All State Cultivated Crops Decline in July
July brought declines across Georgia crops led by corn wheat tobacco and rice with grass and pasture crops the notable exception. Rainfall exceeding seven inches and drainage issues hurt yields while the sweet potato and potato outlook remained mixed though overall potato prospects looked strong barring excess moisture.
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J. J. Brown
Georgia Department of Agriculture
ZH. Pettet
United States
Piedmont
Georgia
Skewart
Jeff Davin
Belgian Deputies Ratify Peace Pact
Wired Washington reports a peace pact ratified by Belgian deputies. The surplus property sale in Atlanta offers 150 buckboards complete with two seats and cushions, weighing about 740 pounds. Sealed bids due September 4 in Washington D C with 10 percent bond. inspection by September 4 in Atlanta.
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Washington
Atlanta
Giviason
Washington, D. C
Whitehall Street
Germans Not Rushing to Work in France
Berlin reports German workers are not flocking to France for reconstruction. The Neue Berliner Zeitung estimates only about one fifth of needed labor may volunteer, with the rest likely conscripted. In Paris, commissioners moved to set transport rails and assign a large number of Germans to northern advance projects.
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France
Berlin
Agsqu
Neue Berliner Zeitung
Paris
Bovrn Reiling
Clemenceau Urged At League Meeting In Washington
Paris dispatch reports Premier Clemenceau may attend the first general assembly of the League of Nations in Washington. The note cites American quarters and echoes a sense that his presence would be significant.
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Paris
Clemenceau
General Assembly
League of Nations
Washington
Accord
Eéreei Hutin
Echo Ae
Negro Laborers and Ship Workers Strike at Savannah Plant
In Savannah on August 8, about 266 colored laborers at an engineering firm rebuilding the Southern Fertilizer and Chemical plant went on strike demanding 40 cents per hour, after earning 80 cents. The company resumed with new men today. Also 19 plumbers and allied workers at Foundation ship yards struck, over differences with their superintendent. the Foundation's work continues and will close in the fall, with no current disruption to ongoing projects.
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Savannah
Specfib
Southern Fertilizer and Chemical Company
Yaaterday
Foundation
YB Blake Frdson
Anglie Avenue
Boulevard
Noutheast
Greenstory Sverva and
Teo Street
John Bison
Alonzo
URS
Harnett
W. A. Baker
Standard Avenue
Bede Stench Trust Company
Meena
Apr
Tangia
Tantalah Ochoraal Corporation
Hana
West Ald
Thomasy Pans Realty Com
Jonn Gy Harton
Bacine Atecet
Tilsas Po Street
Affectoo
Hemphilt
Fourteenth Street
Ryeiee
Hallie Baldwin
W. Is Peck
Bt. Charles Avenue
St. Charles
Une M. Rentros
Inman
F. A. Qnitten
Andrew Hoyathy
Girard Arene
Howell Agu
Corin
Faulconer
Fom Operman
Germany Faces Coal Shortage Threat This Winter
A German conference of employers and workers appointed to boost coal production warned the situation is desperate. No concrete steps were taken, but unanimity backed improving supply at any price. Railways warned of limited coal for a week or two with major passenger restrictions and cuts to express trains and some locals. A August 16 reaction will hit dining and packing cars in Germany.
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Bertin
August
Associated Press
Germany
Pele
Laor
Senators Demand Shantung Clarification Amid Treaty Debate
Washington August 8, senators pressed to clear up Japan's Shantung declarations and President Wilson’s remarks, arguing the Shantung settlement should be resolved before ratification. They warned a rushed vote would grant Japan leverage over China and threaten US open-door policy and treaty rights.
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Gonsuta Philadel Fabllo Lederie
Tote
Senate
Japan
Tadey
Shantung
League of Nations
Horah
Ismua
Uchide
Uchida
Wilson
Viscount Uchida
America
State Department
United States
China
Jepansss
Baron Makino
Viscount Chinda
Spadiula- Eigen
Germany
Paris
Uchite
Otter
Tsingtao-Fsinantu
Klan Chan
Harghig Hammens
Japan and Shantung Crisis Amid Versailles Treaty Strain
The article notes Japan’s long pendency with the Versailles treaty and its occupation of Shantung mines. It reports expansion northward, control over regional economic resources, and domination of civil institutions across parts of Shantung. The president’s stance is described as unusually mild in this context.
