Five Nations Battle Across Fronts in World War I
Associated Press reports from London October 24 describe vast battles from the North Sea to the Swiss frontier and from the Baltic to the Carpathians. German offensives press Allied lines while ships clash at sea and casualties mount around Lille Arras Roye Verdun and Toule as both sides claim effects.
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Associated Press
London
North Sea
Baltic
Carpathians
Verdun
Toule
Lille
Arras Roye
Poland
Warsaw
Ivangorod
East Prussian
Augustowo
Bosnia
Southern Bell digs test holes for underground conduit
The Southern Bell Telephone Company is digging test holes on several Athens streets to lay underground conduit for the wire system. Foreman J. D. Ramsey and clerk H. B. Dodd oversee the work, which will employ laborers and modernize Athens. The company aims to balance expense with future growth and better service.
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Southern Bell Telephone Company
Athens
Telephone Company
Pichabas
J. D. Ramsey
Ramsey
H. B. Dodd
Southern Bell
Diversification Talk Draws Large Crowd From Area
Dr. A. M. Soule president of the State College of Agriculture addressed nearly a thousand citizens in an all day singing event. He urged diversification of crops including more wheat oats hogs corn dairy and beef cattle instead of cotton. The crowd from six to eight counties listened intently and the meeting passed no resolutions.
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Slaton
A. M. Soule
State College of Agriculture
Dr. Soul
Belgian and French Aid Appeal Endorsed in Athens
J Lustrat of Athens appeals Clarke County residents to support Franco Belgian refugee families by mail or at the Banner Office. No public subscription or solicitation. donors will be listed later in the newspaper.
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Union Franciase
Georgia
United States
Athens
Clarke County
Banner Office
Midnight Jury Still Out In Carman Case
At Mineola New York on October 24 the jury in the Florence Carman murder trial deliberated after hearing arguments and the judge's charge. They went out at 9:45 p.m. and remained deliberating at midnight. The report also notes unrelated international dispatches about Taung Tau and the Platuria incident.
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Associated Press
Mineola
N. Y
Florence C. Carman
Louise Bailey
Chas. K. Kelley
Georgia Freshmen Triumph 20 to 0 Over Clemson Freshmen
Georgia Freshmen defeated Clemson Freshmen 20 to 0 at Sanford Field in an even, clean game. Athens High School beat Fifth District Agricultural High School 35 to 0 on Monroe field yesterday. Clemson-Orsttyear fellows had earlier beaten Georgian red-caps on Clemson grounds.
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Clemson
Sanford Field
Athens High School
Agricultural High School
Monroe
Firm to Close Out Entire Stock of House Furnishings and Tools
Due to ill health, the firm will close out its entire stock of house furnishings goods and mechanical tools at greatly reduced prices. For the next thirty days the large stock will be offered at prices never before available with selections including aluminum ware enamel ware tin and galvanized ware bathrooms fixtures and general furnishings.
Will Jefferson Receives Thirty Day Stockade Sentence
Will Jefferson, a colored man just out of the chain gang, was found guilty of disorderly conduct in the recorder's court and given thirty days in the stockade. He admitted habit of entering yards and porches of residences.
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Will Jefferson
Recorder’s Court
Police arrest ten in city crackdown on craps gangs
Walter Teasley was arrested on a county warrant as the Oconee sheriff arrived at the police HQ. Two squads nabbed two alleged craps gangs, five men per gang, with five white and five black. Docketed cases follow.
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Walter Teasley
Oconee ‘County
Neil Black
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Athens, Ga
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John Roberts
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