Atlanta Mayor Faces Alleged Half Million Badger Plot
Special to The Banner reports Atlanta mayor Asa G. Candler and Coca Cola head faced a half million dollar blackmail scheme led by Mrs. Herman Hirach and J. W. Cook. Indictments were returned and bond set at 5040 each as prosecutors pursue speedy trial. Hirsch plans to tell her story to the jury without an attorney while Cook cites fear for his safety and defers comment.
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Atlanta, Ga
Herman H. Hirach
J. W. Cook
Asa G. Candler
Atlanta
Coca Cola Company
Cook
Hirsch
Candler
Froykin
Mr. Candler
Boykin
Reuben R. Arnold
Solicitor General
Adair
C Cook
Ire
Grand Jury
Lowery
Mrs. Hirsch
Mr. Adair
Meat as Kidney Ailment Remedy Promoted
An advertisement-style claim urges daily meat intake with periodic kidney flushing using four ounces of Rad Salts, described as a grape and lemon juice lithia preparation. It warns meat produces uric acid harming kidneys and promises relief and clearer urine after a few days.
Elks Auction Offers Prime Central Property for Sale
The Athens Lodge of Elks, due to wartime member depletion, votes to sell the Pride and Lumpkin corner home. The 85 by 112 foot brick site includes two auditoriums six parlors and kitchenettes. Offers mention a potential hospital site a Masons temple or a fraternity chapter house.
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Athens Lodge of Elks
Proud
Lumpkin Streets
Lumpkin Street
Oll
Ihe
City Hospital
Howell Cobb and the Crisis of 1850
Dr. R Preston Brooks of Georgia history at the University of Georgia issues a bullet re print of Howell Cobb and the Crisis of 1850. First read at a 1916 joint American Historical Association and Mississippi Valley Historical Association meeting in Cincinnati. It contributes to Georgia and South history.
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Georgia
Hfstory
R. Preston Brooks
D Renne
Georgia Histor
University of Georgia
Mississippi Wall Historical Review
Howell Cobb
American Hitorical Association
Mississipi Valley Historical Association
Cincinnati
South
Special Notice on Service Staff Basis for 1918
On and after February 11, 1918, my Service Staff will be run a strictly sash basis to everybody. I have secured Mr. G Cartey and Mr. Wall Moore to manage the Service Station and give the best attention to Dodge Nash and Hill cars.
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Tomers
G. Cartey
Bolo Pasha Appeals Death Verdict in Treason Case
Paris today reports Bolo Pasha convicted by court martial of treason and sentenced to death appeal to the court of cessation. The case ties to German propaganda in France during 1917 with funds routed via New York and Berlin.
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Paris
Associated Press
Bolo Pasha
Paw Bolo
Polo Pasha
France
Bolo
Joseph Caillaux
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Caillaux
Louis J. Malvy
Bonnet Rouge
Bounet Rouge
Deutsche Bank
Berlin
New York
Merton E. Lewis
New York State
Washington
M. Jasserand
Mr. Lewis
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Deutche Bank
Bernstorff
Egypt
Abbas Hilmi
Khedive of
Pasha
Switzerland
Gottloeb von Jagow
le Journal
Charles Humbert
Humbert
Cotton Firms In Athens Increase Handling Charges
Athens cotton firms and warehousemen raise charges for handling cotton on consignment beginning September 1 1918. The rate is seventy five cents per bale for the first month and fifty cents per bale for each subsequent month plus commission storage and insurance.
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Athens
Mother's Friend Promises Pain Free Expecting Months
A long touted preparation called Mother's Friend is advertised as an external abdominal and breast application for pregnant women. The product claims to reduce strain and tension, ease muscle expansion during birth, and lessen nerve discomfort, with many women testi fying to its benefits and urging readers to obtain the remedy and a "Motherhood Book" from Bradfield Regulator Co.
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Bradfield Regulator Co
Lamar
Atlanta
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Charles H. Farnum
Long Island
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Serbia
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the Athens Banner
Our Boys In
Frencc
Republican
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Elks Home
Preston Brooks
Bolo Appeals
Cassation Court
America
Hardeman & Phinny
John Welch
F. Story
Miller & CO
Rowland & CO
Stork and Gaming Pre
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