Athens News Fragments Highlight Local Life and Observances
A jumble of notices mentions late newspaper delivery complaints, jitney buses, Memorial Day, Grand Opera in Atlanta, and a Dixie Highway claim. It notes Memory Day in the South, Cross of Honor sentiments, the death of John Bunny, and a university summer school plan with over a thousand attendees in July. The piece also covers a Chattanooga education conference, a South wide campaign by evangelical churches, and prayer meetings across Athens as preparations begin.
Independent Georgia plan to build small farms and thrift
A speaker lauds a scheme to have large landowners select tenants on shares and sell them ten acres on easy terms with house-building aid. Tenants become freeholders, improving land value and community prosperity while landowners gain better tenants and increased sales. Practical steps toward realization are explored.
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Aman
Georgia
Tax Equalizers Conference Reviews Georgia Tax Law
Judge Hart called a statewide conference in Atlanta with county equalizers to discuss operating the new tax law and share ideas on the tax situation. The year of experience shows the law has flaws but overall improves fairness, raises state revenue, and brings previously untaxed property onto books.
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Judge Hart
Atlanta
Georgia
Gaining Two Worlds Lost One in a Parable
A short didactic verse by D. G. B. contrasts a man who chase both this world and Over Yonder. He wins the Yonder World yet loses this one, finding the best part of both gone. The poem renders a warning about overreaching desires.
Careless K P Earns Pythian Lesson and Dues
A puzzled knight of Pythias misses a required credential on a date in a formatted cipher. After being reminded by the knight director he yields cash, signs the countersign, and pays dues to regain the lodge standing.
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Rouen Through Time and War Realms in France
A Rouen-centered essay contrasts the city under siege risk with its quiet Normand life. It notes Rouen’s ancient streets and churches, the 12th century St George de Boscherville, and a populace famed for courtesy and resilience. It highlights Joan of Arc’s enduring memory and Rouen’s enduring medieval character amid modern life.
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Ouebn
Paris
France
E. N. Vallandigham
Philadelphia
Rouen
Seine
Roumere
St. George de Boscherville
Old Town
Amber and Lake Districts of East Prussia Revealed
The article describes Samland as a key amber source in East Prussia and Koenigsberg as the amber center with trade to Vienna. It then portrays Masurenland as a vast lake district a military barrier, noting Polish and German settlements, canal networks, and the cultural links fueling amber's historic value.
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America
Lake District
East Prussia
National Geographical Society
Samland
Amberland
Baltic Sea
Russia
Koenigsberg
Pregel
Vienna
Baltic
New Jersey
Masurealand Lake District
Ohio
Masurenland Lake District
Masurenland
Poland
Scythia
Alps
Greece
Etruria
Orient
East
Miletus
Serbia
Pennsylvania
Angerburg
Johannisburg
Lensburg
Loetzen
Lyck
Ortelsburg
Neidenburg
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Athens
John Bunny
Macon Telegraph
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Teddy
Boss Platt
University of Georgia Summer School
Chattanooga
Miss Rutherford
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TAX Eqalizers Conference
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Owen
Rollo
Europe
Norman
Joan
Eeet
Normandy
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