Florence Renaissance and Medici Power Recounted
The article describes Florence as a medieval wealth center, noting the Medici bankers who shaped the city’s government and culture. It highlights Florence’s art treasures, masters like Michelangelo and Botticelli, and the Duomo’s vast dome. It also covers urban changes, sanitation drives, and Florence’s trade routes by river to Pisa and Leghorn.
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Florence
Michaelangelo
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinc
Giotto
Luca Della Robla
Donatello
Fra Filippo Lippi
Botticelli
Andrea del Sarto
Ile
Mercato Vecchio
Old City
Victor Emmanuel
Leghorn
Pisa
Hart Makes School Inspection Tour for Ex Soldiers Aid
Actor William S. Hart undertakes a trip to several schools that have devoted efforts to aiding African American ex soldiers in pursuing education. He aims to assess programs and witness the work firsthand.
Wolf Lowry at Elite Theater in Hart Whirl
Hart presents the Willitn 3 Hart feature Wolf Lowry at the Elite Theater today. The film follows a printer who starts a newspaper in a rough town and opposes local vice, provoking threats. He fights two assailants in a dramatic chase through a saloon and window.
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Wolf Lowry
Hart
Mary Hole
Forty Red
Hace Siips
Miss Anne Morgan Sponsors Bicycle Races Near Paris
Paris June 1 Miss Anne Morgan sister of J P Morgan New York banker helped sponsor a 126 mile bicycle race held under the American Committee for Devastated France. The race began at Soissons and circled the Aisne battlefields as part of an annual effort to build up the younger frontier population of France.
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Paris
Anne Morgan
Sinter
J. P. Morgan
New York
American Committee For
France
Soissons
Aisne
Whats Worth While at Palace Theater Today and Tomorrow
Lois Weber brings What a Worth While to the Palace, a gripping heart interest drama focused on personal conscience and daily effort. Slatre Windsor and Louis Calhern lead with Arthur Stuart Hull Mona Lisa and Edwin Stevens in supporting roles, plus a Buster Keaton comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Weber
Stem
Ster
Palace Theater
Slatre Windsor
Louis Calhorn
Arthur Stuart Hull
Mona Lisa
Edwin Stevens
Buster Keaton
Slaughter Falls to Star Smith in Close Indoor Game
Star Smith’s team defeats Slaughter nine to six in a hard fought indoor contest. W T Forbes pitched for Star and fanned Harry Dews three times, while Slaughter’s H R Slaughter pitched well until the eighth. Several injuries occurred as fans cheered a crowded attendance and a brisk, dusty box score showed the final tally.
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Sam Woods
Star Smith
Slaughter
Star
W. T. Forbes
Dr. Slaughter
Harry Dews
Chero-Cola Fame
Price
Williams
Dews
McWhorter
Griffith
Bada Costa
O! Thornton
Dean
Star-Smith
RH. & Lanter
Coracese DO My
Smith
Goodman
Ginn
Weatherly
Hancock
Burton
Wingfield
Walton
Forbes
Baseball scores from Southern and National Leagues
Results show Birmingham 10 Mobile 18 Little Rock 13 New Orleans 6 Memphis 11 Chattanooga 6 Atlanta 6 Nashville 1 in the Southern League, Washington 8 New York 7 in the American League, and various NL results including Boston 4 Brooklyn 56 New York 9 8 Philadelphia 2 3 Pittsburg 4 Chicago 2 Cincinnati 4 St Louis 10, plus college games Princeton 10 Colgate 2 Columbia 12 Cornell 3 Yale 7 Holy Cross 3 Georgetown 7 Portland 2 Harvard 6 Williams 2.
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Birmingham
Mobile
Little Rock
New Orleans
Memphis
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Nashville
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Princeton
Colgate
Columbia
Cornell
Yale
Holy Cross
Georgetown
Portland
Harvard
Williams
Remains of Mr. Wm. H. EppsTo Be Interred in Oconee Cemetery
The remains of Mr Willie H Epps who died at his Atlanta home Tuesday will be brought to Athens over the Seaboard this afternoon at 3 16 and interment will follow arrival in Oconee cemetery Funeral services were held this morning at Kirkwood Methodist Church with Rev J A Allgood officiating Besides relatives a number of employees of American Railway Express Co in Atlanta were present
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Willie H. Epps
Atlanta
Athens
Seaboard
Oconee Cemetery
Kirkwood Methodist Church
J. A. Allgood
American Railway Express Co
New German Chancellor Wirth to attend funeral in Athens
Latest photo shows Herr Wirth who accepted allied reparations, to accompany and act as pallbearer for the deceased. Rev George Stone of Athens to conduct grave services. Survived by widow Callie Epps daughter Edna Epps two brothers Luther in this city and Otis in Atlanta two sisters Dever Couth of Athens and Sarah Crouch of Gay Georgia.
