Sweet Potato Plant Offers and Local Notices
Short notes advertise sweet potato and tomato plant sales from multiple farms with quantities and prices, plus a model Buick Roadster for sale and a loan offer on farm or city property. Lost envelope to Mrs Rebecca Paine in Whitehall Ga seeks return of tickets and money. Evergreen Plant Farm advertises shipments from Evergreen Ala and Oaks Plant Farms promotes Porto Rico and Nancy Hall plants from Fort Green Fla.
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Nancy Hall
Porto Rico
Southern Queen
W. H. Hobby
Rebecca
P. O
Evergreen Plant Farm
Evergreen
Ala
Rebecca Paine
Whitehall
Banner Office
Porto Ricos
Oaks Plant Farms
Fort Green
Fla
Triumph
Robinson
Local Athens ads offer savings bank and home buying help
Old newspaper classifieds show Athens Savings Bank promotions with high interest on deposits and a real estate note for an Easter cottage on Cobb Street. Also listed are lost and found items, plant and flower ads from Jones Greenhouse and Costa’s, Buick car for sale, and a Rebecca Plant Co. order for sweet potato plants with delivery promises.
Hairdressing Parlor Move Notice
A hairdressing parlor has moved from the Southern Mutual Building to the Holman Building Room 311 and invites friends and customers to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Mutual
Holman
Protect School Children from Diseases Warns Mrs Hallie Byrd
Mrs Hallie Byrd urges protecting school children against measles scarlet fever and whooping cough while warning that common colds weaken the system. An advertisement notes Foley's Honey and Tar for colds and Foley Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder issues from overwork, with H R Palmer & Sons promoting the products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Smith Case Goes to Judge Speer Tonight
Arguments in the Smith estate case before Judge Emory Speer continue in Macon Georgia with heirs seeking a decision by tomorrow night. The judge warned the hearing is not final and questioned jurisdiction and equitable issues before proceeding to final decree.
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Smith Case
Associated Press
Macon
Smith
Speer
Chancery
United States
Zadoc Smith
James M. Smith
John Harrison Surratt Dies at Seventy-Two in Baltimore
John Harrison Surratt, long linked to the Lincoln assassination plot, died in Baltimore at age 72. The former general freight agent of the Baltimore Steam Packet Company had fled abroad when a warrant issued against him. He had served in the Confederate secret service and was acquitted after being extradited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Baltimore
John Harrison Surratt
Abraham Lincoln
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
Confederate
Secret Service
Canada
Europe
Egypt
South America
New Physical Director Leads YMCA Youth Games
Miss La Mira Smotherman is introduced as the new YMCA physical director assisting Mrs. Ver Nooy in organizing folk games for a Friday night at the YWCA gym. The event features numerous attendees and an intermission dialect reading titled Uncle Peter and the Tolley Car.
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la Mira Smotherman
Association
Ver Nooy
C. A. VerNooy
Smotherman
Culpepper
J. D. Moss
Madge Mewbourn
Benford
Bixley
Hattie Jordan
Emily Kay
Perkinson
Miss Eliott
Peeler
Howard Boone
Harry Boone
Irene Gregory
Vivian Gregory
Earnest
John Rigdon
Gregory
Agnes Gregory
Hannah Bernstein
Miss Warner
Miss Baer
Venable
Bohannon
Christian
Burgess
Sewell
Hudson
Rutland
Barrett
Veteran slays comrade during hymn at Grand Rapids Soldiers' Home
In Grand Rapids Michigan David Burns seventy four an inmate at the Soldiers Home is charged with murdering Thomas Toft seventy two a fellow resident. During a religious service the men sang Nearer My God To Thee and Burns stabbed Toft several times after a quarrel while both were reportedly intoxicated.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
David Burns
Thomas Toft
Burns
Taft
Easter Egg Hunt at Young Harris Postponed
The Easter egg hunt planned for yesterday afternoon at Young Harris church has been postponed to Monday at 4 o clock. Eledyor H Porter’s new story Jus David gains interest beyond entertainment as ministers note its wider message. Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts and other clergy cite it as a lesson about keeping faith as a world improves. A patron reports a child recovering from croup after Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound.
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Young Harris Church
Eledyor H. Porter
David
Croup
M. Z.‘ “Davis
Bearsville
W. Va
Foley
JBL
R. Palmer
Sots
Eins -Ady
Artificial Coffee Invented by Japanese Researchers
A new artificial coffee claims high nourishment and strong flavor. Report notes the invention by Japanese researchers and describes its claimed taste and nutritional profile.
Two Sundays Left for YMCA Boys Meetings in Athens
The YMCA in Athens announces two remaining Sunday sessions for boys. On Sunday afternoon older boys hear John R. Kelly of Talmadge Brothers Grocery, while younger boys hear Abit Nix, a prominent local lawyer, on The Wonder Worker. All meetings start at 3 30 with a closing combined session next week.
