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Athens
Express
Post Office
San Francisco
Banner
Banner Office
Atheny Urged to Build Private Sanitarium
The Athens community is urged to establish a first class sanitarium noting the city’s favorable climate and health record. A hospital project is still discussed, but a privately run sanitarium appears a viable alternative if citizens take initiative and invest wisely.
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Athens
of Atheny
The San Francisco Horror and a Lesson of Mortality
The piece discusses San Francisco disasters as divine judgment to the faithful and urges all to heed a moral: human achievement in science does not shield from higher power. It urges living rightly to meet sudden calamities and the inevitability of death with preparation and seriousness.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Martial Law Faces Grim Endurance
Dispatches describe ghouls looting corpses and wreckage under martial law as authorities tighten rules. Amid catastrophe some loaf sellers price bread at one dollar, drawing sharp moral outrage for exploiting starving families.
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San Francisco
China Awakening Foreseen by Methodist Missionary
Dr Young J Allen, a renowned Methodist missionary in China for forty seven years, states China is nearing a great awakening. He argues education and Christianity will liberate the people, while Manchu rulers once controlled them with limited rights now demanding constitutional government and fair treatment. The piece also notes San Francisco relief efforts after the disaster and public support in Athens via The Banner.
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China
Young J. Allen
Allen
Jin
San Francisco
Athens
United States
Washington Strey
Farmers Take A Hand In Georgia Governor Race
The piece promotes Col. James M. Smith of Oglethorpe as a genuine lifelong farmer and capable candidate for Georgia governor. It argues his forty years of farming and business success qualify him to understand farmers needs and deliver reform through modern state administration.
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Banner
Jacksonville Times-Union
Senate
Tillman
Hampton
Cockrell
Morgan
Pettus
Bailey
Willams
Governor Folk
Williams
Napoleon
Roosevelt
Root
New York
Taft
Ohio
Twain
Cox
Foraker
Hanna
Cortelyou
Hsts
Col
James M. Smith
Oglethorpe
Wilkes
Georgia
Col. Smith
America’s Great Heart
A patriotic tribute to Americans showcasing unity and resilience when facing calamity. The passage extols citizens who rally to help individuals, communities, and states in times of need. Strong communal spirit is highlighted as a defining national characteristic.
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United States of America
Clarke County farmers plan state fair exhibit drive
A Clarke County Farmers Club meeting at city hall formed a three member committee to organize a county exhibit for the state fair. Finances were pledged with a total of 176 dollars, and preparations for a November display were outlined along with a ladies committee and further fund-raising. The discussion touched on politics and education policy in Georgia amid broader race and school funding debates.
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Clarke County
C. B. Griffth
W. T. Lester
G. H. Thurmond
J. J
McMahan
W. C. Weatherford
J. F. Jackson
James W. Morton
Holman, Deadwyler & Co
Eppes-Wilking Co
Griffith & Welch
Head & McMahan
WH. Morton
John T. Pittard
J. J.C. McMahan
Hlt. Rowe
J.P. Jackson
City Hall
King
van Deadwyler
C. Br, Griffith
K. Greer
G. M. Booth
J. L. Jarrell
Clarke County to fund Clarke agricultural exhibit at state fair
Clarke county plans a seven hundred dollar display for the state fair in Atlanta next fall. Citizens of Athens and Clarke county are urged to contribute, with early subscriptions already begun. The piece notes a shift from stump speaking to reading and thinking, praising Col James M Smith for a quiet, thorough gubernatorial campaign.
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Clarke County
Atlanta
Athens
James M. Smith
Athens Fireman Recovers After Kidney Pain Relief Claim
J R Allgood of the Athens Fire Department testifies to dramatic kidney and back pain relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills bought at H R Palmer & Sons. He reports improved rest and ability to work, citing immediate relief and urinary trouble correction. The ad promotes Dean's Kidney Pills at 60 cents, with FosterMilburn Co. as U S sales agents.
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Athens
J. R. Allgood
Fire Company 2
Athens Fire Department
Prince Ave
Dean
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dean'a
Athens Woman's Club meeting discusses Rabun Gap fund
The Athens Woman's Club held an afternoon session to review the Rabun Gap fund and pledged support. A committee was named to cooperate with the Daughters of the Confederacy, and a piano was secured for Rabun school through Knabe Piano Company. Plans for a kindergarten on the Boulevard progressed with about forty children expected. The group also pushed for a Prince avenue triangle park and advocated city funds.
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Athens Woman's Club
Rabun Gap
Ritchie
H. C. White
J. Z. Hoke
Shepperson
Daughters of the Confederacy
Rabun
Lipscomb
Knabe Piano Company
Board of Edition
East Athens
Woman's Club
Georgia Congress of Mothers
Ed Dorsey Rand Miss Parrish
Atlanta
Prince Avenue
Meigs
Hoke
Peeples
Crawford
Woodberry
Sheriff announces re-election bid in Krke county
John W. Wile announces candidacy for re-election as sheriff of Krke county subject to Democratic primary action. He states he will seek renomination and continue duties if voters support him.
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Krke County
John W. Wile
Clarke County announces multiple Democratic primary candidates
A series of declarations from Clarke County officials and contenders note candidacy or re election plans. Individuals including M D Browning Elmer J Crawe H H Lints J H Dorsey J A Pittner Co N Weatherly and J C McMalian seek positions such as sheriff clerk superior court tax collector tax receiver treasurer coroner and state representative with race subject to the Democratic primary.
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Clerk Superior Court
Ag Uierk
Superior Court of
Clarke County
Demi Railc
H. H. Lints
J. H. Dorsey
J. A. Pitnei
Corons
CO. N. Weatherly
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Bryan
Mark
Etree
Fund For Relief of
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Congress
Gainesville
Jefferson
Ems
Percy
Douglas Rubenstein Tod
Viking
S. H. Pictard
Lucy Bishop
Ceee Cress Pee Nee
Adams
H.C. Conway
Ann Miller
S.J. Tribble
William Eberhart
Hardeman
Phinizy
Lyndon
D. J. Cook
Mars Hill
Hel
Garebold
C. A. Scudder
D. C. Barrow
Cman
Basiline Prince
M. D. Browning
Elmer J. Crawe
Clarke Coult
General Assembly of
J.C. McMaian
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