Farmers Institutes Visit Counties This August
State College of Agriculture announces Farmers Institutes in Madison Danielsville Elbert Hart Hall Heddersham Rabun counties from August 7 to August 12. Speakers include horticulturist Mr McHatton and extension director Mr Hite with entomologist Mr E L Worsham and Miss C B Parrish. The notes urge farmers to attend as a prosperous season offers opportunities to adopt new methods.
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State College of Agriculture
Madison County
Danielsville
Elbert
Elberton
Hart County
Hartwell
Hall County
Gainesville
Heddersham
Clarkesville
Rabun County
Clayton
McHatton
Hite
E. L. Worsham
C. 8. Parrish
State Department of Agriculture
Epidemic of Colds Stuns Boarding House Guests
A fashionable city boarding house reported a sudden cold outbreak with twenty at breakfast showing stiff necks and props in the morning. The note suggests weather and dog-lays as possible causes, amid cheeky banter from the bleachers.
Palmer couple returns home after northern trip
Mr and Mrs A J Palmer spent weeks in the north visiting points of interest. Mr Palmer arrived yesterday and Mrs Palmer was to join him later this week due to her father’s illness. He said Athens is the best city on the globe to him after touring many cities.
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A. J. Palmer
North
Palmer
Kentucky
Athens
A Gasoline Engagement Opens at Lyric With Mary and Owen
At the Lyric today the stars Little Mary and Owen More headline A Gasoline Engagement. After several days without Little Mary on screen, a large crowd is expected to visit the theater.
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Little Mary
Owen More
the Lyric
Lyric
Clarke County leads Georgia digests with strong tax increase
Tax returns from sixty two of seventy three Georgia counties to the comptroller general show a net increase of 9 593 150 over last year. Clarke county reports a digest of 371 545 increase praised as one of the best and most complete with Wright noting promptness weather and industrious effort.
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Avanta
Georgia
Comptroller General
Clarke County
Com
W. A. Wright
Clarke
District schools reapportionment in Georgia congress
Atlanta August 2 The house reapportionment committee meets tomorrow and will likely refer all congressional reapportionment bills to a sub committee to obtain views from congressmen and others. A plan keeping the Fifth and Third districts agricultural schools in place seems impossible and a special bill may redraw districts to preserve those schools.
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Atlanta
House
Drevest
Aaron Cohen Leaves for East to Buy Fall Goods
Aaron Cohen, buyer for the Charles Stern Company in Athens, Georgia, departs for New York to purchase fall and winter clothing. He will stop in Baltimore and possibly Philadelphia en route. Cohen brings extensive traveling and buying experience to select higher quality goods for the Athens store and to meet young men’s needs.
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Aaron Cohen
Georgia
Charles Stern
New York
Athens
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Cohen
Charles Stern Company
Cupid in Chaos at Majestic Theater
Western picture Cupid in Chaos headlines the Majestic today a love story filled with comic situations designed to amuse lyon audiences throughout the showing.
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Cupid
The
Majestic
Lyon
Georgia lawmakers approve larger education appropriations
Representative DuBose champions increase for Athens institutions as the appropriations committee outlines boosts for Milledgeville sanitarium and normal schools, the University of Georgia, College of Agriculture at Athens, and Farmers Institutes. Heating plant funding and Athens Normal School building request carried forward.
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State College of Agriculture
University of Georgia
Milledgeville
Georgia Normal and Indy
Nance
Deaf
State Academy
The
Iyi
Thens
State Normal School At
Athens
Government house delays raise 50 per day penalties
Officials inspecting the building report the house begun in October and due May first. Contractors face $50 daily fines for delays, with two extra months adding $2,500, risking a debt to the government if delays continue.
Athens Post Office Patrons Urged to Use Mail Receptacles
A Washington issued circular encourages Athens residents to install accessible mailboxes or door slots to speed delivery. It notes that private receptacles reduce missed deliveries, allow carriers to cover more territory efficiently, and protect mail when households are away.
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Postoffice Department
Washington
City of
Athens
United States
Dr W W Brown Returns To Lead City Lab
Dr W W Brown, elected city bacteriologist, has come back from Atlanta to supervise a new laboratory in city hall. He will oversee medical inspection of schools and devote full time to board of health duties. The notice also mentions bakery ads and post office guidance on box shipments.
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W. W. Brown
Board of Health
Atlanta
State Board of Health
Brown
Thompson's Bakery Milk Biscuits Sell Today
Thompson's Bakery offers milk biscuits at five cents a dozen. Phone number 777 for orders.
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Thompson's Bakery
Thompson’s Bakery
Georgia Prohibition Battle Set In General Assembly
Filibuster threats loom as Georgia lawmakers head into a heated fight over liquor. The Tippins bill banning sales or gifts of drinks with more than half a percent alcohol is slated as Friday’s special order, while the Holtzclaw measure to raise near beer tax from 300 to 500 is favored for Friday.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia-ward
General Assembly
Il Rules Committee
House
Tippins
Rules Committee
Christian Church to Build Edifice in Athens
The Christian Church planning a new edifice on Lumpkin Street near White Avenue after purchasing the lot. Plans call for a handsome structure to credit the city as real estate activity remains strong in Athens. Professor Wilkerson’s Lumpkin street lot sold to Professor Orr who will move soon.
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Tre
Christian Church
Prof
Wilkerson
Lumpkin Street
White Avenue
Prof. Orr
Athens
Dorsey to Visit Eastern Markets for Fall Stock
Mr. E. H. Dorsey leaves this week for eastern markets to purchase a fall stock for his Athens area clothing firm. The local businessman, known for honest methods and customer satisfaction, expects a prosperous season and promises new fall clothing and furnishings upon his return.
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E. H. Dorsey
Dorsey
Athens
For Rent An Apartment on First Floor Sept Ist
For Rent notice announces an apartment available on the first floor starting September 1 for Mrs. W. A. Jester.
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W. A. Jester
Mystery contest votes for Miss Lucille Pierce
The Banner notes Miss Lucille Pierce received nearly fifty thousand votes from friends and subscribers, some paying for two years to boost her as the youngest contestant. The outcome remains uncertain until September. daily effort is urged as county prizes close August 8 with no entrants listed.
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Lucille Pierce
Miss Pierce
Naw
City tomato champion grows prize vines in small yard
Mr. J. B. Josey, dress goods man at Davison cholson Co., is hailed as the city’s champion tomato grower. Yesterday his vines and ripening fruit flourished in the yard on Col Jege avenue, with blossoms just opening and a pleasing display of what can be done in a small space.
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J. B. Josey
Davisontcholson Co
Georgia Legislature Weighs Bills and Resolutions
On Wednesday the Senate passed a mileage exchange bill for railroads serving towns over 2000. A resolution to erect a Confederate monument was tabled. A reading of a governor Smith resolution occurred as adjournment came at 1 PM. In the House opposition filibustered the near beer measure and women lawyers bill failed. A lobbying bill delay and a vacancy resolution tied to Governor Smith’s seat were noted.
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Atlanta
Uiversity
Senate
Confederacy
Smith
le Valet Ceanee
Wemat
Haagullet
HOUSE
Georgia
Holtzclaw
Houston
United States
Hoke Smith
Washington
The Jealous Husband at the Elite Biograph
The Biograph comedy The Jealous Husband plays today at the Elite, the old reliable. Experience a Biograph program you won’t find elsewhere and likely agree is unmatched.
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Elite
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DuBose
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