Mayor Dorsey Seeks Re election for Athens Mayor
Ath ens voters are informed that Mayor William F Dorsey announces his candidacy for re election after a term focused on upbuilding the city and improving streets and police enforcement He cites steady finances and reform of the city council as key achievements and urges continued public support for his administration.
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William F. Dorsey
Dorsey
Athens
Dor Sey
Torsey
Garrea
Loss of Arm in Ginning Accident at Oconee County
Will Smith a prominent local farmer in Oconee County lost his left arm yesterday morning while brushing cotton beneath a gin. The arm was crushed and amputated below the elbow by Drs. B S Smith and A C Holliday at Allens. He is expected to recover from the injuries.
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Oconee County
Will Smith
Smith
Allens
Date Palng Have Been Seized
State Entomologist E L Worsham reports a shipment of date palms to a prominent Atlanta florist that violates Georgia quarantine rules. Palms must carry both state and Georgia entomologist tags before transport. failing compliance may lead to confiscation.
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Atlanta
E. L. Worsham
State Board of Entomology
Georgia
Worsham
Georgia State Board of Entomology
Texas
Louisiana
Improvements Begin On College Avenue Sidewalk
Grade work starts on the west sidewalk of College avenue from Clayton to Washington streets. The project removes a hump near the Hodgson Shackleford building and near the Speer property while trees along the street are being cut.
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Clayton Street
Washington Street
College Avenue
Clayton Stret
Hodgson- Shackleford
Speer
Repairing Aga building to house Washington Street school
Work to convert the Aga building on Jackson street into a school begins Monday morning. Mrs. Jones moved out yesterday and partitions will be removed and rooms rearranged to fit school use. Three new rooms will be added on the lot, not hindering a new school planned for next year. The project should take two weeks, after which the Washington Street school building will go to the hotel company.
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Aga
Jackson Street
Washingtontreet
University to start work on new agricultural hall
Construction of the University agricultural hall will commence Monday morning under supervisor H J Carr. Materials are on site and several cars have arrived. Workers will begin excavations for the foundations and unload the pending supplies as the project is pushed forward with urgency.
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H. J. Carr
Farmers Institute at Prospect Church on Tallassee bridge road
Farmers invite all locals and their families to a Prospect Church Tallassee bridge road Saturday meeting starting at 10 a.m. A substantial program is promised with dinner on the ground and baskets to share. The notice praises family health and advertises Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup at 60 cents.
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Prospect Church
Tallassee Bridge Road
Farmers’ Institute
North Georgia conference to meet in Gainesville in 1908
Gainesville eyes the 1908 North Georgia conference to be held in the new $40,000 Gainesville church edifice with Rev. B F Fraser and Rev J R King traveling to Carterville to invite participation. The event will mark Gainesville’s third hosting in thirty years, last meeting here in 1893 under Bishop Pierce.
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Gainesville
North Georgia Conference
B. F. Fraser
J. R. King
Carteraville
City Council
Chamber of Commerce
Mountains
Bishop Pierce
Georgia WCTU backs anti patent medicines crusade in meeting
In Columbus Georgia the Georgia Women’s Christian Temperance Union adopts a resolution opposing patent medicines with alcohol and pledges to influence public opinion. The convention features talks on enforcing prohibition, health and heredity, literature, Sunday School work, and temperance education, with a reception hosted by Mr and Mrs A C Chancellor and messages from Oregon. The closing day promises reports and papers on Sabbath observance, rescue work, mothers’ meetings, and giving.
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Columbus
Georgia Women's Christian Temperance Union
Mra. Stevens
Armor
Stevens
A. C. Chancellor
Mra
Moonshine cases loom large in early November federal court
The federal court calendar for November 4 and 5 shows 146 cases. Rabun Gap leads with 29 cases, Habersham 23, and White 20 as parts of a countywide docket. An Evangeliatic Work address by Mrs. L. EB. Farris is noted as part of the proceedings.
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Rabun Gap
Habersham
White
Madison
Oglethorpe
Hart
Franklin
Towns
Elbert
Stephens
Walton
Jackson
Gates
Mra
Peruna touted as trusted family remedy in millions of homes
The advertisement extols Peruna as a widely used household medicine praised by mothers for relief and prevention of winter catarrh and related ailments. It claims 1 to 2 million homes favor the remedy, urges purchase of bottles at $1 or six for $5, and notes testimonials like Mrs. Geissler while promising stock and prepaid remittance options.
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Mfg. Co
Columbus
Ohio
Far Attraction: In the Shadow of the Cross at Jamestown Exposition
The painting In the Shadow of the Cross by Henry Hammond Ahl drew thousands at Jamestown and will be shown daily at the North Georgia Fair next week. The Norfolk Landmark notes visitors to Jamestown will regard it as a novelty as it garners patronage from Athens elite and general interest.
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Pain
Granada
Fedora
Fair Land
Busines
Athena
Seaboard Air Line
Atlanta
Abbeville
Southern
Toccoa
Flowery
Central of Georgia
Macon
Athens
Covington
Milledgeville
Georgia Road
Augusta
Gainesville
Norfolk
Jamestown
Henry Hammond Ahl
Wes
Ca tarrh cure touts Hyomel as top remedy
An Athens health ad urges action against rising catarrh nationwide. It claims Hyomel destroys germs in breathing passages without stomach drugs, delivered via a pocket inhaler. Refunds offered by H R Palmer & Sons if buyers disagree with the claims. Complete outfit priced at $1.00.
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Athens
H.R. Palmer & Sons
Thas
The Penalty and a Patent Medicine Note
A fragmented old advert shows Grace Hyde Tribe and a poetry line then pivots to a DuWitt’s Kidney Bladder Pills offer. It promises relief from backache inflammation and urinary troubles with a sales tone typical of period药 advertisements.
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DeWitt
DuWitt
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Methodist Church
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W. C. Sibley
Blraingham
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Geissler
Ethel Deissler
Geisaler
Milton Street
Cleveland
Inselty
Christ
Bimcee
Hayin
America
New England
Grace Hyde
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