Prisoners and Losses Reported by British War Office
London July 5 Major General B Maurice, director of military operations, announced that since the war began Britain has captured 177 778 prisoners including natives in Africa, with many released. The British losses total 61 088 men. They have held 739 guns at some point, 153 lost, 37 recaptured, and 8 on the western front remain with the enemy. The British have not lost a gun on the western front since April 1916.
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London
Getternl
B. Maurice
War Office
Franco British Troops Capture Over Fifty Thousand Prisoners
From April 13 to June 30 Franco British troops on the western front took 3 222 prisoners including 1 278 officers. War material seized for the period includes 509 guns 508 trench mortars and 1 318 machine guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taris
Western Front
Mrs Wilson Makes Pajamas for Soldiers
Washington reports Mrs Woodrow Wilson and Miss Helen Woodrow Bowen donated fourteen pajama pairs plus sheets and pillow cases to Red Cross groups in Raglan France Italy and Canada. Mrs Thomas R Marshall organized weekly Red Cross sewing meetings and women of the interior department led by Mrs Franklin IX Lane organized similar efforts.
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Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bowen
Red Cross
Raglan
France
Italy
Canada
Thomas R. Marshall
Ned Cross
Anuators
Pranklin
Lane
If I Were a Boy and Unbelief Sermons Planned
The church plans two brief sermon series for boys and girls with a Sunday school and junior activities. The pastor will address unbelief topics such as atheism materialism and rationalism. A Sunday night sermon titled The Withered Branch follows Bible study on John 15.
Price of July corn fixed at 1.66 by committee
Chicago July 5. Directors of the board of trade ordered stopped all further trading in duly corn for delivery by grade alone. The price of 165 was fixed by a committee.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
When to Quit Advertising According to the Constitution
A satirical verse cites exaggerated signs to declare when one should stop advertising. It references figures like a grasshopper, cow, fishes, baby, dooner, burglar, owls, vine, akrylark, sun, and heavens to mock quitting ads. The poem ends with a punchline urging cessation of advertising only when everything else fails.
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The
Atlanta Constitution
Sunday School Announcements Encourage Attendance and Charity
The article urges Buniday School and Building School attendance, notes missed pupils, and emphasizes keeping enrollment full. It lists Sunday morning services at 11:00 and an evening service led by Brother Harry Fleming, with a prayer service planned, midweek prayer, and Red Cross support as a civic appeal.
Methodist Notices Highlight Local Red Cross Effort
Sixty six minutes for membership in the American Red Cross Chapter were secured in a few minutes during Monday School and church activities last Sunday morning. Roy E G Thomasson of Stone Mountain visited our city. Roy T Ivey will preach tonight and Sunday there is a call to hear him. Encouraging attendance marked Sunday School and a special service Sunday night with the Boy Scouts present. The congregation enjoyed the service and looks forward to the coming sermon by Themantor on Sunday morning.
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Gengla
Bible School
Carrall County
Anybdy
W. T. Hamby
Carroll County
Red Cross
Eee
Naomi Jones
Carrollton
American Red Cross
Andehirel
Roy
T. Ivey
Bro
Ivey
Wayside-Heard Oguntoy Sunday Services Announced
The Sunday School at this place has been called in. Next Sunday there will be Sunday School at nine oclock a m and preaching at three in the afternoon. Prayer service will follow with Bro. B L Myatt leading. Parishioners urged to pray for unity and guidance.
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Charles Brodnax
Mosurs
Damien Walker
Buford Holmen
Roneiber
B. L. Myatt
Thomt
Giridanes
Local Notes On Health Marriages And Travel
Mr Neal Boyd has been ill but shows improvement Miss Hattie Lowh and Mr Ernest Mortis of Coweta county wed at Clem the fourth Sunday in June Mr Harvey Higgins visited home folk Wednesday night Heath from Bait Nownan Mr and Mrs TWL Wolt awaiting letter from son and brother na Yor who left for France June 8 Miss Lovella Holland Agnes Hig ind Opal Boyd and Winnie Sewell attended summer school at AL & M school
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Neal Boyd
Hattie Lowh
Ernest Mortis
Coweta
Ware
Clem
Harvey Higgins
Lovella Holland
Agnes Higind
Opal Boyd
Winnie Sewell
AL & M
Changes in Central Railroad Employees Cir 100 1917
Circular No 100 effective June 21 1917 appoints Mr Fy Barnes as Train Master Cedartown Georgia and Circular No 101 effective June 21 1917 appoints Mr d t Williams as Assistant Superintendent with HQ in Chattanooga Tennessee overseeing Maintenance of Way and Structures Equipment and Transportation Service between Chattanooga Tennessee and Chicago Georgia.
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Barnes
Cedartown
View
Wik Tinta
D. T. Williams
Chattanoopa
Tenn
Chattenoga
Ten
Chigamarga
M. A. Rambsby
For Sale Farm Land And Houses Near Tyus And Lowell Georgia
For sale 202 percent were farm 00 acres land in cultivation three houses good branch bottoms aann timber four miles south of Tyus Ga Also 63 acres three to four miles from Lowell Ga Also 118 acres on Roopville road Apply to Sjuloowtt Leon Mood.
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Tyus
Lowell
Roopville Road
Sjuloowtt Leon Mood
Dr Frank M Ridley Sr Dies In LaGrange At 63
LaGrange July 7 Dr Frank My Ridley Sr 63 prominent physician and surgeon died at his Ridley avenue home at 6 30 am after several weeks illness Survived by brother De Ridley of Atlanta and three children I M Ridley Lane of LaGrange and Mrs Warvey Hill of Atlanta He led Ridley Morgan Ridley and was chief surgeon for the Atlanta and West Point railroad A noted civic and business leader his death alarms many in the state and south
Eczema Relief by Blood Remedy Tied to S S S
In a vintage ad style, the text claims skin inflammation and itching stem from blood disorders and promotes S S S as a lasting, fifty year old blood remedy. It urges readers to seek expert advice from the Swift Specific Co Chief Medical Adviser in Atlanta Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Specific Co. Dept
Atlanta, Ga
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South
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Mrs. Wilson
First Baptist
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Mina Martha Brown
Ani
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Meta
Ollie Warry
Miura
U. Tod
Janet Blade
Harris
Roop
Pearl Springs
Lena
Depot Street
Carrollton, Ga
Chas. Fong, Proc
Baptist Tabernacle
Buniday School
Builay School
Uil
Meee
Neval
Harry Fleming
Mony
Tig
United States
Roy, E.G. Thomasson
Stone Mountain
Our City
Tueaday
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Themantor
Hulett
Centrail Railroad
Casdler
DR. Ridley
Lagrange
Southern Railway System
R-L. Baylor
Atlanta
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