Portrait of Bob Branch Farm and Stock Raising
In this column the writer visits Bob Branch, a Georgia farmer with a spacious home and modern improvements, praising the grounds and clean estate. He details Branch’s diverse farming, including cotton, alfalfa, corn, and livestock. The piece highlights blooded horses, brood mares, and Yorkshire hogs, noting productive land and a high yield outlook, with strong admiration for Branch’s agricultural ventures.
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Bob Branch
Nat Beaty
Bob
Ere sen for Cotton Roode
Fragmentary text mentions Cotton Roode and a senator. Details are unreadable. no clear event, date, or organization available. Summary limited to two entities. no verifiable action or outcome discernible.
Secretary Weeks Calls Partisan Rule Threat to Government
Secretary of War Weeks warned at a convention that divided congressional control risks paralyzing U S policy and weakening government. He recalled Cannon era power and argued party rule produces irrespon sible legislation and factional dominance over national interests. He urged a return to stronger executive and committee steering to unite policy efforts.
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New York
Congress
United States
Weeks
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Iowa
Asd
Cannon
Ivan
Historic Castle Destroyed By Fire In Brechin Scotland
Kinnaird Castle the historic 14th century home of Lord Southesk was destroyed by fire. The palace housed a gallery of 170 old masters and a library of 10,000 volumes with early Shakespeare editions and missals. Loss estimated at 1,000,000 pounds.
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Scotland
Kinnaird Castle
Southesk
Great Britain
Army records show eleven executions in American Forge
Washington reports detailed records from the Warriment showing eleven executions by the American Expeditionary Force. Senator Watson of Georgia was expected to present witnesses. The crimes were largely against women. All sixty two condemned to death, but only eleven sentences carried out.
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Washington
Senator -Watson
Georgia
Constantinople Relief Fund Urges Aid For 35000 Russians
The Constantinople Relief Fund appeals for urgent aid to shelter and feed more than 17,000 Russians in the city, warning that failure to help would be inhuman. The appeal notes the refugee relief program is near its final phase and seeks a satisfactory plan for all in need.
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Constantinople
Busan
Hunting Revived In France After War Desolation
In Rambouillet forest near La Celle the ancient French hunting rite resumed after the war with blessing of hounds by priests and a parade of white huntsmen. The event, tied to Saint Hubert’s anniversary, recalls a legend of protecting the king and marks the season’s revival amid postwar reductions in hounds and huntsmen.
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Paris
France
Rambouillet
Axzess
la Celle
Hubert
Ardennes
St. Hubert
Aquitaine
Government financing of U S manufacturing debated at low rate
A fragmented discussion imagines government funding all U S manufacturing at a taxed rate, with no taxes, to reverse indebtedness. The text cites borrowing at low rates and questions the impact on market warrants and finance policy. Names and places are unclear due to damaged OCR.
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United States
Py Aurea Sts
Srena Borpee Sekt Mesa Fkae
Soldier-Poem Honoring Marshal of France Foch and Gallienne
A lyrical tribute extols a World War I soldier figure as Marshal of France and Musqueteer. It lauds bravery, unity with France and America, and the enduring vow to honor the fallen while praising D Artagnan lineage and the poet Richard Le Gallienne. The piece blends mythic heroism with call to peace and imperial memory.
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At-Arma
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Europe
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Gabiel
Mathal
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D'Artagnan
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Foch
America
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Abandonment Of Pogorous Uses Recommended In Report
Fragmentary text shows an official report recommending abandonment of pogorous uses. Mention of a Washington association and a committee report drawn by General Pershine hints at a wartime regulatory context. Unclear nouns and garbled phrases obscure specifics such as dates and parties involved.
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Washington
Iwisdry
Pershine
Gorky Warns of Five Million Starvation Deaths
Maxim Gorky, the Russian writer now in Stockholm, told The Associated Press that deaths from starvation in Russia could total 35,000,000. He praised American relief support but doubted timely aid would avert disaster and urged the creation of a broad, well controlled international relief plan.
