Danish Farming Speaker Plans Southern Lectures
United States minister to Denmark Maurice Francis Egan will tour April and May lecturing in Virginia to Louisiana on Danish agriculture. He promotes crop rotation in cotton states and farmer reliance on state resources, collaborating with agriculture departments and co operation principles. He will also lecture at Harvard and Columbia and hold illustrated talks in Chicago and Dubuque.
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Egan
Athens
Associated Press
Copenhagen
Maurice- Francis Egan
United States
Denmark
America
Virginia
Louisiana
Riculture Department
Harvard
Columbia
Chicago
Dubuque
Iowa
Eighty Fifth Birthday Celebrated for U D C Founder
In Atlanta on March 11 85 year old Mrs Helen Fiane honorary president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will be honored tomorrow at Wenans Club by the Atlanta chapter founded by Mrs Plane in 1895. The program includes speeches by Mrs William McCarthy and officers, and Mrs Ottley will speak on Mrs Plane’s meaning to the Daughters.
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Helen Fiane
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Wenan‘s Club
Atlanta
Plane
William McCarthy
Society
J. K. Ottley
Daughters of the Confederacy
Cable Expansion Underway by Southern Bell in City
Southern Bell Telephone Company has been expanding for six to eight months with 20 more linemen laying about 35000 feet of new cable across all city sections. District manager Mr. Jarrell notes revisions to lines and pole routes, ongoing improvements, and a payroll that supports local merchants as the rapid growth of phone users continues.
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Southern Bell Telephone Company
Jarrell
Telephone Company
Christian Soldier to Speak at Final YMCA Meeting
Mr. Harry Etheridge of Atlanta, a prominent lawyer and Christian advocate, will address the last men's YMCA gathering at the Colonial Sunday afternoon on the theme A Christian Soldier. Dr. Edwin Poteat was to speak but scheduling changes moved Etheridge into the closing slot as Georgia’s religious committee anticipates a large turnout.
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Y. Mc. A
Harry Etheridge
Atlanta
Athens
Colonial
Etheridge
Edrwin Poteat
Furman University
Georgia
Poteat
Wholesale merchants agree to six o clock closures
On March 10 1914 a group of wholesale merchants including Talmadge Bros Co Callaway Gro Co King Hodgs on Co Geo H Hulme Co WPBB Crawford Co and Rowland Co pledge to close stores at six p m daily from March 15 1914 to October 1 1914 with Saturdays exempted
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Talmadge Bros. CO
Callaway Gro
King Hodgson CO
H.‘ Hulme
Wpbb-Crawford
Rowland CO
Cities Follow Athens Lead in Forming Development Funds
Athens Chamber of Commerce leads a plan to raise 100000 dollars for industrial development. Wilmington has already raised one million and Chattanooga now follows with a 1000000 fund. A Chattanooga interest letter from Charles W. Howard notes the plan and praises Athens as the originator.
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Athens
Wilmington
Delaware
Chattanooga
Tenn
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Howard
Del
Industrial Board of
Balloon expedition to New Guinea explored by Graetz
Lieut Paul Graetz seeks to form an Anglo German Holland group to raise 750000 for a dirigible balloon expedition into New Guinea. The interior region, 300000 square miles, remains unexplored under German English and Dutch sovereignty with dense forests and cannibal tribes. Officials warn the airship would struggle to land and resist prolonged studies, risking a costly rescue if needed.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Paul Graetz
New Guinea
Australia
Germany
England
Holland
Self
Painter Reflects on Costly Delay and Paint Prices
A shopper explains delaying painting due to high paint prices and predicts higher costs this year for materials and labor. The speaker estimates last year’s $50 job rising to $55 this year, noting a $5 increase and contemplating future price drops to $1.75 per gallon versus $2.50 on the job. Adv by Devoe Talmage Hardware Co.
