Encampment of Woodmen of World May Visit Athens
Capt C A von der Leith reports a big 600 to 1000 strong Woodmen encampment challenge. If encouraged, Athens could host an annual week long event with Georgia Alabama and Florida units. Athens company earned next year’s national encampment bid. local drills impressed Pensacola participants. George B Davis unit excelled in Class A drills. F H Parr won guard mount gold. 31 companies with 600 plus men competed.
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C. A. von der Leith
Pensacola
Fla
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Athens
von der Lieth
Fort Oglethorpe
Pensacolians
Geo.b. Davis
F. H. Parr
Doherty Company Opens In Atlanta To Aid Freight Rates
The H. L. Doherty operating company of New York plans to revise interstate freight rates in the Southeast by opening a new Atlanta headquarters. Representative W. P. Strothar will collect data on proposed revisions affecting Athens Railway and Electric Company holdings and other Doherty properties in Lebanon, Bristol, Knoxville, Montgomery, Meridian, Hattiesburg, and Galveston. The policy emphasizes proactive public service and cooperation with communities for mutual prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Doherty Operating Company
New York
Athens Railway and Electric Company
W. P. Strothar
Atlanta
Piedmont
Doherty
Lebanon
Bristol, Tenn
Knoxville
Athens
Montgomery
Ala
Meridian
Miss
Hattiesburg
Galveston
Texas
Southeast
Public Service Corporation
Met Opera Plans Delicate Ballet Tour To Territory
The Metropolitan Opera Company aims to bring Serge de Diaghileff Ballet Russe with Vaslav Nijinsky to this territory next season as part of a coast to coast tour starting in New York in October. The troupe will perform Paris and London style ballets with original Paxst costumes, a full symphony orchestra, stage staff, and Nijinsky as artistic director.
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Metropolitan Opera Company of
New York
Serge de
London
Europe
de Diaghileff
Leon Paxst
Nijinsky
Metropolitan Musical Bureau
Imperial Ballet Schools
Russia
America
Protest Over Flag Use On Campaign Posters
A protest against using the American flag on posters featuring Republican candidates was sent to Charles E Hughes by Captain E R Lewis, past president of the President Flag Day Association. Probes urged into bread and wheat prices follow a federal inquiry plan.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chas. E. Hughes
E. R. Lewis
President Flag Day Association
Edward N. Hurley
Federal Trade Commission
Charles E. Clyne
United States
National Association of Master Bakers
Escape at Colonial Delivers Rise of a Young Girl
Blanche Sweet stars in Paul Armstrong's D. W. Griffith production Escape. The seven reel picture features a girl who rises from nothing to a life suited to her and is highlighted by handsome scenery. The Colonial will show it tomorrow from 3 to 11 with admission of ten and twenty cents.
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Blanch Sweet
May Joyce
Paul Armstrong
D. W. Griffith
Mary Pickford
Peppina
Streetcar Diversion During Clayton Street Work
Athens Railway and Electric Co announces a temporary track diversion on Clayton street due to repairs. Up town cars will run to Broad and Thomas and back. passengers must board College and Washing ton for up town trips. Transfer to Seaboard at Washington and Jackson. Public notice dated August 14 1916.
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Clayton Street
Broad and Thomas
Pasengers
College and
Washington
College
Clayton
Seaboard
Jackson
Athens Railway & Elec, CO
Liver Trouble Patient Praises Chamberlain Tablets
Webster City Iowa resident Joe Dingman reports liver trouble twice yearly with side back and stomach pains. After using half a bottle of Chamberlain's Tablets he felt better and had no signs of pain. Ob tainable everywhere it
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Joe Dingman
Webster City
Iowa
Chamberlain
Fireless cook er request and reply in household dialogue
The snippet shows a housekeeper asking for help to start a fireless cooker. The green girl agrees and asks where the matches are, within a dialogue tagged as from the Yonkers Statesman.
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Norah
Yonkers Statesman
Willing to Compromise. Departing Diner Dialogue
A diner jokes about tipping with taxi fare as he leaves. The waiter parries with talk of an afterdinner walk and a chorus of arts. The piece promises new ballets and world premieres by eminent composers on tour.
