Russia Bolsters Front as German Offensives Stagnate
London reports say Russian forces resist German drives on both wings near Friederschtadt and along the Stripes river. Von Buelow and Bothmer thrusts meet stiff rearguard resistance while talks in London reference Balkan diplomacy and Italic actions around Trieste. Berlin flags a cotton purchase offer and a French aviator Pegoud is reported killed. Russian counterattacks along the Strips river claim several thousand prisoners.
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Associated Press
London
Hindenburg
von Buelow
Friederschtadt
Bothmer
Brozanny
Galicia
Stripes
Bialystok
Friederichstadt
Riga
Petrograd
Strip River
Wsalicia
Liberty Bell To Miss Athens On Return
San Francisco on August 31, the Liberty Bell will begin its homeward journey on November 11. The plan calls for a stop in San Diego for two days, then Los Angeles, Maricopa Station Arizona, Deming New Mexico, El Paso Texas, Austin, Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston and New Orleans. From New Orleans the relief voyage proceeds directly to Memphis then Louisville and Pittsburgh before its final rest in Philadelphia.
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Liberty Bell
Communu
N Diego
Los Angeles
Maricopa Etion
Ariz
Deming
N. Mex
el San Antonio
Austin
Fort
Dallas
Houston
New Orlans
New Orléans
Memphis
Louis
Pittsburg
Independ
Philadelphia
Empire Life Judge Rules Policies Liability in Atlanta
Superior Court Judge Ellis rules Empire Life Insurance liable for matured policies issued by its predecessor Empire Mutual Annuity and Life Insurance Company. Installments for these policies total about $100,000, per the Atlanta ruling dated August 31.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Superior Court
Ellis
Empire Life Insurance Company
Empire Mutual Annuity and Life Insurance Company
Judge Thomas to Hear Disqualified Cases in September
Special to the Banner. Lawrenceville Ga August 31 Judge W E Thomas of Valdosta will open organize and hold court for Judge C H Brand on the first Monday in September and will try all disqualified cases first Walton vs Lawrenceville Oil Mill Brown Bank and Trust Company vs Holt Bank of Gwinnett vs Mrs J L Brand.
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Lawrenceville
W. E. Thomas
Valdosta
C. H. Brand
Walton
Brown Bank & Trust Company
Holt
Bank of Gwinnett
J. L. Brand
Archaeologists to excavate Georgia Indian mound this fall
A New York museum team will join Georgia researchers to uncover the Nacoochee mound in the Nacoochee valley. The dig aims to recover cooking utensils war paraphernalia and possibly skulls and to study the ancient tribe of the region. Afterward the mound will be restored to its present appearance.
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Atlanta
New York
Georgia
Nacoochee Valley
Apple brandy boosts youngsters in Georgia study
Charles Shelverton of Austell in the North Georgia census inquiry reports a remarkable family where the father Williams had seventeen children, sixteen healthy. The mother explains the health comes from raising apple brandy, claiming it makes children strong.
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Atlanta
Charles Shelverton
Austell
United States Census Bureau
North
Georgia
Williams
Ansa
Vidalia Advance Sold. New Editor Takes Helm
Vidalia news notes Rev. J. W. McWhorter purchases Vidalia Advance from A B Cargile and assumes editorship with his son joining. Cargile likely seeks Toombs County schools superintendent post and stays in Vidalia. McWhorter arrived from Watkinsville where he was Oconee superintendent.
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Vidalia
A.B. Cargile
J. W. McWhorter
McWhorter
Cargile
Toombs County
Watkinsville
Oconéa
Peril to U.S. exports as foreign exchange collapses
New York reports a sharp drop in the English pound to 4.55 1 4 cents, 31 3-4 cents under normal, signaling deep market demoralization. Bankers warn if rates fall further American factories will feel pinched, war orders dwindle, and Britain may halt paying bills, prompting calls for large securities to stabilize the market.
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Associated Press
New York
America
England
London
Construction Boom Drives Athens Progress Across City
Athens shows extensive activity with paving on Prince Avenue and Dougherty street, jail remodeling for a high school manual training department, a new Christian church, Georgia railroad spur extensions, Webb Crawford wholesale store, and push on Southern Cotton Oil mill offices. State Normal campus renovations continue with $10 000 spent. convicts work on roads. steel and glass fronts rise in the business district.
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Athens
Prince Avenue
Chase
Dougherty Street
New Christian Church
Prifice Avenue
Pulaski Street
Georgia Railroad
Webb-Crawford Company
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Southern Railway
Uthern Manufacturing Company
State Normal’ School
Cit
Troops Rushed to Mexican Border by War Department
The Fourth Infantry and Sixth Cavalry were ordered to Harlingen Texas and two battalions of the Nineteenth Infantry at Fort Sam Houston with a third battalion to Del Rio Secretary Garrison said the war department is sending these forces at the request of Major General Funston. He noted there is no immediate emergency and the move fits the plan to strengthen Funston's positions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Fourth Infantry
Sixth Cavalry
Harlingen
Texas
Nineteenth Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Delrio
Garrison
War Department
Funston
Border Patrol
Galveston
Fourteen Year Old Colored Boy Drowned Near Whitehall
A 14 year old colored boy named John Robertson Evans drowned yesterday afternoon at Simonton's bridge near Whitehall after being seen swimming with two companions. Their search party recovered his body near the bridge around nine o'clock that night.
