Athens Real Estate Holds Steady Amid National Debate
Athens sees steady demand in property as prices rise by a third of a million dollars over the past year. Dr James P Smith will lecture at University Chapel, and Georgia welcomes Dr John Burr Roughs, with commentary on insurance and politics from Hearst to Underwood.
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Georgia
John Burroughs
Nature
James P. Smith
Stonewall Jackson
University Chapel
Athens
United States Russia Treaty Talks on Citizens Travel Rights
Negotiations begin for a new pact between the United States and Russia focusing on guaranteeing American citizens rights of travel and protection while abroad. The issue hinges on secure guarantees for U S citizens and the desire for a proper treaty rather than none if protections are missing.
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United States
Russia
Sam
Ruy
Passing of Uncle Lon: Leonidas F Livingston Remembered
The death of Leonidas F. Livingston in Washington marks the loss of a Democratic stalwart with twenty years in Congress. As ranking Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, he secured funds for his Fifth District and Georgia, championing economy yet delivering constituent benefits. His career shaped national law and state interests.
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Leonidas F. “Livingston
Washington
Congress
House
Appropriations Committee
Atlanta
Committee On Appropriations
Lon
Taft Calls Progressives Political Emotionalists in Lincoln Day Speech
Taft in New York on Lincoln's birthday labels the Republican Progressives as political emotionalists or neurotics. He contrasts his stance with Roosevelt by signaling a party line split and challenging Roosevelt to enter the contest for the presidential nomination.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republica
Teddy
Bill Taft
William
Theodore
President Taft
New York
Lincoln
Taft
Roosevelt
Weather’s bad news and local mischief in Athens
The column riffs on weather as newsworthy only when foul, likening roads to living memory. It recalls Athens mayor Ed Brown and a drunkard case, with a humorous courtroom scene and a rare twenty-dollar coin incident at a local shop in the town.
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Notoriet
Prof
Strahan
Mr Holman
Mystery over a gold twenty in a shop glow
In a shop the cash drawer glowed with a golden Eagle as a customer paid fifteen cents with a twenty piece. The clerk rang up a dollar and logged the sale, unaware of the error. The purchaser walked away with eighty-five cents in change, leaving the dealer with the twenty piece still in the till. The story weighs possible motives from wealth to forgetfulness.
This Date in History February 16 events through 1899
On February 16 with entries spanning 1656 to 1899 various items are listed. Spain declared war on England in 1656, Amboyna was seized by the English in 1796, the Philadelphia burned in 1804, and Henry Wilson born in 1812. Other notes include 1826 Maryland Academy inception, 1853 shipwreck Independence with 140 lives lost, 1862 Fort Donelson surrender, 1882 Garfield widow pension approved, and 1899 death of French President Faure.
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Spain
England
Amboyna
Philadelphia
Tripoli
Henry Wilson
U. S
Farmington
N. H
Washington, D. C
Maryland Academy of Science and Literature Incorporated
Independence
Lower
California
Fort Donelson
Congress
Garfield
Francois— Felix Faure
France
Birthday tributes to Henry Adams and fellow notables
The notice honors Henry Adams born Boston February 16 1838, a Harvard graduate and scholar noted as a Forty Immortals member. It also congratulates George Kennan Ernest Haeckel Frederick White Henry Watterson and George Harvey on their recent birthdays with brief identifiers.
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George Kennan
Ernest Haeckel
Frederick White
Royal North West Mounted Police
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Woodrow Wilson
George Harvey
Harper’s Weekly
Watterson-Wilson
Epidemic Cough Strikes Town Prompting Local Cure Ad
An epidemic of coughing sweeps the town affecting young and old, with children and the elderly most affected. Fo ley's Honey and Tar Compound advertised as a quick safe cure for headaches or debility, priced 25c at W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Sons.
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Foley
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Root Juice Medicine Claims Rapid Cures Across Cities
Reports from numerous cities praise a new Root Juice medicine for rapid relief of digestive and secretory ailments. A sufferer with decades of stomach and liver trouble reports quick improvement after starting treatment. Rheumatic patients claim relief from swollen tense limbs and joints. Details are promoted at H. R. Palmer & Sons drug store.
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H. R. Palmer & Sons
Darby O'Brien Finds Duluth Quit MN-WI League
After signing up thirty six players, Darby O'Brien of Duluth learns Duluth is not in any baseball organization having recently quit the Minnesota Wisconsin league.
