Allied Forces Push Across Fronts In World War Fronts
The long expected Sal oniki offensive opens with grand assaults by British French and allied forces across multiple fronts. Sarrail attacks Bulgar-German lines along 150 miles of Greek-Serbian frontier. French claim village captures and Verdun gains. Russians break Austro-German line near Kovel and seize Tobel as Serbs Bulgars clash on the Graeco-Serbian border. Austrian airships raid Venice.
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London
Sarrail
Berlin
Florina
Associated Press
Guillemont
Verdun
Fleury
Stokhead
Kovel
Tobel
Saloniki
Venice
Gulf of Riga
Germany Admits Sinking Dutch Steamer Rijndijk
The Hague reports Germany officially admits the Dutch steamer Rijndijk was torpedoed off the Reilly Islands while en route from Portland to Rotterdam with a food cargo for Belgian relief. Germany apologizes and offers compensation to the shipowners.
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Germany
the Hague
Rijndijk
Reilly Islands
Rotterdam
Portland
Belgian Relief Commission
Clark Opens Democratic Campaign in Maine Speech
Augusta Maine August 19 Speaker Champ Clark opened the Democratic campaign urging support for the national ticket saying in three and a half years it placed more constructive remedial legislation on the statute books than the Republicans did in twenty. He said the people trust Woodrow Wilson as pilot of the ship of state and will not drop him amid the storm.
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Associated Press
Augusta
Maine
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Receivers Hold Meeting Over Jefferson Cotton Mill
A session in Judge Brand’s office reviewed final receiver reports for the Jefferson Cotton Mill, recently sold. The final report was incomplete, and auditor T. L. Mitchell was appointed to audit books from Jan 1 and report to the court before final settlement.
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Judge Brand
Jefferson Cotton Mill
Smuggling Bust Leads to Thompson Arrest in New York
Customs agents seized $25,000 worth of jewels and arrested a man who claimed the name Hans Edward Thompson. He said he returned from abroad July 11 as a steerage passenger and smuggled the jewels ashore. More arrests are expected.
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New York
Hans Edward Thompson
Thompson
Church Services and Week Ahead City Schedule
Regular services Sunday with Sunday school and sermons. Unveiling of Woodmen Monument for E. H. Bulloch at Johnson church. Week features multiple theater showings at Colonial Strand and Elite venues. City Court term begins. various fraternal meetings and education board session planned.
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Christian Endeavor
First
Christian Church
Central Presbyterian Church
E. H. Bulloch
Johnson Church
Strand
Dewolf Hopper
Keystone
Elite
Harry D. Carey
City Board of Education
Glenn Lodge
Colonial Theater
Remfax
Strand Theater
Harold Lockwood
May Allison
Helen Gibson
Elite Theater
Liberty
LKO
Hat Sale At Mrs. Burchs In Holman Building
Attractive hat sale announced by Mrs. Burch on Monday. Trimmed hats priced at 1.00 and untrimmed hats at 50 cents at the Holman Building. Also advertising space for wants available.
City Court Opens Regular August Term With Civil Docket
Judge West starts the August term as third Monday falls on the 21st with civil cases on the calendar this week. Criminal business begins Wednesday the 30th after light prior sessions and notices urge witnesses to appear then. Fred Hall was convicted for unlawful pistol possession and fined $50 or six months. three youths were fined $35 or six months for stealling rides on the last Seaboard vestibuled train. Jurors listed for the week include Thos. J. Scott and many others.
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Colonial Theater
Ambition
Miss Kelich
Strand
Rita Jolivet
Florence Rose
Elite
Carlyle Blackwell
Ethel Clayton
Athens City Court
Judge West
St. Elmo Lodge
Knights Pythias
Williams Lodge
Solicitor General
West
Fred Hall
Grand
Seaboard
Police Break Up Wholesale Stealing Ring
Police arrested Brydie Terrell John Marable and Henry Harper four store workers on charges of stealing and suspect they formed a large scheme with country Negroes to move goods. Mack Mapp of Oglethorpe county was later jailed for receiving stolen goods. The quartet were caught loading a barrel of flour for theft. Preliminary trials expected tomorrow.
