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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 13, 1921

Page

3

Sword Duels at Heidelberg Show Old School Traditions

Higdelberg Germany April 11 Baseling in the University of Bela pers 8 ay popular and as com mon today as it was more than 500 years ago when this oldest of German schools was founded. Students wear swords or bandaged faces to mark dueling practice and prowess. Duels are often organized by fraternities with surgeons ready to stitch wounds after short rounds. The winner is decided by fewest stitches. dodging a stroke is forbidden. Leather guards protect heads and necks. sacred dueling rooms and ancient cafes host fights. The university maintains authority over punishments, with a wall noted as a record of imprisonments by students.

Associated Press Higdelberg Germany University of Bela Pers Heidelberg Galt

Georgia Receives $550 477 35 From Federal Road Fund

Atlanta April 11 More than half a million dollars 550 477 35 has come to Georgia from the federal aid road fund for February and March to reimburse counties and the state for highway projects in the state system. The counties receive 520 937 70 while the state keeps 29 539 66 for engineering as provided by the department.

Atlanta State Highway Department

Wild West Days in Southern Argentina Raise Uproar

Report from Buenos Aires describes a cavalry-led crackdown on a band of raiders in Santa Cruz Territory. Over 1,000 bandits attacked ranches, looted, burned buildings, and disrupted sheep farms. Many fled to the mountains or to Chubut. about 200 eluded capture.

Buenos Aires Argentine Republic United States Santa Cruz Calvary Chubut

State Highway Law Refunds For February And March By Counties

Counties participating in the federal aid refund for the months of February and March include Baker, Brooks, Terrel, Chatham, Cherokee, Chats Cobb, Cook, Dade, Decatur, Dooly, Kerry, Co Barry, El bert, Emanuel, Evans, Frank.

Baker, Brooks, Terrel Chatham Cherokee Chats Cobb Cook Dade Decatur Dooly Kerry, Co . Barry Elbert Emanuel Evans Frank

First Roman Catholic Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Named

Lord Edmund Talbot was appointed under Home Rule to succeed Viscount French as Ireland’s viceroy. He becomes the kingdom’s leading Roman Catholic in this landmark appointment. Two laborers work on the new First Baptist Church site. one recalls an acquaintance who drives a gray mule as his only identifying mark.

Edmund Talbot Viscount French Ireland Lord Talbot Lord Leutenant New First Baptist

Thedford's Black-Draught Praise Reaches Jamestown

A Jamestown Tenn reader extols Thedford's Black-Draught as a trusted remedy for torpid liver and related symptoms in children and adults. The message urges others to ask for the product to help the liver perform its duties.

Jamestown Tenn Thedford Bng the Iver

Signature lines and names in a shifting social map

A fragmented contemplation on how individuals gain identity through signature, branding, constructions, rhetoric, writing, governance, and even lineage, hinting at a tapestry of recognition across pursuits and eras.

Local Train Schedule Fragments From Atlanta and Beyond

Fragmentary timetable shows routes and times between Atlanta Monroe Memphis Birmingham Norfolk Richmond Washington New York and other connections. Entries include departures at 10:05am 6:33pm 4:16pm 2:24pm and 8:00pm with early or late morning/overnight stamps and several misreads.

Atlanta-Monroe Memphis Birmingham Atlanta Norfolk-Richmond Atlanta-Abbeville Birmingham-atlants Washington-New York Norfolk-Wilmington

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