Memorial Day Observed in Athens with Veterans Tribute
Memorial Day was observed in Athens with post office and banks closed and ceremonies at the chapel led by the Ladies Memorial Association. The Cobb Delaney camp hosted a veterans’ dinner at the city hall with the Daughters of the Confederacy. The day featured the Littlest Drum Corps, prayers, songs, and tributes to Confederate veterans, including Judge Cobb’s moving remarks on fraternity and memory, and Crosses of Honor awarded to four veterans.
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Athens
Bouth
Cobb-Delaney Camp of
Confederate Veterans
Daughters of the Confederacy of Laura Rutherford
Ladies’ Memorial Association
Miss Rutherford
Dozier
Frank Griffeth
Mra Crawford
Annie B. Crawford
George Fleming
Crawford
T the Confederacy
Fred Sesh
W. M. Colle
Winterville
Mell
J. D. Mell
E. B. Mell
T. 8. Mell
James Mel
Ellen Mell
Plano
Chancelor
Barrow
Cobb
Andrew Cobb
William Gaston Delaney
Col. Delaney
Lumpkin
Macon
South
Washington
United States
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis
Georgia
Alexander H. Stephens
Howard
S. J. Tribble
Rutherford
John C. Whitner
Howell Cobb
Williams
Oconee
Leila May Hall
E. D. Newton
Col
Delaney
Old Franklin College
Newton
Laura Rutherford
The
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Ladies’ Memorial Association of
Cobb-Delaney Camp
U. C
Confederate monument honors heroes at Athens ceremony
In Athens the Daughters of the Confederacy unveiled a Confederate monument at Oconee cemetery with Col. Delaney’s grave decorated by veterans. Speakers praised Southern knights and the war dead as students competed for prizes in essays about the war’s causes and Confederate history, with Will Morris winning top honors.
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Arlington
Daughters of the Confederacy
Gettysburg
Wm. J. Whitehead
Virginia
Tne
Whitehead
South
College Avenue
Childs Street
State Normal Practice School
Atlanta
Katsenjammer
Cleopatra
Uncle Hardy
Aunt Mary
Buster Brown
Helen Denver
Welch
Athens
John E. Tallmadge
T. F. Green
Miss Rutherford
Wm. Morris
State Committee
Georgia
The
Ten Years to Rebuild After Guilty Plea in Manslaughter Case
Ben Sanford colored pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the murder of Seymour Moore. He was sentenced in the superior court to ten years, represented by Nix and Will Erwin. Moore was killed near the waterworks after a dispute over a pint of corn whiskey on February seven. Court adjourned for Memorial Day exercises. State v Smith and Riley robbery case scheduled for today. Grand jury to meet again this morning.
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Ben Sanford
Seymour Moore
Messrs. Nix
Will Erwin
Moore
Sanford
State
Smith and Riley
Torrey Meeting Comes to Athens With Wide Church Support
Dr R B Torrey, renowned Bible student, opens a major series of religious meetings in Athens beginning May 2. Fourteen churches unite, a tent for 5 000 to 7 000 is to be set up, with singing led by D W Milam. Cottage prayer meetings number over seventy, leading to a Bible conference for preachers May 16 to 22 with pastors within fifty miles invited and hosted by Athens citizens.
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Athens
R. EB. Torrey
Moody
D. W. Milam
Torrey
Positive Proof Kidney Pills Endorsement Ad
Athens resident Mia 8 M Anthony at 1040 Broad St credits Dean's Kidney Pills with relief from years of kidney trouble back pain and fatigue. She reports gradual improvement and current kidney health, urging others to ask for the same remedy sold at 65 cents by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Athens
Mia
Anthony
Broad St
Dean
Blaney
Dean’s Kidney Pills—the Same That Mra. Anthony
Foster-Milburn Co., Props
Buffalo
N, Y
Our Jitney Offer This and Be Memorial Day Message
Promotional note offers Foley patent medicines with a five cent slip to mail for trial packages. It then evokes ancient battles and modern Athens memory, praising patriotism and the fallen in Memorial Day. A long homily closes with a farewell in the Spirit Land.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Salamis
Marathon
Thermo
Pylae
Plato
Athens
Sparta
Friedsn
Chief engineer to oversee Southern Cotton Oil rebuild
The chief engineer of the Southern Cotton Oil Company arrived yesterday and began preparatory work for rebuilding the plant destroyed by fire. A promotional ad follows urging Foley Cathartic Tablets as a mild safe laxative, with testimonials from Wm. C. Bielke and H. R. Palmer Bons.
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Southern Cotton Oil
Southern Cotton Oil Company
Snp
Wm. C. B. Bielke
Mgr
Scots Hotel
Hancock
Mich
H. R. Palmer
Yale Calliopean Scholarship Awarded to Southern Student
Yale University funds create a Calliopean Scholarship restricted to students from the old South. The first recipient is Cassius M. Clay of Paris Kentucky, chosen by a committee including HB Embee the Dean of the College and club leaders. The terms for future awards are yet to be decided.
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Corporation
Yale University
Calliopean
Calliopean Society
Yale
Southern Club
Corporaton
Old South
Bureau of Appointments
HB. R
Cassius M. Clay
Paris
Com- Whipple Connally
Atlanta
Associated Southern Yale Clubs
Foley’s Honey and Tar Cough Remedy in Demand
Foley’s Honey and Tar is cited as the most sought cough medicine, praised for safety and prompt relief for colds, croup, hoarseness, bronchial coughs, and throat troubles. It is described as containing one opiate and preferred for children, from H. R. Palmer Sons.
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Foley
H. R. Palmer @ Sons
Osage Orange Wood Dye Explored for Textile Use
Osage orange wood is identified as a dye source and could supplement imported rustic wood as a permanent yellow in textiles, offering a local option for stable color production.
Foley Kidney Pills Restore J B Jones's Health
An Arkansas man from Boothe reports a severe kidney trouble left him unable to work until Foley Kidney Pills cured him. The advertisement claims thousands share the experience, citing weak back, rheumatism, and kidney and bladder disorders as conditions that yield quickly with the medicine.
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J. B. Jones
Boothe, Ark
Foley
HR. Palmer & Gons
Cleaning Old Paintings At Home By Gentle Polishing
Readable text suggests a home method to clean paintings using half a raw potato rubbed quickly over the surface followed by polishing with a silk handkerchief. The instruction appears informal and lacks professional guidance or safety notes.
Makes 61 Feel Like 16 in Kidney Remedy Ad
Mrs M A Bridges of Robinson Mississippi says she suffered a kidney ailment for two years. After ten months on Foley Kidney Pills she feels like a 16 year old girl. The ad claims the pills invigorate weak kidneys relieve backache rheumatism and bladder trouble. Woodward sales claim Foley Kidney Pills by H R Palmer & Bros. aav.
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M. A. Bridges
Robinson
Miss
Foley
Tam
Feelike
HR. Palmer & Bons
Aav
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