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Union of the Arts
Piques and Patterns for Boys Suits and Early Club History
An advert describes a Little Boy's white pique suit trimmed with braid needing 3 yards of 40 inch material and cites Pictorial Review pattern No. 6736 for ages 2 to 6. A brief history notes England's Lon don Civil club origin 246 years ago and the first American clubs Wister of Philadelphia 1833 and Sorosia for women in New York 1862.
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Pictorial Review
Lic
England
London
America
Wister
Philadelphia
Sorosia
New York
Consumption Among the Jews
Dr. S Kreinermann of Basel swears Jews have a lung disease predisposition yet lower morbidity and mortality from consumption than Gentiles. He attributes this to temperance race immunity from past generations ritual cleanliness and high regard for physicians in Jewish communities.
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S. Kreinermann
Basel
Switzerland
All She Said. Man of the House in Town Topics
A humorous exchange in Town Topics. A cook denies telling the wife his late arrival, claiming he was busy with breakfast and did not check the clock after being asked not to reveal the time.
Shoe on the Other Foot Impecunious Suitor Dialogue
A humorous exchange from the Boston Evening Transcript features a penniless suitor asking the girl's father if he plans to settle anything on his daughter. The father jokes that if she marries him, she will be settling something on him.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Daily Thought on Mind Calm and Daily Arrangements
A daily reflection notes that inner calm or disturbance hinges on arranging small daily details with wisdom rather than chasing grand life matters. The saying by La Rochefoucauld emphasizes careful handling of routine moments to maintain mental steadiness.
Mississippi primary races shape party nominations
Jackson voters prepare for state wide Democratic primaries with incumbents and several contested seats for Congress and state supreme court. In four districts incumbents face opposition, while Williams and Holden seek to keep Senate and supreme court posts amid absence of major party rivals.
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Associated Press
Jackson
Miss
Congress
State Supreme Court
Democrats of
Mississippi
John Sharp Williams
United States
J. B. Holden
Supreme Court
Senate
Democrats
Stephens
Humphreys
Venable
Harrison
E. S. Candler
Guy Mitchell
J. E. Rankin
A. Sisson
William Ward
C. E. Franklin
P. E. Quin
R. N. Miller
J. W. Collier
J. H. Howie
Holden
Clayton D. Potter
H. B. Greaves
Geo. H. Ethridge
Conference Highlights Evangelistic Growth At Seminary Meeting
Dr Chapman opened the conference with multiple talks on evangelistic work. Speakers Dr Miley Dr Thacker and Caldwell from Richmond join the program. The meeting reports the largest year to year church membership increase in history with home missionaries adding about 5000 members.
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Caldwell
Richmond
Union Theological Seminary
Miley and
Thacker
Chapman
Evangelism Conference Opened by Southern Presbyterians
In Montreal N C on August 14 the Southern Presbyterian Church opened a ten day conference on evangelism led by Rev Dr J Wilbur Chapman the noted evangelist. Rev Dr W H Miley of Atlanta and Rev J E Thacker of Norfolk direct the program with daily Bible study led by Rev Dr Eugene C.
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Associated Press
Montreal
N. C
J. Wilbur Chapman
Southern Presbyterian Church
W. H. Miley
Atlanta
J. E. Thacker
Norfolk
Eugene C
To Mend China With Careful Clay and Milk
A recipe advises tying pieces together and boiling in sweet milk for half an hour to mend china for lasting results. It also suggests placing two Turkish towels crossed in the dish pan before washing fine chinaware to prevent nicking, recommending only a dish or two at a time.
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China
Man Bound to Succeed by Bell
A compact reflection on progress and mindset. Bell argues success comes to those who steadily widen their mind, grasp themes, and concentrate thought on practical tasks. He emphasizes perseverance and gradual mastery as key to achieving the greatest degree of success.
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Mukden
Chaoyangfu
Villa
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Griffith
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Old Miss
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