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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1917
Page
20
The extension division of the College of Agriculture leads a three month boll weevil preparedness drive in cooperation with federal state and local groups. The plan covers every Georgia county with 1 to 4 meetings led by noted cotton farmers and Georgia College of Agriculture experts.
Washington January 6 A bill by Representative Adamson to supplement the eight hour law proposes overtime with Interstate Commerce Commission approval and a three member board of inquiry to handle unresolved disputes after mediation failure. Strikes and lockouts would be prohibited pending investigation.
Friends of Bernard Lewis learned he contemplated death by his own action on December 17. In a letter to James S. McFayden the writer spoke of a personal crisis and urged his close friend to take care of his wife and daughter as police prepared to arrest him for Mazie Colbert’s murder.
John Graham Marion County treasurer shot himself at the grave of his child in Ocala Florida. He died en route to a hospital with officials citing financial difficulties and a shortage in accounts as the motive in a note to his wife.
The New York Sun notes phosphorus comes from phosphate rock mined domestically and abroad. Florida supplies most of the U S output, and its yearly value has ranged from 9 to 10 million dollars, reflecting Florida's dominant role in production.
At a mass meeting in Tampa Mayor Mackey presiding, resolutions called on the president to bring back the Second Florida Regiment then at Laredo Texas and muster them out of service.
Friday evening Mr T M Williams entertained many friends at the new Majestic Hotel corner Lumpkin and Clayton Streets. About thirty couples attended. Morris' orchestra provided the music for the affair.
A fragment from a history column shows Larry balking at the expectation that boys yield to girls in games. He voices a sharp complaint that a special kind of boy is needed who does not have to give way to girls.
The Commercial club adopts a slogan for the progressive city. The landlord at the Petunia Tavern laments weak business and doubts the town will be kept awake by loud repeated phrases. He voices skepticism about the slogan’s impact.
A Milwaukee Journal commentary notes how advertisers and spouses push splurges that households cannot truly afford. It argues the impulse to buy stems from persuasive salesmanship pressuring the home front.
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