Note to Germany seals US stand on Lusitania rights
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing completed a new note to Germany warning that a repetition of the Lusitania disaster or any violation of neutral rights would be an unfriendly act. The note asserts US willingness to aid belligerents in arrangements that do not surrender US rights and rejects German immunity offers.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Lansing
Germany
Lusitania
United States
Douglas and Coffee Co. Boosts for Home Seekers Tour
Twenty automobiles with seventy Coffee county residents and Douglas visitors toured Athens for an hour on a 750 mile five day swing. They showcased Douglas county prospects, including land, crops, prices, terms, and Dixie Highway connectivity.
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Coffee County
Douglas
Athens
Winder
J. N. McDonald
R. A. Smith
Chamber of Commerce
T. A. Wallace
J. R. Oremus
Farmers’ Union of Georgia
J. C. Ellison
Board of
C. E. Baker
John McGowan
Fred Ricketson
Farmers’ Union
Prof
G. Eunice
J. F. Overstreet
Jesse Lott
J. Gordon Floyd
Nola Johnson
Coffee County Canning Club
Atlanta
Madison
Eatonton
Milledgeville
Macon
Wooffee County
Georgia
Daughter of Longfellow's Daughter Dies in Lancaster
Mrs. Richard H. Dana, daughter of the late Henry W. Longfellow, died in Lancaster Massachusetts. Also noted: Leo M. Frank's condition satisfactory. Belgium independence marked by services in Paris. Empey's relatives to pay ransom. Governor Whitman disputes Becker evidence. U S to sue those able to pay. Garrison to address Southern Commercial Congress. Red Cross report on Mexican food profits. Bridgeport strike settled, others say ongoing. Steamer Benalla fire en route to Durban. riots at Standard Oil plant in Bayonne. increased guards at U S Navy Yard after fires on ships.
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Associated Press
Longfellow
Lancaster
Mass
Richard H. Dana
Henry W. Longfellow
Austro German push near Warsaw and Riga front lines
London reports Austro German forces close to Warsaw while northern German advances threaten the Port of Riga. Russians withdraw in the Baltic as Germans seize Shavil and other positions. heavy fighting rages along the Vistula Bug and Lublin fronts with Austrian and Italian fronts seeing strong casualties. France and Belgium quiet though aerial and artillery activity continues.
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Associated Press
London
Warsaw
Riga
Baltic
Shavil
Kovno
Kovno Mariampool
Nantyw
Nevgorod
Rozan
Berlin
Vistula
Bug
Lublin
Vienna
Monte San Michele
France
Belgium
Flies Ordinance Enforced in Athens Public Health Drive
The city of Athens shows slides in movie houses to promote the Flies Ordinance. It requires owners of horses mules and cows to treat stalls with pulverized borax every two weeks between March 1 and November 1 and to avoid manure buildup longer than one week. Violators face penalties under city code.
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Board of Health
Athens
City of
Board of Health, Same
Recorder’s Court
Kalamazoo Celery Offers Fresh Lot and Produce
Kalamazoo Celery announces a fresh lot of celery and tropical produce. Arnold & Abney advertises celery Kalamazoo Celery melons on ice and tender corn at 15 cents a dozen.
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Kalamazoo
Arnold & Abney
Drainage project eyed for Clarke and Oconee counties
A $60,000 drainage scheme to reclaim 5000 acres along Barnet Rose Shoal and Greenbriar creeks in Clarke and Oconee counties moves forward. The plan, under 1911 drainage law, aims to bond for funds and boost corn yields from 30 to 40 bushels per acre while improving arable land and local business. A government survey team has completed the plan and implementation proceeds.
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Oconee
Corn Clubs
Brand
Banks County
Barnet
Rose, Shoal
Greenbriar
Clarke
Haynes Creek
Walton County
Young man who killed uncle ends his life in Madison County
John Morris a 21 year old farmer on Danielsville road Madison County shot himself in his room Tuesday night. His death follows a recent fatal shooting of his uncle John Phillips. Investigators found the older man advanced and shooting at Morris while intoxicated. Funeral for Morris with his father John Morris Sr and brother Fred Morris took place yesterday afternoon.
