Romania Enters War On Entente Side With Near Million Militia
London and Paris report Romania declares war on Austro Hungary and Germany responds in kind. King Ferdinand’s forces push toward Transylvania as Romania is estimated to field about 900000 men with 480 seventy five millimeter and 160 field guns. Allies expect Turkey to be crushed within six months and Austrians under heavy pressure. Berlin and Paris note gains along Serbian lines and Italian front remains unchanged.
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Ferdinand
Transylvania
Carpathians
Kronstadt
Hermannstadt
Bukowina
Rumania
Berlin
Paris
Sebrasko
Mount Segandka
Ventrenika
Ianica
Ostrovo
Kavala
Aegean
Delville Wood
Mouquette Farm
Eomme
London
Pozieres
Thiepval Wood
Lake van
Bitlis
Austria
Hungary
Romania
Turkey
Red Hussars
Black Hussars
New Y M C A Building Described As Size And Purpose
The Athens Young Men’s Christian Association completes its new building with 44000 square feet of working space. The design separates men and boys on parallel floors with shared fellowship halls, game rooms, reading rooms, and skylighted lavatories. Funds urged to finish plumbing and pay contractors by September first.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Southern Ferro Concrete Company
Athens Y. M. c. A
Lumpkin Street
Holman
Athens
Fellowship Hall
White Avenue
Commission to Meet One Day Next Week
The American joint commission, aimed at solving border disputes, will meet in Portsmouth New Hampshire likely Wednesday or Thursday next week. The date will be set at a preliminary conference in New York Monday with Arrendondo and Secretary Lansing. Mexican finance minister Luis Cabrera arrives at Vila Cruz with James Linn Rodgers as a state department aide accompanies.
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Asociated Press
Washington
American Joint Commission
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
New York
Arrendondo
Lansing
Luis Cabrera
Vila Cruz
James Linn Rodgers
State Department
Mexico City
Corps of
Department
Mrs H N Thomas Toxt Buried Today
Death visits Capt H N Thomas home as Mrs H N Thomas aged 53 dies after two year illness. Survived by husband, six children, parents Mr and Mrs J G Buffington of Gillsville, one son died earlier. Funeral at 11 from residence with Revs Scoville and Bell officiating. Burial in Oconee cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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H. N. Thomas
N. Thomas
Messrs
J. W
H. E. Thomas
City
Joe H. Griffeth
Athens
J. W. McElhaney
Monticello
R. E. Poss
Henry Rarr
Eula Thomas
J. G. Buffington
Gillsville
Thomas
Young
Harris Memorial Methodist Church
Virgil P. Scoville
J. A. Bell
Oconee Cemetery
T. Y. Harris
H. N. Hughes
A.M. Phillingham
Br. G. Potts
W. Y. Cash
R. H. Wier
Mr Sim Harris Found Unconscious After Fall at City Car Tracks
Mr Sim Harris a veteran railroad engineer formerly with Sea Board Air Line Railway was found unconscious on Hoyt street near car tracks Sunday evening after a fall from a car top. Auto transfer man A H Cook carried him to his home. he suffered bruises and cuts and has grown weak after prior injuries and operations.
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Sim Harris
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Hoyt Street
A. H. Cook
Sliced Dried Beef Promoted by Arnold & Abney
An advertisement touts sliced dried beef as superior to canned varieties and cheaper, attributed to Arnold and Abney.
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Arnold & Abney
State officer shot while posting bank closure notice
John S. Patterson the Texas state commissioner of insurance and banks was shot in the Farmers and Merchants Bank lobby while posting a notice of closure. T. S. Wilson the bank president and his two sons were arrested on charges of attempted murder.
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Associated Press
League
Texas
Johns. Patterson
Insurance and Banks
Farmers and Merchants Bank
T. S. Wilson
Civil case Kimsey v Holliday drags through verdict delay
City court spent the day in the civil case of Kimsey versus Holliday with jurors not reaching a verdict by late evening. The panel remained unresolved as night fell.
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Kimsey Vs. Holliday
Paralysis Plague Believed On Decrease
New York health authorities say the fight against infantile paralysis is near victory as more cases left hospitals than entered. Thirty nine patients were discharged while thirty six were admitted, signaling a turning point in the outbreak.
