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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1915
Page
5
Linton Spring Water Co advertises pure spring water with phone numbers 504 and 95 for rates. It lists P. S. Bowden Lithia as an agency partner.
Bids are invited for furnishing and installing thirty five low tank water closets ten bathtubs and about fifteen lavatories and sinks at State Normal School. For details contact E J Bondurant chairman building committee. Also an advertisement for Foley Kidney Pills and Dr King’s New Life Pills appears in the page.
The column lists several fraternal and civic groups meeting weekly in Athens area halls. Entries include Glenn Lodge No 75 J O O F at Max Joseph building, Athens B P O E No 790 at Broad and Sumpkin, Classic City Council No 376 U O, Keystone Chapter No 1 R A M, Mt Vernon Lodge No 2 F A M at Macon ie Max Joseph building, Williams Lodge No 15 I O F, and J W Davis Camp 282 W C W, with meeting nights and locations.
Recipes for repurposing leftovers include white sauce fish on toast, a Duchess Pudding with crumbs cocoa nut sultana raisins milk and whipped cream, a Spanish Rice dish with rice cheese tomato onion curry chutney and mustard, and an Apple and Kumquat Salad with lemon juice oil and lettuce leaves.
The excerpt offers practical kitchen ideas from leftover oatmeal to playful dish ideas like Fish Salad with celery and cream, a banana paired steak snack, and Oatmeal Bouchees filled with fruit. It also notes long lasting seasonings and the value of buying bay leaves that endure for years for a grandchild friendly pantry.
Fragmentary remark notes that most men think they are right and that much of life hinges on that certainty. The passage reflects on human bias and repeated patterns of self assurance.
Beige outfits pair with pongee silk blouses built on tailored lines with high collars and cuffed sleeves. Fronts are box plaited and ivory ball buttons hold fast. Styles vary from dyed lace trimmed pongee waists to hand embroidered motifs and frilled cotton voile options with jabots and scalloped yokes.
The article describes the latest Parisian and American fashion lines for spring. It highlights a scene in the New York shopping district with dainty manikins modeling a tholite fawn colored cravat cloth suit as part of a spring fashion display.
Barneys Dreyfuss, Pirates president, announced Wagner can play with Pittsburgh as long as desired. If slow for a regular, he will serve as pinch hitter and later as a coach for young players. Wagner, the Flying Dutchman, is 26 years old and near peak form for two to three more seasons.
A speculative eleven of 24 surviving 1902 players would field well today. Legends like Mathewson Bresnahan Evers Wagner Callahan Leach Crawford and managers Griffith McGraw Jones Jennings Robinson Clarke are named as potential lineup and skipper options from that era.
A London letter explains a Gilbertian tangle as a mother with two sons in Lord Kitchener's army, one an officer and one a private, cannot arrange shared theater outings or host their mother’s guests due to military etiquette. The issue highlights rigid rules when officers and privates meet in public.
New Turkish towels show initials four to five inches long placed left of the border with French knots. Men's towels use large initials for a bold look. Small guest towels include a fine damask with a narrow hemstitched edge and linen hem in pink or blue.
Ban Johnson foresees a strong AL season with Eddie Collins joining the White Sox, Mack’s felter pitchers leaving, Baker possibly quitting, Red Sox strengthening, and clubs bracing for renewed competition. Athletics appear damaged while western teams are expected to improve, fueling a competitive league race.
Larry Lajoie and Stuffy McInnis in an improvised shave episode during a baseball tour. Lajoie and Harry Davis acted as informal barbers when hotel barber shop was full. McInnis endured a second shave after an uneven first pass, then rejected another shave two days later.
Boston Braves captain Rabbit Maranville sums up the 1915 National League chase, naming the St Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs as the chief dangers to the championship defense. The veteran infielder stresses no side should be underestimated in the pennant race.
A letter from an English officer says an angry elephant halted a sharp clash between English and German forces in West Africa. The animal blocked the line, then wandered off as both sides retreated, illustrating how elephants disrupt warfare near the rail terminus.
Vienna reports Count Meran, Austrian governor, says Russians in occupied Bukowina act like vandals. Russians retaliated against spies by enacting pogroms forcing many to flee to Roumania. Also note Yonkers man David Anderson trains for a sprint at ninety, aiming for the Caledonian club event. he previously won races in 1910 and 1912.
An advertisement touts Schiffmanns Concentrated Expectorant promising relief from a severe cough with a money back guarantee from Warren Smith & Bros Drug Store. The note cites bold claims about relief and mentions Reckless Brand of Courage and assorted curiosities like the Thirsty Oak and lie-detecting pulses.
Forecast till Saturday for Athens area and Georgia generally: fair tonight and Saturday. Highlands west to Rocky Mountain region show unsettled conditions with rain and snow in parts of Montana. Texas reports threatening weather with rain and high winds on the coast. Central storms in Montana bring low pressure around 29.4 inches at Havre.
Athens residents warned of kidney disease misattributed to work or worry. Mrs. W A Harsha testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills cured her long standing condition, with good results over years. Buy 50c bottles from dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY ads.
After washing oilcloth and linoleum, dry it properly to prevent rot. Do not use excess water. wring out the cloth and pass it over the surface to finish drying.
An exhortation urging individuals to stop fearing solitude and avoid dependance on others. It warns that lingering fear keeps a person in a pitiable state, forcing constant reliance on someone else and risking selfishness and disregarding others' rights.
The article notes New York City hosts thirty nine English newspapers along with ten Italian, seven German, seven Yiddish, three Greek, three Hungarian, two French, two Bohemian, two Croatian, one Spanish Serbian Syrian and Chinese titles.
A brief historical note traces artillery use from Moorish forces in Spain around 1343 to the Battle of Crecy in 1346. The text mentions gunpowder, and a reference to Schoon 1330 suggests archival framing of early artillery developments.
An eccentric clergyman recalls a parishioner’s remark that he was very odd. He responds that his aim to be very good led him to embrace oddity as part of his path.
The dialogue features a prospective husband and his father-in-law with sharp exchanges over an advance dowry payment. A French nobleman narrator insists he is only a cautious “Safety First” type, while the father-in-law terms the suitor a fortune hunter in a tense social negotiation.
A fragmented passage notes in Ecuador during the rainy season a vine yield forming a sponge like fruit. Some readers claim the dried form is superior, while others dispute the claim amid unclear context and garbled quotes.
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