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Tsinantu
Japan
Pekin
Yangste
Versailles
Shantung Province
Shantung
Dehida
Gald
Afghanistan and Britain sign peace agreement
London reports that a peace treaty between Great Britain and Afghanistan was signed at noon, with official confirmation issued in the afternoon. The双方 pledged to peaceful relations and postwar cooperation after months of tension.
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London
Great Britain
Afghanistan
Churches Homes for Girls Doing Great Work Here
In Atlanta four churches run homes for girls since the Evangelical Ministers association formed five years ago. Over 25 hundred girls have passed through Marthe Candler Bu ford Memorial Julian Howell and Eliza Manger homes. Each home accepts any homeless girl regardless of money or position and allows board payment from earnings. If a girl loses her position she is not charged while unemployed. Directors urge expansion to a home in every ward. Community visits are encouraged to understand the work and ongoing need.
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Atlanta
Evangelical Ministers’ Association
Marthe Candler
Auburn Avenue
Ivy Street
Buford Memorial
Spring Street
Julian Howell
Peepled Street
Howell Place
Eliza Manger
Crew and Fair Aurects
Citizens of Fifth and Sixth Wards Consider Paving
Two hundred residents from the Fifth and Eighth wards met in Chastain hall to discuss paving Center and Calhoun streets and renaming Dornell street to Mejan. Dr J B Freeman presided with H E Hosier as secretary. Committees will report feasibility, necessity, and recommendations at an early meeting.
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Chastain Hall
Center
Calhoun Streets
Dernell Atrect
Freeman
HE. M. Hosier
Dornell Street
McMillan
Calhoun Bureta
McMillen
Hog exhibitors loom large at 1919 Georgia State Fair
Macon Georgia August 8 special pig club expert J Downing of the State College of Agriculture reports the state fair will feature larger hog shows than ever before. Nearly every county club plans to send hogs to compete for prizes as interest in pig raising increases and 1919 aims to be a banner year.
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Macon
J. ©. Downing
State College of Agriculture
Georgia
Downing
Georgia Military Academy Seeks Army Horses for Artillery
The Georgian Military Academy at College Park Georgia seeks twelve fine army horses to equip two artillery field pieces. Senator W J Harris has asked the War Department for the animals for Col onel J G Woodward, head of the academy, and the government recognizes the institution.
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Genetifalion Lesssd
Washington
Georgian Military Academy
Colfegaark
War Department
W. J. Harris
J. G. Woodward
Meningitis Claims Savannah Horses and Mules
In Savannah Georgia a truck grower reports the deaths of two mules and two horses on his farm and two more horses on nearby colored farmers property. Local veterinarians attribute the deaths to meningitis observed in the past few days.
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Savannah
Speciah
A. Horswel
Chatham
Woman Shocked by Lightning Struck in Georgia
In Cawfon Georgia Nebbide struck the Harris home on Oregon Street during a heavy rainstorm. Mrs. Harris was the sole occupant and was seriously shocked by the electrical discharge. She remained hospitalized as doctors assessed injuries from the bolt.
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Cawnon
Nebbide
Charles A. Harris
Oregon Street
Road Impassable Between Griffin and Barnesville
Severe rain this week left a road section by Griffin impassable for travelers from Atlanta to Macon. Farmers pulled stuck automobiles from mudholes between Griffin and Barnesville since Wednesday, hindering transport and requiring repair work to restore the route.
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Macon
Atlanta
Griffin
Barnesville
Senoia Beats Talbottan Four Nothing
A fragmented report notes Senoia won 4 to 0 against Talbottan. The text mentions errors or misses by a player named Sor and references a Thursday event at a baseball venue. Names like Anarla Mania Tason and Spicy appear with generic umpire and location tags A North.
