Athens Mayor H J Rowe Addresses Council Second Term
The Athens mayor H J Rowe delivers a full address praising council cooperation and listing 1911 improvements. He calls for street resurfacing, new sidewalks, school expansion bonds, water and sewer upgrades, and stronger law enforcement, fire protection, and playgrounds while urging prudent spending and health initiatives.
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H. J. Rowe
Athens
Hill Street
Milledge Avenue
Dearing Street
Trail Creek
Meigs Street
West Athens
Athens City Progress and Municipal Outlook 1912
A Clarke county grand jury narrowly spared indictments for liquor dealers due to ignorance of a January registration law. City Auditor proposal urged, gas rates criticized and a push for rate reduction or state commission review. Athens praised as a convention city and “Greatest City in the World” with expansive growth prospects and public-spirited calls for citizen support and continued progress.
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Clarke County
Grand Jury
State Railroad Commission
Athens
Stepana
Georgia
Arenta
Athens Health Board 1911 Report Shows Typhoid Rise and Call for Reforms
The Athens Georgia Board of Health 1911 report notes a high typhoid fever rate linked to hot dry summers and surface closets, with 116 cases and 13 deaths. It cites tubercular rate at 175 per 100 000 and a sharp rise in pellagra deaths among women. Recommendations urge an active hypochlorite plant, expanded street cleaning, nurse follow up for infectious cases, and removal of hog pens and surface closets to improve city sanitation.
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Oflv
Prince Avenue
Popestr
Harbor Street
Pope Street
Hill Street
Milledge Avenue
Billups Street
City Hall
College Avenue
Washington and
Clayton Street
Washington Street
Hancock Avenue
Athens
Athena
Mazer
Cornell
City of Athens
Board of Health
Ben
Cit
Brown
F. O. B. Athens
Oy | Reed
Number Insane Clarke County Cases Drop by Half in a Year
A 1911 lunacy report notes Clarke County halved the number admitted to the state asylum, from eighteen in the previous year to nine. The record lists four white and five colored patients committed, with seven women and two men among the nine.
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Clarke
State Asylum For the Insane
Milledgeville
Athens
Saniitarium
Clarke County
Rium
Delntion
Ler
Solitarium
Fine Tennessee Mules Arrive At Stand of Weatherly & Co
P Y Allgood moves stables to West Broad Street Athens presenting Tennessee mules with expert Gray Hopkins, a top judge from Tennessee, joining Bone in knowledge. A large lot arrives January 9 offering early prices to buyers and dealers in Atlanta market.
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Weatherly & Co
West Broad Street
Gray Hopkins
Tennessee
Bone
Mock
Atlanta
P. Y. Allaood
Captain Wilken Palned to Learn of BF Ar Real
Words of sorrow spread for Captain J. P. Wilken at his Hoyt Street home as friends learn of his illness and past months marked by danger. The note reflects concern from many friends about his health and recovery prospects.
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Wilson
J. P. Wilken
Bf Ar ¥ Real
Hoyt Ilfwet
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Linton
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Eadenate City Park
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Health Board Report
Z. C. Bloomfield
T. W. Reed
Tee Southern Manufacturing Co
Tata
Dairies
James C. Bloomfield
Bright
Taft
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