. Bullock claimed steering gear failure timed to averting disaster.
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Meigs
Frank Bullock
Bowen
Thomasville
Hansell
Mr. Bullock
Mr. Bowen
One Piece Bathing Garments Banned at East Lake Club
The East Lake country club bans one piece bathing suits as the new house committee enforces a two piece rule. Last year many costumes were bright silk and daring in cut reflecting European styles. this year silks and bright colors are allowed but two piece suits are mandatory.
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Atlanta
East Lake Country Club
New House Committee
Trouville
Atlantic City
Wrightsville
House
Tribute to Georgia mule in Charleston court scene
Assis tant Solicitor Ed Hill in Atlanta presided over a so called murder trial for a negro accused of starving a Georgia mule. The state sought to prove the animal died from neglect while the defendant argued the mule died of natural causes. The jury found guilt and the man faces labor on the chain gang.
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Atlanta
Georgia
South
Ed. Hill
City Criminal Court
Aera
Frank Watson
Wilson plans Mexican note amid talk of intervention
President Wilson readies a formal statement on Mexico amid warnings of possible U S intervention and efforts to aid famine victims. Red Cross appeals call for relief while embargo discussions surface. talks with Carranza and Villa authorities progress on reopening the Vera Cruz to Mexico City railroad.
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Red Cross
Mexico
Galveston
Laredo
el Paso
Texas
Carranza
Villa
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Strengthens & Clears
Advertising text proclaims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a true general tonic that drives out malaria enriches the blood and builds up the system for both adults and children available at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GROVE
Five Mexicans Hanged in Arizona Vote Result
Arizona House votes fifteen to twelve to memorialize the Board of Pardons and Paroles to reprieve five Mexicans sentenced to be hanged at Florence for murder. The action follows Governor Hunt's request and was reported from Phoenix on May 28.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona House of Representatives
Ate
Cron
Hunt
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Florence
Pecan Growers Association Chooses Thomasville For Next Meeting
At the Georgia Florida Pecan Growers Association gathering in Quincy Florida leaders announced Thomasville will host next year due to accessibility and central location in the pecan belt. President C A Simpson and other officers were elected and members enjoyed a mobile ride to local tobacco fields.
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Quincy
Fla
Thomasville
Georgia-Florida Pecan Growers Association
B W. Stone
Mesers Stone
Spooner
McMurran
Monticello
William “Bullard
Albany
W Bassett
Sumatra
War Against Suez Canal Threats Rise
A Turkish note reported by Reuters in London warns of a German Turkish submarine campaign against ships leaving the Suez Canal. Critics fear the plan could endanger Europe to Far East shipping as the Ottoman government cites Britain and France actions in Egypt and the canal’s fortification as justification for extending hostilities to the canal.
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London
Suez Canal
Europe
Far East
Reuter
Constantinople
Suez ‘Canal
Ottoman Empire
Egypt
Corson Ha Narrow Escape At Constantinople Harbor
The American station ship Scorpion, anchored at Constantinople, narrowly escaped destruction by a submarine on May 24 in Mamora Bay. Ambassador Morgenthau reported to the State Department.
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United States Navy
Contantinople
Washington
Scorpion
Constantinople
Sea of
Mamora
Ambasador Morgenthau
State Department
Wide differences noted in railway mail pay in Atlanta
Atlanta officials revealed that the Post Office pays Western & Atlantic and other U S railroads 10 cents per mile for mail transport, while paying its government owned Panama railroad 2 77 per ton for the same service. Railroads demand payment for all mail carried including parcel post.
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Western & Atlantic
Atlanta
Post Office Department
United States
Panama
Postofice Department
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Testimonial
Mia Augustus Lyon of Terre Hill Pa writes she suffered chronic female troubles with back pains sleep loss and poor appetite but after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound all aches and pains disappeared and she feels like a new woman praising the medicine highly.
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Terre Hill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia
Augustus Lyon
Terre Hill, Pa
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound A Woman’s Health Remedy
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the standard remedy for women's ailments. It claims the product owes its origins to nature and a woman's work and cites vast testimonials from women across the country in Lynn Massachusetts describing health improvements and avoidance of surgical operations.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham Laboratory
Lynn
Mase
Vanderbilt will filed for probate after Lusitania death
Alfred G. Vanderbilt’s will, filed in New York, Leave estate valued above fifty million dollars. Widow Margaret Emerson Vanderbilt receives two million dollars plus one million under prenup. Trust fund income from five million dollars and broad real estate also allocated. Relatives receive two hundred thousand to five hundred thousand dollars each. Household staff get a year’s wages. Remaining estate goes to children of both wives, notably infant sons Alfred G Jr and George Vanderbilt, held in trust until maturity.
