History of the Names of the Streets of Athens
A historical survey links Athens street names to early residents and prominent figures. It recounts how colleges and prominent local leaders shaped road names such as Baldwin, Milledge, Clayton, Meigs, Church, Dearing, Lumpkin, Prince, Harris, Newton, Chase, and many more reflecting Athens growth and town memory.
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Athens
College
University of Georgia
Georgia
Abraham Baldwin
Connecticut
Baldwin Street
George Walton
Abraham Waldwin
John Milledge
Hugh Lawson
Cherokee Corner
Franklin
Daniel Easling
Athena
Phi Kappa Hall
Millledge
Daniel Easley
Milledge Avenue
Augustus Clayton
Potomac
Peter Carnes
Clayton and
Thomas
Clayton Street
Henry W. Grady
William M. Howard
Meiga Street
Josiah Meier Tie
Yale
University
Meigs
United States
South
Moses Waddell
South Carolina
Preslyterian Church
Schools Asked to Aid 1920 Census Takers Next January
A 1920 census appeal urges teachers and school officials to mobilize children to inform communities about census questions and allay fears of taxation or legal trouble. Dr P Claxton, U S Commissioner of Education, asks schools to distribute a special circular and coach students to help ensure complete, accurate enumeration starting January 2.
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P. Claxton
United States
Clastaiaysr
Census Bureau
Auto Accident At Commerce Ysterday
A car driven by Mr. Phillips overturned in front of D. Stark’s Elm Street residence in Commerce Ga today. One passenger, son of Homer Harrington of Nicholson, suffered several broken ribs and head bruising but is not in danger. Other occupants escaped with minor injuries.
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Banner
Commerce
Phillips
D. Stark
South Elm Street
Homer Harrington
Nicholson
Boll Weevil School Promises Practical Work At Athens
The Georgia State College of Agriculture hosts a ten day boll weevil school in Athens from January 20 to 30. Andrew J. Soule urges farmers to bring overalls and work shoes for hands on field demonstrations. Machinery dusting calcium arsenate on cotton will be shown with a US department of agriculture powered machine.
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Call of Agriculture
Andrew J. Soule
Boll Weevil Actioc
Athens
Boll Weevil School
Fied
U. K
United States Department of Agriculture
Georgia State College of Agriculture
Daughter of Tiger Of France Is Here
Photo shows Mme Therese Clemenceau Jacquemarie daughter of Georges Clemenceau premier of France arrived in the United States to fulfill a lecture program to cement cordial relations between the French and American people. CSBORN-GORDON Miss Margaret Gordon and Wm Tru tian Osborn married yesterday afternoon at 1:80 o'clock by Rev. E Mipsey at the residence of the recipient. They will make their home in Etkinaville where they both live. STEVENS-THOMPSON WEDDING Miss Hassie Stevens and Mr Thom A Thompson wed Wednesday night at the parsonage Rev Willie Saye officiating Mr and Mrs Stevens receive congratulations from friends.
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Rey Alonzo
Colleen
Presbyterian Church
Nowne
James Borrow
Chirch Street
Robert Prgdley
Tle
Messrs
James W
Hovis Carak
Jackems
Henry Jackson
William HW. Crawford
Saint Cloud
Paris
Benjamin H. Hill
Charlie Hill
Fred Davis
Hancock Avenue
Thomas Hancock
Hancock and
Lumpkin Streets
W. S. Thompson
Major Jones
Mariana Frierson
Lumpkin
Wilson Lumpkin
Martha Atlanta Lumpkin
Marthasville
Atlanta
D. C. Barrow
College
Howell Cobb
Ipo Crell
Congress
Treasury
Bhebanan
John Cotb
Erwin
Rucker
Thomas
Athens
Erand
Mosars
W. W
George ©. Thomas
Elisha Strong
City School
Strong Street
John Gerdine
Mary Linton
Prince Avenue
Oliver H. Prince
E. R. Hodgson
Prince
Georgia
Haelline Prince
New York
Hatteras
Harris Street
Stephen W. Harris
Lampoon W. Harris
Hugh N. Harris
St. Mary Hospital
Bernard Franklin
Augusta
L. Gd. Harris
Reese
Charles M. Reese
Pulaski Street
Southern Mutual
Julia Reese McDuffe
Newton Street
Elgar L. Newton
Newton House
Baxter Street
Old Water Works
John
Geo. Williamson
Weathersby
Barber
Barber Street
Weathersby Barber
Billups
Col
John Billups
Crane
John N. Carlton
Ben Barrow
Pining Bireet
Tam
Ating
Alfred Dearing
J. J. Wilkins
A. R. Nicholson
Dr. Dearing
Albin P. Dearing
Dearing
Mo Morton
Camak
Harreman
Pope
Mer
Barewell Pope
Stanley
Trwell Panener
Franklin
Ip Avenue
Lyndon
Mary Franklin
Paria
Chase Street
Alban Chase
John 8. Linton
Mull Street
Asbury Hull
Morton
Athena
Mme
Therese Clemenceau-Jacquemarie
Georges Clemenceau
France
United States
Csborn-Gordon
Margaret Gordon
Trutian Osborn
Rec
Etkinaville
Hungary Reborn As American Aid Boosts Recovery
R M Haan, manager of the St Regis Hotel, reports from Budapest on American Relief Administration aid to Hungary after the war. He notes 40 tons of flour and five tons of fat monthly, a five million crown grant, and hospitals and orphanages turned over for relief. He describes stark hunger, empty Vienna hotels, and crowds releasing crops once the American flag appeared.
