Local Notes and Political Mentions in Athens Banner
The Athens Banner lists subscription rates and carrier notices, urges prompt reporting of delivery issues, and notes political discussion: Irish home rule delays, heated Georgia race for governor, and debates over Barrow county advocates and the Hall amendment in Macon. It mentions Carranza and Villa in Mexican politics, Haiti debts, Western wheat harvests, and hiring laborers. Joe Hill Hall may seek re election amid charter debates on street funds in Bibb County.
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Joe Hill Hall
Bibb County
Hall
Macon
Pall
The Speer Case Impeachment Debate and Fallout
The committee found impeachment unwarranted against Judge Speer yet produced a lengthy report harshly criticizing him. The majority and minority views differ on scope, but the panel overstepped its duty by acting like an impeachment court. Speer’s judicial usefulness suffered from the investigation and its proceedings.
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Thement
Speer
Volstead
Spéer
Senate
Georgia
United States Sells Two Battleships to Greece
The United States passes a bill to sell battleships Idaho and Mississippi to Greece. Greece would receive the ships after turnover, amid Turkish protest about upsetting the Mediterranean balance of power. Republicans fear entanglement. Democrats see no major complications.
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United States
Greece
Congress
Mediterranean
Balkan
Turkey
Mercer Names Savannah Minister as New University President
Dr William Lowndes Pickard of Savannah has been chosen as Mercer University president. He plans a campaign to raise a one million dollar endowment for Mercer with appeals to Georgia Baptists and wider development aims. Pickard is familiar to Athens readers for ties to First Baptist Church and the University commencement baccalaureate sermon.
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William Lowndes Pickard
Savannah
Mercer University
South
Mercer
Pickard
Baptists of Georgia
Athens
First Baptist Church
Candidate Legislator 15 Ill With Typhoid Fever
A legislator and candidate against Hoke Smith is too ill with typhoid fever to attend the opening sessions of the legislature from his home.
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Hoke Smith
United States Senate
Pittard Re elected Vice President of Georgia Fertilizer Association
Mr. Pittard returned from Atlanta where he attended the annual meeting of the Georgia Fertilizer Mixers Association and was reelected vice president of the state organization.
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Pittard
Atlanta
Georgia ‘Fertilizer Mixers’ Association
Georgia Organization
Bartlett's Sixth District Future Uncertain Amid Illness
Congressman Bartlett of the Sixth district faces a serious physical condition and may not seek re election. Friends offer to assist his campaign but he has not yet decided.
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Bartlett
Phrase Fragments From A Curious Sideshow
Odd lines mix slang and garbled phrases about money and terms. The piece trails through cryptic exchanges and stray quotes while hinting at a satirical or ad lit fragment.
Clare D Heidler Returns From Three State Meet
Clare D Heidler returns from the three state meet in Charleston and resorts near the historic city. He served as president of the Carolina Florida Laundry men's Association for the past year and declined reelection while becoming secretary and treasurer. Back in Athens he, as chamber secretary, prepared the new charter bill copies and sent legal advertisement notices to Senator DuBose and Representatives Lipscomb and Rhodes.
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Heidler
Charleston
Carolina-Florida Laundrymen’s Association
Gratis
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
DuBose
Lipscomb
Rhodes
Priestess of Culture at Panama-Pacific Exposition
Herbert Adams designed this decorative figure for the rotunda of the Palace of Fine Arts. The exposition opens in San Francisco on February 20, 1915. The building covers two fifths of a mile in length and is built of steel and concrete.
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Herbert Adams
Palace of Fine Arts
San Francisco
Weekend Round Trip Rates From Athens to Wainesville Midland Stations
Round trip weekend fares from Athens Georgia to all Wainesville Midland stations listed. To Cleveland Ga $2.73 to Nacoochee Helen and North Helen Ga $3.18. Two trains daily tickets on Saturdays Sundays, limited to Monday. County hacks meet trains at Cleveland and Nacoochee. Traffic manager W B Veazey Gainesville Ga.
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Athens
Wainesville
Midland
Cleveland
Nacoochee
Landmarks of Paris Motel de Ville Echoes History
A atmospheric stroll through Paris recalls the 1832 barricades near Rue St. Martin and the Church of St. Merry once St. Mederic begun in 1520. Rainy streets reveal the Rue de Venise a once feared haven for usurers and cutthroats now dim and grim.
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Paris
St. Martin
Merry
Mederic
Rue St. Martin
Rue de Venise
Revisiting Paris's Hotel de Ville and its burning past
We travel toward the Seine to the Hotel de Ville site once home to Paris history. The 1871 communards burned the building amid a siege, killing hundreds as they fled into its flames. The square witnessed the Bastille capture remains and the July 14 1789 crowds, with Louis XVI showing himself at a window.
