Bull Moose Party to Fight Next Year
Mount Pleasant Iowa August 1 Victor Murdock Kansas chairman of the progressive national committee stated after a three months canvass of progressives in the central west and Pacific coast that progressives are forming a party for 1916 or 1918 with a national convention early to nominate a ticket. The push centers on platform disagreements and opposition to Bourbon Republican leadership and Bryan era politics.
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Victor
Murdock
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Progressive National Committee
Weat
Pacific Coast
Whoreover
Progresaives
New York City
Caurt
West
Progresaive
Uoket
Committee On
William St. Taft
Simmons-Underwood
Tari
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
New York
Ohio
California
Johnson
Patriotic Party
Americus Protest Against Local School Bill
Americus, August 1. A city council committee traveled to Atlanta to oppose a proposed bill amending the Americus board of education charter and giving it power to elect its members. The council and many citizens oppose the change as unwise, with some board members sharing concerns.
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Americus
Atlanta
House Committee
The
General Assembly
Americus, Board of Education
Shichows
Board of Education
Americus Minister Tenders Resignation
Rev. J. Stokes, longtime pastor of the Americus Presbyterian Church, tendered his resignation on July 1. The congregation accepted the move, and he will assume a call at the Bainbridge Presbyterian Church in September.
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J. Stokes
Presbyterian Church of
Americus
Stokes
Presbyterian Church
Bainbrigge
Fighting Fiercely Russians Fall Back in Artois and Argonne
Reports from Paris and Petrograd describe heavy artillery exchanges across Artois, the Meuse, and the Argonne. German and Austrian commands claim local successes amid renewed fighting near Hooge, Vilcey sur Troy, and fortifications west of Rheims, with Russian forces retreating in good order on multiple fronts.
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Jean-Salina
Artois
Ajane
Rheima
Luxembourg Farm
Troy
Loivre
Argonne
Fontaine Aux Charmes
Meuse
Moselle
la Haye
Vilcey-Sur-Troy
Pont-a-Mousson
Maldieres
Malzeville
Wear Nancy
Italians Launch General Attack On Tyrol Front
Italian forces opened a broad offensive across the Tyrol and Carso fronts. Austrian reports claim successes elsewhere, while Italian forces claim deep advances and the capture of 749 prisoners, including 14 officers, in Carnia and nearby trenches.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Vial
Big Game in Borneo and Local Wildlife
The article portrays Borneo as a vast game preserve where officials and planters largely avoid hunting, leaving elephants and rhinoceroses to roam freely and occasionally threaten rubber and coconut estates. It notes abundant wildlife including deer, crocodiles, pythons up to 40 feet, venomous cobras, and orangutans facing a $3.77 export duty per animal.
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Borneo
Wilas
Sandekan
Never Get Through Em
A brief note from The Philadelphia Press discusses wartime rhetoric and writing style, comparing Henry James to Allied messaging and suggesting sharper prose would bolster communications. The quip frames literary craft as a strategic asset in wartime messaging.
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Philadelphia Press
Henry James
Front Lines Hold Against German Attacks In Bloody Battles
Reports from the Kmanka-Jabing area indicate limited progress as German forces capture trenches south of Ojever but are driven back at Wicks by counterattacks. Intense fighting yields hundreds of casualties, a thousand prisoners, and the seizure of an enemy battery. Fresh German troops viewtd across Natew, with rifle fire noted on the Vistula and Bionte-Nadarayn fronts.
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Hooge
Berlin
London
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Lublin
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Vienna
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Ucow
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Pissa
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Schahva
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Oje River
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Inellongo
Coredevole
Pescos
Sasso di Mervoll
Tn Carnia
Sith
Forcello
Llanalet
Plaxo
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Fizko
Forcella
Porcelia
Eleliga
Lusnith
Folla
Carso
Monte di Durio
Durio
Dobertdo
Kmanka-Jabing
Ojever
Wicks
Natew
Galewszew
Bug
Vieprz
Iin
Rejoverts
Ziata Lipa
Dniester
Refreshing Showers End Heat Spell Sunday Afternoon
A parched city found relief as rainfall cooled temperatures from the noon heat into the evening. Showers are forecast intermittently today, with the heat broken for now. Many sought refuge at Piedmont, Grant Park and Lakewood, where crowds gathered and bathhouses ran out of suits.
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Piedmont
Grant Park
Lakewood
Fiedmont
Gostock
Nogn
Governors to Speak on National Defense
Governors from all states will discuss national defense at the annual conference in Boston August 24 to 28. Adjutant generals will join a panel on expanding the national guard and military training for youths, with 48 governors consulted for a uniform approach in defense preparedness. Other topics include executive budget, state economy, taxation, conservation, workmen’s compensation, and gubernatorial duties toward prisoners.
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Madison
Wis
Boston
M. G. Riley
Riley
Armenian Patriarch Appeals to Wilson in Massacre Plea
Tiflis dispatch reports Katolikos head of Armenian church has sent a telegram to President Wilson urging protest against Armenian massacres and forcible removal from Constantinople to Konieh and Diesopotamia where Armenians face doom. The message stresses violent relocations and imminent peril for Armenian communities.
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Tiflis
Trans-Caucasia
Petrograd
London
Katolikos
Wilson
Constantinople
Old Asia Minor
Konieh
Diesopotamia
Man Shot by Father-in-Law Near Lindale Ga
Glenn Green a Black man was shot at William Burch’s Woodward farm near Lindale in a county incident. The shooter Richard Lundy the slain man’s father-in-law was later arrested by Deputy Sheriff Bobo and jailed in the county building.
