Death Toll Rises With Multiple Athens Area Losses
The Athens area reports several deaths in rapid succession. Mrs. John J. Morris dies in Alto after tubercular illness and will be buried in Augusta. Mrs. D. A. Hughes, 43, dies on Boulevard and will be buried in Lavonia with a large family mourning. Mrs. Robert T. Kirkpatrick, 48, dies at home on South Lumpkin, funeral at 10 AM with listed pallbearers. William Lee, 61, dies of yellow jaundice at Whitehall with funeral in Princeton. Mrs. J. T. Carpenter dies in Savannah at 80 after heart trouble, funeral plans unchanged.
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John L. Morris
John J. Morris
Alto
Morris
McGregor Company
Miller Undertaking
Southern Railway
Augusta
Mra
EB. J. Hickey
Presbyterian Church
D. A. Hughes
Lavonia
Franklin County
Pleasant Grove
R. E. Kirkpatrick
Death
Boulevard
Grim Reaper
South Lumpkin Street
Robert T. Kirkpatrick
Mattie Lou
Methodist Church
Messin
W. J. Williams
Charles Muse
J. BE. Gardner
J. H. Patman
K.P. Stone
R. W. Bailey
Geo. Stone
R. England
Young Harris Memorial Church
Cronee
William Lee
Whitehall
Princeton
George Stone
Lee
J. T. Carpenter
F. L. Carpenter
T. Carpenter
Savannah
Tim
Mr. Carpenter
Courthouse bond vote sparks countywide enthusiasm
The county debates a July 11 bond issue of two hundred thousand dollars for a new courthouse. Citizens report strong city and rural support, urging organization and turnout to secure a decisive majority on election day.
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O Ve
Per .m
Reclamation Special Train to Promote Swamp Land Drainage
SPECIAL TRAIN Chicago Illinois June 14 to demonstrate swamp land drainage as essential as dry ditches. Illinois Central Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroads collaborate with government on a Reclamation Special tour from June 14 to June 30 ending in Fulton Kentucky. Officials Blanchard and Leighton will lecture on government reclamation work in the west and southern benefits of swamp improvement. The itinerary includes sixty one towns from Cairo to New Orleans with lectures, booklets, and farm interest drives aimed at swamp reclamation under National Irrigation Congress plans.
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Chicago
Ill
Sinois Central
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
United States
United States Reclamati Service
Illinois Central
C. J. Blanchard
Reclamation Service
M. C. Leighton
Geological Survey
Mr. Blanchard
Mr. Leighton
The
Nations Irrigation Congress
Irrigation Congress
Miinois
Gulf of Mexico
Bes Thlen
Mlinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
Fulton
Cairo
Memphis
Covington
Jackson
Jackson, Tenn., Birmingham, Ala., Jackson, Vicksburg and Natchez, Miss
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
W. L. Park
National Irrigation Congress
South
Record flaxseed imports surge to 20 million dollars in 1911
Washington reports a high record import value of flaxseed and related seeds for the 1911 fiscal year ending April. Imports reach about 20 million dollars, with flaxseed alone accounting for over 8.5 million bushels and prices rising from 1.08 to 2.04 per bushel since 1901. Argentina supplies most flaxseed. drought reduced U.S. output, boosting foreign purchases. The oilseed and castor seed sectors also see sizable imports, while linseed oil use rises due to domestic crop shortfalls.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Statistica
Department of Commerce and Labor
Argentina
United States
Canada
British East Indies
Belgium
Germany
France
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
North Dakota
Guatemala to be represented at National Irrigation Congress
In Chicago and June 1944 the Republic of Guatemala will be officially represented at the ninth tenth sessions of the National Irrigation Congress from December 5 to 9. Dr E McQueen Gray of the University of New Mexico received a letter from Senor Estrada, president of Guatemala, commending the American development organization and directing that Guatemala be officially represented at the nineteenth meeting.
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Chicago
Republic of Guatemala
National Irrigation Congress
E. McQueen Gray
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
Senor M. Estrada
American Development Organization
Memorial gateway honors John Howard Payne at Union College
A memorial gateway was unveiled on Union College campus in Schenectady New York to honor John Howard Payne the author of Home Sweet Home He spent his student days there a little more than 100 years ago on June 14.
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John Howard Payne
Schenectady, N. Y
Union College
C. W. Baker
Engineering News
New York City
Catskill
Ten Mile
Housatonic
Connecticut
Millers Opposed to Reciprocity Accord
Niagara Falls June 14 strong resolutions oppose the proposed reciprocity agreement with Canada allowing free transport of flour from the Dominion. The National Millers' Federation met today in a three class session to adopt the resolutions at its annual convention.
