Ten Millions to Be Raised in 1917 Campaign Opens
A mass meeting at Carnegie Hall launches a drive to raise ten million dollars in 1917 for Jewish relief in Europe. Rev. Dr. Judah L Magnes urges Americans to add to over six million already given since WWI began, noting widespread starvation and economic collapse. He calls for interest-free loans to rehabilitate families and secure employment amid ongoing devastation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Carnegie Hall
Judah L. Magnes
American Jewish Relief Committee
Europe
America
Personal and Social News from Local Page
Friends of Master Vincent Mathews Jr. rejoice as he rests well after an appendicitis operation yesterday morning. Mr. 3 H Ussery remains at his mother’s bedside in Richmond Virginia where she lies critically ill in hospital. Mrs M B Calhoun wife of State Senator M B Calhoun of Middle Georgia visits her parents Mr and Mrs Frank P Griffeth on Lumpkin Street with her three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Mathews, Jr
3. H. Ussery
Richmond
Richmond Hospital
M. B. Calhoun
Middle Georgia
Frank P. Griffeth
Lumpkin Street
Bargains in Autos At Athens Engineering Co
One Scyl lightweight passenger 1916 model offered at 550 dollars. One 1916 roadster priced 150 dollars. Athens Engineering Co lists these autos as bargain inventory for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Engineering CO
Football Captains for 1917 Listed by College Teams
New York Dec 22 The rapid shift to 1917 season planning shows managers naming captains and setting fall schedules nine months ahead. Prominent selections include Army Jones tackle Navy Fisher end Chicago Fersching quarterback Dartmouth Dussolot end Yale Gates tackle Virginia Ward tackle Notre Dame Phelan quarterback Harvard Wheeler tackle Amherst Washburn end Princeton Wilson end Colgate West tackle Brown Farnum guard Columbia Cochran halfback Cornell Shiverick quarterback Tennessee Lane guard Georgetown Wall fullback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Army
Michigan
Industrial Index highlights Southern industrial boom
Industrial Index for the week reports orders for over 100000 tons of steel rail for 1917 1918 by two railroads and another for 64800 tons in 1918. It notes contracts for a seven story office building at August Ga a new causeway in Miami Fla and a timber purchase by a Savannah lumber company. Also cites record November iron and steel exports Birmingham district 100000 bonus for Mississippi road construction and Dolomite coke ovens to open February 1 plus a Tennille yarn mill operating and 28 new corporations with 921200 minimum capital.
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Columbus
Industrial Index Saga
Dutivery
Birmingham
Ala
Aystcms
Ita Ltelory
August
Miami
Fla
Georgia
South Carolina
Savannah
Misafasippi
Florida
Gao
Dolomite
Tennille
First Federal Farm Loan Association Formed in Camden County
The first federal farm loan association regularly organized in Georgia has been formed in Camden County. W R Smith, county agent, presides as organizer with officers including President George Mizelle Woodbine Vice President D G Caldwell Kingsland Secretary Treasurer C A Perry Kingsland and directors D G Caldwell Edward Casey J C Wingate Harry Brown W W King Bob Clark A B Godley. The group has 36 members and sought 33000 in funds. County agents may aid local land bank formation per a Macon hearing led by Norris of the Federal Farm Loan Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Marys
Federal Farm Loan Association
Georgia
W. R. Smith
Camden County
George Mizelle
Woodbine
D. G. Caldwell
Kingsland
C. A. Perry
Edward Casey
J. C. Wingate
Harry Brown
W. W. King
Bob Clark
A. B. Godley
Ben Godley
A. M. Morgan
Norris
Macon
Soule
College of Agriculture
Trans Andes Railway Project Moves South in Chile
The public works department again weighs building the Chilean end of a Trans Andine Railway linking Habla Blancs in Argentina with Lebu. Government engineers favor a southern route due to harsh northern terrain and avalanche risk, with semi weekly Buenos Aires to Valparaiso service already running via Aspalata Pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Chile
Navy
Associated Press
Department of Public Works
Habla Blancs
Lebu
Longuimay
Andes
Chamber of Deputies
Iinex
Senor Domingo Nuran
Buenos Aires
Great Plateau
Aspallata Pass
Panama Canal
Farm machinery dealers meet at State College of Agriculture
