Let the City of Athens Buy the Court House
The Athens Banner argues for selling the court house property to the city for school park and playground use. It supports a bond issue of two hundred thousand dollars to build a court house jail and residence, with safeguards to keep the property for educational and public use and revert to Clarke County if used otherwise. The paper urges an early election and cites city county tax shares and growth.
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Court House
Athens
Clarke County
Meigs Street
Farmers Lead In University Of Georgia Student Parentage
The register shows four times as many farmer sons in the current UGA student body as any other profession with 147 farmers, 89 merchants, 37 lawyers, 33 physicians, and 17 government officials among 390 total parents. Alumni distribution across six thousand-plus graduates reveals 699 farmers, 1181 lawyers, 4009 in business, 195 teachers, 163 physicians, 205 ministers, and 98 engineers.
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University of Georgia
Georgia
United States Army and Navy
Mrs Walter Wray Dies at Wrayswood Greene County
Mrs Walter Wray widow of the late Walter Wray died at her home in Wrayswood Greene County Tuesday night in her sixty fifth year She was a Baptist and devoted wife and mother Surviving are two sons Thomas and Willie and her sister Mrs J B Nunnally The funeral will be at Oconee cemetery at two this afternoon with pallbearers W G Griffeth Harry K Denning Will Douglas Tom Brightwell J J Nunnally and C W Harris
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Walter Wray
Wrayswood
Greene County
Jesus
Baptist Church
Powdered Fly Killer Kills Toddler at Mitchell Street
Ruth Sanders, two years old, died after touching a sugar dusted fly killer device sold in town. The child licked grains from the top and soon choked, despite hyperdermic treatment. The device, resembling a large ink pad with holes and sugar, is sold widely for killing flies. A circular wire net version also exists.
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Ruth
Appalachee
Madison
Central of Georgia
Death of Traveling Man D K Weathers in Hull Street Boarding House
D K Weathers died Wednesday at the Booth boarding house on Hull street after paralysis and meningitis. He was about 30, unmarried, and represented Collier's publications. A brother from South Carolina arrived before his death. burial will be in Pregnall, DC after transport by the 8 A. M. train. The Woodmen of the World attended his illness.
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Booth
Hull Street
D. Ki. Weathers
Collier's Publications
South Carolina
Pregnall
D. C
Athens university enrolls near thousand students in main system
The University of Georgia report shows about 997 students in the main group at Athens campuses for the past year with many double counted. Graduates, undergraduates and short courses span Franklin College, State College of Agriculture, civil and electrical engineering, law, pharmacy and summer school totaling 997.
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University of Georgia
Athens
Agricultural College
Franklin
The
State College
College of Science and Engineering
State Colege of Agriculture
Ceva
Law
Pharmacy
School of Education
North Georgia Agricultural School
Medical College
Augusta
Georgia School of Technology
Atlanta
Mrs Gunnells Dies After Illness at Sanitarium
Yesterday afternoon at Dr Born's sanitarium Mrs Wiley Gunnelles aged twenty six nee Hattie Hall died from uremic poisoning. A resident of East Athens for years she leaves a husband and three children. Funeral arrangements will be announced for tomorrow.
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Wiley Gunnelle
Hattie Hall
Mrs. England Fatally Injured in Fall at 248 Hoyt Street
Yesterday morning Mrs. W. A. England, 70, fell at 248 Hoyt Street, suffering multiple serious fractures to shoulder hip and knee. She was taken to her son-in-law’s home and placed in a plaster case. Friends wish her speedy recovery in the wake of the accident. Governor Gilchrist contrasts Florida with Georgia on convict lease abolition, noting Georgia’s readiness and rejoicing over its removal.
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W. A. Eggland
Dence
Hoyt Street
Gilchrist
Florida
Georgia
Rockefeller Celebrates His Seventieth Birthday
New York May 31 William Rockefeller the brother of John D Rockefeller quietly marked his seventieth birthday. He is a key figure in Standard Oil and a director in major banks and trusts. Once believed near death from stomach cancer he remains active in business and philanthropy with a fortune estimated from 75 to 100 million dollars.