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John Morris
Danielsville Road
Madison County
Young
Morris
John Phillips
Athens
Young Morris
Fred Morris
Pageant and play scheduled on University of Georgia campus
A grand pageant representing Georgia today and in the future will be presented on the University of Georgia campus next Tuesday with details to be announced. Next Thursday evening the summer school presents the suffrage comedy How the Vote Was Won, described as piquant and delightful in Athens.
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Georgia
University of Georgia
Summer School
Athens
King Albert of Belgium Might Found Europe’s First Republic
John Mitchell Chapple told Rotary Club members in San Francisco that King Albert’s wartime proclamation began with My fellow citizens and signaled a shift toward democracy. He suggested Albert could return the scepter to the people and become the father of a new republic in the United States of Europe.
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Albert
Belgium
First Republic of
U. S. of Europe
Associated Press
San Francisco
Liege
Chapple
United States
Europe
Early Marriages Opposed by Purity Congress Speaker
C L Redfield of Chicago told the International Purity Congress in San Francisco that early marriages foster immorality. He cited ancient rulers to argue youth marriages produce vice and crime and urged education and a halt to child marriages, while not demanding a blanket 25 or 30 year rule.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
C. L. Redfield
Chicago
International Purity Congress
Confucius
Buddha
Moses
King David
Jesse
Solomon
Central of Georgia Tybee Excursion Sold Out
Athens travelers and neighbors take advantage of the Central of Georgia’s Tybee trip offering a 4:15 PM departure with a $6 round trip ticket valid six days. Pullman cars attach at the city station, avoiding Macon waits. also advertised is a 25 cent old fashioned pound cake.
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Athens
Central of Georgia
Tybee
Macon
Seven Sleepers Given Shelter At City Hall
J. H. Huey his wife and five children from South Georgia to Northeast Georgia lacked funds and shelter and were registered with Desk Sergeant Heard at City Hall last night. They were housed in the detention wards overnight while awaiting a morning train. Mr Yancey Harris of El Paso, formerly of Athens, is visiting relatives.
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J. H. Huey
South Georgia
Georgia
Heard
Yancey ‘ Harris
el Paso
Athens
Franklin county farmers plan annual trip to State College
Lavonia Georgia July 21 Franklin county farmers will again journey to the State College of Agriculture at Athens for a day of study and inspection. A detailed program has been arranged including talks by university officials and farm demonstrations, with lunch at the college farm and visits to barns silos and the Herford herd.
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Lavonia
Franklin County
State College of Agriculture
Athens
State College
Agricultural College
Barrow
University of Georgia
Jarnigan
Crabb
Campbell
Smith-Lever
Vnte
College Farm
Herford
Gottschalk Hodgsion Recital Set for UGA Chapel
The Gottschalk Hodgson recital will be held this evening in the University of Georgia chapel replacing the State Normal School Auditorium. readers express pleasure at another chance to hear the young artists.
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Gottschalk-Hodgson
University of Georgia
State Normal School
Night blooming cereus yields fourteen blooms on one stem
Mrs. Geo. Thomas on Hull street displays a remarkable night blooming cereus plant. Last night fourteen fragrant snow white blossoms opened on a single stem, drawing admiration from neighbors.
J B Wier Marries Miss Scofield in Atlanta Ceremony
J B Wier Jr and Miss Mary Scofield wed at All Saints' church in Atlanta in a quiet ceremony attended by family and a few close friends. The couple will reside in Savannah where Wier works in the engineering department of the Southern Cotton Oil Co. The bride, from Macon, has lived in New York for years.
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States
South Carolina
J. B. Wier, Jr
Atlanta
Mary Scofield
Macon
New York
Savannah
Wier
Southern Cotton Oil Co
J. B. Wier
Happy
Alex
Weighgoe Wier
All Saints’ Church
See Winsome Lillian Gish in Captain Macklin at Lyric
Lillian Gish stars in Captain Macklin at the Lyric on College Avenue. The film is set in Honduras during a thrilling revolution with an exquisite love affair said to redeem it from sensationalism.
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Lillian Gish
Captain Macklin
Lyric
College Avenue
Honduras
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