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Associated Press
New York
Wouldn’t Quit the Stockade In Des Moines
Ediscoe, a white boy with a long police record, finished a stockade term Saturday and returned to the city prison Friday night on a drunken disorderly charge. He reportedly refused to stay in the stockade and later left, claiming he would be boarded at city expense for two days. He then drank corn liquor after meeting an unknown country man.
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Ediscoe
Mr Wier Makes Weekend Run to Gainesville in 1h25
Mr Alex Wier made a good run from Athens to Gainesville for the weekend driving with passenger Hollis Lanier aboard. They returned in about the same time, within two minutes of the outward journey.
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Alex Wier
Athens
Gainesville
Hollis Lanier
Moving Service Advertises 24 Hour Furniture Hauling
FHARS STABLES offers moving and hauling with a special furniture van for all hours. Located at 184 W. Clayton St. near the city, call 148 for first class livery and careful handling of heavy furniture.
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Fhars Stables
Clayton St
Pink Meat Cantaloupes and Watermelons From Arnold and Abney
First of the season pink meat cantaloupes offered by Arnold and Abney. Watermelons described as a fine lot in all sizes priced from 10 cents up.
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Arnold & Abneyy
Beloved Athens Woman Nears Century in Life of Service
Athens Georgia obituary note marks Mrs S A Hemphill of Athens heading toward her hundredth birthday tomorrow Monday August 28 She is mother to the late Colonel W A Hemphill and to R A Hemphill of Atlanta She has lived at the old Hemphill home on Prince avenue for seventy years and attends First Methodist Church Athens for seventy five years The piece highlights her faculties household management church involvement and long life of devotion from a Sunday Constitution column.
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S. A. Hemphill
Athens
W. A. Hemphill
R. A. Hemphill
Atlanta
Hemphill
Prince Avenue
First Methodist Church
Centenarian Mrs Hemphill Marks Quiet Birthday at First Methodist
Mrs S A Hemphill spent a quiet birthday yesterday entering her hundredth year. Friends called on her Sunday and her son Robert A Hemphill of Atlanta joined the family. She attended First Methodist Church where the service referenced her as possibly the oldest member of Georgia's Methodist denomination.
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S. A. Hemphill
Robert A. Hemphill
Atlanta
Troops Ordered to the Border From Ohio Vermont and Kentucky
About 12 000 men of the Ohio Vermont and Kentucky militia were ordered to the border as the War Department revoked a suspension on movement. Remaining mobilization camps hold roughly 13 000 troops. Camps near El Paso were prepared for thirty regiments in addition to forty thousand guardsmen and regulars in the district.
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Assciated Press
Washington
Ohio
Vermont
Kentucky
War Department
Paso
Texas
el Paso
Jury Revisors Complete36 Work At Court House
The jury revisors meet at the courthouse to place selected grand and traverse jurors for the ensuing year. This day's work completes their duties for the year. Raisin Bread 10c and Small Hams 22c advertised by Arnold & Abney.
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Court House
Night horse show at Northeast Georgia Fair planned
A new feature for the Northeast Georgia Fair in late October and early November is a one night horse show with drivers in regulation show attire. The midway will be exceptionally good and the auto show is to be a special exposition event. Mr Robertson will arrive soon to stay through the run.
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Chamber of Commerce
C. P. Robertson
Robertson
Wilson to Address Congress In Person Over Railroad Strike
President Wilson plans to appear before Congress to urge legislation aimed at averting a nationwide railroad strike set for Labor Day. A White House conference with railroad presidents and union leaders failed to withdraw the order, leaving the president hopeful that Congress can act to implement an eight hour day and dispute investigation while considering federal operation if needed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
White House
Capitol
Senate
Athens bar endorses Judge Geo C Grogan for appeals bench
Local Athens bar signs a strong endorsement for Judge Geo C Grogan of Elberton as a candidate for a seat on the court of appeals. The endorsement, signed by more than twenty bar members, was completed by closing hours yesterday. Mr Gwynn will visit this week to manage arrangements locally.
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Athens
Geo. C. Grogan
Elberton
Court of Appeals
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Italy
Y. MC. A
H. N. Thomas Toxt
Heaven
Georgia
Funston
Grogan
Mr. Gwynn
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