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New York
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Lusitania
Margaret Emerson Vanderbilt
Alfred G., Jr
George Vanderbilt
Grove's General Tonic Advertisement
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic promotes general health benefits with quinine and iron. It claims to support the liver, drive out malaria, enrich the blood, and build up the whole system. Price is 50 cents.
Merchants Visit Thomasville Ice Cream Plant
The Thomasville Retail Merchants Association visited the Flowers Ice Cream Company plant on Wednesday. About forty to fifty merchants toured the facility and praised its sanitary layout and machinery. The association will distribute the firm’s advertising materials to boost the Thomasville ice cream industry. Manager W. H. Flowers was thanked for the invitation and promised merchant support.
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Retail Merchants Association
Elower
Thomasville Retail Merchants Association
Flowers Ice Cream Company
Thomasville
South
W. H. Flowers
Association
South Georgia
Florida
Ethiope Steamship Sunk by German Submarine U-24
Liverpool May 29 The British steamship Ethiope was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-24. The vessel, bound from Hull to Liverpool, was attacked en route, with lifeboats launching and some crew rescued.
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Liverpool
England
Ethiope
Hull
General Bennett Young Unable to Attend Confederate Reunion
Richmond Virginia May 29 General Bennett H Young of Louisville Kentucky commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans will miss the annual reunion in Richmond next week due to ill health his physician forbids attendance the telegram said
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Richmond
Bennett H. Young
Louisville
United Confederate Veterans
Young
Veterans Want Reunions To Continue Annually
Georgia and Texas Confederate veteran leaders held a conference in Atlanta as Geneva Robertson and Felix A. Robertson urged that reunions not be abandoned. They predicted annual meetings would continue despite official actions in Richmond, noting a possible drop in ranks but enduring spirit among remaining wearers of the gray.
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Times-Enterprise
Atlanta
Georgia
Texas
Geneva
Felix A. Robertson
Richmond
Robertson
Local visitors spend weekend in Thomasville and area
Mr. W. M. Carter of Ochlocknee spent a short time in Thomasville Saturday. Mrs. R. H. Duncan and children visit friends in Waycross for several weeks. Mr. Jack Curran of Bainbridge was a business visitor yesterday. Mr. Campbell Ansley returns from Davidson College for summer vacation. Miss Blake and Miss Martin of Ocala were visitors Sunday. Mrs. J. S. Montgomery Jr and Miss Montgomery leave for Paducah Kentucky to spend the rest of summer.
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W. M. Carter
Ochlocknee
Thomasville
R. H. Duncan
Waycross
Jack Curran
Bainbridge
Campbell Ansley
Davidson College
Blake and
Martin
Ocala
City
J. S. Montgomery, Jr
Miss Montgomery
Paducan, Ky
Dillon Couple Return From Brunswick Visit
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dillon Jr returned last week after a several week stay with relatives in Brunswick.
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J. W. Dillon, Jr
Brunswick
Edwards Returns Home From Chattanooga Visit
Mr Q W Edwards arrived home in Chattanooga after a brief stay in the city with relatives and friends.
Prominent Ochlocknee residents visit Thomasville Monday
Messrs W D Sills and Lee Perry, notable Ochlocknee citizens, conducted business in Thomasville on Monday.
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Messrs
W. D. Sills
Lee Perry
Ochlocknee
Thomasville
Mrs. J. V. Hawthorne Hosts Miss Helen Gasque in City
Miss Helen Gasque from Birmingham is visiting in the city as a guest of her cousin Mrs. J. V. Hawthorne for a brief stay.
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Helen Gasque
Birmingham
J. V. Hawthorne
Miss Julia Mae Rehberg Heads to Tifton
Miss Julia Mae Rehberg departed Sunday evening for Tifton to visit relatives and friends for a period.
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Julia Mae Rehberg
Tifton
Mr J R Byang Visits Cairo for Day with Mrs Evans
Mr J R Byang traveled to Cairo on Sunday to spend the day with Mrs Evans who remains a patient at Dr Walker s sanitarium.
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Cairo
For sale cow pers any quantity prices right
J T Knight and Son of Columbus Ga advertise cows for sale with reasonable prices. James E Bowning, a renowned state agriculture expert from Athens, is visiting Thomasville for the day. Mrs Frank Cocaran has returned to Thomasville after months in Cordele and Waycross.
