Banks Will Help Farmers Gather Georgia Cotton Crops
A Georgia cotton conference at the state capitol adopted resolutions to form holding companies and to finance farmers, aiming to protect price and increase grain crops. The Macon meeting on August 25 will carry the measures forward with bankers, merchants, and farmers from every cotton county represented.
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State Capitol
Georgia
Capitol
John D. Walker
Sparta
Macon
Treasury Department
Washington
Mondas
South
Atlanta
S. 3B. Brown
Albany
R A. Stafford
Barnesville
W. A. Brannon Moreland
W. H. Davis
Wassboro
N.C. Coffin
Hichland
H E. Stocknridge
J. O. Harris
Decatur
L. G. Council
Americus
L. C. Miller
W. C Hill
Forsyth
RD. Cole
Newnan
R. F. Duckworth
J. ©. Cooper
W. T. Anderson
National Treasury
New York
French Drive in Upper Alsace Reported Driving Germans Back
Paris reports methodical progress in Upper Alsace with German forces retreating in disorder. French troops advance toward Strassburg and along the frontier from Helfort to Chambrey, gaining ten to twenty kilometers while solidly holding Alsace and Lorraine. A German cruiser sinking claim and American cowboys enlisting are also noted.
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Lerquin
Adondange
Marcel
Helfort
Chambrey
Lorraine
London
Daily Telegraph
Canary Islands
Dongen
German mob kills baby after cap bears France word
A Rennes dispatch reports Madame Guillon of Combourg arriving in Hanover after mobs killed her husband and baby. She said they were expelled from Ketberg and forced to flee via Switzerland, then arrested as spies, stoned, and shot when her husband cried long live France.
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Rennes
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Guillon
Combourg
Saint Malo
Hanover
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Switzerland
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England
Bentheim
How to Find Desirable Rooms or Board In The Constitution Bureau
The Constitution runs a free Bureau of Boarding and Rooming House Information guiding the public to desirable rooms or boarding houses. Experienced clerks assist in locating a home and note that listings are quickly filled. Contact telephone M. 5000 or Ad 5001 for help. reference on Page 13.
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French Rally Drives Germans From Namur Dinant
Brussels dispatch reports French forces halted German entrenchments at Dinant after a near rout. French chasseurs charged, breaking German lines as Marseillaise blared, driving foes toward Rochefort and Han sur Lesse. Casualties were heavy. vivid field sketches followed from Diest battlefields.
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Brussels
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Namur
Dinant
Daily News
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Huy
Pinanst
Meuse
Houx
Han Sur Lesse
Kkillen
Battlefeld
Diest
Belgium
Hoa
Haden
Bruges Prion
Vienna
Russia
Galicia
Felder Reports Harrowing Europe Travel Conditions
New York August 17 Special Colonel Thomas Belcher of Atlanta arrives on the Laconia and heads to Washington to urge the state department to aid Americans abroad. He describes frantic escapes from Europe, consular decrees, and dire money shortages for travelers, especially women, with a committee formed in London to investigate and help those stranded.
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New York
Thomas Belcher
Atlanta
Washington
State Department
Europe
Felder
Finland
America
Paris
London
England
Speed Devil Blamed for Sunday Crash at St Charles
Dr I and Barton of 210 St Charles avenue disputes the Constitution account of a Sunday afternoon crash in front of his home. He says he parked with the right side to the curb and that a speeding seven passenger car driven by Dixon McCarty of 68 Syedmont avenue struck his vehicle, sending it into a partial turn and injuring two passengers. Witnesses reported speeds of 50 to 60 mph. McCarty and Curry Moon were injured. Barton calls the other driver the sole cause and hopes for recovery for the injured.
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St Charles Avenue
Jackson Hillapflat
Dixon McCarty
Syedmont Avenue
Gorman and
Cochran
McCarty
St Charled Avenue
Acasa Trust
Young McCarty
Nash
Curry Moon
Horton
Tam Ameerely
Barton
Four Die As Boiler Burst After Lightning Strike
Pembroke Georgia August 17 lightning struck a mill near town, the boiler blew up killing two white men and two negroes. James T. Myrick the manager was among the dead. A fifth man suffered a broken arm and several others were seriously injured.
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Here
James T. Myrick
Inan
Brazilian Foreign Minister Demands Germany Explain Attack
Rio Janeiro August 174 The Brazilian foreign minister Dr Lauro Muller has instructed the Brazilian minister at Berlin to demand from the German government explanations and punishment for those responsible for the attack on Bernardino Campos ex president of the state of São Paulo. Reports say Campos was assaulted and robbed while en route across the Swiss canton.
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Lauro Muller
Berlin
Ber|nardino Campos
Saopaulo
Senor Campos
Bernardino Campos
Sao Paulo
French Fleet Sinks Austrian Vessels In Adriatic
News from August reports a major naval engagement on the Adriatic with four Austrian ships sunk by the French fleet. The action occurs amid broader German advances in Belgium and Allied responses, including press moves and field restrictions on correspondents. Montenegrins cross into Bosnia winning a fierce battle, while Russo Austro activity continues and Japan's actions draw international attention.
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Czar
Bosnia
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Gattare
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