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John Robertson Evans
Simonton's Bridge
Whitehall
Submarine Suspected in Arabic Torpedoing May Have Foundered
Berlin reports the German admiralty hints the submarine that may have torpedoed the Arabic could have been sunk or lost by British forces. High officials say no news of the Arabic’s sinking. British boats on England’s west coast have returned with no word. Officials caution it is unclear what happened and expect word within two weeks at most.
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Associated Press
Berlin
England
Daring Burglar Burrows Through Floor to Rob Store
Morning break in at Charles Homes store on Barber street details a burglar who befriended two guard dogs then burned a hole through the floor to enter. He rifled the shop taking razors watches and cigars but no cash was found, footprints in soft earth show his surveillance of the premises.
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Charles Homes
Barber Street
Men’s League Meeting at Baptist Tabernacle Friday
The Tabernacle hosts a Friday evening meeting with Rev R E Neighbor as speaker. A 30 minute song service will be led by Prof J B Vaughn.
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The
Baptist Tabernacle
R. E. Neighbor
J. B. Vaughn
Chicago suffers record cold as August ends
Chicago reports the coldest August in 28 years with frost like conditions. Waterloo Iowa experiences ice frosts ruining tender vegetables, while across Iowa Wisconsin and Arkansas frost damage is noted. Memphis also records its coldest weather with temperatures around 55.
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Chicago
Waterloo
Iowa
Wisconsin
Memphis
Fenn
Arkansas
Patrolman White Joined Plain Clothes Corps
Patrolman John White was yesterday morning taken from the patrol force and added to the plain clothes force under Captain Seagraves by the chairman of the police committee.
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White
John White
Police Committee of Council
Seagraves
Col Pemberton to Run for City Solicitor
Col Pemberton of Jefferson County visited the city yesterday and told friends he plans to enter the race for solicitor in the circuit court. He is prominent in local affairs and seeks the city’s legal post.
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Pemberton. Cooley
Jefferson
Pemberton Ley
Seventh farmer delegation plans trip to State College visit
Madison reports a seventh delegation of farmers from the nearby Madison County to visit the State College of Agriculture. About a hundred members will travel Friday, with Farm Demonstrator Hutcheson in charge.
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State College of Agriculture
Madison
Hutcheson
Murder Trial Nears Verdict in Georgia Case
In Watkinsville Georgia the State versus Calvin Vincent, a colored defendant, entered the second day of murder trial in superior court. All testimony was completed and most arguments finished by supper with remaining speeches heard tonight. The jury had not yet reported a verdict at press time.
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Watkinsville
Calvin Vincent
Mrs Nancy Hill Dies After Fall At 85
Mrs Nancy Hill aged 85 died yesterday morning at the home of her nephew D M Burger near Winterville in this county. She fell and broke a hip nine weeks ago and never recovered. Funeral services will be at Princeton today at 10 30 a m conducted by Rev J V M Morris.
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Nancy Hill
D. M. Burger
Winterville
Princeton
J. V. M. Morris
Mrs E A Pledger Dies After Illness at 32
Yesterday afternoon at 4 o clock Mrs A E Pledger died at her home 690 Nantahala avenue aged 32 The funeral will be from Young Harris Memorial church tomorrow at 9 o'clock with burial at Bogart Rev W P Scoville and A L Flury officiating She is survived by her husband two brothers and three sisters
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A.E. Pledger
Nantahala Avenue
Young Harris
Vivian Martin in Little Miss Brown at The Elite
Vivian Martin stars in a five part Vm. A. Brady comedy based on the stage play Little Miss Brown. Betty Brown flirts with two lovers and is mistaken for a wife in a Hartford hotel leading to humorous misadventures and a happy ending. Cast includes Chester Barnett John Hines W J Ferguson Crauford Kent Julia Stuart Alberta Gallatth. Also notes a local meat market contact at 769 Eye Avenue for fresh meats and produce.
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the Elite
Little Miss Brown
Viviian Martin
Betty Brown
Hartford
Vivian Martin
Chester Barnett
John Hines
W. J. Ferguson
Crauford Kent
Julia’ Stuart
Alberta Gallatth
Typhoon Worst in Thirty Years Kills 500 in Shanghai
Shanghai reports July 29 typhoon death toll around 500 with about five million dollars in property loss. The storm is described as the worst in thirty years, according to reliable compilations.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
China
General Pascual Orozco Reported Killed in Canyon Fight
Government officials said reports tonight confirmed rumors that Mexican military leader Gen Pascual Orozco was killed in a clash with an American posse of civilians United States customs officers and cavalrymen in Green River canyon Culberson County. Orozco and four companions fled there after raiding the Dick Love Ranch yesterday. Orozco died at dusk tonight. Four other Mexicans were killed.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
Aus
Pascual Orozco
United States
Green River Canyon
Culberson County
Orozco
Dick Love Ranch
Report on Submarine F-4 Fails to Determine Cause
Washington reports the board found a design weakness in all four F type submarines. Possible chlorine gas from seawater in storage batteries noted. Since raised, another board appointed. Honolulu and Onolulu spellings appear for locations. One body identified as George E. Ashcroft gunner's mate. Debris contains many fragmented remains.
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Associated Press
Washington
Honolulu
Onolulu
George E. Ashcroft
Los Angeles
Miners Die in Gas Explosion at Oranda Mine
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on August 31 sixteen miners were killed by a gas explosion at the Oranda mine in Boswell. Most victims were foreign workers. Several workers were injured and others escaped.
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Associated Press
Johnstown
Oranda
Boswell
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