Odd Fellows Meet Draws Atlanta Visitors for Prizes
Atlanta hosts a large Odd Fellows gathering with several thousand attendees for a week of parade drills prize competitions and a $7 500 prize distribution. Delegations arrive from Wilmington New York Philadelphia and the far west as cantons and Rebekahs prepare for tomorrow’s grand parade and final ceremonies.
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Atlanta
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Auditorium Armory
Willington
New York
Philadelphia
Grand Lodge
Military Council
Senate Chamber
Cantons
Odd Fellows
Auditorium
Ponce de Leon
United States Army
Cold Springs
Cue Club
House of Representatives
Rebekahs
Georgia
H. C. Hall
Canton Dixie No. 6
Georgia sets new record as 500 plus boys enroll at University
Registrar shows a busy campus as more than 500 Georgia boys from most counties and many southern states matriculate to the University of Georgia for the 11th year. Large numbers return, with strong enrollments across the college, agricultural, law, pharmacy and engineering schools. Football practice begins early with Coaches Cunningham and Anderson assessing a robust freshman class while veterans prepare for the fall pigskin season.
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University of Georgia
Georgia
College
Agricultural School
Law School
Pharmacy
Engineering
Cunningham
Anderson
Chapter Eastern Star To Organize In Athens
Wednesday's Banner reports revived interest in establishing a Mount Vernon lodge affiliated Eastern Star chapter in Athens. The order grants degrees to wives daughters and sisters of Masons offering social ties and protective benefits, and local members hope to soon organize a chapter.
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Eastern Star
Masonic Fraternity
Athens
Mount Vernon Lodge
Derrick Shines as Shortstop Wonder in Major League Debut
Derrick, from Greenville, impresses 16,000 fans in his first major league appearance with flawless defense at shortstop. Praised as another Lajoie, he handles grounders and liners with veteran ease during a standout tryout. Phillies surprise by splitting a Western trip and winning a doubleheader over the Giants.
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Derrick
Sporting World
Tigers
Mack
Greenville
Stortstop
Lajoie
Phillies
Giants
Bransfeld
Dooin
Dr E R McGregor Moves to Athens to Live
Dr E R McGregor and his wife have moved from Lincoln County to Athens to reside. He is the son of Mr D W McGregor of the city and will maintain offices in the Southern Mutual Insurance building. The couple will be at home with Mr McGregor at his residence for the present.
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Lincoln County
E. R McGregor
D. W. McGregor
Athens
Southern Mutual Insurance
Mrr
Reward Paid After G. R. Robinson Straightens Finances
Yesterday morning the Banner published a notice seeking G. R. Robinson and offering 60 dollars reward for capture. Robinson later came to Athens and settled his financial differences with the local firm, paying the fifty dollar reward himself. The case drew remark for being resolved amicably with the reward also paid.
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G. R .Robinson
Robinson
Athens
Illicit Distiller Bound Over After Federal Raid
W H Bowen of Oglethorpe county faced a preliminary commitment in U S Commissioner Walter G Cornett s court and was bound over to the November term to answer illicit whiskey manufacture charges. Revenue officers Bergstrom and Trammell raided the operation, destroying beer and confiscating corn whiskey stored in the federal building before shipment to Atlanta. The still lay near Smithonta, home of Col. Jas M Smith, and the site had operated with marked quietness.
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U. S
Walter G. Cornett
W. H. Bowen
Oglethorpe County
Federal Building
H. S. Jackson
Atlanta
Atill
Smithonta
Jas. M. Smith
Dawson County Wagoners Bound Over in Monroee
Revenue officers Trammell and Bergstrom arrested two Dawson County white citizens, George Walker and J. L. Hayes, at Monroe Georgia with several casks of blockade corn whiskey. They were committed for trial, Walker bound over to the November term of the Federal court, Hayes jailed in Clarke county awaiting trial.
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George Walker
J. L. Hayes
Monroe
Trammell and
Bergstrom
Dawson County
Cornett
Walker
Clarke County
Athens Oil Mill Closes For Funeral Day
Athens Oil Mill will be closed for today in honor of the late Capt. L A Ransom of Atlanta whose funeral occurs in Atlanta today. Capt Ransom had been connected with the Athens mill since its establishment and was well known and highly regarded.
