Fourth of July Celebrations At Athens Campus
The University of Georgia summer school observes Independence Day with a 11 o'clock chapel program led by Hon. Thomas W. Hardwick. More than 800 students and faculty assemble at Peabody Hall for a procession to the chapel, with film coverage by Prof. Firor. Additional events include M. M. Parks’s travel lecture and informal campus receptions.
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University Chapel
Thomas W. Hardwick
Georgia
Peabody Hall
United States
Firor
State College of Agriculture
M. M. Parks
G. N. & J. College
Milledgeville
University
Old College
State Normal School
Winnie Davis
Max Joseph’s Sale of Silk Dresses and Fabrics
A retailer advertises limited stock of high end silk dresses and fabric at wholesale-like prices. Items include Silk Poplin at 4.98, Silk Messalene at 34.98, Silk Crepe at 4.98, Foulard at 4.98, Silk Taffeta at 4.98, plus yardage and foulards offered well below cost. Also notes cake and cantaloupes for sale.
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Max Joseph Department Store
Max Joseph
Enrollment Trends At Georgia Summer School And Related Conferences
Enrollment so far reaches 791 at the Georgia State Summer School, not counting 50 plus cotton grading students at the State College of Agriculture. Last year’s total was 532. conference attendees push total beyond 655. Next week adds 60 plus registrants, with Oglethorpe County contributing 20. Total should exceed last year by about 300 to 325 after conferences and rural school events.
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Georgia State Summer School
State College of Agriculture
Oglethorpe
Athens
Monday A Legal Holiday In Athens
Announcement that Monday is a legal holiday in Athens with bank closures all day. Banks close at noon today and post office hours are 12 to 1. There will be one delivery in the city on Monday, rural carriers skip trips, and state R F D men meet in Macon with many carriers attending.
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State Association of R. F. D
Macon
German Attacks Ease on Western Front And Eastern Front Advances
German heavy artillery resumes in France as western front fighting intensifies while Teutonic forces push in Galicia and Poland, capturing Zamose fortress. British counteractions at Gallipoli succeed against Turks, and German mine-layers suffer Russian pursuit with deaths. Submarine warfare sinks British steamers near Scilly and off South Ireland. British naval action damages German battleships Wittelsbach and a Kaiser-class vessel.
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Poland
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Teutons
Zamose
Berlin
Flanders
Ian Hamilton
Gallipoli
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Krithia
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L. C. Tower
Scilly Islands
South Ireland
Lizardhead
Cornwall
Penzance
New Georgia House Adopts Anti Drunk Rule and Bills
Georgia House approves a rule banning any member on the floor while intoxicated and schedules future adjournment. Senate explores osteopathic exams and land title investigations as temperance bills gain floor hearings.
Embalmer W H Smith Changes Firm After 22 Years
Mr W H Smith after 22 years with one firm as embalmer and funeral director has joined Bernstein Brothers and will operate at their location. Also notes a Baltic battle casualty with a German torpedo boat and a Magdeburg class cruiser sunk at Winda per Politikens Petrograd.
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Bernstein Brothers
Baltic
Kiel
Politikens Petrograd
Winda
Confederate Veterans to Meet Near Fourth of July
The Cobb Delaney Camp of United Confederate Veterans will hold its regular monthly meeting today at 11 a.m. Commander Frank P. Griffeth urges good attendance. Rev. E L Hill will give a special address on wartime events, with a brief business session to follow.
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Cobb-DeLaney Camp
United Confederate Veterans
Frank P. Griffeth
E. L. Hill
Additions at 5 M C Company Build Bigger Southern Mill
Contractor T W Broxton leads extensive additions to the Southern Manufacturing Company plant to raise output. Carloads of looms and machinery are en route to be installed. Upgrades include main building and operatives cottages, with a new fleece lined waterproof cloth used for gloves for farmers and lake longshoremen. PMID: null
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T. W. Broxton
Southern Manufacturing Company
Death of Mexico's Porfirio Diaz Ends Controversial Era
General Porfirio Diaz dies in Paris after a long rule of thirty five years. His family is at his bedside as officials debate proper funeral arrangements and the capture of his political legacy. A weakened heart, following a grippe last year, is given as the cause amid scattered aides and muted public knowledge of his illness.
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Associated Press
Paris
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Porfirio, Jr
Diaz
Porfirio Diaz, Jr
Senora Ignacio de la Torre
Senora Rincon Gallardo
Grippe
Mrs Peter Funkenstein Dies After Illness at 65
Mrs Peter Funkenstein, 65, wife of prominent local retired merchant, died at her Hancock avenue home after a yearlong illness. She was born in Germany and lived in Athens for many years. Survived by husband, two children Mrs Sidney Boley and Louis Funkenstein. Funeral arrangements to be announced in tomorrow's Banner.
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Peter Funkenstein
Hancock Avenue
Kunkenstein
Germany
Athens
Sidney Boley
Louis Funkenstein
Monument to Mary Phagan Unveiled in Marietta
A marble slab marking the grave of Mary Phagan was unveiled in Marietta Georgia. The local United Confederate Veterans camp provided the stone and unveiled it as Leo Frank serves a life sentence for the murder.
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Associated Press
Marietta, Ga
Mary Phagan
Leo M. Frank
United Confederate Veterans
Woodmen Circle A Honors Deputy Duncan With Gift
A special meeting of Classic City Grove at the W O W Hall marked the departure of Deputy M L Duncan from the field. Members presented her with a souvenir watch as a token of esteem and regard.
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Classic City Grove
W. O. W. Hall
M. L. Duncan
Grove
Doctor McKinney Injured by Rusty Needle Foot
Dr. J. C. McKinney, just recovering from two weeks of sickness, stepped on a rusty needle yesterday morning and drove it into the bone of his foot. Surgeons had to remove the broken portion of metal and perform careful cutting to extract it.
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J. C. McKinney
Former Congressman Named Umpire in State vs Railroad Contention
Former congressman W. M. Howard now of Augusta has been named umpire in the dispute between the state and the Central of Georgia Railway over taxation of a portion of its lines.
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W. M. Howard
Augusta
Central of Georgia Railway
American Book Company Officials Visit City
Dr A I Branham southern manager for the American Book Company headquartered in Atlanta and J E McRee of the same offices join Marvin B Perry an ABC representative here and are staying a few days at the Georgian Hotel.
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A. I. Branham
Southern
American Book Company
Atlanta
J. E. McRee
Marvin B. Perry
Georgian Hotel
Arnold and Abney Offer Fresh Garden Produce and Cakes
Local ad lists tender corn, butter beans, snap beans, yellow squash, okra, and home raised lettuce from Arnold & Abney with contact 1076. It also promotes cakes at Mc Clure's for 10 and 15 cents a pound. The note mentions Mr Buchwald’s yesterday visit to Atlanta.
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Arnold & Abney
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