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Young Men's Christian Association
John’ R. Kelly
Talmadge Brothers Grocery’ Company
Kelly
Abit Nix
Nix
Wonder Worker
Forbes
Athens
Baseball results across leagues and colleges summarized
National league scores show New York beating Philadelphia 6 to 2 while Pittsburg shutout St. Louis 8 to 0 and Boston defeated Brooklyn 3 to 10 with Chicago Cincinnati postponed by rain. American league results include Detroit 3 Chicago 2 and Philadelphia 3 Boston 1 with Washington 8 New York 5 and St. Louis 11 Cleveland 1. Southern and South Atlantic games list scores for Atlanta New Orleans and other cities with several rain or extra inning notes. College games report Alabama win in Tuscaloosa and various matchups across Georgia Clemson Virginia Furman Wake Forest Florida Tennessee and others.
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National
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Boston
Brooklyn
Chicago-Cincinnati
Detroit
Chicago
Washington
Cleveland
Athens
Georgia
Clemson
Atlanta
Georgia ‘Tech
Mississippi
Charlottesville
Virginia
Princeton
Greenville
S.C
Davidson
Furman
Wake Forest
Guilford
Gainesville
Pla
Florida
Tennessee
Costa's Adds Second Auto Delivery Truck
Costa's introduces a second delivery truck to its fleet this week. The yellow Ford-based vehicle is designed as a runabout with a front seat for the driver and a companion, featuring delivery compartments and a top for cargo.
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Costa’s
Costa
Man Arrested with $400000 in Stolen Securities
Baltimore April 21 A man naming himself Edward J. Quigley was arrested with securities worth about $400,000 believed stolen from registered mail on a New York ferryboat shipment. Quigley resisted, claimed the grip held a train find, and was suspected of a St. Louis money order theft. An associate named George Windall was jailed as well.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Edward J. Quigley
New York
Quigley
St. Louis
George Windall
No Immediate, Large Increase in United States Army and Navy
A sophomore debate panel ruled against expanding the U S army and navy immediately. The Demosthenians team, negatives, won two to one with P B Holzendorf as host and Dr Hill delivering the invocation.
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United States Army
Navy
U. S. Army
P. B. Holzendorf
Straight Thinking and Henry L. Doherty Endorsement
The Joplin Globe praises Henry L. Doherty, head of Athens Railway and Electric Co., as a model of straight thinking. It argues clear, unbiased reasoning drives business success and criticizes egotism and ill temper as barriers to broad-minded, sound judgment.
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Henry
Lis Doherty
Dohert
Athens Railway and Electric Co
R Ayes
Hays
Mr. Doherty
Steps to a Crisis Between Germany and the United States
The chronology shows Germany declaring a war zone around the British Isles on February 4 1916 and warning ship sinkings after February 18 The Lusitania sinking on May 7 killed about 1200 people including over 100 Americans This spurred US protests and notes of demand for accountability Germany later claimed the Lusitania carried contraband and the Arabic was torpedoed with American deaths The exchange of notes continued with US demands for reparation and assurances not to sink ships without warning The timeline includes German proposals to submit disputes to The Hague and US President Wilson actions in February and March 1916 amid ongoing submarine policy disputes
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Germany
United States
British Isles
England
Fastnet
Count von Bernstorff
the Hague
Wilson
Brone * F
Sussex
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Girwin
Linscomb
Iinsurance
JC. Jouter
A. H. Davenport
F. M. Green
McAlpine, Fla
Box
Grugedale Greenhouse
Lumpkin St
Bloomfield Street
College Avenue
Bank IN
Zno
Athens Savings Hauk
T. L. Mitchell
Cobb St
Phone Jones Greenhouse Co
Milledge Ave
Dearing
J. D
M. G. Dearing
B. H. Lasnett
Costa's
Reid Drug Co
Hallie Byrd
Information For Women
River Farm
Millege
Lumpkin
D.G
Anderson & Co
Clayton St
Athens Engineering Company
H. R. ‘Palmer & Gons
Foley: Co
H.R. _Palmet &_Sons
John
Harrison Surrett
Young Harris
Kelley & Nix
Southern
New Orleana
Little Rock
Memphis
Chattanooga
Nashville
Birmingham
Mobile
South Atlantic
Augusta
Columbia
Charleston
Jacksonville
Montgomery
Columbus
Albany
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Marcer
Linton Spring
Lipscomb, & Co
J.D. Bradwell
Dr. Hill
Messrs. Tomas
H. A. Nix
C. Aton
Drews
Patterson
Holland
Burke
J. R. Bowden
D. Knight
L. A. Wilhoit
O. R. Ellers
R. W. Courts
Ijr
L. H. Tippett
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