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New York
Hungary
R. M. Haan
St. Regis
No-Montha
European Children's Fund
Hoover Organization
Weang
Mr. Haan
Austria
Vienna
Haan
Budapest
Gardner Richardson
American Relief Administration
American Jewish Relief Committee
Hunxariane
Ten million peach trees in Georgia bear fruit
Washington reports a US Department of Agriculture survey showing Georgia had about 10.6 million bearing peach trees in 1910, the most in any state. Texas and California led in total trees including nonbearing, with Georgia mainly centered in Houston County and Fort Valley. Elberta remains the leading Georgia variety amid shifting nearby crops.
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Georgia
Washington, D. C
United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Tor
Texas
California
Bulletin
Houston County
Fort Valley
The
Crawford
Macon
Thhese
W. Mt
Elbert Tde
Union
Disgram
Florida
Pershing Home for Christmas with Family in Lincoln
General John J. Pershing spent Christmas in Lincoln with his 10-year-old son Warren and other relatives. He visited at his sister Mrs. D M Butler's home, marking his first Christmas with family since 1915.
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Lincoln
Neb
John J. Pershing
Warren
D. M. Butler
Well Known Lexington Man Dies After Short Illness
Lexington Ga December 25 William Gottheimer prominent citizen dies at home after brief illness. Longtime Lexington resident and successful merchant and cotton buyer leaves two daughters Mrs Hamilton McWhorter Jr and Mrs G A Harron. Funeral Saturday eleven at daughter Mrs Barron home with Masonic and Baptist ministry.
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Lexington
William Gottheimer
Gottheimer
Hamilton McWhorter, Jr
G. A. Harron
Faust
Arnold
W. B. Lester
J. F. M. Alexander
W. H. Reynolds
Wiliam M. Howard
T. J. Cunningham
C. W. Bryant
C. Callaway
Te Oglethorpe County Bank
Masonic Lodge
W. Davis
Netivs
Boen
Masol Order
W. S. Weaver
Tan Baptist Church
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Sylvanus Morris
Mitchell Street
William Lete Mitchell
Tate
Misa Fannie Mitchell
Julia Collins
Thomas W. Baxter
Hill Street
Harris
States Rights
Henderson Avenue
Matthew H. Henderson
Emmanuel Church
Lumpkin, Broad
Hull
Clayton Streets
Hoyt
R Nathan Hoyt
E. T. Brown
Bloomfield Street
Robert L. Bloomfield
St. Mary's Church
James Bloomfield
Market Street
Washington
White Street
Jne White
Civil
Weel
Hill
Blanton Hill
New Baptist Church
U. S
Mare Island Navy Yard
Handolph T. Zane Ter
Wm. D. Stephens
Zane
Pacific Coast
Commerce Ysterday
W. G. Noble
A. A. Frank Hill
Pulaski
Hillyer
Bert
Moore
Junius Illyer
Iawyer
Richard Db
Gourvain
Hardeman Phinizy
Carlton
Big Weevil School
Tiger of
Austria Hungary
Louisiana
Col. Shackelford
NEW York Cotton Exchange
New Orleans
Homer Reynolds Sanford
Homer Raynolds Sanford
San Ilford
Cloverhurnt
Hubert
Carylye Dyer
Mr. Hain
Heragac
America
Lousiana
Texan
Thomas J. Shapeford
Dallas
Jno. T. Scott
Howton
American Gotton Association
Gen. Pershing