Short Notes of Interest and Local Notices
Lipscomb's specialty insurance and proposal to share fire coverage with J C Jester. A H Davenport offers money for lending on farms or city property. Sweet potato drawers advertised for sale two million Warren yellow yam drawers at $1.25 per thousand FOB Sycamore Georgia. Atlantic Ice and Coal opens an ice station at Foundry and J and offers prompt service. Wanted: first class real estate salesman to sell lots in growing town. Moss Mfg Co advertisement for blocks and ladds for sale. For Rent: 6r house N Milledge. Quotations requested for 500000 bricks f o b cars at Athens GA. Atlantic Compress Co seeks mining property (excluding coal) with full particulars. Wanted: a Shetland pony. Address C C Vandiver, Jefferson GA.
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Warren
Sycamore
Moss “Mfg. Co
Athens Savings Bank Offers 4 Percent On Deposits
Adds 4 percent interest compounds semiannually January 1 and July 1. Deposits from 1.0 up invite savers. advertising style notices include misc classified items such as livestock for sale and room rentals.
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Athens
Athens Savings Bank
Red Geranium Specials at Jones Greenhouse Co
Pro fuse ever blooming Red Geranium plants in 4 inch pots priced at one dollar per dozen. Call 264 for orders as stocks last. Jones Greenhouse Co.
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Jones Greenhouse CO
Classified Ads for Livestock and Help Wanted
Registered Shorthorn bulls and heifers offered for selection or mail in from Shedden Farms in Raymond Georgia. Also wanted to buy 25 shares Peoples Bank stock in Athens Georgia. Immediate need for a first class cook at 440 Milledge.
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Shedden ‘Farms
Raymond
Peoples
Athens
Georgia
National Aerial Derby to Test Air Travel Limits
American aviators prepare for a coast to coast race starting September 2 in New York. The 3500 to 4500 mile route could set new world records amid historic cross country flights by Rodgers and Fowler. European circuits and endurance records frame the event as aviation progress accelerates. Meanwhile Belmont Park hosts the Metropolitan Handicap with Roamer top weighted at 132 pounds, facing Borrow Stromboli and The Finn among others in the 57-horse field.
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Associated Press
New York
Wilbur Wright
Galbraith P. Rodgers
Robert S. Fowler
Rodgers
Los Angeles
Compton
Cal
Fowler
Pablo Beach
Fla
Europe
Conneau
Wedwines
D'Hespel
Landmann
Belmont Park
Andrew Miller
Roamer
H. P. Whitney
Borrow
Belmont
Stromboli
H. C. Hallenbeck
the Finn
George Smith
John Stanford
A. K. ‘Macomber
Star Hawk
Fin
Winder Plans Second Annual Chautauqua Week
Winder Georgia announces a three day chautauqua June 6 to 8 featuring national talent. Col Geo A Gearhart addresses civic themes. Durano the magician performs with Eugene Lockhart. Daily programs include concerts lectures and a Tyrolean yodlers grand concert and a neighborhood picnic on Boosters Day.
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Winder
Radcliffe
Washington
United States
Columbia Concert Company
Col. Geo. A. Gearhart
Col
Geo. A. Gearhart
Farmers’ Institute
Eugene Lockhart
America
Durano
Durano & Company
Uncle Cam
William Rader
Chautauqua
Modern fireless cooker line advertised with prices
A local dealer promotes a complete line of fireless cookers and notes superiority over competitors. Prices range from 10.50 to 18.60 with additional displays of refrigerators cream freezers water coolers garden hoses and oil stoves. Visit the store to see the new lines.
Kipling on Empire Day and Allied Resolve
Rudyard Kipling writes in the London Times on Empire Day about Britain's resolve against German domination. He asserts that Allies and Empire fight to free the earth, praising discipline, sacrifice, and the shared purpose behind the war effort. The piece frames collective resilience and commitment to deliverance for mankind.
