Athens Hosts Army Officers To Inspect Local Camp Site
Athens prepares as executives from Athens Banner editor H J Rowe and Judge Hamilton McWhorter meet Major General Leonard Wood and staff to discuss Athens bid for a concentration and training camp. A visiting board will tour the site May 20 to assess water, climate, elevation, and transport advantages.
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A. P. Littlejohn
Charleston
S.C
H. J. Rowe
Athens Banner
Hamilton McWhorter
Athens
Leonard Wood
Southeastern
C. E. Kilbourne
H. J. Gallagher
Department of Quartermaster
Wood
Army
Leutenant
William B. Ladue
Engineering Corps
Albert C. Dalton
Quartermaster Corps
J. C. H. Lee
General Wood
Messrs. Rowe
McWhorter
Georgia
Mr. Rowe
Judge McWhorter
Bobb
Fort McPherson
Technological School
University of Georgia
Rowe
Chamberlain's Liniment for Rheumatism Relief
If you suffer from chronic or muscular rheumatism try Chamberlain's Liniment. The relief from pain it provides is worth many times its cost and is ideal for use everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Marketing talk by W K Hunt on Georgia fruit exchange
President W K Hunt of Cornelia Georgia Fruit Exchange spoke at Peabody Hall on marketing fruit. He outlined grading packing records shipment distribution and the exchange history and operation as a stock company serving producers to consumers. The program noted the rise from 12 to 500 cities, saving prices and preventing market gluts, and cited $80,000 in railroad damages recovered in one year.
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Peabody Hall
School of Commerce
University
W. K. Hunt
Cornelia
Georgia Fruit Exchange
State Exchange
Georgia
Symbol of Health Star Adverts Ancient Greek Pythagoreans
An old advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a health symbol with a red five pointed star on every package. It claims simple food, temperance, and purity as Pythagorean ideals and promises quick relief for indigestion biliousness and constipation from a drugstore purchase.
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Greece
Ellie Mathews to Serve Out Sentence
Ellie Mathews, a young white man, recently convicted of attempted criminal assault upon a white city lady, withdrew his motion for a new trial and is jailed to begin his fifteen year sentence. Dr King's New Discovery advertised in the text.
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Ellie Mathews
Mercer University to hear Woofter and Lynch addresses
Dr. T. J. Woofter of the University of Georgia will deliver the baccalaureate at Mercer University in Macon this year and Dr. J. W. Lynch of Athens will preach the commencement sermon. Doan's Kidney Pills are praised by Mrs. Shy of Athens for back pain and rheumatism relief, with long standing endorsement and local drugstore availability.
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T. J. Woofter
University of Georgia
Athens
Mercer University
Macon
J. W. Lynch
Mercer
Doan
Shy
Valmer & Son
Dean
Foster Milburn Co., Props
Buffalo
Vets Attending Reunion Highlight Laura Rutherford Chapter Meet
The Laura Rutherford Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy met at the president Mrs. MW Welch home. A fall meeting was planned with an historic program directed by Mrs. BE A Crawford. Veterans' reunion support drew strong backing as funds were raised to help old Confederate heroes attend the Washington gathering. The chapter donated 12.45 dollars for one veteran and the Children's Chapter matched the amount for another, with calls for broader community contributions to aid additional veterans.
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Laura Rutherford
Daughters of the Confederacy
MW Welch
BE. A. Crawford
Crawford
James L. Sexton
T. P. Stanley
Washington
Athens
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Cough Remedy Ad
Stop Left Over Coughs. Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey stops lingering hacking coughs from January. Soothing balsams loosen phlegm heal irritated membranes glycerine relieves tender tissues and help you breathe easier. Antiseptic and pleasant to take, available at druggists, 25 cents per bottle.
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Dr. King
Choate Dead Former Ambassador Joseph Hodges Choate Dies
Joseph Hodges Choate former ambassador to Great Britain died at his New York home after a Monday illness. At age eighty he was one of the nation’s leading lawyers a Harvard graduate of 1852 and a partner in Everts Southmayd and Choate who rose to the New York Bar’s top ranks.