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Athens
Boll Weevil Blessing Drives Louisiana Cotton Shift
New Orleans reports the boll weevil’s impact has slashed Louisiana cotton revenue from 50 million to about 15 million dollars annually, while corn production soars to an estimated 60 to 100 million bushels as reclamation and government guidance boost yields. The shift makes Louisiana a corn exporter for the first time, with rapid land reclamation transforming yields on reclaimed marsh lands and supporting a Chicago exposition display featuring homegrown corn and engineering feats.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Pelican
W. L. Roy
United States
Baton Rouge
Indiana
Illinois
Louisiaia
Boll Weevil
South
South Louisiana
Chicago
Brown's Will Reveals 100000 Gift to Tech and Parts for Governor
In Atlanta the will of Julius L. Brown, son of Georgia’s war governor, is made public. It allocates one half of his estate’s net income to his wife, with the other half split to Governor Brown and Georgia Tech during the wife’s life, then one third to the governor and two thirds to Tech after her death. Tech is set to receive more than 100000 to endow the Julian L. Brown chain of electricity and chemistry.
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Atlanta
Julius L. Brown
Georgia
United States
Brown
Georgia School of Technology
Governor Brown
Tech
William Phillips
Marietta
L. N. Trammell
Phillips
Trammell
Hoke Smith
Zrone
Phillipa
Canta
Capitol
Julius Brown
New Orleans
Obituary for Harvey Graham Died at 62 in City
Mr Harvey Graham aged sixty two died yesterday at his home on Whitch ell street after noon following a long illness from dropsy He leaves a wife and five children three sons and two daughters Burial set for this afternoon at his Madison county former home A brief notice notes he was a good man who numbered friends by the score
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Harvey Graham
Whitchell Street
Madison County
Prize Corn Contests Highlight Local And Regional Interest
A regional contest for prize corn effects Clarke county and surrounding counties with growing enthusiastism in Virginia and nationwide. The Scientific American article on prize ears is cited, detailing judging points such as kernel vitality, germ power, uniformity, dent, and cob color, arguing breeding and adaptation trump size.
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Clarke County
Virginia
Scientific American
Joseph Fry
Wever
Iowa
Fry
Sara Jear
Owa
Hilness
Indiana
City Court Hears Varied Cases At August Term
Judge H. West presided yesterday in Carmi Terrell case dismissed after evidence. Louise Davis and Fipp Thomas pled guilty to thefts and received 75 fines or seven months on the gang. Harry Porter and Althia Richardson also pled guilty with 75 fines or seven months. Will Smith pleaded guilty to selling whisky with 60 fine or six months. Monday sets August term with more cases on the docket.
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West
Carmi Terrell
Rochester Clothing Co
Louise Davis
Fipp Thomas
Harry Porter
Will Smith
Althia Richardson
Foundry Street
Athens preacher to lead two week revival in New York
Rev H C Compton, formerly a traveling drug salesman in Atlanta and now head of Compton Buzzard Drug Co in Athens, will depart for New York on the fourteenth to conduct a two week revival beginning the sixteenth. It is said hundreds of New Yorkers who met him as chaplain at the national convention of the United Commercial Travelers will attend.
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H. C. Compton
Atlanta
Compton-Bzzard Drug Company
New York
Compton
United Commercial Travelers
Anniversary of Paoli Massacre Observed Near Malvern
West Chester Pennsylvania Sept 20 exercises under patriotic societies were held on Monument grounds to observe the 122nd anniversary of the Massacre of Paoli. On Sept 20 1777 American troops under Gen Wayne retreated from Brandywine and were defeated by the British with heavy losses.
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West Chester
Patriotic Societies
Malvern
Paoli
Wayne
Batte of
Brandywine
Chilean Independence Centennial Banquet in London
Lord Aldenham, head of a long established London firm active in South American trade, presided at a grand banquet in London celebrating the centennial of Chilean independence.
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London
Lord Aldenham
Fashionable Wedding in New York City
A fashionable wedding took place at the Church of the Meastah in New York City with Miss Leonor Cobb, daughter of Henry Ives Cobb, and Robert Amory Jr. of Boston. The article also references political and organizational commentary and a stray note about balloons and Scientific American subscriptions.
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New York City
New York
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