Athens student to walk 400 miles to enter Meridian college
Will D Weaver Bridges, a city boy scout pioneer and Sunday school worker from Athens, walk over four hundred miles to enroll at Meridian College. He starts in September, travels via Atlanta, Anniston, Birmingham, after a fourteen mile training walk, carrying a game ankle brace and a heavy kit, not on a wager.
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Missippi College
Athens
D. Weaver Bridges
Mathews
Meridian
Mississippi
Atlanta
Anniston
Birmingham
Sixty Year Old Novelist Seeks War Return
Paris August 22 The French minister of war M Messimy asked novelist George Desparbes in his sixties to write a story for the Army Bulletin. Desparbes offered to write only if he could regain his corporal stripes and be sent to the front. The minister ruled it impossible.
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Associated Press
Paris
M. Messimy
George Desparbes
Army Bullétin
Desparbes
From Trash to Cash Cotton Seed Powers Georgia Farmers
Avanta Georgia August 22 report notes cotton seed once discarded now drives cash flow in the southern crop. European war shortages lift seed value as over 150 Georgia oil mills create a seed market aiding farmers. Boost in livestock interest follows, with seed and hulls serving as affordable cattle feed. Mills experiment with cattle near facilities.
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Avanta
Jong
Georgia
Strange customs of Nigerian Women with tails
A National Geographic summary reports in Washington that northern Nigeria tribes such as the Kangoro Kajji Atlakka Morva Katab and Jaba use palm fiber tails called kunnok as bridal signs. Tail length designs vary with brass wire beads and wooden lip disks called tichiak. Scarification marks appear on chests backs and faces.
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Washington, D. C
Nigeria
National Geographic Society
A. J. N. Tremearne
Former baseball star chosen for state legislature race
Hartwell Ga August 22 Calr relgna after the political battle John B Morris university baseball star of 1913 and prominent lawyer and D C Alford leading county businessman will run in the rat race Albert McC wins the treasurer ship as Glover Fields without further contest
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John B. Morris
D. C. Alford
Albert McC
Glover’ Fields
English Coal Miners Strike Costs Five Million Dollars
London reports the last general coal miners strike cost trades unions five million dollars. Despite a 220000 rise in union membership, total funds at year start were over a million dollars lower than before the strike. 1912 union data show 683 trades unions with 2,597,772 members and nearly 30 million dollars in funds.
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Associated Press
London
Strike Bay
Slaton Claims Broad Support in Georgia Senator Race
Governor John M. Slaton releases a statement to Georgians noting he leads in county unit votes and popular plurality for junior U.S. Senator. He argues the convention should honor the people’s choice and warns against thirties of thir or mischief. He says he would be the junior senator under general election rules and urges delegates to reflect fair play.
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Atlanta
John M. Slaton
People of
Georgia
United States
Hardwick
Felder
Bacon
Smith
Fulton County
Potato Rings and Secret History of Irish Silversmiths
A London sale reveals so called potato rings misnamed as potato Han. The article notes century Irish silversmiths crafted these items for gentry who favored late night punch. The rings left lasting marks on mahogany tables, reflecting their practical use beyond novelty.
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London
Fepates
Pope Pius X Entombed In Rome
The entombment of Pope Pius X occurred at sunset in Rome with witnesses including diplomats prelates and Roman aristocracy. The body rests in a cypress coffin within zinc and oak caskets bearing the inscription noting his birth in 1835 and death in 1914. Thousands viewed the body in state and joined the procession from the Vatican to St Peters.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pius X
Holy See
Blessed Sacrament
St. Peters
Vatican
Starvation Fears Rise in New York Slums amid Food Prices
New York reports growing hunger as food costs surge threatening tenement families. Milk prices rise and meat costs push living conditions toward famine while wealthier districts feel supply cuts. Politically, fusion talks loom as Roosevelt influence dominates debates about the Empire State's future.
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New York
Here
Theodore Roosevelt
Empire State
Opium Smuggling Tangles Panama Canal Zone
Panama and the Canal Zone grapple with opium trafficking as arrests rise and workers ingest the drug. Panama leases the trade to Low Lam, faces Hague convention delays, and canal authorities pledge to root out sources while awaiting ratification by other nations.
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Associated Press
Panama
Canal Zone
Republic of Panama
Low Lam
Panama Republic
United States
Canal
Judge Davis D. Shelby of Alabama Dies
Judge Davis D. Shelby of the United States Court of Appeals dies at a local infirmary in Huntsville Alabama. The Associated Press report notes his stature as a high-flyer and includes a rural remark by Uncle Eben about the distance between an eagle and a buzzard.
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Associated Press
Huntsville
Ala
Davis D. Shelby
United States
Court of Appeals
Uncle Eben
Recompense and Work of Faith in a Dull Life
Poetic meditation on a humble woman bearing burdens with quiet grace. The speaker praises her selfless labor and enduring faith, imagining a future reward in a heavenly home. The closing lines note an optimistic impulse in the theater world as rivals compete.
Meat Supply From South Africa Aims At British Market
Great Britain will gain a new meat source from South Africa via the South African Union backed by regional farmers. The region can produce multiple alfalfa crops annually and could expand greatly with irrigation. Frozen meat handling is being studied as blooded stock arrives. shipments begin next February.
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Assocated Press
London
Great Britain
South Africa
United States
Canada
Argentine
Australia
South African Union
England
Gorzno Loses Heaviest Tax Title in Prussia
Berlin August 22 The Prussian city Gorzno no longer holds the kingdom’s heaviest tax status after 1914. Incomes of $100 monthly paid 15.75 in tax, while Stuhm reports the new peak at 11.7 percent. Higher yearly incomes face 13 to 15 percent rates with municipal levies pushing totals toward 300 percent of state tax in some areas.
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Assocated Press
Berlin
Gorzno
Stuhm
Greater Berlin
Frank Bell's Splendid Work
Frank Bell returned to Athens after a busy visit to the Ninth district. Since June sixth Col W A Charters announced against Bell, Bell's brother Tom Bell benefited from Frank Bell's advice and energetic campaigning across Jackson and Banks counties helping secure a notable race outcome.
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Frank Bell
Athens
Col
W. A. Charters
Congress
Bell
Athena
Jackson
Banks
Tom Bell
London Antiques Buyers Help by Guildhall Checks
London authorities at the Guildhall opened a department to help American and other buyers judge antiques for authenticity. The initiative aims to prevent sham articles, especially lead and brass pieces, from misleading visitors and prior to purchases.
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Associated Press
London
Trid
Not Affected by Dead Companion in Animal Groups
Fragment discusses animal indifference to dead companions. It notes that kept in groups, animals often die together and generally show no interest or distress at a peer's death, except some carnivores that may consume a corpse.
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Soological Gardens
Sayin
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