Athens Subscribes Over One Hundred Thousand To Liberty Loan
Athens and Clarke county completed the first 24 hours of the Fourth Liberty Loan with 1 548 subscriptions totaling 1 18 500 00 toward a quota of 936 150 00 The second day added 234 subscriptions for 36 860 00 The campaign closed its active phase with workers and women and men selling bonds until October 19 and a final report shows city subscriptions 191 and rural districts 43 totaling 36 860 00 for the county.
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Clerke County
O West
P. Green
Ciy
Bond
Babe
Euch
Waa
Toll Committee
Clark Unty
Praclus
Cyeic
Dontre 4
Mia
Hillups Phinigy
Max Michael
John ‘White
Citizen's Committee
City Women's Committee
Men's County Committee
Woman's County Committee
Two Steamers Sunk by Submarines
American and Japanese vessels suffered torpedo strikes off the Atlantic coast and in Mort Bay area. The Ticonderoga, a 6000 ton American liner bound for France, was torpedoed and sunk with about 250 believed dead. Twenty survivors were rescued by a British freighter and transferred to another ship. The Hirano Haru, an 8000 ton Japanese liner outward bound for Japan, was also torpedoed with feared 300 lives lost. a destroyer rescued a small number of survivors amid a chaotic scene with cries of the drowning.
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Associated Press
Atlantic Port
Ticonderoga
Atlantic
France
Hirano Haru
Japan
Storrett
Fauea
Mail Steamer Sunk by Sub In Dublin to Holyhead Run
London October 10 The Dublin mail boat Leingtor was torpedoed on a trip from Dublin to Holyhead per Exchange Telegraph Company reports. About 400 people are said to have perished in the incident.
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Associated Press
London
Get
Dublin
Leingtor
Exchange Telegraph Company
Holy Head
Notice to nurses for Red Cross census recruitment
A county survey committee urges women in all nursing roles to register for government census work. It seeks white or colored volunteers across classes including trained attendants midwives and Red Cross course holders. Contact MAR. C. H. NEWTON at 492 Prince Ave by phone or mail for forms and assistance.
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Athens
Red Cross
MAR
C. H. Newton
Burvey Committee
Prince Ave
Germans Retreat From Cambria and St Quentin
Allied forces push German lines back across a 35 mile front from Cambrai to St Quentin capturing towns and securing crucial communications. British troops hold Etrun near Valenciennes as Allied pressure widens in Macedonia Palestine and Serbia. Haig reports Lecatzzu captured. German collapse may delay Rhine invasion as British artillery nails the foe with over 10 000 tons of shells daily per Churchill report.
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Associated Press
Hindenburg
Cambria
St. Quentin
North Sea
Verdun
Etrun
Valenciennes
Macedonia
Palestine
Albania
Serbia
Nish
Fetéry
Germany
Ralne
France
Switzerland
Rhine Valley
Gambral
Hnes
London
British Wireless
Winston Spencer Churchill
Wilson Reply Praised and Criticized by Senate Members
Washington and London reports describe mixed Senate reactions to President Wilsons note replying to the German peace proposal. Senator Lodge urges no unconditional surrender, while Senator Smith argues the president acted wisely. Viscount Grey applauds Wilsons reply and says peace may be near but not assured.
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Wilson
Senate
Associated Press
Washington
Pitemian
Nevada
Lodge
Maxsachangtts
Noth
Smith
Georgi
Viscount Grey
London
Foreign Affairs
Watson Loses Agan at the Convention
A brief dispatch notes Watson losing Agan at the convention. The report mentions a small rice shipment titled "Domino Rice" arriving today with a limited quantity available. Ends with Arnold and Abney credited.
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Watson
Agan
Armistice rumor sparks Berlin crowds in joyful fever
Swiss papers quote a Bern dispatch to Temps reporting Berliners greet rumors of a peace agreement with feverish joy. Crowds erupted at the prospect of an armistice as authorities cautioned that no formal announcement had been made. Fresh cranberries available for sale at Arnold & Abney at 20 cents a quart.
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Switzerland
Berlin
Prumeent
Torch in Hand Enemy Gomes 10 Offer Us Peace
With Canadian Forces in France on Oct 10 Cambrai suffered extensive German incendiary bomb damage. A French officer said France would never forget or forgive the destruction as explosions continued after Canadian entry. The headline notes a torch in hand image and German offer of peace amid heavy bombardment.
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France
Cambra
Cambrai
Toreh
Public Health Service Lacks Flu Vaccine Found Yet
Washington report says the Public Health Service cannot recommend any vaccine to prevent influenza as researchers study causes, spread conditions, and carrier roles. The illness shows gradual improvement with slight case gains, while pneumonia cases total 1,727 and deaths reach 689.
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Health Service
Associated Press
Washington
Public Health Service
Ruling on Sea Island seed prices issued by Georgia Food Administrator
Federal Food Administrator Andrew M. Soule orders Sea Island cotton seed sold at five dollars per ton higher than upland seed. Prices set at sixty three dollars per ton for wagon loads and sixty six dollars per ton for curled loads. County administrators must publish the decision in local papers with official notice effective September 28 1918. The move aims to inform farmers and the public across Georgia.
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Alk County
Washington
Sea Island
Tota
Andrew M. Sou
Georgia
Andrew M. Soule
Carnesville Bank Robbed of 2280 Dollars in Early Morning Heist
Carneavillen Ga Oct 10 Morning about 2 o'clock two men robbed the bank securing 6 dollars in bills 500 in tens and twenties 80 in silver and 31 000 in other cash pieces they fled in a Ford car. A meeting of the Mission Brady class and the Young People's Missionary Society at the First Methodist church was postponed.
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Carneavillen
Jowan
Young People’s Missionary Society of the
First Methodist Church
Railroad Commission declines to act on Bell rate petition
Atlanta Ga Oct 10 The State Railroad Commission declines to act on Southern Bell petition for increased state rates. Chairman Candler said government control and Postmaster Burleson in charge of rate matters means the commission would not fix any rates.
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Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
State Railroad Commission
Southern Bell
Candler
Commission
Telephone Company
Burleson
President Calls Liberty Loan Oversubscription World Importance
WashingtonOctober 10 The president declared the oversubscription of the six billion dollar Fourth Liberty Loan a matter of world importance He said the best outcome would be a greatly oversubscribed loan with two billion dollars pledged and the goal barely touched at five hundred million daily.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cy Lo
Incomplete text on Washington documents and German parliament
Fragments describe copies of two Washington written documents from December and January aimed at a German audience. The texts portray contempt for democratic government and reference a Western parliamentary view. The passage is fragmentary and lacks clear events or identities.
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Washington
Pet
Germany
Pinca Hioboniohe
Turkey's new war minister faces cabinet opposition
London Oct 10 The new Turkish war minister Izzet is bitterly opposed by cabinet members and reportedly pro German according to dispatches received by News. Somber debates reflect strains within the government as officials weigh alliances and military policy.
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Turkey
Associatea Press
London
Izzet Fo
Enforced Anti Spitting Ordinance to Be Applied Citywide
City officials stated during a Wednesday night meeting with the mayor and council that an anti spitting ordinance will be enforced on sidewalks and throughout the city. The discussion referenced enforcement measures and public health concerns, with emphasis on compliance by residents and visitors.
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