Lessons from Great Lives for Busy Youth
A dedicatory essay by Jayman argues that studying the struggles and rise of ordinary people who became successful shows youth that perseverance, purpose, and self-denial enable achievement. It highlights three young figures from Gettysburg and New York, a budding artist rising to instructor, a self-made bookseller expert in rare editions, and an aluminum metallurgist whose invention reshaped prices. The piece urges readers to imitate steady effort, avoid complacency, and pursue defined paths despite hardship.
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Jayman
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Philadelphia School of Design
New York
New England
Oberlin College
Thun
Married in Baptist church Dr Hunt and Miss Collier wed
The ceremony at 5 o clock yesterday united Dr G M D Hunt of Arabi and Miss Em Collier of this city at the Baptist church. Rev J M Kelly officiated as guests and relatives filled the church. Afterward the party went to the bride's aunt home for cake and ice cream before departing on the 6 50 train to Arabi Ga to begin their life together.
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Baptist Church
G. M.D. Hunt
Arabi
Em Collier
Anna Hamilton
J. Frank Powell
John Hargrove
Collier Tharpe
Tony Taylor
George Morgan
Fannie Kibbee
D M. Woodward
Minnie Roach
Simon A
Royal
Sarah Hunt
Paul Lennard
Gene Collier
Monroe Hunt
J. M. Kelly
J. D. Hargrove
Miss Collier
Vienna
Dr. Hunt
Teachers Institute Meeting In Vienna This Saturday
County School Commissioner E G Greene requests a large attendance for the next Teachers Institute to be held in Vienna on Saturday September 12 at the Vienna Institute building. The issue notes physicians discuss theories of care, but sufferers seek quick relief and endorses One Minute Cough Cure as a safe, harmless remedy that produces immediate results for children.
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E.G. Greene
Teachers Institute
Vienna
Vienna Institute
Stovall& Forbes
Scott
Why Shouldn't We We Must Tax to Educate Our Boys and Girls
In the Cordele Public Schools manual Prof Ware argues taxation funds education. He notes taxes also pay for school buildings salaries jails and courthouses and argues crime and ignorance degrade society. Education and religion uplift and cheaper than funding paupers or crime.
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Cordele
Ware
County seeks public school system for Dooly County
The Proarmes applauds countywide interest in free public schools for six to eight months. The Grand Jury is urged to recommend a countywide school tax after consensus from all sections, with State School Commissioner Glenn to provide guidance. The aim is to keep families in the countryside by improving education and preserving the county’s civic strength.
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Proarmes
Proc. Ress
Dooly County
Noone
Wisdo
Glenn
Dooly
Grand Old County
Witch Hazel Salve Heals Sores Quickly
The ad claims DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve speeds healing of indolent ulcers and open sores and calls it the best picture known, attributed to Stovall & Forbes.
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DeWitt
Vienna public schools return to court for amendment
Vienna voters face a town election on September 26 to decide an amendment allowing public schools. The measure arose after a recent legislative voided charter, with petitioning now in Superior Court to enable a tax for next year’s public school system. Public sentiment favors progress and local pride in education.
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Superior Court
Latour
Vienna
How I Came to be a Gambler
A personal narrative recounts a boy's wavering resolve to avoid gambling after insisting he could not gamble for money. He reflects on family influence, pride, and a moment of weakness when he yields to playing cards with boys using corn for stakes, jeopardizing his self image and mother's pride. The piece frames gambling as a warning about moral weakness and peer pressure.
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Ming
Mny
Degradation to ruin by gambling and drink in life of a gambler
A remorseful confession recounts a youth drawn into late night gambling and drinking with friends. The narrator describes nights spent in parlors, hotels, and saloons, where pistols and peril led to a murder, disgrace, and family poverty. He pleads for divine help to quit the gambler's life and warns other boys.
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Cold Bear
Élan
Forest
Dewitts Witch Hazel Salve Promoted as Pile Cure
An advertisement extols Dewitts Witch Hazel Salve as a quick cure for poison bites bruises scalds and burns claiming it treats piles and offers rapid relief from painful conditions. The ad cites Stovall and Porter as retailers or endorsers.
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Dewitt
Haael
Great Pile
Stovall & Porber
School exercises close at Smyrna with speeches by Col Hill and Col Whipple
A school at Smyrna, under Principal Prof Barker, closed Tuesday after morning exams. Col J D Hill of Cordele delivered a fitting address, followed by dinner. Col A V Whipple, of the local area, gave a short, well received closing talk after the afternoon exams.
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Addol
Smyrna
Prof. Barker
Col
J.D. Hill
Cordele
Col. A. Vs Whipple
Waiting for the Bird: A Naughty Boy and a Dickey Bird
A schoolboy Tommy returns home early for dinner after his mother jokes a bird tattled on him. The next morning he sets off for school but hides under the table with a brick, declaring he waited to crack the dickey bird.
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Tommy
Dickey Bird
Sommy
Rascal
Our Representatives in the next general assembly
The armed gentlemen listed will represent the Empire State of the South in the next general assembly. R. E. Lester heads the First District with J. M. Griggs in the Second and B. B. Lewis in the Third. W. Adamson serves the Fourth, L. B. Livingston the Fifth, C. L. Bartlett the Sixth, J. W. Madox the Seventh, W. M. Howard the Eighth, F. C. Pate the Ninth, W. H. Fleming the Tenth, and W. G. Brantley the Eleventh District.
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Empire State of the South
General Assembly
R. E. Lester
J. M. Griggs
B. B. Lewis
L. B
Livingston
C. L. Bartlett
J. W. Madox
W.G
Brantley
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Nemo
Stovall & Forbes
Vienna Public Schools
Scott & Bowne
Achool Alosad
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