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J. T. Knight & Son
Columbus, Ga
James E. Bowning
Athens
College of Agriculture
Thomasville
Frank Cocaran
Cordele and
Waycross
Mr Dyer Kemp Returns Home From Thomasville Visit
Mr. Dyer Kemp, after several days staying with relatives in Thomasville, has returned to his home in Tifton.
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Dyer Kemp
Thomasville
Tifton
Moultrie Visitors Spend Weekend in Town
Louis F. Maire T. W. Fleetwood and Leslie Grantham, all of Moultrie, came over Saturday evening and spent a Sunday in town with relatives and friends.
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Megers
Louis F. Maire
T. W. Fleetwood
Leslie Grantham
Moultrie
Local editor praises new Irish potatoes from Metcalfe
Editor reports tasting Irish potatoes sent by S. H. Monroe of Metcalfe, saying they were finer than any new potatoes and enough for the whole family and cook, delivered by parcel post. Also notes visit of Mr and Mrs W B Williams to Macon and county teachers’ meeting with amusements.
Quinine Tonic Laxa Tive Bromine Quinine Ad
An ad promotes Laxa Tive Bromoq Quinine claiming tonic and laxative effects with no head nerves ringing or nervousness. It highlights the full name E W Grove for signature and sets price at 25 cents.
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Jenk
E. W. Grove
Farm Loan Interest Rates for Five Year Loans
The notice lists five year farm loan rates effective after August and offering discounts. Loans under 1000 dollars, 1000 to 2900 dollars, 2000 to 5000 dollars, and 5000 dollars plus are described with varying percentages and conditions. Qualified borrowers are described as the best men on well improved farm lands.
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Thomas
Grady
Brooks County
Local visitors and trustees meeting attendances noted
Mr DD H Breedlove of Valdosta and Mr W S Bradley of Barwick visited business in Thompsville yesterday. Judge J H Merrill attended a meeting of trustees of the State Normal College in Valdosta yesterday.
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H. ‘Breedlove
Valdosta
W. S.‘ Bradley
Barwick, Ga
Thompsville
J. H. Merrill
The
State Normal College
Best Yet Ground Feed and Cow Peas Featured
J. W. Dillon notes Mrs. Johnnie B. Roddenberg left for altos to visit her ill mother while Mr. Charles B. Thompson of New York visits his brother C. L. Thompson in the city.
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J. W. Dillon
Johnnie B. Roddenberg
Altos
Mrs.Roddenberg
Charles B. Thompson
New York
City
Cc. L. Thompson
Local residents return home after short visit
Mrs RH North and daughter Kathrine return to Panama City while Mrs J D Burkhalter and son Jack leave for Marianna after visiting in the city as guests of Mr and Mrs W C Hinson.
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RH. North
Kathrine
Panama City
J. D. Burkhalter
Jack
Marianna
City
W. C. Hinson
Neel Brothers Pricing Message for Metal Roofing and Fencing
Deputy Sheriff J W Johnson Frank Canady Dr D C Montgomery and W J Burnett attended the Woodmen of the World picnic at Merrillville Saturday. They report a big day with plenty of dinner and good fellowship among Thomasville folks.
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J. W. Johnson
Frank Canady
D. C. Montgomery
W. J. Burnett
Thomasville
Woodmen of the World
Merrillville
Dr Kings New Discovery Promises Quick Cough Relief
An old advertisement commends Dr King s New Discovery for coughs colds and bronchial lung ailments. It urges one fourth to one teaspoonful as needed and touts cheap effective relief obtainable from a local druggist.
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Dr. King
Adv
Maire Joins Parker Law Practice In Moultrie
Thomasville friends announce that Louis F. Maire Jr. has located in Moultrie to practice law with Judge T Hall Parker. Maire, a Thomasville Public Schools graduate, lived in Detroit where he earned a law degree and was admitted to the Michigan bar. He chose to return to South Georgia to begin his legal career among old friends and acquaintances who wish him success.
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Thomasville
Louis F. Maire
Moultrie
T. Hall Parker
Maire
Detroit
Mich
Michigan
South Georgia
Maitre
Donalson Couple Escape Serious Injury In Wreck
Bainbridge May 31 Col John E Donalson father of District Attorney Earl M Donalson and his wife escaped with minor injuries when their car left the road four miles from Bainbridge, plowed into earth and toppled over taking a tree stump aboard.
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Bainbridge
John E. Donalson
Earl M. Donalson
United States Court
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure and Reward
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh in all stages by a constitutional treatment. The proprietors offer 100 dollars to any case it fails to cure and invite testimonials. Sold by all druggists at 75 cents. Also advertises Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
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Prison Board
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Ginfederate Tader
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