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Darby O'Brien
Duluth
Big league Exits Stir Minor League Rethink
The South Atlantic league bans ex big leaguers from its rosters and the New York State league may cap clubs at six players who have appeared in major leagues, signaling tightened access for former majors.
Rexall 93 Hair Tonic Promises Dandruff Cure and Hair Growth
Advertises Rexall 93 Hair Tonic as a scalp remedy that destroys germs, nourishes the scalp, and promotes hair growth. Claims a 93 percent cure rate in tests, offers a full refund if unsatisfied, and urges readers to try the preparation at the Palmer & Son Rexall Drug Store.
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Rexall
H. R. Palmer & Son
Fraternal Lodge and Club Meetings Around Clayton Street
Mt Vernon Lodge F and A M meets Thursdays at Mabobhle Hall Clayton St second floor Max Joseph building Clayton St W A Capps W M Clare D Heidler Sec pro tem Keystone Chapter meets third Tuesday at 8 at Max Joseph building Attendees invited St Elmo Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at 730 in Castle Hall Max Joseph building Corner Clay ton and Wall Streets Visiting Knights invited W C W meets Wednesdays at 8 in Woodmen Hall Talmage Building Clayton Street Degree team and Uniform Rank drill visiting sovereigns invited 3 D Shverns C C John Mappin Clerk Athens B P O E No 790 meets Wednesdays at 830 Corner Broad and Surpkin streets Keete H Palmer Gee y Williams Lodge No 15 I O O G meets Mondays at Odé Fellows Hall W W Hays N G J A Meador R S Silver Encampment No 14 meets Sundays at Odd Fellows Hall over Davison Nichols Co Clayton street H L Hemrick J A Meador Scribe Glenn Lodge No 75 J O O F meets Tuesdays at Odd Fellows Hall Clayton and Jackson Streets HR Otis N G H L Gardnerold Rec Secy Order of Owls Athena No 1460 OC C convenes at Owls Nest Clayton St Fridays 830 PM visiting Owls invited John Mappin Secretary P H Corbett President
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Mt. Vernon
Mt .Vernon
Mabobhlé” Hall
Max Joseph
Clayton Stree
W. A. Capps
W. M. Clare D. Heidler
T. Elmo Lodge
K. of P
St. Elmo Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Clayton and
Wall Streets
H. K. Davis
C. C
T. H. Nickerson
K. of R
Geo. B. Davis
Woodmen Hall
Talmage Building
Clayton Street
D. Shverns
John Mappin
Glenn Lodge
Oddite
Iowa Hall
Jackson Streets
HR. Otis
N. G. H. L. Gardbold
Central of Georgia Train Schedule Macon Departures
Central of Georgia Railroad lists daily city time departures to Macon at 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. and arrivals from Macon at 1:15 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. for the local city area.
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Central OF Georgia
R. R
Macon
Athens Train Schedules Include Multi Line Timings
Rail listings show Seaboard Air Line trains 58 62 32 38 north and 41 57 33 53 south from Athens with times and noting 56 and 58 do not run north of Athens. Southern Railway timetable adds trains 261 217 237 240 262 with daily and Sunday notes and Gainesville Midland times listed.
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Seaboard Air Line
Athens
Athens City
Hantern
Southern Railway
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H. J. Rowe
Athens Daily Banner
Hearst
Birmingham Age-Herald
Doc Cook
North Pole
Chicago
Underwood
Democratic Party
Tolstoi
Wef
Bacon
Brown
Recorder’s Court
Howevr
Mayor Brown
Mes Es Aga
Henry Adams
Henry ‘Adams
America
Boston
Harvard
Court of St. James
North American Review
Adams
New England
Albert Gallatin
Jefferson
Madison
Charles Francis ‘Adams
Mott
Williams Mfg. CO
Cleveland
Ohio
Lodge Directory
Keystone
Royal Arch Masons
A. J. Carter
H. P
Fred T. Moon
Sec'y
Keete
Lodge Quarters
Broad and
Surpkin Streets
Carithdrs
Geo
H. Palmer
Gee’y
Willams Lodge
Odé Fellows’ Hall
Davison-Nicholson Co
N. G
Jilver Encampiment
Odd Fellowed
Davison-Nicndizoe Co
H. L. Hemnrick
J. A. Meealor
Scribe
Order of Owls
0.C.C
Owl’s Nest
Clayton St
P. H. Corbett
Georgia Railroad
Gainesville Midland
Darly
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