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Home
Glenn Green
William Burch
Woodward Farm
Lindale
Richard Lundy
Bobo
Young Boy Dies After Pitched Ball Strike
In St. Louis on August 1 Edward Haffer Kamp four years old died from a head injury after being struck by a pitched ball yesterday. He was a nephew of C. F. Blanke, a wealthy coffee importer, and an attorney by training.
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St. Louis
Edward Haffer- Kamp
C. F. Blanke
Haffers Kamp
Scraps of Paper and a Trade in Germany Holiday
A fragmented exchange recalls a holiday in Germany with talk of money troubles and a letter of credit losing value amid political shifts. The piece mocks Bryan’s post-cabinet stance as ex-secretary and notes public sentiment aligning with the president.
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Germany
Mra. de Jinka
Mra. von Slammerton
Towarmunk Georgia Fare Notation
A partial transit fare snippet lists station to station rates including 4.40 5.20 6.05 and 3.55 3.50 2.40 4.35 5.55, followed by a parenthetical note indicating connection to other state lines in Georgia.
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Nely
Georgia
Germany Boasts Of Her Position In War Year One
Berlin reports from August 1 via London that Dr Karl Helfferich signed an Associated Press statement detailing Germany's view after one year of war. He claims Germany has ample raw materials and food, unemployment banished, and wartime finance strong with deposits rising and the Reichsbank reserves up. He asserts German confidence and patriotism will sustain the war. Berlin notes territory seized in the west and east totaling tens of thousands of square kilometers as the war progresses.
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London
Austrian War Office
Carinthian
Casael-Tessino
Bersaglieri
Hostetried
Ploeken
Sele
Vermegnano
Berlin
Karl Helfferich
Imperial Treasury
Associated Press
Great Britain
Manuei
Germany
Reichsbank
Bank of France
Bank of England
Erman
Serif Rich
Sayville
Alsace
Galicia
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Mee
Agen
Ineluting
Courland
Kovno
Suwali
Lomza
Plock
Halicz
Piotrkow
Hadom
Kielce
Warsaw
Lublin
Kingdom of
Bavaria
Robber Routed by Two Policemen Near Piedmont Car Barn
Georgia Railway conductor W. N. Hendrix was robbed at gunpoint on Central Avenue near Piedmont car barn as he walked home after work. Policemen Roberta and McCallum, across the street, rushed to aid him. the assailant fled Gilmer Street toward the Auditorium Armory, the officers firing several shots but failing to stop his escape.
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Georgia Railway and Power Company
Central Avenue
Gilnatrees
Piedmont Avenue
Barna
Gilmer Street
Auditorium
Mortuary Notices From Feweca Last Page
Feweca mortuary notices report C. L. Smith of Talbotton dies at home at about seventy, Confederate veteran, survived by wife and three daughters. Columbus HK. Allen, 62, dies in Winston hospital. survived by wife, one daughter, three sisters. Harry Latham, 25, dies at 1%2 Fulton Street. survived by mother, two sisters, one brother. Bodies at Patterson's and Poole's chapels.
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Mean
W. N. Burnett
Winston
Lizale Clark
Baltimore
Lovelace Allen
J. A. Burnett
Griffin, Ga
Patterson's Chapel
Harry Latham
Fulton Street
Mra
J. M. Latham
Gira. G M. Kitchens
Mary Chissem
H. G. Latham
Poole's Chapel
William A. Tabor Obituary Notice
William A. Tabor died at a high residence in College Park at 2 40 o clock Sunday morning. He is survived by his wife three daughters Miss Eunice Mia and Affa one son W F P Tabor three brothers T O J J and J Tabor and one sister Mrs W B Brooks.
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William A. Tabor
Ayea
College Park
Missea Eunice
Miia
Affa
W. FP. Tabor
T. O
J. J. Andd J
Murphy Family Loss and Rooney Funeral Notices
Aaron Murphy aged 76 died Sunday at 6 pm at 168 Ashby Street. Survived by five sons A E Denver J E Omaha Web John Galena Fla Slarence Los Angeles Cal and H V Murphy Atlanta. Body moved to Patterson's chapel J H Rooney of 549 West Hunter Street also died Sunday. Survived by daughter Mrs Mary Carey Chicdora. Body at Bloomfield's chapel awaiting Carey's son arrival.
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Aaron Murphy
Sesidence
Ashby Street
A. E
Denver
J. E
Omaha
Web
J. H. Rooney
Hunter Street
Mary Carey
Chicdora
Bloomfield
Friends of W. C. Connor Deny Charges at Cave Spring
In Rome Georgia August lies, friends of Professor W. C. Connor, superintendent of the Georgia School for the Deaf at Cave Spring, dispute charges of drunkenness and cruelty leveled by Representative Ayer of Bibb county. They call for a thorough investigation to clear Connor.
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Rome, Go
August L
Friends of
Profensor
W. C. Connor
Georgia School For
Deal
Cave Spring
Representative Ayer
Bibb County
Professor Connar
Le Diable au Cor for French Soldiers in Trenches
Paris correspondence notes President Raymond Poincaré regularly received Le Diable au Cor a paper from Alpine Chasseurs. He thanks the blue devils for their courtesy title My Dear Comrades and for sending the envelope bearing Captain of the Alpine Chasseurs. He recalls visiting Vosges, praising their bravery, camaraderie, and decorations in barbed wire tributes.
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Preas
Raymond Poincare
Alpine Chasseurs
Alpine Light Infantry
Blue Devils
Alpine Chasseuin
le Diable Au Cor
Dutic
Lomptaton
Vonges
Vosges
Mont Imennigns
Fetlig
Republic of France
Srosaea
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