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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1913
Page
5
A discussion notes no foundation for the belief that sugar causes bad teeth. It cites West Indies people as heavy sugar eaters with relatively fine teeth, arguing that teeth injuries from sugar are not clearly supported by evidence, though general harm to teeth remains possible.
An iron cannon ball was found by greenkeepers during excavations on a golf course, buried six feet underground in trap rock. The weapon measures 18 inches in circumference and shows little oxidation, remaining largely intact in the rock.
An Italian scientist recently visited Lake Magadi in East Africa where the surface looks like water but is a solid dazzling white. The lake covers about thirty square miles and currently supplies soda daily as a railway to the Uganda railway is built. Once finished the railway will enable Lake Magadi to supply soda to the world.
The article claims a colossal amount of telephone wire exists in the United States. It calculates that the total length could wrap around the Earth 500 times and form 50 lines from the Earth to the Moon, yet would still fall short of reaching Venus.
A 1912 advertisement from H. R. Palmer & Sons touts RHEUMA as a cure for rheumatism with a two bottle course and a money back guarantee if not as advertised. The claimant claims two years of good health since treatment and offers to answer readers questions with a stamped reply.
In New York on June 2 the St. Regis ballroom will host the wedding of Miss Blanche Lazo Arriaga daughter of Antonio Lazo Arriaga former Guatemalan minister and John F Steinman of Lancaster Pennsylvania. Bridesmaids include Caroline and Elizabeth Steinman Caroline Franklin Jean Stewart and Gabrielle McQuaid and flower girl Carita Helia daughter of the San Salvador minister.
At Pontorson the Mont St. Michel is described as once a real island with a charming medieval village. The bay’s shifting sands and tides shaped travel by ferry and cart. Modernization began with a causeway and light rail, yet the great abbey remains intact, its delicate architecture, kitchens, battlements, and intricate stairways preserved despite time.
In the Latin Quarter thousands celebrate Pierre Brisset from Anjou named Prince of Thinkers for proposing that humans descend from bullfrogs not apes. After a Pantheon procession to view Rodin, Brisset earns applause in a lecture claiming a grand prehistoric frog lineage. The speaker spoke sincerely about a bullfrog forebear croaking at dawn.
Nine Ratay sisters, all teachers, set a family record in Modoc County California. Daughters of Mr and Mrs John Ratay live near Fort Bidwell. The youngest sister recently passed the teacher license examination.
The anniversary of the birth of Jefferson Davis is a legal holiday in many Southern States and is recognized by law and usage. Banks will observe the day as a legal holiday here.
A Banner dispatch from Cambridge Massachusetts reports that David F. Barrow, son of University of Georgia Chancellor David C. Barrow, won the Parker fellowship at Harvard. The award honors his excellent work in mathematics and provides a year or more abroad in leading universities, with study in Italy and Germany. Barrow has previously earned other Harvard honors.
Mr William Dorsey was taken ill yesterday morning suddenly and seriously and went home. A physician was summoned and the diagnosis remained uncertain. He improved somewhat by night, and friends hope the illness will pass quickly and he will be himself soon.
The obituary records the death of Mr Couch in Macon with burial in Princeton Factory county. He was brother of Mr B Couch of Princeton and formerly lived in Athens in Clarke County. Rev Will Saye led the funeral service and many friends from Athens joined the widow and Macon party at Princeton for the tribute.
Snookums returns to the Lyric today as the feature. The program also includes The Fighting Chaplain with action and pep and Fire a scientific motion study on the big Lyric bill for today.
Special correspondence for the Banner reports Ward S. Green a young Atlanta reporter nearly dying after descending 70 feet into an abandoned well on the Stevens farm while searching for a weapon said to have killed Mrs and her daughter before a house fire. He survived, aided by a stout rope and rescuers, as sheriff and detectives pursued new evidence. The piece also notes President Woodrow Wilson will not visit Georgia this year. It surveys police methods, including third degree practices, in the Phi kan case, and recounts the rise and fall of Atlanta police figure Red Russell from wealth to poverty within a month.
Pneumonia epidemic risks cited with cold damp weather. promotion of Vinci cod liver and iron tonic with oil as preventive. Includes testimonial from Mrs Hien Lyte of Ohio and an Athens druggist ad. Mentions Mrs W T Cooper's recovery at Commerce sanitarium and Mrs Chas Richardson visiting Crawford, Athens.
Reports indicate mixed weather and an odd incident in the Atlanta Nashville game with Nashville alleging a Sunday postponement to draw a bigger crowd and Atlanta claiming a default due to no umpire on site. Other results list scores across Southern and American leagues including Philadelphia, Boston, New York, and regional towns such as Americus, Valdosta, Brunswick, and Waycross.
The Senior Banquet at the University of G. will be held on June 12 at the Georgian hotel. the event accompanies the trustees’ annual sessions. Tickets cost 2.50 per plate and may be obtained by contacting committee members Messe Lee Clarke Freeman Kelley Lance or Slade before the May 5 deadline.
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