No Peace Till Belgium and Serbia Restored Warfront Dispatch
Associated Press report from London on February 23 describes German Corps under the Crown Prince attacking along a twenty five mile front north of Verdun aiming to break French lines and capture the fortress. Paris notes strong, though costly, German assaults with French resistance. Additional fronts include Russian Austrian fighting and Italian reports of Austrians penetrating lines.
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London
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Verdum
Malance Court
Etainon
Paris
Armenia
Erzerum
Vagrancy Crackdown Defendant Sentences Issued
Judge West presided as three defendants faced vagrancy charges. Parks Eaton, noted for escapes, received a $75 fine or six months on the gang. Ellie Mathews and Tom Lee Mathews were fined $25 or four months each. The effort targets able-bodied idlers, white and black, in city and county enforcement.
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Recorder’s Court
Masonic Fellow Craft Degree Service Tonight at Mount Vernon Lodge
Mount Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M holds a Fellow Craft degree practice this Thursday evening February 24 1916 at eight o clock in the third floor Max Joseph building. All qualified brethren invited and urged to attend by W M J H McKinnon Sec G Quinn. Also local ads on fresh beans herring and fish roe prices and rental notices included.
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Mount Vernon Lodge
Max Joseph
Flood creates a great lake in Louisiana refugee crisis
In St Joseph Louisiana Mayor Davidson says about 10 000 flood refugees mainly negroes require aid despite Captain Hunt of the army quartermaster department saying government help is not needed. Newellton mayor Jacoby agrees few planters can care for their people as Buck Ridge breach floods 400 square miles.
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Associated Press
Watcher
Miss
Hunt
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
St. Joseph
Davidson
Jacoby
Newellton
Buck Ridge
Louisiana
Parole Petition Filed for William Burch Convicted of Manslaughter
Legal notice posted at the court house states that William Burch will apply to the prison board and governor for parole. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of his brother John Burch on Jackson street last year and is serving a ten year term.
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Burch
John Burch
Jackson Street
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Washington
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Lydia Gilmore at the Strand Stargazes Pauline Frederick
Pauline Frederick stars in Lydia Gilmore at the Strand and faces a courtroom dilemma over a treacherous husband or perjury to shield her child. The production promises powerful drama and high emotional intensity. Also showing Mary Page in an extended run as weather delays cleared.
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Lydia Gilmore
Pauline Frederick
Strand
Athens
Mary Page
New Tack Taken in Battle Over Walt Jim Smith Estate
In Chatsworth Ga on February 23 Judge Fite assumed probate jurisdiction after Judge Meadown recused himself from the Walt Jim Smith estate case Temporary administrators were restrained from further action and a hearing set for April 18 in Atlanta A temporary board of administrators was named including G M Napier D W Meadows and others A potential receiver for the estate was discussed but not appointed amid contested claims by heirs and attorneys
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Thomas Lumpkin
Cartersville
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Athens
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Joe James
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Nat D. Arnold
Lexington
Larkin Smith
Cobb
Baltimore
Holden
Howell Erwin
Lumpkin
Pemberton Cooley
Habersham County
Clarkesville
Smiths
Garden Club Elects Officers and Plans Yearly Work
The Athens Ladies' Garden Club elected officers for the year and welcomed new members. Members discussed planting Irish potatoes, asparagus beds, sweet peas, and pruning roses, with plans to show tangible results and aid campus beautification. A city market initiative was endorsed and a committee formed to work with local chambers and council.
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E. K. Lumpkin
Frank Bowden
C. M. Snelling
T._ W. Brabston
M. P. O'Callaghan
T. W. Reed
Geo. A. Mell
E M. Coleman
M.C. Davis
Chamber of Commerce
Athens
Tense Times in Congress Over Warning on Belligerent Ships
Congress debates warning Americans to stay off armed belligerent ships as pressure grows for action. President Wilson opposes congressional moves, while Senate and House Democrats weigh resolutions and await Germany's reply.
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Foreign Relations Committee
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Germany
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United States
Berlin
Daughter-in-law of Standard Oil President Bitten by Rattlesnake
John F. Archbold’s daughter-in-law, wife of Standard Oil Co New Jersey president, was bitten by a rattlesnake on the Archbold estate while hunting. A boot shielded her, the wound not fatal. she shot the snake after being bitten.
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Standard Oil Co
John F. Archbold
John BD. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Archbold
Financial conditions improving in the South says banker
Atlanta, Feb 23. South finances and business rise. money easier for all investments. William Hurd Hillyer, banker and lender, says embargo on southern loans lifted and funds available. Long mortgage rates firm, short loans easier. Farm loan money increasing with no major rate rise expected. Mortgage rates 5 to 7 percent. collateral loans 5 to 6 percent. Local money also seeking investments.
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Atlanta
South
William Hurd Hillyer
Hillyer Mortgage Company
Walton Superior Court Ends Civil Session at Monroe
The Walton county civil division term closed in Monroe on Tuesday with Judge Brand returning to Athens. The solicitor general, Mr. Gamble, will resume today and many cases were disposed of clearing the civil docket. Next Monday the criminal docket will begin with a murder case drawing countywide attention.
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Superior Court
Walton County
Monroe
Brand
Athens
Gamble
Mr Sam Foster Returns From Branch Visits Expanding Local Store
Mr Sam Foster manager of the Columbia Tailoring Co local shop reports successful visits to Northeast Georgia and Carolina branch houses. New stores opened with strong spring stock and good business. Also noted are prices on fruit and produce at BUCHWARD'S and ARNOLD & ABNEY with contact details.
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Columbia Tailoring Co
S. F. Foster
College Ave
Sam Foster
Georgia
Carolina
Foster
New Spring
Columbia ‘Tailoring Co
F. Foster
Theodore Burton enters Republican presidential race
Washington reports Theodore Burton former Ohio senator has officially filed to run for the Republican nomination. Ohio primary name approval documented in Columbus alongside declarations from three delegates at large to the GOP national convention.
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Associated Press
Washington
Theodore Burton
Ohio
Columbus
Fire Endangers Carithers Home on Milledge Avenue
A fire department response yesterday around 4 pm to Mr J J Carithers residence on Milledge avenue reported furnace room irregularities endangering the home. No significant damage occurred.
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J. ¥. Carithers
Milledge Avenue
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