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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1909
Page
8
Gainesville Midland schedules show Athens arrivals daily except Sunday at 3:50 p m for mixed train and 7:05 p m. Sunday only 1:15 a m and 8:15 p m. Athens departures daily except Sunday mixed train 6:00 a m and passenger 10:50 a m and 5:45 p m. Sunday only 7:45 a m and 4:45 p m.
Timetable excerpt lists Seaboard Air Line northbound Nos 41 and 33 with times around 6 15 a m and 2 44 p m and Southern lines with arrival times 9 35 a m 7 15 p m 12 15 p m 8 10 a m 1 50 p m 4 00 p m, plus agent Hoke note and mixed train service. Powell referenced for form at St Louis American.
San Antonio April 27 reports say local inventor J W Oman leads a team backing a new aeroplane design. The craft promises water and land takeoffs without a track, dual 16 horsepower engines, four catapult devices for emergency launch, and potential use as sporting military or commercial craft.
The Saturday Night Round Table featured the continuation of The Stew of the Jack O’Lantern read by Miss S Martin, with songs by Beasley Wiley Tyler and Evans. YWCA Somerset unit held programs led by Hattie Sanders Mary Bradley and Fannie Taal Garrard. Girls Athletic Association met with S.N.O.S. orchestra providing music and refreshments. Miss Ida A Young spoke on Home Missions at morning service. Athens High School notes a 4 to 1 softball win. Faculty and students saw departures and returns including N W Baird and B B Beasley Jr. Mentions of Miss Parrish, Miss Ollie Monroe, Miss Josie Wallace, Miss Ronnie Parrish and Miss Jessie Clarke. Feld Day exercises and basketball games described.
The General Assembly of Connecticut rejected a bill that would have provided for the election of United States senators by the people.
Frank Frantz former governor of Oklahoma was arrested in St. Louis after an all night car ride with a young woman charged with disturbing the peace. They were detained until Sunday morning and released on bonds. Charges later dismissed by order of the chief after Frantz appealed. Edna Wilson identified as the woman.
A large statewide temperance vote unfolds with multiple counties voting on prohibition options. Delaware and Tippecanoe counties draw intense campaigns as Perdue University’s Lafayette ties heighten interest. Saloons totals and county outcomes are contested amid active dry and wet campaigns statewide.
An old advertisement urges readers to buy Hyomei inhalers and outfits from H.R. Palmer & Sons. It claims the inhaler can cure catarrh asthma bronchitis and relieve colds within minutes and hours, touting pine eucalyptus forest air as healing and offering a money back guarantee.
Senator Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia urges a measured approach to U S waterway improvement, opposing a blanket five hundred million bond but backing steady, long term funding. He argues rivers and rails complement each other to move heavy freight and that future generations will benefit from planned, modern waterways.
Seventeenth national conference of church clubs opens at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York presided by Robert H Gardiner of Boston. Topics include The Emmanuel Movement and Its Deeper Meaning Immigration and the Church and Christian Unity and Unchristian Division.
Foley's Honey and Tar is promoted as a protective remedy against spring colds that can inflame the lungs and lead to pneumonia. The ad urges buyers to insist on genuine Foley's Honey and Tar to avoid counterfeit products, noting it contains no harmful drugs and is sold by all druggists.
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