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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1913

Page

3

Interscholastic Meet at Berkeley Opens April 4

Berkeley Cal April 3 Several hundred young athletes arrive for the Pacific Coast interscholastic track and field meet under UC athletics. Preliminary events are set for tomorrow with finals contested Saturday. Schools from California Oregon Washington Idaho and Nevada are entered.

Berkeley Cal The Universit of California Oregon Washington Idaho Nevada

The Pearl of the Antilles Cuba and its War Lore

The article extols Cuba as the Pearl of the Antilles noting its beauty and rich soils. It highlights the Spanish American War’s dramatic reporting and romantic Santiago scenery, including Schley’s squadron, the Morro castle harbor, and the San Juan hills. It describes Cuba's rail links and a suggested travel path from Havana to Santiago and Panama, predicting Cuba’s rise as a premier winter resort.

United States Cuba Antilles West Indian Islands Spain Santiago Caribbean Schley Cervera Coller Grimes el Paso Santiago Bay San Juan Spraetiouis Ilbetinds Bi Juan Rough Riders Havana Santa Clara William van Horne Canada New York Chicago Panama Jamaica Kingston

Hairless Turkoman Horses and Their Care

The Turkoman horse breed is noted for hairlessness with minimal mane and soft skin. They are not stabled but picketed in the open and clothed in thick felt coverings. Feed includes barley or straw with flour and clarified butter, which aids exertion. care focuses on protecting their delicate coats from cold.

Colonel Stewart Persia India

Wealthy farmer disputes newspaper authorship

In a lawsuit a farmer challenges authorship of a signed newspaper piece. He denies writing it, noting unfamiliar words as the other party’s finger traces the page. The dispute hinges on who truly penned the text and how the silence is broken following a remark.

Here Ans San Francisco

Women Man the Fleet in Welsh Village Still Build Homes

Special Daily Mirror correspondent from Hav­erford reports Llangwm, Pembrokeshire, where women operate boats and dredge oysters, build cottages, and sustain families. Mrs Mary Palmer, 82, carries a hundredweight of oysters daily and recalls selling fish since childhood, aided by pension from Lloyd George.

London Daily Mirror Haverford Llangwm Pentbrokeshire D. M. Pryse Pembroke Dockyard

Boys Hurt by 11 000 Volt Charge While Fishing

New York youngsters Harry Glen and John Kock hooked a record bite tale while fishing from a railroad bridge. A chain used as a line touched electric feed, delivering an 11 000 volt jolt that tossed them into the air.

New York Harry Glen John Kock

Salome Dance Glass Window at Lincoln Cathedral

In Lincoln Cathedral's south transept, a fourteenth century glass panel depicts Salome dancing for King Herod. The dancer is shown with red-gold hair and red stockinged legs performing a cartwheel or somersault, observed by the king of Judaea to her right.

Lincoln Cathedral England Salome Herodias Judaea

Firefighters Discover Cadavers During Washington Lab Rescue

Washington firemen, after entering the George Washington University medical school laboratory to save presumed victims overcome by smoke, found they were rescuing cadavers from the dissecting room. Fire damage to the building was minor.

Washington George Washington University Medical School University

Indian Chief John Griffin Dies Leaving 139 Orphans

Seneca Tonawanda chief and Rochester preacher John Griffin died by asphyxiation leaving 139 children and 250 grandchildren. He was known as an herb doctor and religious leader to his people.

John Griffin Tonawanda Indian Reservation Rochester N. Y

Nature’s Own Catarrh Remedy From Eucalyptus Air

Nature's Own Catarrh Remedy claims to heal membranes destroy germs and stop morning hawking and snuffles. Booths Hyomet touted as world’s greatest catarrh remedy derives from eucalyptus air inland Australia and is linked to residents free from catarrh due to their air.

Booth Australia

Fraternal lodge meeting notices in Athens area

A list of regular meeting nights and locations for Order of Owls Athens Nest 1460 O O O Glenn Lodge 75 I.O.O.F. Athens BPOE No 790 St Elmo Lodge K of P and Woodmen Camp 292 with times on Fridays Tuesdays Wednesdays and Mondays in various halls on Clayton Jackson Broad Lumpkin Wall streets. Visiting members urged to attend.

Order of Owls Athens Owl's Nest Clayton Street P. H. Corbett B. A. May Sec Glenn Lodge Oda Fellows' Hall Clayton and Jackson Streets W. A. E. Church H. L. Garebold B. P Lodge Quarters Broad and Lumpkin Streets B. S. Dobbs E. R. Geo. H. Palmer St. Elmo Lodge K. of P Rights of Pythias Castle Hall Max Joseph Wall Streets Phono J. D. Severns C. C T. H. Nickerson Geo. B. Davis W. C Woodmen Hall Talmage Building Soverseas

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