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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1914
Page
3
The French navy ranks fourth globally in warship tonnage and third among involved nations. It details battleships, cruisers, torpedo craft, and submarines, plus numbers built and building, 1911 plans, and 1914 budget aims. It notes reforms under M Gauthier and a Mediterranean focus amid Anglo French naval alignment.
The article details France's naval buildup through 1914 including 378 vessels totaling 876 155 tons and ships up to 230 264 tons. It outlines the Jean Bart Courbet Bretagne Provence Lorraine and Normandie class battleships two 1913 dreadnoughts launched in 1911 the Vendee and other new ships with 18 4 inch turrets and twelve gun armament. It notes Mediterranean fleet bases Toulon conscription and a 1918 crew of 63 859 officers and men with 90 ships in line including Danton class battleships and Gustave Zede subs.
Beavers hold regular meeting with many members, new entrants including Col W C Munday and J T Dabney present. Charter fee set at 5 dollars for 30 days, Beavers meet Tuesdays at 8 30 PM at Max Joseph building and invite applications via members or organizer R C Potts. New stock each season promotes savings on low shoes.
In the American League New York defeated Chicago five to two while Philadelphia beat St Louis six to one in a ten inning first game and three to one in the second. National League results include Chicago beating Philadelphia one to three and Pittsburgh taking Boston three to two in twelve innings. Federal League shows Chicago losing to Buffalo six to two and St Louis defeating Baltimore two to six. South Atlantic lists Charleston over Augusta five to two and Savannah over Columbia three to one in five. Jacksonville over Columbus one to zero. Macon over Albany one to zero. Southern League notes Atlanta and Montgomery split two games one to zero and seven to one with Nashville equal to Birmingham one and eight innings, and Mobile losing to Memphis two to one.
London authorities at the Guildhall have established a department to help buyers decide if antiques are genuine or sham. The service aids Americans and other visitors by testing items before purchase and informs those who buy first about the value of their objects. Lead and brass pieces are a focus for fake antiques, whose imitations are often highly artistic.
Train schedule notes Georgia Ratlroaa shows daily service with No 50 leaving 6:45 am and No 52 at 4:25 pm and arrivals for No 53 at 1:20 pm and No 65 at 6:00 pm. Times given in Eastern Time and daily except Sunday.
A Harlem girl entertaining with ice cream shows a clever trick about bulls wandering from a farm. Her younger brother asks for more outside cream and she insists there is none, because if ice cream were outside she would have it inside.
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