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Seine
Hotel de Ville
Committee of Public Safety
Communards
Tuileries
Palais Royal
Priceless Egyptian Papyrus Missing From Louvre
The Matin reports an ancient illuminated copy of the Book of the Dead valued highly and presented in 1887 by Egyptologist Adolphe Cattain is missing from the Louvre. The text notes the papyrus is a mag nificently illuminated long scroll over seventy feet in length.
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Paris
Louvre
Mud-walled cottages near Nottingham condemned for safety
A correspondent reports mud built cottages in Scarrington near Nottingham, dating back centuries. Walls are up to two feet thick and many structures are unsafe or condemned, with a ruined dovecote showing the thickness and aging, while villagers fear modern houses will replace the hamlet.
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London
Country Life
Scarrington
Nottingham
Wolsey's Wine Vault to Stay Undisturbed at Whitehall
London authorities will keep Cardinal Wolsey's wine cellar intact as Whitehall offices expand. The low brick vault behind the great hall once served clerks at the United Services Institution and now reveals the cardinal's carved stone arms.
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London
Cardinal Wolsey
Whitehall
United Services Institution
Wolsey
Whitehall Palace
York Place
York
Henry VIII
Wolzey
Esher
Henry
Judith Gauthier Hosts Buddha Surprise at Paris Party
Paris author Judith Gauthier famed for Chinese subjects hosts annual carnival gathering at her Rue Washington residence. Guests discover the life sized Buddha on the piano. it sneezes and coughs, revealing the hostess in a playful moment. Also a note on Rackett Street residents seeking a name change for a quieter Queens neighborhood.
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Paris
Mme
Judith Gauthier
Washington
Mme. Gauthier
New York
Rackett Street
Queensborough
Slaton Senate Candidacy Backed by Jackson County Club
Friends of the Honorable John M. Slaton organized a Jackson County central club in Jefferson to bolster his bid for the United States Senate. Officers elected include J. A. B. Mahaffey as president Dr. J. M. Bennett as vice president Homer Hancock as secretary and treasurer.
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Jefferson, Ga
Friends of the
John M. Slaton
Jackson
United States Senate
J. A. B. Mahaffey
J. &. Bennett
Homer Hancock
St John the Baptist Day Observed by Mount Vernon Masons
Last night marked the spring festival of the Masons St John the Baptist Day at Mount Vernon lodge. A business meeting followed talks by W. F. Dorsey and Geo. H. Stone as part of the observance. The Evang elist Day occurs in December. The Baptist Day falls near the longest day of the year.
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St. John, the Baptist
Mount Vernon Lodge
Messrs. W. FP. Dorsey
Geo. HE. Stone
Called communication of Mount Vernon Lodge No 22
Mount Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M will hold a called communication at its hall on the third floor of the Max Joseph building this Thursday evening June 25 1914 at 8 30 o clock. Work will be in the Entered Apprentice degree. All qualified brethren invited to attend. By order of L N Betts W M MNO G Quinn Sec.
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Mount Vernon Lodge
Max Joseph
Boarders Wanted for Summer at Hotel Sanges
Wanted, roomers and boarders for the summer. House recently over hauled, papered, painted, and improved. A No 1 condition. Special summer rates, European or American. Hotel Sanges. Phone 529. See.
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Sanges
Citizens Bank and Trust Co annual stockholders meeting
Notice to stockholders of Citizens Bank and Trust Co announces the annual meeting at the bank office in Athens Georgia at three o'clock p.m. Eastern standard time on the first Wednesday in July 1914. W S Johns assistant cashier signs the notice.
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Citizens Bank & Trust Co
Citizens Bank & Trust Company
Athens
Georgia
W. S. Johns
Linton Spring Water Declared Pure by Health Dept
Athens Ga May 26 1914 after a thorough bacteriological examination Linton Spring Water is found pure and wholesome suitable for drinking and without germs harmful to health W W Brown M D City Bacteriologist Also selling Bowder Lithia Water Phones 504 and 95 adv Linton Spring Water Co
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Department OF Health
Athens
W. W. Brown
M. D
Adv
Linton Spring Water Co
Called meeting of the C A board on June 25 1914
Notice announces a called meeting of the C A board members at the YWCA residence on Thursday June 25 1914 at 11 o'clock. The rest promotes Electric Bitters as a health tonic claiming to aid stomach liver kidneys and the entire system.
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Dr. King
Arnica
Jomes Re
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the Athens Banner
J. Rowe
House of Lords
Georgia Sclons
Barrow
Carranza
Villa
France
Germany
Hayti
Uncle Sam
Black Republic
Balkans
R. O. Cochran
College Park
John T. Pittard
Winterville
Baltimore Sun
Clare D. Heidler
Panama Pacific International Exposition Company
James C.mell
Athens Savings Bank
Landmarks OF
Motel de Ville
Weill
Cardinal
Judith Gauthier AS
Buddha
FOR
GOV. Slaton
Jackson County
Jefferson
Central Club
ST. John. the Baptist
Masonic Lodge
L. N. Betts
W. M. Mno
G. Quinn
Sec
Linton
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