Athens Civil War Memorial Honored Heroes of Dixie Lecture
A Memorial Day program in Athens featured Judge Horace Holden and Rev E P Wiggins, with music by State Normal School and Lucy Cobb Institute students. The event decor highlighted Confederate and US flags as wreaths were placed on graves, and prizes were awarded for essays on the Confederate Navy.
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Horace Holden
Athens
F .P. Griffeth
George C.thomas
Dixie
United States
Clarke County
Winnie Davis
State Normal School
Lucy Cobb
Gibson
T. W. Reed
Welch
Laura Rutherford
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Julia Rogers
Lucy Cobb Institute
Miss Rutherford
Virginia Kelley
Lucey Cobb Institute
Helen B. McDorman
Milas Rutherford
Sarah Price
Donald Walton Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Childs' Street
Rutherford
Mildred Hudson
College Avenue School
Jas. White
Ruby Briscoe
Holden
Supreme Court
Lt Thomas Barrow Decorated for Bravery in Europe
First Lieut Thomas A Barrow brother of Mrs James Barrow and nephew of Chancellor D C Barrow of this city has been decorated by French authorities for gallantry with the balloon corps field artillery U S A He served with the French army in Europe and received the war cross In a balloon detail an observer saloon was fired upon by enemy guns and Barrow was pierced by bullets while in a parachute action
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Thomas A. Barrow
James Barrow
D. C. Barrow
Balloon Corps
Field Artillery
Europe
Barrow
Barrow Din
Germans Take Kemmel Hill In Ypres Front
Allied counterattacks begin around Mount Kemmel as Germans overrun Kemmel Hill. British French forces shell and assault to regain lost positions on the Ypres front. Reports cite heavy tank action at Cachy and large German losses.
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Associated Press
Kemmel
Ypres
France
Messines
Haines
Mount Kemmel
Athens Cannery Co Offers Eight Cans for One Dollar
Eight three-pound cans of fruit or vegetables for one dollar are offered by the Athens Cannery Co a mutual company formed to provide a local market and preserve food. The goods from home-grown materials include beans tomatoes apples and peaches in fine condition and flavor. Orders are to be filled at the Chamber of Commerce Holman building and buyers must deliver their purchases.
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Athens Cannery Co
Chamber of Commerce
Holman Building
Thornton's Luncheonette Menu and Chemically Varied Ads
Thornton's Luncheonette offers chicken salad, soup, baked chicken, porterhouse steak and desserts with prices ranging from 10 to 50 cents. Nearby, The Jones Greenhouse Co promotes ferns and telephones, while Costa's Delicatessen and Arnold & Abney advertise fresh potatoes and meats.
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Thornton's
Two Honor Flags Received For Third Liberty Loan
Athens celebrates oversubscribing the Third Liberty Loan as Col. Michael and county chairman James W. Morton receive two flags for city and county. Flags to be displayed at city hall and county courthouse as Clarke Banks Hart and Oglethorpe counties report progress toward the quota. A War Relic train visit to Athens is planned with local campaign leaders and officers. An auction sale at J Bush Jewelry Store is set for 11 a m today next to Kress.
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Athens
Cause of America
Col. Michael
Washington
James W. Morton
Clarke
Banks
Hart
Oglethorpe
Jackson
Madison
Stephens
Toccoa
Michael
J. J. Wilkins
H. H. Gordon
Andrew C. Erwin
W. T. Forbes
Dr. Pound
J. Bush Jewelry Store
Kress’ Store
J. Bush
Mayors Proclaim War Relics Train and Liberty Bond Plea
Baltimore April 26 Speaker Champ Clark urged prompt Liberty bond subscriptions at a Liberty Loan meeting. He defended Congress for funding the war effort, noting costs far exceeding the Civil War and praising rapid army and navy expansion despite criticism.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Champ Clark
Congress
Clark
Liberty Day Sparks Huge Liberty Loan Subscriptions
Treasury reports total subscriptions of 2.036 billion dollars as Liberty Day parades and demonstrations spread nationwide. Only 67 percent of the 3 billion dollar goal has been subscribed with efforts urged to boost totals as President Wilson led a 40 000 strong Washington procession and naval officers joined bankers and lawmakers in celebrations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Wilson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Haga
Liberty Loan
Daniels
Athens City Declares Half-Day for Liberty Loan Train Visit
Mayor Andrew C. Erwin proclaims a public holiday April 30 from 1 to 4 pm to allow citizens to view the federal government sponsored relics train from the Battlefields of France. The train arrives at Seaboard terminal on Broad Street, with a luncheon to be hosted for the party and hundreds expected to visit Athens and surrounding areas.
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France
Clare
Athens
Andrew C. Erwin
Erwin
Seaboard Terminal
Broad Street
Michael
Liberty Loan
Oconee Street Church Service Schedule and Market Ads
The notice lists Sunday school at 10 a.m. and sermons at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. with a 3:30 p.m. laymen meeting and Young People’s Missionary Society gathering at the parsonage. It mentions Dr S P Wiggins and others, plus local ads for beans potatoes squash cucumbers and fresh produce from Arnold Abney and J Bush Jewelry Store near Kress store.
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P. Wiggins
Young People’s Missionary Society
and & Arnold & Abney
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Uey Cobb Institute
Mise Gibson
God Save Our
Thos. Barrow
Miessines Ridge
Kemiel Hll
Takekeyt
Germany
Ukraine
Cachy
Kaiser
Copenhagen
Zeebrugge
Amsterdam
Frankfurter Zeitung
Schulze
Reichtag
Thornton
Jones Greenhouse Co
Philadelphia
Roquefort
Frank
Costa's
Arnold & Abney
Mr. Michael
Liberty Day
Virginia
California
Orangas
Costa
Oconee Street Methodist Church
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