Athens Christmas notices and state progress notes
A compendium page from The Athens Banner with brief items on Christmas timing, theater hopes, cotton prices, weather, the Senate and President Wilson, forestry, Athens trade, and Georgia school funding. Highlights include the Christmas market in Athens, the sawmill paper pulp use in Oregon, forestry experiments, the education budget per child dropping to 3.17, and a surge of Georgia boys exceeding 100 bushels of corn per acre in multiple entries.
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Georgia
The Double Barred Election in Athens
Two elections occur in Athens today one within city limits and a county wide vote Clarke County voters choose county commissioners for the first time direct from the electorate. The municipal race is described as formal with Dorsey named for mayor and endorsed aldermanic candidates from the primary. Voters are urged to participate to show support for future administration and to vote for the best men for county duties.
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Athens
Clarke
Dorsey
President’s Message Links Mexican Turmoil to War
The president’s address to Congress calls Huerta a military despot and predicts his collapse soon. It urges continued watchful waiting and constitutional restoration in Mexico, stresses relief from business uncertainties, and pledges destruction of private monopolies while noting no peace while Huerta holds power.
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Reguar
Congress
Rio Grande
Mexico
Huerta
Lever Bill and The Need for Scientific Farming
Howard H. Gross argues for the Lever Agricultural Extension Bill to create county agents who bring scientific farming to the field. He asserts U S yields lag Europe and promises the show me plan will double efficiency by improving methods, soil, and profits while reducing labor through machinery and education.
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Europe
Lever Agricultural Extension
Taft Ticket List of Officers and Directors
Taft slate includes Vice President H A Mudge and Treasurer D R Forgan with a board featuring Frank G Logan F A Delano F Baackes E S Conway John S Goodwin Clarence S Funk and Howard H Gross as directors.
Cloudy Day in Atlanta Dims Star Lineup for Soldier-Allstar Game
Atlanta promotes a football game between Seventeenth U S A soldiers and an all star team of Southern college captains. The advertised stars from Vanderbilt Sewanee Georgia Auburn and Tech may be unable to play due to ineligibility or absence, undermining the event and casting doubt on the matchup.
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Atlanta
Lewie Hardage
Ray Morrison
Nuck Brown
Tom Brown
Red Hasslock
Vanderbilt
Jenks Gillem
Eric Cheape
Sewanee
University of Georgia
Bob McWhorter
Emp Peacock
Hugh Conklin
Auburn
Kirke Newell
Meadows
Sheep’ Lamb
John Davis
Pitts
Rip Majors
Joe Smith
Gordon Star
Bob
Paddock
Peacock
Newell
Athout
Peep-Hole Watch Drives Off Rowdy Vaudeville Crowds
Last night at the Majestic theater a young man in front made loud noises and mocked performers. An agile solution used a backstage peephole to identify the offender, who was then removed and his admission money returned.
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Majestic Theater
Warranted Alabama officials face bribery charges
Jackson Mississippi December 2 Associated Press says Sheriff Hyland arrived with warrants to arrest State Senator C A Hobbs and Lieutenant Governor Theodore Bilbo on charges of solicitation of bribes. Warrants not yet served.
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Associated Press
Jackson, Miss
Hyland
C. A. Hobbs
Theodore Bilbo
Cleveland Ball Team Welcomed for Spring Training in Athens
Chancellor Barrow approves Cleveland American club using University athletic grounds next spring for training. The athletic board will seek full permission from Naps Vice President Barnard to use Sanford Field at Athens as needed in March, inviting the team to arrive for training. The chancellor calls it a good move to bring the players to Athens for the month.
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Barrow
Cleveland American
Athletic Association of the University
Athletic Board
Barnard
Naps
Sanford Field
Athens
Coach W A Cunningham Leaves for Kansas to Visit Family
This afternoon the University coach and baseball boss W A Cunningham departs on the vestibuled train to Independents Kansas to spend two months with his babies living with relatives. He will return around February first and may open a law office in the city to practice his profession.