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New York
William Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
United States
Mr. Rockefeller
Tioga County
Cleveland
Four Mil
John D
Samuel Andrews
Standard Oil Works
Supreme Court of the United States
William
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Standard of
Standard Of!be
Great Corporation
Henry H. Rogers
Europe
Great National City Bank
America
Wellesley College
Application for permanent administration in Julia Henderson estate
Clarke County Georgia creditors Henry Cleveland applies for permanent letters of administration on Julia Henderson deceased. Ordinary B Wingfield will rule on July first, 1911. May 29, 1911.
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Georgia
Clarke County
Henry Cleveland
Julia Henderson
B. Wingfield
Georgia Beta Chapter House Association Charter Petition
Clarke County Georgia Superior Court records show the Georgia Beta Chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity seeking incorporation as the Georgia Beta Chapter House Association. The plan outlines seven directors, corporate powers to hold property and borrow, term of twenty years with renewals, and election rules for vacancies.
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State OF Georgia
Clarke County
Wald County
Thomas 5
Mell
C. H. Phinisy
Harry Hull
M. P Jarnigan
G. M. Knight
Carlisle Cobb
Wm. L. Erwin
County of
Clarke
Georgia Beta Chapter
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
Georgia
University of Georgia
Georgia Beta Chapter House Association
Athens
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
United States
Thos
G. Mell
Carlile Cobb
W. L. Erwin
B. J. Crawford
George
Elmer J. Crawford
Superior Court
Said County
E. J. Crawford
Mystery Medal Delights Bessie Tift Commencement
Forsyth Ga May 31 The Bessie Tift College closed its season with diplomas and five mystery Florence Pickard medals. Miss Eileen Lanier of Millen won the top honor. other medalists include Miss May Cone Stillson and Miss Sara Prances Fulgaum Macon. Alumni banquet drew notable Georgia graduates.
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Forsyth
Beaiiie
Tit College
W. L. Pickard
Savannah
C. H. #. Jackson
Pickard
Florence Pickard
Eileen Lanier
Millen
Gidney Lanter
May Cone
Stillson
Lula Colcord Williams
Sara Prances Fulgaum
Macon
Mabel White
Sarah Godbee
H. H. Tift
Tifton
Edith Fletcher
Mary B. Christie
Grace Veal
Rooprlie
Carrie Roberts Talmadge
Bessie Tift
Old School For A
Georgia
Winnipeg Cameron Highlanders Depart for Coronation
A detachment of fifty officers and men from the Cameron Highlanders of Winnipeg left for the east to attend the coronation. They booked passage on the Allan Line steamer Corsican from Montreal Friday and will stay at Aldershot before joining processions in London.
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Winnipeg
Man
Cameron Highlanders of
Gall
Montreal
Allan Line
England
Aldershot
London
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed by Drug Firm
A Pasadena California 1911 advertisement featuring Foley and Co endorsing Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as an efficient non narcotic cough remedy. The letter claims it safe for children, relieves colds, and does not upset digestion, urging pharmacists to stock the yellow package.
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California
Pasadena
Cal
Foley and Co
Foley
C. H. Ward Drug Co
Prreons
Sec'y and
Treas
Foley’s
Droggiste
Gainesville Midland Moves Offices In Gainesville Ga
Gainesville May 30 The Gainesville Midland Railway offices are moved to a larger cooler room above the Southern Express Co. A paint fraud warning promotes L M Paint noting thirty five years in use and cost details. Longman Martinez advertise L M paints sold by John L Arnold in the locality.
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Gainesville
Gainesville Midland Railway
Southern Express Co
Ted
Longman & Martinez
L. & M. Pure
John L, Arnold
Barton Miller On Trial For Building Society Scandal
John Barton Miller former secretary treasurer of the defunct First Cooperative Building Association of Georgetown faced arraignment in Washington May 31 on charges tied to the association’s collapse. He stands indicted for destroying books and seeks retrial on embezzlement after a prior conviction and twenty year sentence. The case awaits appellate action.
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Washington, D. C
John Barton Miller
First Co-operative Building Association of
Georgetown
Miller
District Court of Appeals
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University of Gorgia
Texico
Texaco
Bold B Smith Construction Company
Athens, GA
Weathers
Collier's
W. A England
Smaa Bailey
Wroza Ould i
Ay Brothers
Warren Street
Barton Miller
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