Fierce Allied Drive Impresses Teutons Costly Losses
Allied offensives press on German lines east and west with heavy fighting near Hulluch and Dvinsk. British claim 18 big guns, 53 officers, 2800 men captured at Hulluch. total German captivity reported near 23 thousand. Zeppelins over Holland and a French steamship sunk add to daily war news.
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Associated Press
London
Joffre
Hulluch
Gietirener-tecona
England
Dvinsk
Balkan
Bulgaria
Berlin
Zeebrugge
Athens to Dress Up City for Gala Decoration Drives
The chambers of commerce decorate Athens with Southern Decorating Company from Atlanta. Mr P A OConnor and helpers lead work as Michaels and Georgian Hotel sign big contracts. All blocks align for full city decoration with Clayton street illumination over Sunday, aiming for a grand, united gala.
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Chamber of Commerce
Southern Decorating Company
Atlanta
P. A. Oconnor
Michaels
Georgian
College
Wall
Clayton
Clayton Street
Athens
O'Connor
Water supply work speeds toward clear city water
City engineer Capt J W Barnett reports pumps and filters cleaned and tuned to full operation. The health board and city officials will push to maintain high standard practices for clarifying filtering testing and sterilizing the supply, aiming for a prefect quality of water.
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J. W. Barnett
United States
Marines Clear Cape to Interior Lines in Island Clash
Fifty natives died as American forces clashed with local fighters near Cape Haitian. One Marine sergeant John Platt of Detroit was killed and ten others including Julius Covey of Westville Fla wounded. Marines had been patrolling to secure lines of supply from the cape toward the interior. Covey was wounded in the left foot. two other wounded were seriously hurt.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jno. Platt
Detroit
Julius Covey
Westville
Fla
Cape Haitien
Navy Department
Covey
Governor Harris calls special session for Nov. 3 in Atlanta
The governor issues a call for a six item special session to convene November 3 in Atlanta. Topics include appropriations liquor legislation railroad release commission state cotton warehouse revision of game laws for shrimp and prawn protection and automobile tax overhaul.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Harris
Western and Atlantic
Dunaway Enters Fourth Ward Aldermanic Race
Mr. B. Dunaway announces his candidacy for Alderman in the Fourth ward. A well known local businessman with native ability integrity and energy he has won support from friends citywide. He pledges a progressive administration and to devote his best efforts to the city’s interests if elected.
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B. Dunaway
Fourth Ward
Dunaway
Mendendhal Case to Go to the Jury Today
Clearwater Florida September 27 The defense attorney Thomas Palmer remains speaking as the Mendendhal murder trial nears its end with indications the jury will hear the case tomorrow.
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Mendenhal
Associated Press
Clearwater, Fla
Thomas Palmer
J. J. Mendelhal
New Y M C A Building Project Planned Within Six Weeks
It is stated that work on the new Y M C A building and plant will likely begin within the next six weeks on the lot the association bought three years ago on South Lumpkin south of Broad Street. The current report says the present Lumpkin and Clayton streets building has been sold, paving the way for construction to start.
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Association
South Lumpkin
Broad Street
Lumpkin and
Clayton Streets
Enthusiastic Meeting of Georgia Seeing Tourists Committee
The general committee for the Seeing Georgia Tourists gala day met at the chamber of commerce with leaders including C D Flanigen M J Abney and Mayor W F Dorsey. Progress reports covered electric lighting decorations and advertising while plans for balloon omission extra bands and hotel arrangements were discussed.
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Chamber of Commerce
Georgia
C. D. Flanigen
M. J. Abney
C. D. Heidler
W. F. Dorsey
Messrs
J. F. Tibbetts
D. P. Haselton
Milton Lesser
E. H. Dorsey
Will G. Griffeth
E. W. Carroll
D. G. Bickers
A. C. Turner
J. B. Weir
H. R. Palmer
H. A. Nix
Horace Ritchie
The
State Normal School
Haselton
Georgian Hotel
German Reservist Appeals Over Bridge Bomb Attempt Case
Werner Hern, a German army reservist awaiting trial on unlawful dynamite transport, appealed a federal habeas corpus denial today. The case challenges extradition from Maine to Massachusetts after removal to face charges. The appeal proceeds in the federal circuit court of appeals.