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W. A. Cunningham
Independents
Kansas
Woodmen Camp To Elect Officers Tonight
Woodmen of the World issue a notice calling all Geo. B. Davis Camp members to attend tonight for flurry of logs to turn and the annual election of officers. Clerk J Mappin notes the urgency of attendance.
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Geo. B. Davis’ Camp
J. Mappin
How to Bankrupt the Doctors By Thin Stockings
A New York physician says doctors would be bankrupt if not for women's thin stockings and shoes. The ad advises prompt treatment for colds to prevent pneumonia and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective, pleasant, and safe for coughs and colds, sold by dealers.
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New York
New Kindergarten Opens At Y W C A In Athens
A kindergarten will open in the gymnasium of the Y W C A athletic building at Pulaski street and Hancock avenue. Miss Leith, the physical director, will lead it using Froebel and Montesorri methods for children aged three to six. Classes run Monday from December 8, 9:30 to 12:30, with city car lines passing by for easy access.
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Athens
Pulaski Street
Hancock Avenue
Miss Leith
Froebel
Boston
Mass
Lucy Cobb Girls to Meet Gainesville High Team
The Lucy Cobb varsity girls basketball team faces Gainesville High on the Institute court Saturday at 3 PM. It is Lucy Cobb’s first local varsity game and should be a good contest. Admission is twenty five cents. Ladies only invite.
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Lucy Cobb
Gainesville High School
the Institute
Notice of Kentucky mules sale and cough remedy ad
Notice announces three carloads of fine Kentucky mules arriving December 15 shipped from Bowling Green Kentucky by W S Holman Co. The text promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for croup and coughs with a testimonial from Lewis Chamberlain of Manchester Ohio and urges purchase at 50 cents and 1.00 per bottle from H E Bucklen Co Philadelphia St Louis.
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Kentucky
Bowling Green
W. S. Holman & CO
Dr. King
Lewis Chamberlain
Manchester
Ohio
H. E Bucklen & Co
Phila
St. Louis
Tango Roots Out Corns Guaranteed Remedy
Advertising claim for Tango Corn Remedy promises instant relief from corns and bunions with core pain removal. Product touted as painless and quick acting, with a money back guarantee by Jacobs Pharmacy Atlanta. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
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Jacobs* Pharmacy
Atlanta
Public school funds apportioned to Athens Clarke and Georgia counties
The state education office released per capita school fund allocations. Clarke county receives 7,801.37 dollars and Athens city 11,665 dollars for local systems, with the state totaling 3.17 per child annually. County and city apportionments list numerous sums for many cities and counties across Georgia.
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Athens
Adel
Adrian
Americus
Ashburn
Atlanta
Bainbridge
Barnesville
Blackshear
Blakely
Bluffton
Boston
Bowersville
Canon
Cedar Grove
Clarkston
Cochran
Columbus
Commerce
Conyers
Cordele
Covington
Dawson
Decatur
Dexter
Doeran
Douglas
Dublin
East Point
Fairfax
Fitzgerald
Flintstone
Gainesville
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Hartwell
Hawkinsville
Hazelhurst
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Inman
Jesup
Kirkwood
LaFayette
LaGrange
Lawrenceville
Sumter City
Madison
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Martin
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Carroll
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Colquitt
Columbia
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Crawford
Crisp
Dade
DeKalb
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty
Ellery Band to Visit Athens in Musical Festival Event
Athens hosts Ellery Band on the 11th at the Auditorium under the Athens Musical Festival Association. The program features Ellery with singers Thomas Wallace and Bayne Young from Glasgow, presenting grand opera numbers and a broad English Scottish Irish and American song repertoire. A Waco farewell scene by pink carnations is recalled, showing the band’s popular appeal.
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Athens
Athens Musical Festival Association
Ellery's
Knoxville
Atlanta
Ellery Band
Ellery
Taddero di Girolamo
Thomas Wallace
Bayne Young
Glasgow
Scotland
Wallace
John McCormick
Mr. Young
United Kingdom
Cotton Palace
Waco
South Texas
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