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Brydie Terrell
John Marable
Henry Harper
King Hodgson Co
Mack Mapp
Oglethorpe County
Ford Marked Then Not in Gwinnett Travel Case
Judge Brand ordered a new hearing in a Gwinnett county travel case involving a stolen Ford. The dispute centered on markings used to identify the vehicle and conflicting testimony about when marks appeared or vanished. W. W. Chafin claimed the car, bought by T. W. Tomlin via Will Summer, matched his description marked in a reward notice.
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Brand
Gwinnett County
W. W. Chafin
Henry County
Ford
Will Summer
Gainesville
T. W. Tomlin
Buford
Summer
Chafin
Atlanta
Five Black people executed after aiding escape in Florida
Five Black people, three men and two women, were taken from Newberry jail and killed by a mob near Jonesville, Florida, amid the pursuit of Boisey Long after the shooting of Dr. L. G. Harris by Long. Deputy sheriffs struck another Black man fatally during the incident.
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Associated Press
Gainesville
Fla
Newberry
Jonesville
S. G. Wynne
L. G. Harris
Boisey Long
Long
Wynne
Dr. Harris
Jacksonville
Moody Sues Railroads Over Fall Damages in Lexington
Capt Moody, longtime Georgia Railroad conductor, sues L N and Atlantic Coast Line as lessees of the Georgia Railroad seeking 25009 dollars for personal damages from a fall on a train amid alleged company negligence.
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Lexington
Capt. Moody
Atlantic Coast Line
Georgia Railroad
Georgia
Natural Heirs Dispute Over Johnson Will
In Jackson County a hearing before Judge Brand addressed the interpretation of natural heirs in L. B. Johnson’s will. Genie Johnson contesting EB B Anderson as executor argued the wife had a claim to part of the estate after the daughter’s death. The court ruled the will did not provide for the wife’s participation beyond the $5 legacy.
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L. B. Johnson
Jackson County
Brand
Genie Johnson
EB. B. i Anderson
Commerce
Johnson
Mary Sue
T. G. Johnson
President Wilson backs eight hour plan in rail strike plea
Washington August 19 President Wilson urged railroad chiefs to drop arbitration and accept his eight hour plan as employees already agreed The public would know if a strike occurs he said and officials planned further talks possibly Monday Western railroad presidents were summoned for a conference. The eight hour plan he said the public has a right to expect.
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Associated Press
R. R’s
Washington
Wilson
Western Railroads
Revival at Cloud's Creek Church Ends in Revival
In Crawford Georgia on August 19 a series of Cloud's Creek Baptist church meetings concluded with genuine revival. Singing led by J. M. Landrum and preaching by Rev. W. H. Faust of Winder drew a large attendance. Nine were baptized and added to the church.
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Cloud’s Creek
Crawford
Cloud’s Creek Baptist Church
J. M. Landrum
W. H. Faust
Winder
Guardsmen Throne Through Rain Lose Tents in Laredo
In Laredo Texas August 19 9000 guardsmen faced a storm as tents blew down and guardsmen were exposed to torrential rain for hours. No loss of life reported in this district.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Texas
Hughes Tours San Francisco Area Campaign Stops
Charles E. Hughes spent the second day of his San Francisco visit meeting Union Iron Works workers, lunching at the Commercial Club, conferring with republican country newspaper editors, and addressing a mass meeting in Oakland. He reiterated his protective tariff stance and urged more liberal working conditions.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Charles E. Hughes
Union Iron Works
Commercial Club
Oakland
Record shows low typhoid cases in Athens this year
In seven and a half months this year Athens logged less than one locally originated typhoid case. There were seventeen fever cases total, ten imported, with seven residents affected. Health officials note no contagious diseases currently, and expect a healthy fall.
