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Advertisements note that the column carries the advertiser's technical address, not personal identity. Items include Lipscomb's Insurance, Athens Savings Bank 4 percent deposits, Green & Michael loan dept, Jester insurance, Williams Bros farm wagons, music shop offerings, daffodils for sale, stray notices with rewards, rental requests, cabbage plants for shipment, Levy's ToggerY big sale on clothing and haberdashery with two week reductions.
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Levy
Ford for Sale Touring Car in Good Mechanical Shape
Ford touring car offered for cash only in excellent mechanical condition with good tires. Owner drafted. Contact C. P. Harris at Majestic Hotel in Athens, Georgia.
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C. P. Harris
Care Majestic Hotel
Athens
American Federation of Labor Not To Be a Party to London Meeting
The American Federation of Labor will not be represented at the inter allied labor conference in London. President Gompers advised Arthur Henderson the British labor leader of the decision today in Washington.
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American Federation of Labor
London
Associated Press
Washington
Inter-Allied Labor Conference
Gompers
Arthur Henderson
Labbor
Supt G G Bond to Attend National Education Meetings
Superintendent G G Bond of the Athens public schools leaves for Philadelphia to attend the National Society for the Promotion of Vocational Education annual meeting Thursday through Saturday. He then goes to Atlantic City for the National Education Association superintendents conference the following week. He has attended NEA meetings for over twenty years, missing only a couple of conventions. He will be away about ten days.
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G. G. Bond
Athens Public Schools
Philadelphia
National Society For the Promotion of Vocational Education
National Education Association
Atlantic City
Bond
N. Eb.a
J J Wigley Expires After Brief Illness at 70
Mr J J Wigley aged seventy died after a brief illness at 6 45 PM last night at his daughter Mrs B Dunaway’s home 1290 Boulevard The funeral will be at 4 PM from the Dunaway residence with Rev A J Sears and Rev George E B Stone officiating Interment will be in Oconee cemetery Pallbearers are asked to meet at Dorsey’s parlors at 3 PM The deceased is survived by five daughters and three sons and twenty four grandchildren including several in the service in France.
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J. J. Wigley
B. Dunaway
Boulevard
A. J. Sears
Young Harris Memorial Methodist Church
George EB. Stone
Dunaway
Anderson
B. C
C. H. Wigley
Athens
B. J. Wigley
Camp Johnston
Jacksonville
Fla
Mr. Wigley
Brown
France
Forty Four More Survivors Named From Tuscania
The war department announced forty four additional American soldiers rescued from the torpedoed Tuscania and one man previously reported as saved. None of the new survivors hailed from southeastern states.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Wer
Tuscania
Splendid Growth in Athens Vocational Class
The Reese street colored school trades program and Athens High and Industrial Institution night classes have grown from 12 to over 50 students since December. El Dona Oliver will direct dietetics and domestic science nights, with the project funded by the Smith Hughes vocational education act and supported by Athens housewives.
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Reese Street
Athens
el Dona Oliver
Smith-Hughes
Packing House Profits Dropped Morris Testifies
Nelson Morris, 26 year old chairman of the Morris Company, testified at the stockyards wage arbitration and denied that workers were not paid a fair living wage. He said wages matched those in similar industries and that company profits had fallen by fifty percent since federal control began.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Nelson Morris
Morris Company
Morris
Seeley Truss Expert To Visit Athens For One Day
F H Seeley, renowned truss specialist from Chicago and Philadelphia, will be at the Georgian Hotel in Athens for one day on Wednesday February 20. He promotes the Spermatic Shield claiming rapid cure for rupture without surgery and offers to assist charity cases free or fitted if asked. Documentation from the U S Government is available for inspection.
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Seeley
Athens
F. H. Seeley
Chicago
Philadelphia
Georgian Hotel
Documenta
United States
Washington, D. C
Oil Content of Cotton Seed Could Raise Farm Prices
Professor Rast shows oil content varies across 38 seed varieties with a $21.06 difference between best and worst. Mills offer premiums for high oil seed, prompting districts to grow superior varieties, potentially adding about $4,000,000 to Georgia’s economy and $5 to $10 more per ton to farmers.
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Loy E. Rast
State College of Agriculture
Department of Publications
Athens
Georgia
Alabama Power offers dam site for Mussel Shoals project
Washington February 19 The Alabama Power Company has offered without cost the dam site needed to complete the Mussel Shoals water power project at the location where the government nitrate plants are under construction. The offer is before the president for approval.
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Associated Press
Washington
Alabama Power Company
Mussel Shoals
Senate Votes To Fast Track Rail Control Bill
The Senate adopted a unanimous consent to begin voting on amendments to the administration rail control bill Thursday afternoon and limit debate until passage. The report mentions Philippine context and recent discoveries of sixty new begonia varieties in or near insular regions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Mse Ln
Philippines
California
Begonia
Insular
National Vocational Educational Act Explained and Georgia Impact
An explanation of the Smith Hughe s Bill signed by President Wilson in 1917. It provides federal grants to states for vocational education by paying half the salaries of trade home economics and agricultural teachers and half the costs of training teachers. Georgia's this year receives about 84000, rising to 384000 by 1926.
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Smith-Hughes
Wilson
Georgia
Agricultural College
J. Tyler
State College of Agriculture
Cold Wave Warnings From Weather Bureau Covers East Gulf States
Weather Bureau warns of cold wave conditions for the East Gulf States and the Ohio Valley. Cold weather also forecast for Atlantic coast districts on Wednesday.
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Os Tate
Associated Press
Washington
East Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Weather Bureau
Atlantic Coast
States back League of Nations after war declaration
Twelve states have declared by legislative action in favor of forming a league of nations after the war, according to the League to Enforce Peace. South Carolina led the way with others including Georgia and Tenessee in support.
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League of Nations
Associated Prose
New York
League
South Carolina
Georgia
Tednedsee
Raiee Deer Movement Advocates Wider Venison Rearing
A movement promotes venison production for wider rearing under commercial considerations. The plan emphasizes raising deer in forests and unfitted ground to utilize waste land and assist small landowners.
Tulip Trees Noted for Shade and Soil Warmth in Pasadena
In Pasadena California tulip trees reach nearly 2 feet in trunk diameter with an immense top spread, praised for summer shade and allowing winter sun to warm the soil. The list includes deciduous trees of good value.
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Pasadena
Cal
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