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Niagara Falls
Canada
Dominion
National Millers’ Federation
Knight, J. A., Dies After Illness at 66
Special Dr. J A Knight a well known resident of Watkinsville died tonight after weeks of illness at age sixty six He was a son of the late Rev John W Knight and leaves no family The death occurred at the home of Mr A W Ashford Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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Carpenter
Savannah
J. A. Knight
Watkinsville
John W. Knight
A. W. Ashford
Woman charged with murder in Indianapolis case
Indianapolis Ind June 14 The first charge of felony murder in this city in years was brought against Mrs. Alice Poehler who shot Carl V Storey of Columbus Ind in a hotel last January. The case was set for trial.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Dsg
Alice Poehler
Carl V. Storey
Columbus
West Virginia teachers swell Bluefield convention crowd
Bluefield West Virginia June 14 West Virginia school teachers filled the city as the forty first annual convention of the West Virginia Education Association opened. Accommodations were taxed to provide lodging and hall space while State Superintendent M P Ghawkey presided.
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Bluefield
W. Va
West iVrginia
West Virginia Education Association
M. P. Ghawkey
Drought and water wars hit New York suburbs
Readable notes cover New York City water shortages and conservation measures. Yonkers and Westchester towns face rationing as city supply falls, with Grassy Spring reserves kept for urgent need. Critics question Catskill Aqueduct choices and a Brooklyn pastor denounces Gotham’s depravity. Burglary boldness and dog import duties spotlight city life. Chamberlain’s remedy touted for diarrhea.
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Westchester County
New York City
Yonkers
New York
Yonkera
Nepperhan
Grassy Spring
Booster Car Tour From Barnesville Reaches Washington DC
The State chamber of commerce Booster Car from Barnesville rolls toward Washington DC with Judge C. J. Lester Col KR A Stafford and William Wakefield aboard. They are welcomed in Columbia by city and chamber leaders and treated to a Country Club reception and a Colonial Hotel banquet. Secretary Wakefield praises the trip and Georgia’s and the South’s uplifting prospects. The Primo car from Primo Motor Co of Atlanta draws attention along the route toward Raleigh and Richmond.
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Columbia
D. C
State Chamber of Commerce
Barnesville
Washington, D. C
C. J. Lester
A. Stafford
William Wakefield
State Chamber
W. H. Gibbon
Hamby
Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Country Club
Colonial Hotel
Wakefield
Georgia
South
Raleigh
Governor Kitchen
Chamber of Commerce
Richmond
Primo
Primo Motor Co
Atlanta
Buttermilk poisoning scare hits Clayton Street family
Mr J Davis wife and two children fell ill after drinking buttermilk at home on Clayton street. Neighbors who shared the drink were not affected, and it remains unclear if the milk caused the illness or if another consumed item or chemical change in the milk was responsible.
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J. Davis
Clayton, Street
Gilbert
Rear Admiral Niles Retires On Reaching Age Limit
Washington June 14 Rear Admiral Kosguth Niles, long a member of naval examining and retiring boards, was placed on the retired list today by operation of law after reaching the age limit for active service.
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Washington, D. C
Kosguth Niles
Naval Examining and Retiring Boards
Lst
Miss Jane Addams Addresses Simmons College Graduates
Miss Jane Addams of Hull House Chicago delivered the address to Simmons College graduates at the annual commencement held this morning in the Church for the Disciples Boston Mass June 14 Boston newspapers report she spoke to the graduating class from Simmons College in the Disciples church setting.
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Boston
Mars
Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
Simmons College
Record Breaking Wheat Crop Expected
Chicago reports forecast a record wheat crop reaching 764,921,867 bushels, with U S and western Canada acreage rising 9 percent. D S Hanna cites 11,000,000 acres under wheat in western Canada and optimistic yields, predicting over 160,000,000 bushels for export if past averages hold. Increase in barley and flax also noted, with Edmonton center emphasized.
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Chicago
Canada
Board of Trade Houses
Western Provinces
United States
Western Canada
D. 5
Hanna
Canadian Northern Railway
Edmonton
Clarke County Clerk Dispute Decided in Wright’s Favor
The Court of Appeals ruled that when tenure of office is not prescribed by law, the power to remove is an incident to the power to appoint. Clarke County Board of Commissioners validly removed John B. Gamble and elected Tate Wright without charges.
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Board of Commissioners of
Clarke County
John B. Gamble
Tate Wright
Wright
Court of Appeals Io
Gamble
Chinese Minister Urges U S Role in China's Rejuvenation
State College Pennsylvania June 14 Chang 1 in Tang the Chinese minister to the United States delivered the commencement address to Pennsylvania State College graduates. He spoke on America's part in the rejuvenation of China and outlined the need for continued collaboration between nations.
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State College
Chang
Tang
United States
Pansylvania State College
America
China
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Athens
West Virginia
Nathanfel Thomas Hafer
Trinity Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Detroit
Hafer
Gotham
East 116Th Street
Treasury Department
Europe
Loeb
Washington
Secetary Wakefield
Mr. J. Davis
Rear Admiral
Niles
Foleys
Supreme Court
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