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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1916
Page
7
A copper antimony alloy with magnesium carbonate to add weight can be drawn and polished like gold and valued around 25 cents a pound. Thrift propaganda may boost savings discipline, likening nickel to dollar accumulation and forming will power similar to the Greek hero lifting a calf into an ox.
Georgia farmers are urged to improve cotton yields by breeding high quality seed adapted to local conditions. Experts Ira Williams and C A McLendon explain selection methods, wilt resistance, and disease control. the State Board of Entomology will publish a detailed bulletin and assist planters with ginning and lint calculations.
A home tip describes softening pecan shells by pouring boiling water over the nuts and letting them stand tightly covered for five to six hours. After soaking, crack lightly around the nuts with nut crackers to extract the meat quickly and intact, avoiding the bitter lining.
The passage urges a universal charity, urging people to think well of others, avoid assuming ill motives, and pray for a revival of true charity that rejoices in truth and does not celebrate iniquity. It emphasizes the ease of giving a fair interpretation to motives and the social need for this virtue.
Train No 50 leaves at 8 30 a m. No 52 at 4 00 p m. No 56 at 4 30 p m Sunday only. No 51 arrives 12 30 p m daily except Sunday. No 53 arrives 9 30 p m. No 57 arrives 12 m Sunday only.
Train No 2 departs Athens 7 20 p m and No 4 departs 2 20 p m Train No 1 arrives Athens 11 40 a m Train No 4 arrives Athens 6 40 p m Nos 2 and 4 connect at Belmont for Winder Monroe and intermediate points with Georgia Railroad for all points and at Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern stations and with Southern Railway north and south
Southern Railway announces departure times for the Athens branch with daily and Sunday trains. Daily departures include 8:20 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. All Points, 3:30 p.m. daily except Sunday, and 3:15 p.m. Sundays. Arrivals are 12:40 p.m., 6:50 p.m., and 9:45 a.m. on Sundays or excluded days. Information lines provide contacts H E Williams and E Shelton with phone numbers.
A light exchange jokes about a performance labeled futurist music. One asks why it should be played in the future, prompting a witty remark that the piece belongs in the future itself. The silliness highlights taste in contemporary concert programming.
A Clarke County newspaper lists candidates for public offices in Georgia. John B. Gamble seeks re election as Solicitor General West Circuit and urges white citizens support. L C Brown runs for state legislature. Other contenders include A Von Der Lieth for Congress S Stevens for Senate Nat D Arnold for Senate and Thomas J Brown for Congress with details of party rules and primary dates.
A quip contrasts a man who has seen Niagara with one who has not and a ham sandwich. The punchline notes the ham sandwich comes in where you bite.
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