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Athens
Board of Health
Storm Which Swept Rio Grande Valley Spends Itself in Mexico
The tropical storm swept from the Rio Grande valley into northern Mexico after causing damage in Corpus Christi and Kingsville. Corpus Christi Beach hotel lost its roof and suffered structural damage while several cottages and a pier were destroyed. The San Ricardo hotel in Kingsville reported heavy damage as many small buildings were blown down. Weather bureau indicates the storm spent its force on northern Mexico plains.
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Rio Grande Valley
Mexico
Kingsville
Texas
Weather Bureau
Peach County Plan Reborn As Long County in Georgia
Atlanta reports revival of a proposal to create a new Georgia county with Fort Valley as the seat. The plan reportedly abandons the Peach name and seeks to honor Dr. Crawford W. Long, the anesthesia pioneer, by naming the county Long.
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Atlanta
Fort Valley
Peach” County
Crawford W. Long
National Hall of Fame
Long
Funeral for Mrs. Sarah Morris Set for 5 PM
The funeral for Mrs. Sarah Morris wife of Mendal Morris will be held at 5 PM Sunday at the Han cock avenue residence with Rabbi F K Hirsch of the Synagogue officiating. Pallbearers named S Milton Lesser Sidney Boley Edward Levy Arthur Flatau M M Bernstein J Dornblatt J Van Straaten Moe Levy. Friends of the Morris families are invited to attend.
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Sarah Morris
Mendal Morris
Hancock Avenue
F. K. Hirsch
Messrs. S. Milton Lesser
Sidney Boley
Edw. Levy
Arthur Flatau
M. M. Bernstein
J. Dornblatt
Lee Morris
Jankower
Flora Bernstein
S. Bernstein
Alimony Case Between Gwinnett Families Is Argued
In Judge Brand's court the alimony petition by Mrs Claudia Allen against Clarence Allen was argued and submitted with no decision. The couple, prominent Gwinnett residents, have a grown daughter. Mr Allen, son of Bona Allen, has been hospitalized during the suit. The defense submits California divorce transcripts. she alleges lack of proper representation and seeks alimony for herself and daughter.
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Brand
Claudia Allen
Clarence Allen
Gwinnett County
Allen
Bona Allen
Atlanta
Paralysis cases fall in week as warnings extend
New York reported 912 new infantile paralysis cases for the week ending today, down from 1,151 last week, with 226 deaths versus 501. Health officials urged parents from outside the city to keep children away as long as possible.
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Associated Press
New York
Health Department
First Law of the Kind in the United States
The August 19 report from Atlanta says Governor Harris signed Rep Ed Wohlwender’s bill prohibiting beauty or popularity contests by newspapers. An amendment exempts small weekly and semi weekly papers. the measure is the first of its kind nationwide with similar bills pending in two states and four previous attempts failing.
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Atlanta
Ed Wohlwender
Muscogee
Harris
Senate
Wohlwender
United States
Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank weekly balance sheet August 18 1916
Weekly statement of resources and liabilities for the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank shows total assets of 17,274,537.06 and liabilities matching that amount. Key figures include gold holdings, bills discounted, U.S. bonds, municipal warrants, and deposits by the Treasury. Federal reserve notes outstanding total 13,533,450 with notes in bank hands 1,121,410.
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Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve
Atlanta seeks bid for federal land bank status
Atlanta chamber of commerce directors discussed a plan to back Atlanta for a federal land bank. The meeting followed reports that Macon might win the bid, prompting Atlanta to mount a vigorous campaign to be selected.
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Macon
Atlanta
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta Chamber
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C. F. Elder
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E. M. Howell
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T. W. Morton
Talford Smith
W.A. Edwards
W. C. Jordan
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C. L. McLeroy
H. F. Pittard
C. J. Kenney
T. G. Anderson
J. M. Head
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T. Pittard
J. G. Lambert
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