Costa Rica at the Fair A vivid exhibit of natural wealth
Costa Rica’s National Building features minerals, woods, hides, coffee, herbs and roots in a lively display aimed at boosting exports. The yellow structure with blue white and red flags houses portraits, photographs, and crafts, with a focus on commerce and natural resources. Dr Gazan leads the Costa Rican delegation as markets and products are showcased to attract investment.
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Josta Rica
Art Palace
Columbus
Gazxan
Costa Rica
Costa Ries
National Museum
Chicago Herald
Dominoes reveal endless combinations says German mathematician
Doctor Bein of Frankfurt demonstrates the vast range of domino configurations. He notes that two players at ten hours daily, four moves a minute, could play for 118 million years without exhausting all possible domino arrangements totaling 248,528,211,840. Great Britain received 10,057,600 letters from America last year.
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Doctor Bein
Frankfort
Germany
St. Louis Republic
Great Britain
America
Sixth Annual Meeting of Georgia State Alliance at Griffin
The Georgia State Alliance met in Griffin with 96 counties represented. Reports highlighted a sharp membership drop from 15,194 to 9,372 and a treasury decline. President Ellington urged renewed zeal, discussed reforms, and the convention voted to purchase a state organ and continue the exchange. officers were elected and tours to the agricultural station conducted.
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State Alliance
Griffin
Felix Corput
Treasury
C. C. Post
J. O. Waddell
Georgia State Agricultural Society
State Alliance of Georgia
Congress
Peek
W. A. Broughton
Ellington
Georgia
Judas
L. L. Polk
Alliance
Jesuves
Tom Irwin
Peavy
L. O. Jackson
Decatur County
Ivey
Broughton
S. A. Walker
Edenfield
Screven
Davis
Georgia Mid.and and Gulf Railroad
Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station
C. H. Ellington
Tom Winn
State At
W. Y. Carter
Hart
Jake Daviette
Polk
Committee of
George T. Murrel
McGahee
Walker
Happenings of Two Day Dispatches Across Nation
Advices from Washington state note improvement in Representative Oates of Alabama. Various business failures and assignees announced in Wisconsin Missouri and Ohio. Fire destroys Atlantic City city hall opera house and train shed. Gold and francs shipments arrive in New York. Bolivia faces silver price crisis and possible mine strikes. Newspaper rivalry over Amick cures sheds light on the case. Montgomery creditors plan to reopen Josiah Morris bank with over $1 million in claims.
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Washington
Representative Oates
Alabama
Frost Veneer Seating Company
Sheboygan
Wis
Bank of Albany
Logan J. Chipman
House
Standard Wagon Company
Cincinnati
West
Burroughs
Oliver Iron and Steel Company
Pittsburg
Atlantic City
Grand Opera House
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lahn
New York
Southhampton
Paris
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Bank of Nova Scotia
Chicago
Selma
Ala
Phillips
Dallas Cragoons
Jones
New York Herald
la Paz
Bolivia
Congress
Chattanooga
Amick
the Times
Josiah Morris & Co
Montgomery
Georgia Notes: Local changes and regional events
Georgia notes report appointments including Weston Patterson as Oklahoma registrar with $3,000 salary, tax declines in Washington County, Harmony Grove residents mulling Harmony City, and a six week summer term at the University of Georgia. Other items cover Savannah-Chatham valuations, Joe Masseer’s fruit shipment losses, county tax digest declines, county chain gang reform, Sam Jones tabernacle in Cartersville, pine lands converted to orchards along the Georgia Southern and Florida line, and various political appointments and tariff reform discussions involving Georgia delegates and national parties.
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Georgia Southern and
Florida Railroad
Colored Tariff Reform Club
Atlanta
Moses Bently
A. A. Gordon
Macon
Georgia
National
Colored Democratic Clubs
Washington
Stockholders Meet Debates Purchasing an Organ
A meeting of Alliance Exchange stockholders convened Tuesday evening and continued Wednesday morning. The group discussed buying an organ with Colonel Peek of Conyers proposing the purchase while Colonel Corput and many others opposed the plan amid varied opinions from delegates.