A meeting of Georgian farm machinery dealers will be held at the State College of Agriculture in Athens on January 5 1917 to form a state organization. The session forms part of a new short course offered by the Agricultural Engineering Department with railroad rates in effect. Lectures by Prof L C Hart outline rapid changes in farming and the need for dealer training to assist farmers with boll weevil conditions and machinery problems. Demonstrations cover all farm machinery and the course enables dealers to join night boll weevil conferences with machinery discussions. This is the first short course for farm machinery dealers in the United States and has drawn favorable comment from journals and manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association OF Farm Machinery Dealers
College OF Agriculture
College FR Dealers
State College of Agriculture
Athens
United States
Transcontinental railway across the Andes described
The article details a 2000 mile Argentine Chile boundary crossed by a new transcontinental line. It notes 15000 to 23000 foot peaks forming a formidable barrier, limited crossings, and an engineering feat. The route from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso would shorten oceanic travel, with cog railway segments and a long tunnel through the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Europe
Ocean
Buenos Aires
Valparaiso
Tehuantépec
Panama
Sumit
International Tunnel
Fragmented quote reveals neighbor dispute over child's care
A neighbor describes a four year old remaining on the front steps while an adult explains the child wants to see someone. The text shows misreadings and truncated phrases but hints at a caregiving or visitation tension unresolved by shopping trips and hesitation to enter.
Fragmentary note on preserving flowers for long distance sending
Incomplete text describes sending flowers over long distances using woolly stents and potato cube packing. Mentions moisture supplied by a covering to keep blossoms fresh. Names Matt and Opelve appear as destinations or handlers, but details are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt
Opelve
When Would He Pray Louise Seeks Train Schedule
A fragment describes Louise asking her mother about the timing of a train prayer or stop sequence. The text references a Colonatto Com Jumbus setting and mineries, with an outgoing train and stations noted. The readable portion centers on the child’s question and a mother’s response about train times and stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
Colonatto
Com Jumbus
Mineries
Those Dinky Belts and a Fleet Man Son of Tailor
A fragment notes a strong fleet man who can slip from his tailor with dinky belts catching attention. The odd line hints at a humorous or coded detail about belts and a swift individual.
Untitled School Lesson on Discipline in Indiana
A worn fragment describes a science teacher in an Indiana school near Mayele guiding students through a morning class. The teacher analyzes a Jackson object given to pupils and concludes that hard work follows late dancing, urging focus and diligence for better work the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianagehool
Mayele
Riot threats and stray remarks target New York crowd
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled phrases about riots, tents, and warnings directed at a New York crowd. The readable bits suggest threats and attacks, with references to lines, kinship, and a city setting, but the passage is largely incoherent and lacks clear events or dates.
Awin free tale of a boy and neighbor’s towers
A mother tells her son that he is not her child and that the Dud man pays. Later the boy, while playing in the yard, pulls up a neighbor’s towers. When confronted, he admits it wasn’t him now but was the bad sun’s boy before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linsry
Suan
Actor declines role amid staged death dilemma
A dialogue shows an actor refusing a part saying he cannot take it because it would require him to die in the first act. The manager responds humorously, noting the actor would still die a respectable death if the plot allowed, and hints at a possible second act danger.
A New AMiction On Street Report
A patrolman reports two men fell ill on the street after turning in a medical note style incident. The dialogue shows a friend pressing for details while the officer asserts the report notes the man fell down during an athletic moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Feminine Superiority In Beauty Routines
A humorous domestic vignette notes that a man with a fresh shave and haircut appears renewed, while a woman can similarly transform with a cartful of cosmetics and powder, highlighting gendered beauty notions.
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First Federal Farm Loan Association
Athens Railway & Electric CO
Hancock & College
W. T. Collins & Co
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