Die Back Disease Threatens Peaches in Orchard
The peach trees suffer severe die back as disease progresses harming weaker trees more than vigorous ones. Pruning infected limbs is advised and tools should be disinfected after each cut. When severe, three lime sulfur sprayings are recommended with timing around September 1 and October.
Big theatrical season forecast for 1916 in Atlanta
Atlanta theatre manager Homer George predicts a bright 1916 season with a comeback for spoken drama. He notes growing interest in theatricals across Georgia and believes New York producers plan larger, more ambitious shows for fall and winter, with bookings stronger than in five years.
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Marines Cut Trans-Pacific Travel Record to Pekin
Corporal John Alexander and four teen privates of the United States Marine Corps arrived in Pekin to guard the American legation, lowering the trans-Pacific record from San Francisco to Pekin by twenty four hours. The unit traveled thirty four days en route, besting the prior record of thirty five days nine hours. They departed San Francisco by Army transport, ferried to Guam, then to Shanghai, and finally traveled from Shanghai to Pekin by rail.
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Judge Thomas Not Presiding Over Fulton Courts This Summer
Judge W. E. Thomas of Valdosta will not preside over Fulton superior court divisions during vacation. He is running for Congress in the Eleventh district, has opened campaign headquarters, and will devote his time to the race, touring every county in the district.
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Hymn of Child Welfare by Mrs Strozier in WCTU column
A W C T U column presents O God of little children urging protection and education for all children. It contrasts sacred views on child innocence with a call for national prohibition to safeguard over 110 million children across races in the United States.
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William R. Alger
United States
A Talk on Thrift Time and self improvement in spare hours
The article urges thrift of time as a money maker and life skill. It stresses using after hours for study and extra work, notes leaders train in spare time, and cites examples of workers turning small efforts into long term gains. It celebrates disciplined youth and professionals who invest evenings for opportunity.
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Time well spent lessons from correspondence schools
The passage praises correspondence schools for training students and urges thrift of time. It argues that efficient use of nonworking time builds wealth and intellect, benefiting both the individual and society, and encourages readers to apply this lesson to their own lives.
Dentists to Assist in Preparedness Program
Buffalo June The Preparedness League of American Dentists has opened a registration bureau to enlist twenty thousand dentists who will prepare at least one applicant free of charge for enlistment in the army navy or marine corps. The Marine Corps requires twenty sound teeth with four opposed molars and four opposed incisors. properly filled teeth count as sound. Dr. J W Besch of Buffalo chairs the registration committee.
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Dedicate New Building at Georgia University
In Athens Georgia last Friday evening at 6 oclock the new Agricultural Engineering building was dedicated at no state cost. Chancellor Barrow gave the address. Captain J J Connor presented the building to the university trustees and former governor H D McDaniel accepted on behalf of the trustees. A reception followed with refreshments served by the wives of state college faculty.
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Woman Ahead By A Dime In A Subway Encounter
A woman slips a dime into her left hand to ease matters. a dime rings on the pavement near City Hall as a fat man races to the subway. Both reach for it. she retrieves it first. On the train she contemplates her gesture as other diversions unfold in the narrative.
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