Davison-Nicholson Co Announces Big October Ladies Wear Sale
Davison-Nicholson Co reports a large shipment for one hundred stores including in Athens. By express Monday October 18 comes a full line of coats plush afghan corduroy and fancy mixtures with prices from five to twenty five dollars and more. The sale promises savings on suits coats skirts dresses sweaters and underwear with emphasis on value for fall purchases at the big store.
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New York
Davison-Nicholson Co
Express
Athens
Weeks bill defended for Allegheny forest preservation
The Southern Appalachian Good Roads Association closes its session in Bluefield West Virginia with the Weeks bill for preserving the Allegheny forest system discussed by executive members and officers from North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia. John A. Smith of Gainesville named vice president as the 1917 convention is invited to Athens.
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Associated Press
Bluefield
Southern Appalachiin Good Roads Association
Gee
B. Towell
W. S. Follis
H. B. Warner
North Carolina
BD. J. Watson
South Carolina
B. Slack
Athens
Georgia
John A. Smith
Gainesville
The
Associat
Ath
A T O S Enjoyed Their Annual Feast
The Alpha Tau Omega fraternity members held their annual banquet at the Georgian hotel with the full chapter and alumni from Athens and nearby cities. A large banquet spread, songs, toasts, and conviviality marked the event, with the chapter’s personnel up to the usual high standard for the year.
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Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Georgian Hotel
Athens
Occa
Two Die In Mutual Film Office Fire In Atlanta
Atlanta October 16 Two women are dead and four others injured after a fire destroyed the Mutual Film Corporation offices in the Mion building. Clark Westbrook and Lottie Ham died of wounds at city hospital and several jumped from a second story window. Fire started when an electric fuse blew, igniting film stock.
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Atlanta
Mutual Film CO
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Mutual Film Corporation
Mion
Clark Westbrook
Lottie Ham
Ourns
City Hospital
Wood Property at Broad and Foundry Sold to Georgian RR
Yesterday the Wood property at Broad and Foundry streets sold for 15000 to the Georgian Rail road Company via Erwin & Company. W L Wood had bought it years ago for 1000. The purchase completes land for railroad terminals viaduct warehouses and a passenger station plan, with nearly half a million dollars later spent on land and buildings.
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Wood
Broad and Foundry Streets
W. L. Wood
Georgian Railroad Company
Erwin & Company Real Estate
Army of Mission and Quarter Proposed in New Defense Plan
Washington reports a plan to build a citizen army of 800000 in six years with employer permission for two months of training every year for three years alongside regulars and reserves. The proposal calls for about 400 million dollars in appropriations, funded by bonds and tariff changes, plus naval expansions including ten dreadnoughts and several cruiser and destroyer classes.
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Army OF
U. S. Defense
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Navy
Athens High Beats Madison High 13 to 6 in Major Madison Game
In Madison Georgia Athens High School defeated Madison High School 13 to 6 in a fast hard fought game. Cason left with a dislocated arm but Athens recovered as Burpee Quillian and Jackson led the offense while Madison relied on Montague E Perkins and BE Perkins through the third quarter. Rawson kicked the decisive extra point for Athens after Jackson and Bailey scored.
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Madison
Athens
St. Johns
J. H. Starling
Burpee
Crane
Cason Jackson
Quillian
Athens High
Montague
Spears
E. Perkins
Madisonians
Cason
Madison High
Madison High School
L. T
R. T
Perkins
Jackson
Stevens
Rawson
H. Perkins
Bailey
A. H
Bickerstaff
I. E. Eberhardt
1. T. Bailey
Wingfield
L G. Youngkin
Fr. G. Nicholson
R. T. Quillian
Stevens and
Whitehead
Better Than Spanking For Bed Wetting Ad
A Housewife in Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment to cure bed wetting in children and urinary difficulties in adults. She urges mothers not to blame the child and promises full instructions without payment. Send no money and write today to receive the method.
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M Summers
Box
W.notre Dame
Ind
Explosion at Fairfie ld benzol plant kills four
Four men died and four were injured in a gas main blast feeding the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company benzol plant at Fairfield. The blast sparked a fire that threatened nearby oil tanks. The recently completed benzol plant has a 12000 gallon daily capacity and was closely guarded. Cause remains undetermined.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
New
Tennessee Coal
Ticket Agent Shot and Killed in Bridgeville Heist
Pittsburgh dispatch reports two burglars shot and killed John Franks, a Pennsylvania Railroad ticket agent at Bridgeville today. The assailants rifled the cash box and escaped on an unknown means.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
John Franks
Pennsylvania, Railroad
Bridgeville
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University Good Roads Department
Association
Ens
Lexington
Broad and Foundry
Garr
Chas. Stern CO
Athens, Georgia
Benzol
Coal Company
Alabama
J. H. M. Fullllove
Katié Mason
Athens Saving Bank
M. Stern
M. G. Michael
G. A. Mell
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