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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1911
Page
6
The Intercollegiate Swimming Association announced the annual championships, set for Travers Island, are postponed to July 8 and moved to Sheepshead Bay to coincide with a large aquatic carnival. The event gathers colleges for the season’s decisive meet in a festive seaside setting.
Beginning today and continuing over tomorrow Washington Park hosts the first championship tournament of the Western Archery Association. Archers from a large section of the country attend as the Mecca of the bow.
Athens schedules list departures and arrivals for Central of Georgia and Southern Railway lines. Includes times for trains to and from Macon, Athens city time, and notes on trains not running north of Athens. Details specify Georgia Railroad and Gainesville Midland services with daily and Sunday timings.
A Pasadena drug firm Foley and Co endorses Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as an efficient non narcotic expectorant. It is said safe for children, relieves cold symptoms without nauseating effects, and does not hinder digestion. The letter from C H Ward Drug Co endorses the product and notes availability in yellow package.
The Georgia State Agricultural College outlines progress in agronomy, animal husbandry, forestry, cotton industry, and chemical studies. Notable efforts include soil building methods, corn germination research, beet pulp as feed, wood combustion efficiency, Sunbeam cotton strain, and soil type analyses. Extensions note ongoing projects and the need for state funding.
John Withrow, executed at Blue Ridge for killing his wife, arranged photographs of himself on the gallows and in other poses, requesting copies be given to his aged mother. He dictated a long statement confessing the crime and claiming he would go to heaven, smiling to the end.
In Coffee County near Kirkland, a turkey gobbler incubated and hatched 20 chicks. Peter Lott set a nest under his mate, and the gobbler pulled eggs from under her to sit. After three weeks he killed ten, but now tends and protects the twenty weeklings, acting as their guardian. Douglas Enterprise.
London notes Prince Edward turning seventeen today as public focus shifts to his forthcoming investiture at Carnarvon Castle next month. Uncertainty remains whether he will attend Oxford or join a short Sandhurst course, with plans for a separate establishment already under consideration at Frogmore.
Newark man James B Mershon describes a long eight month illness with blood loss and weakness before using Dr King's New Discovery. He credits the remedy with restoring strength and curing persistent coughs and lung trouble. 50c and 1.00, trial bottle free, guaranteed by W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons.
East Northfield Massachusetts June 23 delegates from many U S and Canadian colleges gathered as the Dwight Moody religious gathering opened its twenty fifth annual session. Speakers include John R Mott Robert E Speer Bishop A S Lloyd and other noted religious workers.
The Icelandic Lutheran Synod of America began its twenty seventh annual meeting in Winnipeg Manitoba with delegates from across Canada and the United States attending. Sessions continue through next Tuesday.
Mrs. E G Whitting of 360 Willow St Akron Ohio reports kidney trouble backaches and dizziness. After using Foley Kidney Pills according to directions the pain and headaches subsided and eyesight improved she declares she is now well.
New York City officials press a crackdown on street corner flirts and male mashers as magistrates extend penalties. Magistrate House in the Night Court sentences one offender to ten days in the workhouse for flirting. Police plan a broader vice squad to curb subway disturbances and male harassment, while a separate note covers civic pride efforts in Hoboken and a school button misprint.
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