Moultrie Chamber Backs Bell Purchase of Consolidated
Moultrie Georgia directors urge the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Georgia Public Service Commission to approve Southern Bell’s purchase of Consolidated Telephone and Telegraph. The vote followed a Bell-backer hearing and outlines service improvements including a new copper line to Albany.
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Moultrie, Ga
Moultrie Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Public Service Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Consolidated Telephone and Telegraph Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. C. Vereen
R. R. Turnbull
I. R. R. Turnbull
Chamber of Commerce of Moultrie
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Georgia Publi Service Commission
Southern Bell
Georgia Railroads Invest Heavily in State Expansion
Railroads announce multi million dollar programs to expand equipment and facilities in Georgia. Central of Georgia Southern Railway Seaboard Air Line Atlantic Coast Line outline major shop rebuilds and new power driven plants. Executives stress confidence in Georgia’s growth and a favorable business climate.
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Georgia
Public Utilities Information Committee
Central of Georgia
The
Southern Railway
Seaboard Air Line
Central and
South George
Atlanta
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Ita
Atlantic Coast Line
Ita Waycross
Fertilizer Pills Said to Revolutionize Farming Phases
Atlanta June 1 Fertilizer pills developed by the national department of agriculture attract Georgia agriculturists. Placed in corn planters they may cut labor and freight costs, with pills mailed by parcel post. Chemists report ongoing tablet experiments and expect startling details.
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Atlanta
National
Department of Agriculture
Georgia Agriculturists
Permit System for Rookery Visitors in Jefferson County
Deputy Warden W. S. Odum announces a new rule requiring written permission from Homer Williams to visit the Rookery on Williams land near Lake Miccosukee. Visitors must be escorted by Mr. Williams or Mr. W. S. Odum. Dated May 29, 1931.
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Homer Williams
Jefferson County
Lake Miccosukee
Williams
Willams
Barrel Silhouette Gains Momentum In Fashion Debate
A fashion essay from Thomasville Georgia predicts a shift from slender to barrel shapes as the new ideal. It mocks the beanpole look and celebrates fuller figures with humor about silk stockings and a hogshead silhouette while promoting a Maxwell sedan as a closing note.
Worn Even More in the Fall Advertisement Appeal
A short sales pitch urging every family to own a recommended item, signed by BILL. The message emphasizes ubiquitous use and seasonal practicality, implying a broad consumer call to purchase.
Persian May Seek League Help Over Soviet Incursions
Persia may appeal to the League of Nations council over alleged Soviet incursions on its frontier. Prince Arfa Ed Dowleh told delegates in Geneva that Soviet troops violated the 1921 treaty and incited 3,000 nomads and Tartars in Turkestan to attack Meshed, Persia.
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Geneva
Persia
League of Nations
Council of the Tague
Arfa Ed Dowleh
Teague Assembly
Turkestan
Bedmourd
Meshed
Woman Slayer Burns Self to Death in Prison
Mrs. Alexander Norbert sixty one confessed killer of her husband set fire to her bedding in the county jail and died from inhaling fumes after guards extinguished the blaze. She had killed her husband weeks earlier and had repeatedly asked for matches which were denied.
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Springfield
Alexander Norbert
Shawls Long Popular In Paisley Silk Shawls Chronicle
The Paisley shawl industry rose early in the 1800s in Scotland with the famous Paisley shawls becoming widely sought after through the 19th century.
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Paisley
Scotland
Baseball Scores and Schedule Across Leagues
Results show Boston beat New York 9 to 6 while St. Louis defeated Chicago 15 to 11 in the American League. National League had Chicago 10 over Pittsburgh 2 and New York 2 over Brooklyn 0 among others with limited games listed. Southern Association featured Mobile at Chattanooga and New Orleans 15 Nashville 14 with a forfeit noted.
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Washington Stetee Etewnee Ees
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St. Louis Peneans Aecacesasescens
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New Orleans
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Memphis
Birmingham
Chattanooga Eee
Mobile cusLhutyie
Little Rock
P.C. Macon
Esteem
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New York
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Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburg
Southern Association
Mobile
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Birmingham-Little Rock
National League
Southern League
Strangler Lewis Flooded With Offers After Victory Over Munn
Chicago on June 1 Ed Strangler Lewis, who defeated Wayne Big Munn in Michigan City Indiana Saturday, received multiple offers including a Europe tour revival a fifteen week vaudeville engagement and a personal appearance with moving pictures. Lewis will not decide for two weeks planning a Wis. visit with his parents.
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Chicago
Ed “Strangler
Lewis
Wayne
Big) Munn
Michiigan City
Indiana
Munn
Kansas City
Citizen Killed by Berrien Deputy
John Hiers, a former Colquitt county resident, was fatally shot by Berrien County deputy George Griner while serving a peace warrant at Hiers home near Nashville. Griner locked himself in the jail after the shooting and faces a preliminary trial. Nashville police officer Frank Allen was present.
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Moultrie
John Hiers
Colquitt
George Griner
Berrien County
Hier
Nashville
Hiers
Griner
Hughes
Frank Allen
Hera
Brooks County Opens First Tobacco Barn In State
Quitman Ga June 1 Demonstrator F C Floyd placed what is believed to be the first complete tobacco barn in the state on the T P O Neal farm south of Quitman The tobacco will be fully cured by Tuesday night June 2 then stored until the tobacco market opens July 21 to receive it
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Quitman
T. P. O'Neal Place
F. C. Floyd
Trading in Cloths Shows Small Weeklong Shift
New York report notes half a million pieces of sheetings and print cloths moved last week while trading slows over the past few days. Prices hold near 7 cent to 4 cent range for medium sheetings as mills contract less.
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New York
Reforestation Study Initiated by Long-Bell Lumber Co
Long-Bell Lumber Company conducts a forest management study across over two hundred thousand acres of southern cutover lands in Arkansas Louisiana and Texas. Temporary forest reserves receive intensive fire patrols with fire lanes developed, including carpet grass experiments and plow based clearing. In 1924 the Arkansas reserve extinguished 192 fires on about 2000 acres while growth yield data are collected to improve logging and thinning practices.
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Long-Bell Lumber Company
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas Reserve
Experimental tong-leaf planting gets fall start
A pilot tong-leaf planting on a commercial scale has been approved for this fall. Uncertainties in taxes and charges prevent fixed rotation periods for cut over forests, but favorable conditions could allow another southern pine crop in the future. J. B. Woods of Long-Bell Lumber studies western holdings to plan future management in Washington Oregon and California.
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J. B. Woods
Long- Bell Lumber Company
Washington
Oregon
Calfor
Oleander Dr Goffin Bloom Prolonged by Warm Spell
Garden notes describe Oleander Dr Goffin a single deep pink variety set to bloom while recalls the hard freeze of January 1924 when most other kinds died back, highlighting frost impact on ornamental plants.
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Retary Turnbull
Inter
State Commerce Commission
Ed Telephone & Telegraph Company
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Bell People
Bowen
Fitzgerald
St. James L. Kirke
de Soto County
Florida
Consolidated
Pringle
W. E. Thomas
Valdosta
Bell Company
Kirke
Madison Street
L. A Downs
Denverst
W. A. Palin
Maxwell-Chrysler Agency
Thomasville, Ga
Paris
Sven
Maxwell
Sally League
Knoxville
Asheville
Macon
Augusta
Spartanburg
Greenville
Columbia
Charlotte
Wayne Mann
Joe Stecher
Stecher
Stanislaus Zbyczko
Berrien
Brooks County
Nia
Roses
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Thomasville Aursel P
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