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Rudyard Kipling
Germany
Pat Calhoun visits Elberton amid speculation on big water power deal
Elberton, Ga May 24 Pat Calhoun the former senate candidate and San Francisco trolley deal figure spent a few hours in Elberton on business He dodged questions interviewers and spoke of pacifism in the South and West as he eyed regional water powers and riverine stakes tied to the Savannah River Calhoun declines comment and asks to be kept out of the papers
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Elberton
Pat Calhoun
John B. Gordon
United States Senate
San Francisco
Allies
Teutons
North
East
Germany
Calhoun
Savannah River
South Carolina
Elbert County
Patrick Calhoun
Elbert Light Infantry Encamps at St Simons Island
Elberton’s historic Elbert Light Infantry, formed in the 1880s, will join the Georgia encampment at St Simons Island next July under Col. W F Jones. The unit’s leadership includes Capt Geo C Grogan and Lt I G Swift, with Maj H P Hunter commanding the third battalion.
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Elberton
Elbert Light Infantry
Georgia
W. F. Jones
Geo. C. Grogan
P. M. Hawes
Leutenant
I. G. Swift
St. Simon's Island
Col. Jones
H. P. Hunter
Lindal 1
Winderroe
City to Accept Handwritten Job Applications From Police Fire
City officials continue a plan requiring applicants for public service jobs to file sworn handwritten applications. Forms ask for birth date, health, education, work history, military service, net worth, and more, with three sponsors. Many police and fire personnel have filed, and all must submit by June 1.
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Fire Department
McDorman
Clerk Wood
Barrow
Brooks
Recorder Price
Joe L. Deadwyler
Atiaat
Chief Brooks
R. H. Wier
C. Seagraves
Capt. Seagraves
Messrs
James Bradley
C. C. Nix
Oscar Bishop
R. A. Burpee
W. T.oberhart
C. &. Craft
John F. Short
C. M. Almond
Burke Betts
J. D. Fleming
Emmett Wood
W. W. Harlow
John H. Wood
W.E. Berry
M. T. Toney
D. J. McCune
J. G. Wright
J. P. McCall
J. F. Merck
G. E. Bray
H. D. Stephens
A. L. Brooks
F. P. Menn
Chief McDorman
Capt
Ddb. Newsome
Messrs. W. James
W. M. Lewis
Jeff Graham
J. P. Hall
R. K. Summers
W. P. Montgomery
E. C. Gordon
H. G. Adair
R. Thompson
Police Department
Center of the Irish World is Town at British Front in France
British headquarters in France reports a town at the front as the center of Irish fighting spirit. Irish troops from Mayo Kilkenny Clare and Cork serve under one command while officers recount tough trench fighting discipline and a desire to prove Home Rule work at the front. Narratives describe Irish humor resilience and the ranks’ progress from civilian life to veteran soldiers.
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British Front
France
Associated Press
Dublin
Sinn
Mayo
Kilkenny
Clare
Cork
Waterford
St. Patrick's Day
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Dorset Furniture CO. Furniture and Undertakin
THE
Athens Audit Co
J. F. Hart
Lipscomb
Iinsurance
J. C. Jester
A. H. Davenport
Foundry &J
Atlantic Ice & Coal Corporation
N. Milledge
J. A. Gordon
Compress
Atlantic Compress Co
E. O. Martin
Columbus
C. C. Vandiver
Jefferson, Ga
Gracedale Greenhouse
Lumpkin St
College Avenue
Sanitary Co
4Th Ave
Brooklyn
N. Y
Tamworth Berkshire
Fred Stewart
Robert Miller
Springdale
Pulaski St
Dougherty St
Care Banner
Crucedale Greenhouses
Prince Avenue
Eodot
Harris St
G. M. Morton
T. V. Hilley
Eoddf
Hancock Heights
Milledge Avenue
A. H. Davison
Eodtt
Hoyt Street
J. H. Booth
City Hall
Booth Bros
Water St
D. G
Coertugedteead
Athens Engineering Company
H. T. Huggins & Son
Kipling
London
London Times
ST. Simons
Lipscomb & Co
City Loans
J. D. Bradwell, Attorney
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