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Associated Press
Boston
Werner Hern
International Bridge
Vanceboro
Maine
Massachusetts
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Commissioners Plan Macon Conference for Georgia Festival
Chairman J. M. Hodgson announced a Clarke County advisory board message urging the county commissioners to attend a conference in Macon on September 30 at the Dempsey Hotel. He believes the entire Clarke board will travel to be present, possibly tomorrow for Thursday’s meeting.
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J. M. Hodgson
County Board of Commissioners
Georgia Festival Association
Macon
Dempsey Hotel
Board of Commissioners of
Clarke
Hodgson
Fewer Typhoid Cases Reported in Athens This Fall
Fewer typhoid cases than in years past are recorded in Athens with only eight or nine cases in the city of twenty thousand. Most infections are traced to preexisting causes, including travel or contaminated well water, rather than local transmission.
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Athens
A Toast of Death at Lyric on College Avenue
The Lyric on College Avenue presents Thomas H. Ince's four part photo play A Toast of Death set in India. Producer of The Birth of a Nation directs with a sensational ballet on screen, billed as realism.
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Stone’s Place
College Avenue
Thomas H. Ince
India
Adv
What You Can Get Today at Buchwald Gro Co for 256
Direct list of groceries available at Buchwald Gro Co including two pounds grapes one dozen corn pecks of potatoes multiple dried beans and fruits plus canned vegetables Jello crystal fat soda soap washing powder and other staples with phone number 646.
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Buchwald Gro. CO
Campbell’s
Pride of Bedfort
Explosion in Ardmore Santa Fe yards devastates city
In Ardmore Oklahoma a gas car explosion at Santa Fe railroad yards wrecked a dozen buildings and set fires across the business district. Martial law was imposed as fires were controlled. Initial tolls cited twenty dead and two hundred injured with losses around 500000, later updated to thirty one bodies.
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
Santa Fe
Union Station
Whittington
Main Street
Cuba Storm Heads North After Striking West
Western Cuba was struck by a tropical storm and is moving north toward the Florida coast. Weather Bureau warnings warn of coast gales imperiling shipping in the east Gulf for the next two days.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cuba
Weather Bureau
Florida
East Gulf
Benjamin Cable Killed in Auto Collision at Ipswich
Ipswich Massachusetts September 27 Benjamin Stickney Cable assistant secretary of commerce and labor under President Taft was killed today in a collision between two automobiles on the Newburyport turnpike Also reported Harry Grant Vanderbilt cup winner badly burned when his car caught fire during Astor cup elimination trials at Sheepshead Bay track He cannot enter the race next Saturday
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Associated Press
Ipswich
Mass
Benjamin Stickney Cable
Washington
Commerce and Labor
Taft
Newburyport Turnpike
Steam to replace gasoline engines on future submarines
Washington says steam turbines may substitute for gasoline or oil engines for surface cruising in upcoming American submarines. Plans are under consideration for steam experiments with G class boats under construction. All French submarines already use steam.
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Associated Press
Washington
FOR YOUR HEALTHS SAKE Drink finest mineral water
Advertisement notes mineral water delivered in the city at 6e per gallon in 6 gallon quantities by J. L. BERRYSAN. Also promotes Fox River Butter and eggs from Arnold & Abney and King-Hodgson's as extra nice produce.
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King Hodgson’s
J. L. Berrysman
Fox River
Arnold & Abney
Athens
King-Hodgson’s
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Haiti
America
U. S. Marine
Cape
Island
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Dr. Dumba
Vienna
Penfield
Dr . Dumba
Austria
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Polk
Rotterdam
Kieuw
MR. B. Dunaway
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Arnold & Roney
Madison
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
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Wall Street
Jackson Street
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