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Devoe Talmage Hardware Co
Foley Kidney Pills Promote Restored Kidney Health
Pain and misery by day with disturbed sleep from bladder weakness are relieved by Foley Kidney Pills. The ad claims the pills restore health, strength, and regular kidney bladder action, from H. R Palmer & Sons.
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H. R Palmer & Sons
Adv
Brown to buy beef cattle for Greene county farm
Mr. L. C. Brown of the Coca Cola Bottling Company left for Texas and Oklahoma to purchase a herd of fine beef cattle to stock a large Greene county farm he recently helped form with several local partners. He will also handle sale of Oklahoma real estate while away.
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L. C. Brown
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Texas
Oklahoma
Greene County
Brown
South
LIFE's ROAD Smoothed by Change of Food
A Troy woman credits Grape-Nuts with curing years of bilious headaches and indigestion. She says daily use for two years improved sleep and nerves, ending headaches and fatigue. The letter endorses the product and notes others tried it after witnessing her recovery.
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Troy
Postrm Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Westville
North Georgia Apple Industry Seen Rising in Corne lia
The Cor nelia Chamber of Commerce urges a Georgia Chamber of Commerce convention of fruit growers in Cornelia on March 28 1914 to boost Northeast Georgia apple growing. President William Eberhart highlights high potential returns per acre and undeveloped apple lands priced at 10 to 40 dollars per acre, urging skilled investors to develop the industry.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cornelia
Clarke County
William Eberhart
Georgia
United States
North Georgia
New York
Chicago
Securitis
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Cornelia Chamber of Commerce
Eberhart
Champer of Commerce of
South
Prof Mhatton Lectures On Home Garden At Extension
Yesterday at the colored schools cooking extension class Prof T H McHatton of the University spoke on the Home Garden. He stressed the economic value of kitchen gardens and their money value to families, plus menu enhancement and community impact.
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Colored Schools
T. H.mchatton
University
Harris
Life-loss 49 latest estimates of club officers as to the great St Louis fire
The latest estimates list 49 fatalities among club employees and officers in the St Louis fire. Investigators outline the sequence of destruction at the historic venue and note the search for missing members continues.
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ST. Louis
Nine Bodies Identified In Club Fire In St Louis
Fire thought to have started from a six inch gas main in the Missouri Athletic Club building burned for thirty seven hours as rescuers continued the search for twenty missing victims. Nine bodies have been positively identified and Lucius H. Rug of Dallas Texas confirmed. Officials estimate dead could reach thirty or more with some club members believing as high as forty five. Joint committees of the municipal assembly will open an investigation tomorrow.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Marehal
Missouri Athletic Club
Lucius H. Rug
Dallas
Texas
Municipal Assembly
Prof Brooks to University Club in Atlanta
Atlanta, March 11. The University Club held its first of a series of social and intellectual evenings in Atlanta. Dr. Robert Preston Brooks of the University of Georgia lectured on The Results of the Civil War in Georgia, with subsequent talks planned on economics politics and literature. An informal reception followed.
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Atlanta
University Club
Robert Preston Brooks
University of Georgia
Georgia
Brooks
Fine Government Jobs Promised Through Civil Service
Advertises easy access to Civil Service positions for ages 18 to 35 with schooling. Claims exams soon for roles like Railway Mail Clerk and Postoffice Clerk, offering good pay and no layoffs. Encourages writing Webbster Institute, Dept. 582, Buffalo, NY for free details.
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Uncle Sam
Webbster Institute
Dept
Buffalo, N. Y
Business Lot for Sale Near the New Court
Classified notice for a business lot sale near a new court with investment appeal. Includes agent E D Sledge contact and brief promotional copy for Spring Blood and System Cleanser Electric Bitters detailing health claims and pricing from H E Bucklen & Co.
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Eod-Rt E. D. Sledge
H. E. Bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
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Athens, GA
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Merry
Macon
Madison
Georgia Railroad
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J. C. Hellner
Augusta
New Smith Bldg
Athens’ Engineering Co
Atlanta, Ga
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Uneeda ‘Biscuit
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National Biscuit Company
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