Personal notices and sales at Empire Furniture and local visits
Waycross readers note visits from J A Kelly of Tallahassee and D D Burges of Camilla. Empire Furniture promotes Tuesday specials including walnut dining sets and chairs with prices from 1.95 to 25.90. Other items include Jacobean oak diners, leather sets and hatchery ads. A car crash on West Jackson caused no injuries.
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Empire Furniture Store
Otto Zbinden
T. B. Dobb
Dobbins
West Jackson Street
Coast Line
Stevens Street
Mr. Zbinden
Deaf mute hears music through spine in Berne concert
Swiss scientists investigate Hugend Butermeister who, while deaf, reports hearing music via his spine at a Berne concert. He says his spine acts as a lightning conductor and allows him to enjoy instrumental music, though other sounds are largely inaudible.
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Hugend Butermeister
Gutermeister
Berne
Dissent Over FTC Rules Publicity Change Sparks Debate
Washington D C May 18 The clash over new federal trade commission rules of procedure widens as Commissioners Nugent and Thompson publish a dissent and Humphrey replies The changes curb publicity by allowing respondents to drop complaints by agreeing to discontinue practices and avoid formal proceedings The dispute centers on fairness for honest businesses against unscrupulous rivals with Humphrey defending the reforms as necessary to curb fraud in business practices
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Federal
Commission
Nugent
Thompson
Humphrey
Commissioner Nugent
Nugent and Thompson
Thomasville Spirit Promotes Prosperity and Civic Pride
Residents hear calls to advertise the town and spread Thomasville enthusiasm. Merchants back the movement while streets are improved and shade trees praised. Mosquito prevention urged after rains and yard hoeing encouraged to keep areas tidy and healthy.
Notice to bidders for Georgia Florida line fence
The county invites bids by 6 pm May 25 for a double cattle fence on the Georgia Florida line in Thomas County. Specifications include barbed wire fence 5 strands high, posts 12 feet apart, 10 to 20 feet spacing between lines, with cross sections every 1-2 miles. Bond $500. payment by completion per mile less 15 percent retainage. The county supplies materials and reserves right to reject bids. J F Pittman chairman and S L Heald clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia-Florida
Thomas County
J. F. Pittman
Chm
S. L. Heald
Clerk County Commissioners
Banks Power Over Country In Public Debate
Washington correspondent Frank Kent argues that while the idea of a Wall Street octopus controlling politics is overstated, New York banks do influence public opinion. He details methods from letters, bulletins, and informal networks that spread a unified banking viewpoint across the nation, often without bankers realizing the scale of their reach.
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Wall Street
Frank Kent
Washington
The
Baltimore Sun
New York
Banke
National Association of Bankers
Davis to Resume Testimony in Kansas Bribe Case
Jonathan M. Davis will return to the witness stand in Topeka to deny charges he sought a bribe while Kansas governor. The trial opened last week with the state accusing him of soliciting a pardon bribe from Anthony L. Oswald, while Carl J. Peterson and Russell Davis face separate actions linked to the case and a $1250 pardon fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kans
Jonathan M. Davis
Kansas
James A. McClure
Criminal Division
District Court
Anthony L. Oswald
Hutchinson
Fred Pollmann
German Emigrant Rates Disturb English Shippers
London reports German shipping firms have rebuilt the German mercantile marine and may start a rate war in emigrant traffic to South America. Immigration limits in the United States push eastern and southern Europeans toward Brazil Argentina and Uruguay, with emigration expected to double from 400000 annually as German lines seek to corner the market.
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London
German Mercantile Marine
South America
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
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Louis Steyerman & Sons
J. B. Watkins & Co
Lawhead & Rackley
Optometrists
J. T. Dixon
Tin Haly
Burch & Son
Dunn's
Lone Star Service Station
Warren Ave
W. M. Parker
Columbia Phonograph Records
Joe Sellers
Moore’ Music Co
Broad St
Baxley
Rosalie White
Exide
Madison Street
W. B. Whiddon
Mgr
Service Transfer Co
For All
St. Madison
Boston
Z. L. Wilson
Parker- Jeffries’ Co
Parker-Jeffries Co
East Jefferson Street
J. QO
Stewart
Parker-Jeffries Company
John Donk Jr
Tallahassee
Fla
N. Crawford St
J. D. Goldberg
Campbell Street
Savannah Hospital
E. M. Smith, Jr
F. D. Dismuke
Love Street
J. S. Upchurch
Parker Apartments
Bessie Craigmiles
S. Broad St
Jackson and
Crawford Sts
Fleming Street
M. N. Wertz
American Railway Express Co
Will Ivey's Market
J. Ruth Montgomery
Parker, Jeffries Co
Jefferson Street
Pardee- Pringle Co
J. R. Watkins. Co
Thomasville
J. R. Watkins Company
Dept
Memphis
Tenn
Alidale
Dan Dallas
Pavo
T. K. Vann
Miami
Barney Willaford
Dixie
T. A. Teate
aiLead
Waycross
Boink Seic
A. Louis
J. A. Kelly
P. Maddox
Valdosta
Gale
D. D. Burges
Camilla
R. L. White Taxi Service
W. Jackson St
C. J. Anderson
Ochlocknee
E. C. Edmunds
Tifton
Sampson’s
Calvin Carroll
New Orleans
J. W. Blanton
A. B. Speer
W. S. Anderson
Frits Roberts
Moultrie
E. A. Blanton
J. O. Baxley
John Dekle
A. B. Milton
Yestrday
Dallas
Texas
Henry W. Lester
Clearwater
Henry Lester, Jr
Roy Truitt
Heyward Hopkins
Tampa
Oole Hopkins
Europe
Hopkins
Vienna
E. Woody
N. Broad St
Thomasville, Ga
Lottie Baker
Savannah
Georgia Business and Professional Women In
Baby Chicks
C. C. D. Continental Hatchery
Federal Trade Commissioners
Omolene
Golden Brothers
Chicago
Davis
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