Adventurous exploits of the White Star liner Olympic
Correspondence notes Olympic dodging U boats in the Mediterranean and fighting off attacks while carrying American troops. The ship ferried Chinese laborers, Canadian troops, and thousands of Americans, including 8 000 during Gallipoli and over 300 000 total on war service, earning high transport status.
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London
Dec
Associated Press
Mediterranean
North Atlantic
White Star
Olympic
Europe
Ine
Canada
Vimy Judge
Gallipoli
Daily News
Ireland
New York
Silver Coins Falter In Mexican Circulation
In Mexico City on January 8 Associated Press reports silver coins especially half pesos and ten and twenty centavos have virtually disappeared from circulation. Rising silver prices invite speculative hoarding and coin cornering while merchants refuse small-change sales. The government plans to mint a new gold coin worth two and a half pesos to ease the shortage.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Capital Press
Uncle Sam and the Home Garden in 1919 South
Atlanta special notes the value of home gardens as a fast, cheap food source. Georgia State Chamber of Commerce leader H Hastings cites USDA estimates of 350 million dollars in garden produce last year, urging readers to rely on home gardening amid high food prices and cotton uncertainty.
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Atlanta
H. G. Hastings
Georgia State Chamber of Commerce
South
Sam
United States Department of Agriculture
Hastings
United States
British Labor Party To Lead Opposition To The Government
London January 8 The English labor party will accept a responsible position in the official opposition. Its leaders will take seats on the front opposition bench as the largest party outside the coalition. This marks a landmark in English parliamentary history.
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London
Labor Party
Enelih
National League to Open Season on April 22
The National League will formally open its season April 22 in Boston Philadelphia Cincinnati and Chicago with two preliminary games on Patriots Day April 19 in Boston. President John H. Ridder announced the plan.
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Cincinnati
National Baseball League
Roston
Patliatelphia
Chicago
John H. Ridler
National League
The Bishop Figured Interestingly
Two preachers discussed Sam Jones and Billy Sunday as revivalists and the bishop recalled a Georgia episcopal tribute. Bishop Beckwith praised Jones’s record for humanity and souls, recalling a New York visit with Howell Cobb and Cobb’s later Macon church connection.
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Sam Jones
Billy Sunday
John W. Peckwith
Episcopal Diocese of
Georgia
Charles F. Hall
Pr. Hall
College Street
Bishop Beckwith
Bishop
General Cobb
Fifth i Avenue
New York
Usgs
Howell Cobb
Macon
Cob Td
First Baptist Church
Beckwith
Cobb
Appleton Home Helped Orphan Girls Of Confederacy
A charitable effort by WO Iliam HH Appleton of New York funds the Appleton Claret Home. The institution aids dependent Confederate orphan girls, receiving care and education in a shelter manner. The article recalls Bishop Weetrath's duty and honorable guardianship.
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Iliam HH. Appleton
New York
Appleton
Weetrath
Noted American Aces to Found Flying School
Columbus California lines report that Major Minard Vo Wekenbacher and seven fellow American aces have been detailed by the War Department to establish a flying school, to join the ranks of West Point and Annapolis in training future pilots.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Joan
Washington
Adviers
Minard Vo Wekenbacher
War Department
West Point
Annapolis
Hart County Cotton Claims Superior Fibre Quality
Special to Banner Hartwell Georgia January discussion centers on Hart county cotton famed for fine staple. Liverpool traders traced renowned fiber to Hartwell growers Thomas White and family on campground road. Elberton Compress Co and Leroy Mills Gastonia also linked Hart county to top quality fiber and finest staples observed.
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Banner
Hartwell
Hart County
Liverpool
Charleston
J. Th
Benson
Hartwell, Ga
Thomas White
Campground Road
White
United States
Elberton Compress Co
Leroy Mills
Gastonia
Congress of Farmers Back Government Ownership of Roads
The National Farmers Reconstruction Congress urged immediate enactment of legislation to establish permanent government ownership and operation of railroads in a resolution adopted at its closing session in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jan
Congress
National Farmers Reconstruction Congress
Record Kansas 1919 Wheat Crop Massive Acreage Lead
Edward Paxton reports Kansas hosts 11,184,000 acres of winter wheat, 22.8 percent of U.S. total, with potential 200,000,000 bushels and a $2 per bushel price could yield $400,000,000 for Kansas. December condition at 98 percent. Bourbon County tops acreage growth at 222 percent. Labor mobilization planned via the federal employment service to harvest the 1919 crop, with thousands more workers expected in Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Modan
Edward @. Paxton
Federal Department of Agriculture
Kansas
United States
Texas
Bourbon County
Sorii
Oklahoma
Nebraska
A. J. Barkman
Federal Employment Service
A A. Chalker
The
Employment Service
Canada
Ansaa
A Total Wreck Says Tennesseean
David Jon narrates his recovery after a period of weakness and illness describing improved health after taking Ziron Iron Tonic. Medical authorities emphasize iron’s role in maintaining vitality and suggest asking a pharmacist about guarantees on Ziron.
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Cardus
David Jon
Tryt
Tragedy of Tolnas family hits Brunswick hard
A Brunswick tragedy recounts the Tolnas family losses with Ensign Trygive Tolnas killed in Pensacola air crash, Gunner Tolnas and Paul Tolnas earlier deaths, Olaf Tolnas now a widowed survivor in Athens, and the family’s string of misfortune dating back five years.
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Brunswick
Tolnas
Olaf Tolnas
Athens
Kurten
Trygive Tolras
Pensacola
Tolaas
Tomnas
Trunswick
Ensign Trigive Tomnas
Fla
Tolnay
Norwegan
Brunerwick
Paul
Yaryan Rasin and Turpentine Company
Monroe Phillips
Tomas
Gunner
Brunswick Bank and Trust Company
Olaf
Trygive
State University
Sam Brown Lippett
Albany
Heater
Washington Law School
Reclamation Department
Amenaign
Naval Air Station
1917 Cotton Crop Final Statistics
Washington January 8 final statistics on the American cotton crop for 1917 show production of 11 302 375 five hundred pound bales. World production reached 17 410 000 and total consumption 17 701 000. Dafem
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Associated Presay
Washington
Commus Bureau
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Louisiana
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