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Alliance Exchange
Peek
Conyers
Corput
Monument to L. L. Polk Urged by State Alliances
Col W A Broughton chairs the committee to erect a Polk monument and will accept all funds to forward to the central committee with collections planned in every county alliance. The Atlanta city court suit targets J H Wynne for 2000 and W C Leigh for 250, tied to a bond by Wynne, Wynne, Zachry, Leigh and Everett securing 5000 dollars.
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L. L. Polk
The
National Alliance
Col. W. A. Broughton
Central Committee
Exchange
Atlanta
J. H. Wynne
W. C. Leigh
Messrs
J. J. Wynne
W. I. Zachry
G. B. Everett
Atlanta Banks Plan Local Currency to Move Cotton
Banks in Atlanta Ga will be asked to issue clearing house certificates to move the coming cotton crop, acting as a local currency if bank reserves are short. The plan was discussed at a chamber of commerce meeting attended by prominent Atlanta business leaders.
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Macon
Atlanta
Cleveland
Georgia
Associated Banks
Chamber of Commerce
Comptroller-General
State Capitol
Gordon
Senare
Senate
Savannah
Paiuitl Seany
United States
Turpentine Operators Meet in Savannah Discuss Plans
Savannah hosts the annual gathering of turpentine operators with about 100 present and over 500 stills represented. They approve suspending all old boxes for the rest of the season, shifting to virgin boxes, cutting the crop by 15 percent, and aiming to raise market prices amid postured monetary stringency.
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Savannah
Naval Stores
Gold shipment from Bank of England to United States and Montreal
A total of £550,000 in gold was withdrawn for international shipment. £495,000 was destined for the United States and £55,000 for Montreal. About £430,000 was sent to New York aboard the North German Lloyd Lahn, with the White Star Britannic leaving from Liverpool. The Lahn carried most of the gold.
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United States
Judge
Bank of England
Wednesay
Montreal
New York
Lahn
Southampton
Brittanic
Verpool
Senate moves to repeal Sherman act and expand bank notes
National capital notes summarize: Senate Finance Committee plans favorable reports on sweeping Sherman act repeal and a Voorhees bill to issue circulating notes up to par with government bonds, while silver debate nears conclusion. House rules changes await silver verdict. Behring Sea arbitration received broad satisfaction. Wil l propose to sustain currency with 15 16 million more notes if law passes, aiding Savannah cotton.
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Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Owen J. H. Summers
United States
Florida
Colonel Oats
Alabama
House
Court of Arbitration
Behring Sea
State Department
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Voorhees
Finance Committee
House Committee On
Breckinride
Kentucky
Washington
Breckenridge
Routing Desperadoes in Meachamite Crisis
A Jackson Alabama special reports Clarke Choctaw Wilcox and Marengo counties roused over the Meachamites gang. Four to five hundred men assemble in Meacham beat to wipe out the gang and avenge local wrongs. On the steam ship Gaelic bound for San Francisco arrive James H. Blount American minister to Hawaii, Yang the new Chinese minister to the US, and Frank Cos minister to Japan.
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Jackson
Ala
Clarke
Choctaw
Wilcox
Marengo
Meacham
Gaelic
San Francisco
James H. Blount
Hawaii
Mr. Yang
United States
Japan
Frank Cos
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Peck
L. 5. Ledbetter
W. A. Woods
C. W. Simons
W. A. Wilson
D. B. Wells
J. T. Davenport
W. E. H. Searcy
L. S. Ledbetter
H. P. Biden
J. T. Lingo
A. O’quinn
Georgia News Notes
Smith
Weston Patterson
the Land Office
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Washington County
Harmony Grove
Harmony City
University of Georgia
Enquirer-Sun
Chatham County
City of
de Renne
Americas Times-Recorder
Joe Masseers
Comptroller General’s
Sumter
Bartow
Sumter County
Bartow County
General Assembly
Northen
Sam Jones Tabernacle
Cartersville
James Griggs
Pataula
James Guerry
Griggs
Terrell
Randolph
Quitman
Clay, Early
Miller
E. H. Sheffield
Early County
Minter Wimberly
A. O. Bacon
John Walter Robinson
Brunswick
St. Simon
Patrick Kearins
Shamokin
Enrios
Kéarins
Yeates
Econl
State Railroad Commission
Sam Road
Rome
Louvale
Lumpkin
Stockholders' Meeting
Chicavo Tribune
Times
Minister Blount
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