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Ockholm
Maxim Gorky
Pass In Relief Compigeon
Berlin
Russia
Hoover
Valles
Germany
Gorky
Petrograd
Squirrel Agent Tracks Mystery in Augustan Dispatch
A fragment from Augusta GA reports a white tailed animal described as a squirrel with no markings. The garbled text references a state game commissioner and a curious courier mentioning Esdangans, suggesting a local wildlife sighting or odd report amid unclear context.
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Augusta
Tom J
Esdangans
European Laborers Primitive Conditions Raised in Geneva
Report from Geneva highlights dire living conditions among European laborers with calls for improvements. Recommendations urge separate beds and sleeping quarters, proper heating, and sanitary, segregated accommodations for men and women to ensure basic welfare.
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Geneva
Chamber Elects New Members Ten Board Directors
At the Athens Chamber of Commerce annual meeting seven new directors were elected to join seven returning members to govern the chamber for the coming year. New directors named are Mike Costi Morton Hodgson Julian Coetchine Sidney Boley Dink Martin Mc Brite Howell and James W Morton. They will work with the old directors to elect the president and officers. Their terms run until December 31 1921.
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Sidney Boley
Dink Martin
McBrite Howell
James W. Morton
Troops Guard Dyersburg After Killing Suspect Roundup
State troops remained on guard in Dyersburg Thursday night after threats were renewed at five Black men held in connection with the killing of R. L. Burkett, a stock raiser, as authorities and citizens prepared for possible violence.
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Dyersburg
R. L. Burkett
Lazy Town Strains Under Ancient Ordinance Tale
A fragmented report from an Indiana town describes a controversial case involving a local couple and an old ordinance. Authorities allege coercion and labor punishment under a secret order while residents debate the law’s reach and fairness.
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LA Band ZY Lea
Athens police report record year for fines and stockade
City officials voted to hire an assistant warden as prison numbers rise at the stockade. John White was chosen as assistant warden amid 25 inmates, the highest daily count since World War I. Police report 164 prisoners sentenced in eleven months, with fines totaling about 3280 dollars and over 20,000 dollars in fines from convictions, reflecting an unusually vigilant year for the Athens police department.
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Athens
Tts
Riots and Injuries Hit Chicago Stock Yards Strike
Violence flared in Chicago stock yards as packing plant workers continued a strike. Reports say shots were fired injuring several and dozens were arrested amid clashes between workers, strike sympathizers, and authorities.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Stock Yards
Planta
Thareday
Georgia College Receives $10000 From Mrs Minis Will
Milledgeville Ga An announcement states Mrs Louisa Minis left 10000 to Georgia Normal and Industrial College. The will directs the sum be given to the college trustees after her husband J F Minis death. It also leaves the income from bonds totaling half a million dollars to other Georgia educational institutions.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Louisa Or Minis
Georgia Normal and Industrial College
Georgia
Watson Testifies Before Senate Probing Charges
Senator Watson charges a number of U S soldiers were hanged without court martial during World War I. Col Bethelman questioned the evidence and affidavits. witnesses from Fort Leavenworth and other facilities were summoned to support the allegations as the Senate committee sought to determine if army officers were murderers.
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Bethelman
Henstor Watson
Qoen
Watson
Georgia
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
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Sinal Etiey
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Special Senate
United States Army
Senate
Drandegee
Lield
Chalman
Witivensen
Special Train To Arrive At 1 45 PM Seaboard Station
Special proclamation holiday listed by Athens Mayor sparks a civic note as a long noon train tour brings a foreign dignitary to Seaboard. The Fleming Post of the American Legion and cadet corps prepare to greet the event with local officials and school groups assembling for the ceremony.
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Athens
Marghal
Armpoaini
Gi Cutt
Fleming
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