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Anarla
Mania Tason
North
Venizelos Drops Support for League of Nations
In Paris amid Balkan postwar tensions Venizelos publicly doubts the league anew. He once championed the League as a safeguard for small states but now opposes American favoritism toward Bulgarian gains in Thrace, warning it risks Greece and broader European stability.
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Paris
Thrace
Venezelos Hag
League of Nations
Bealde
Venezelos
Faris
Greece
Constantine
Putalgo
Venazelos
Aegean
Epirus
United States
Salonika
Bulgaria
Aégean
Harbers
Kavala
Great Britain
France
Hava
Danube
Wilsons
Venezélos
Gon
America
X Bulgaris
League of War Trong
League of Man
Urés
Boe
TROS and BO Paces Crank 7 Se Ran Support
A brief note reports TROS and BO Paces backing a seven seed run, with supporters rallying behind the effort amid unclear details and lingering questions about timing and scope.
Lumber Interests Condemn Plumb Bill In Georgia
Thomasville August 8 lumber interests representing an annual business over 7 000 000 adopted a resolution condemning the Plumb bill as a compromise measure and sent it to the director general of railroads Georgia national senators and Representative Frank Park. A Commercial association meeting followed with similar action and the strike was condemned as unpatriotic.
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Thomasville
Lumber Interests
Georgia National
Frank Park
Commercial Association
Washington
Indictments for Milk Trust Violations Hit Cleveland Dairymen
Seven members of the Ohio Farmers Cooperative Milk Association, once the Northern Ohio Milk Producers' Association, are indicted by the special county grand jury in Cleveland. All face charges under the Valentine anti trust law for mill market violations.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ohio Farmers Coroperative Milk Association
Northern Ohio Milk Producers’ Association
Special County
Cleverland
Vaudeville highlights at Loew's Grand and Paris visit details
The Loew's Grand vaudeville program features The Six Royal Huosars as the top act with Getateae Pee ee and Eating Hergest plus four vaudeville shows daily from 1 to 12 pm. Other acts include Love's Fates with Werner and Atorons trio and LeRoy Mabel Ha Florence Henry. Herbert Hoover leaves for Vienna with Brig. Gen. Handholtz to study food and economic conditions across central Europe.
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Loew's Grand
Royel Huosars
Werner and
Atorons
Hones
LeRoy
Mabel
Florence Henry
Paris
Associated Press
Herbert Hoover
Inter-Silied Relief Organization
Harry Handholtz
Vienne
Poles Take Minsk Parly August Diapatenes
Messages from Warsaw relay that Polish forces have occupied Minsk. The report, attributed to local newspapers, notes rapid advance and confirms the capture amid ongoing maneuvers in the region. No further details on dates or commanders are provided.
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Warsaw
Insc
New Aircraft Insignia Design Explained
The design features a red circle inside a white five point star within a blue circumscribed circle. Colors match the American flag. Insignia placed on upper and lower wing surfaces with precise tangency to the pentagon formed by star points. Rudder marks include three equal red white blue bands.
The Wires Crossed From Blighty In London
A dispatch from London reports a distressed telephone exchange scene as a man telephones in a fast voice declaring he cannot live without his wife. His wife attempts to intervene and asks for calm, seeking guidance on handling the crisis.
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Blighty
London
Jst
Baith
A Faithful Employee and a Day at Work
A fragment from Pearsons Weekly hints at office life and duty. George faces frustration over a colleague’s calm defiance as she retreats upstairs, changing attire rather than addressing the issue.
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Boge
Nlgl
Pat
Neers
Geo
George
Pearson’s Weekly
Etehermine Lecomte
Property Transfers and Bonds in Atlanta Real Estate Notes
A long list details varied property transfers including warranty deeds, land parcels with Lot numbers and street names, dates mainly in 1919, and values. It records transfers, months, and adjacent streets, with numerous parcels fronting Boulevards, Avenues, and Streets, plus several building permits and city tax liens.
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Atlanta
Ward & Land
Fulton County
Columbia Avenue
Johnson
Aminnta
R. W. Johnson
Atlan
Georgia
Et County
Aido
Crew Street
Clarke Streets
Scovilto
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