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Great Britain
New York
Associated Press
Joseph Hodges Choate
United States
Mr. Chote
England
New England
Rufun Choate
Harvard
Phillips Brooks
Everts, Southmayd and Choate de Rose
Bar
Chamberlains Tablets Praise Recalled by Sufferer
Mrs Anna Kadin of Spencerport New York says Chamberlains Tablets gave positive lasting relief from years of stomach trouble after trying many remedies. The ad also touts Dr Kings New Life Pills for spring skin cleansing and a brightening complexion with a mild laxative.
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Chamberlain
Anna Kadin
Spencerport
N. Y
Russia Ready to Quit War Amid Internal Crisis
Petrograd May 13 Kerensky warned delegates that Russia cannot save the country without a new spirit in the army and disciplined masses. He urged endurance to continue the war, signaling deep public discontent and calls for peace or reform. Washington May 14 apprehension grows over Petrograd’s unstable government after key resignations and German-influenced intrigues.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Kerensky
Russia
Washington
Democratic
United States
Elihu Root
Guchkoff
Koriloff
Caucasus
Turkey
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Russian Council of Workmen and Soldiers
Andrew Bonnar Law
House of Commons
Great Britain
Austria
Germany
Paris
Medjerda
Mediterranean
Espionage bill clears Senate amid censorship cut
The administration espionage bill, minus press censorship and the prohibition section, passed the Senate 77 to 6. Opposed by Borah France Grana La Follette Shermai and Vardaman, it heads to conference as the House ironed out differences. The bill expands penalties for false reports and disaffection, permits embargoes, postal censorship, arms seizures, and tighter passport controls.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Borah
France
Grana
la Follette
Shermai
Vardaman
House
Post Office Department
United States
Ways and Means Committee
Southern Baptists plan consolidation and new training school
New Orleans hosts the Southern Baptist Convention May 16 to 22 with 5000 clergy and laymen expected. Proposals include consolidating Home and Foreign Mission Boards and the State Sunday School board, creating a missionary training school, and funding a 25 year, 25,000 dollar annual campaign to expand evangelism and church work in New Orleans.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Southern Baptist Convention
Woman's Missionary Union of the Church
South
Home and Foreign Mission Boards
State
Southern Baptist Conventions
Asheville
Southern Baptist Training School
C W. Duke
Tampa
Fla
Len G
Sloan's Liniment Quick Relief for Sprains and Grief
Sloan's Liniment relieves sprains bruises and muscular soreness with a clean liquid that penetrates without rubbing. It does not stain skin or clog pores unlike mossy plasters. Handy for chronic rheumatic pains neuralgia gout and flu grip strain relief. Sold at all druggists 25 cents.
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Sloan
Two Athens Boys Named for Officers Training Camp
Two Athens boys have received appointments to the officers' training camp at Ft. McPherson. Sergt. D. Weaver Bridges and Pvt. (first class) Duke Bailey, both of the Georgia Field Hospital, are among the two men each local unit sends to secure commissions in the U. S. A. if they pass examinations.
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Athens
Ft. McPherson
D. Weaver Bridges
Duke Bailey
Georgia Field Hospital
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised for Whooping Cough
A Brandon Springs Alabama reader reports success using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a severe whooping cough in a baby. The note claims rapid improvement and notes availability everywhere.
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Chamberlain
W. McClinton
Brandon Springs
Als
Colored man jailed for watch theft by Judge West
Jonas Price was tried before Judge West for larceny and sentenced to pay a $40 fine or six months in jail. He was found to have stolen a watch from Mr. P. Petropol.
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Jonas Price
West
P. Petropol
Uncle Eben Warns About Storm Weather Ahead
A fragment notes Uncle Eben scolding an unnamed man for neglecting forewarning. He quips that knowing a storm is coming obliges preparation, saying an umbrella is needed for everyone. The colorful dialect emphasizes caution and readiness.
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Uncle Eben
Fragmentary Quote Reflects Matrimonial Choice
A clipped newspaper fragment records a dialogue about commitment and marriage, noting that a woman later married the man she initially rejected. The terse exchange hints at social expectations and personal resolve without further context.
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Woofter
Daughters
Choate
Roeux
Gavrelle
Nish
Serbia
Council of National Defense
United States Brewers’ Association
Baptists
Presbyterians
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Presbyterian Church
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Northern Presbyterian Church
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In
Federal Council of the Churches
General Assembly
Federal Council
Oglethorpe University
Afro-American Synod
Ethel
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