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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1915

Page

11

Child with club drives bear away from threat

A Missouri farm youth used an ax then a club to strike a bear that attacked him while his mother refused to give him a gun. In Webb City, Raymond Beabstt, age not specified, heroically attacked a bear to rescue a three year old boy being hugged to death by a second bear. A farmer found a missing child wandering near cubs in a brush den after two days.

Missouri Brain Baby Amother Here John A. Friestad Katife Webb @ity Raymond Beabstt Dentonens Lukens Larry Lukens Wood Toon Wilson Menag Beckett Pecrna Dan Win H E Modber

Baboon Panic Sparks Police Capture in Town

A baboon caused alarm as it attacked and frightened residents while Pele One and another man reported a simian incident. Police captured the animal after reports of chaos and fear spread through the area.

Pele

Whales Cause Commotion At Long Beach And City Hotel Lore

A dawn stir at the Hotel National after a man reports an orang utan on a guest window and a baboon scare leads to a police capture of a three foot high Asiatic baboon. At Long Beach crowds witness a mother bottle nosed whale and her calf stranded by tide, later delivered to the American Museum of Natural History for preservation.

New York Abe Silberman Hotel National Bowery Grand Street Fitzgerald Mr. Silberman Simon Wuerstel Silberman Forsythe Street Politzei Gonneff Harlem Mister Long Beach New Bedford Mother Babe Nassau American Museum of Natural History Rockwell

Boy Back From Dead After Lightning Storm

A boy in a camping party near Marthalake believed dead after a lightning strike was buried until the storm ended. Oscar Rosenquist, a youth guest of Mrs. L C Engel, crept to the tent 20 minutes after the electrical storm began, shocking the group. It is believed the severe drenching added to the peril of the incident.

Chamber Commerce Meeting Notice

The regular meeting of the chamber of commerce will be held Tuesday evening at 8 30 at the council chamber of the city hall. All members are reminded to attend and take a friend.

Chamber of Commerce Council Chamber

County Equalizers Open Year With Court House Meeting

The board of county tax equalizers meets tomorrow at 10 o clock in the court house. Chairman Cobb Lamphir and members Geo H Palmer and N B Davis lead sessions each day from 10 to 1 and 3 to 5 o clock for the coming year.

Board of County Tax Equalizers Court House Messrs. Cobb Lamphir Geo. H. Palmer N. B. Davis

Prayers For Lusitania Dead At Adath Moshe

On Friday evening at the Adath Moshe synagogue special prayers were said for those who perished aboard the Lusitania.

Adath Moshe Lusitania

Boys Sink In Asphalt at Grand and Hoch Corner

Two former boys fell into freshly laid asphaltum at the Grand avenue and Hoch street corner. They sank as the material cooled and grew slick. Aid arrived from Robert Cooley and Donald’s father Mr Stanton but initial efforts failed until a foreman and workers pried the asphalt loose with axes and pulled the boys free. They seemed tired but unharmed.

Grand Avenue Hoch Street Robert Cooley Donald Mr. Stanton

Torrey Meeting Today At Local Churches

Theer will hold usual services across all churches today with afternoon sessions at 4 30 and evening services at 8 00. Dr Torrey will recount his invitation to a dance in Australia and what followed. Announcements for week services and ministers afternoon Bible lectures appear in the Banner.

Theer Torrey Australia

Annual Senior Parade at U of 6 A unique tradition

A distinctive annual senior parade capped the Georgia Tech game festivities. The march began uptown with the band, reviewed at the ball grounds, then proceeded to the business district after the game. Participants wore grotesque and suggestive costumes described as original and “cute.”

U. OF Georgia Tech

Little Child Dies After Two Days Illness

After a two day illness, eighteen months old Lavenia Marshall Hart, child of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hart, died yesterday at Hull. The burial is scheduled for this afternoon at 4 at Hull.

Lavenia Marshall Hart T. A. Hart Hull

Grand Jury to Meet Tomorrow Morning for Business

The court reports the grand jury will convene tomorrow at 9 o clock for the transaction of business. The Woods case motion to continue resumes. the motion and appearance docket will be addressed. Daily Thought notes the value of truthful friendship.

Grand Jury Woods

Friendship and Trust Tested by Money Trials

A saying warns that the more friends a man believes he has the larger his disappointment when he proves it by financial tests. The idea reflects on the fragility of social bonds under economic strain.

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R. L. Moss Beara Beas Bowery Hotel Battie Natural History Museum Redmond Tom Mike Tos C.s.decker Bernstein Bros Broad Street Chamber Commerce Torrey Meeting Commercial Bank OF Athens
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