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Herr Wirth
vMices
Epps
George Stone
Athens
Callie Epps
Edna Epps
Luther Epps
Otis Epps
Atlanta
Dever Couth
Sarah Crouch
Gay
Gators On Golf Course Not To Be Disturbed
Clearwater police chief warns hunters not to shoot any alligators roaming the city golf course. Five gators reside on the course with one named Joe, a seven and a half foot fin, seen mainly in late day or high tide. The creek by the Number 3 hole green hosts two alligators, while others range from two and a half to four feet. Golfers must share the course or relocate.
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Associated Press
Clearwater
Fla
Joseph Russell
Russell
Joe
Number 3
Number 3 Green
Gators as Caddies Reported by Golf Party
Charles Livingston Bull found alligators on a golf course while playing with Sewell Ford. Bull confronted the animals as they lounged near Number B and Number 8 greens, and Ford noted plans to train some gators as caddies in the next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Livingston Bull
Gators
Sewell Ford
al Wked Bull
Russell
Town and Railroad to Move for Vast Irrigation Project
Removal of American Falls Idaho with 2000 residents to a higher site is planned within months. Engineers will dam Snake River to reclaim over 200000 acres, building a one mile wide dam 60 feet high with potential extra height. Reservoir will cover 76 square miles, stretch 20 miles from American Falls to Blackfoot, and create a nearly 100 mile shoreline. Oregon Short Line railroad and a bridge will be relocated, Idaho Power plant moved, with rock foundation drilling underway.
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Associated Press
Pocatello
Idaho
American Falls
Snake River
Blackfoot
Oregon Short Line
Idaho Power Company
Florence ruled by industry captains says National Geographic
A National Geographic bulletin from Washington states Florence was a wealthy art center driven by captains of industry and merchant princes. It explains Florence’s woolen industry employed over 30,000 workers, traders worldwide, and a business dominated government with guilds controlling leadership while labor sought a say in governance.
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Banner
Washington, D. C
Florence
Lawrence
Lowell
Columbus
National Geographic Society
Ita
Europe
Voice
Seaboard Air Line timetable fragment northbound southbound trains
A partial Seaboard Air Line timetable lists northbound and southbound departures from Atlanta to destinations including Monroe Memphis Birmingham and Washington New York with varied times such as 10 05am 6 40pm and 7 50pm plus additional connections to Norfolk Richmond and Wilmington. The fragment lacks complete schedules and destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaboard Air Line
Atlanta-Monroe
Principal Harris Tours North To Review Rehab School Work
S F Harris, principal of the Athens High and Industrial School, received a leave of absence for several weeks to inspect northern schools with rehab students. He plans to enlarge the program in the Athens facility after observing a number of schools during the term, where 115 Negro rehab students were in attendance. The Board of Education authorized the trip to study successful rehabilitation efforts and potential expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. F. Harris
Athens, High and Industrial School
Colored
Board of Education
Harris
No Agreement On Longworth Resolution Reached
Washington D C June 1 Republicans adjourned their conference without deciding to force a party measure from the Longworth resolution to make all rates in the general tariff bill effective upon introduction in the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Longworth
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Medici
William S. Hart
Ol Lowry
Miss Anne Morgan
Bitte
Washington
Wm. H. Epps
Carrom Boards
W. J. Gardner
Police
Claire Windsor
DSS Weber
Pee
Paramount Picture
Buhter Keaton
Med
Pretoria
Principal Harris
North
Wiest
Athens Engineering Co. Smith Building
W. J
Lumpkin Street
G. W. Farrell
NEW York Life Insurance Company
R.F. Harris
Holman
Athens Battery CO
Clayton Street
Service
Pearsons. Credit Company
Oldsat
Ta Land Ose Libera Farm
Cm Caer Ae
Tae
Thummond
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