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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
5
Mount Vernon Lodge No. 22 F and A M will meet at 8:30 PM on May 20 1915 at the Max Joseph Building third floor. Brethren invited to attend and witness Entered Apprentice work. Heath Promotes Happiness ad copy follows.
The Jefferson Banking Company versus Jefferson Cotton Mill now faces a May 29 hearing in the superior court after the Griffin case used the earlier date of May 31. Intervenors include Martin Institute and the Jefferson Methodist church.
The Colonial offers a 1 PM to 11 PM program headlined by Christy Mathewson in a two part Universal Gold Seal feature Matty's Decision. It also shows His Nobs the Duke a Lubin drama When the Range Calls Ingomar of the Hills and Man Overboard with admission 5 and 19 cents.
An advertisement claims peevishness and gloom stem from impaired digestion and a torpid liver. Foley Cathartic Tablets are promoted to make you bright cheerful and energetic. H. R. Palmer & Sons.
Editor Lea Morris of the Hartwell Sun reports Hartwell has activated its new waterworks system for the city and completed a full sewerage installation. The town already enjoys years of electric lighting.
A Vienna dispatch describes se crecy around military prep erations and a flood of Jewish refugees from Bukowina and Galicia. It notes flour prices, frozen wounds, and Austrians awaiting Moscow like outcomes while archducal crowds parade past Ringstrasse. The piece contrasts Austria and Germany in war talk and records morale and interwar tensions.
A Harvard geology class from Cambridge will transfer summer study to Colorado in August. Under Wallace W. Atwood in charge, the trip begins at Ouray and includes three weeks studying the San Juan region followed by extended expeditions into Colorado’s high mountains to investigate continental structure firsthand.
Doris Ingram rode a jitney in Oakland wearing men's clothes and was jailed briefly before release after explaining the stunt. She argues clothes define womanhood, noting how crowds react to well dressed women versus tired clerks on crowded streets.
Howard Farmer files a $10,000 libel claiming his son George Farmer was shanghaied aboard the Anglo Australian in New Orleans and died after severe mistreatment. Officers report he died three days after the ship left on February 17 for Avonmouth following an epileptic seizure. The petition says he was seized intoxicated and lashed to a stanchion, and that death resulted from lack of medical attention.
Oley pa a day laborer nine years ago james m phillips can answer does farming pay He earned 7300 from nine years of public ven his dairy herd Ayr shire cows he says it costs no more to raise pure bred stock than mixed breed his secret is to tend to your own business farm when it is time to farm and rest when proper time is at hand
Washington introduces a forest service program to match wood-using manufacturers with waste material. More than forty firms have joined, receiving circulars listing waste for sale or sourcing raw material. The system pairs suppliers and buyers, allowing firms to raise revenue from waste and reduce material costs.
British troops in trenches reportedly employ a two foot long stick with a black explosive ball at the end. When handled properly the weapon is designed to explode on contact and scatter small shot in all directions.
Paris General Joffre, French commander in chief, descends from a cooper. Parish records at Rivesaltes show the name as early as 1479. Andre Blouquet notes several Joffre families in Rivesaltes with ancestors including a cooper, a weaver, and a baker. A freak ear of corn is also reported in Laurinburg, North Carolina, showing nine ears in one cluster.
Prices for January through October cotton show varied closings with gains and losses in different months. Spot markets report steady to mild activity in Athens Atlanta New Orleans and other ports while broader grain and health ads appear in the latter columns.
Medical notes warn colds are infectious and schools may bar ill children. The page includes market quotes for cotton oil, wheat, corn, oats, pork products, lard, and ribs with daily price ranges and closing figures across multiple contracts and months.
An old advertisement warns of lingering coughs and colds harming children and touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as safe and quick for coughs croup and colds, claiming three generations have used it with relief. H. R. Palmer & Sons serves as the advertiser.
Mrs A L Luckie of East Rochester New York credits Chamberlain’s Tablets with curing her sick headache and despondency caused by a weak stomach. She says the tablets were pleasant mild and effective and restored her health in a few weeks. For sale by all dealers. adv Electricity and Lightning noted Benjamin Franklin proved lightning is electricity. The piece traces ideas of electricity from ancient amber to lode stone interactions.
Mrs Archie Dallrymple of Crooksville Ohio credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with curing her three sons whooping cough quickly after a year of coughing spells. She reports neat relief and urges others to use the remedy as sold by dealers.
A fragment quotes Marcus Aurelius on self-sufficiency and virtue. It remarks on avoiding trouble by focusing on one's own actions rather than neighbors' thoughts or deeds. The text centers on personal responsibility and moral conduct.
A reflective quip from Browning's Magazine ponders human curiosity about even private matters. The satire frames inquiry as a curious trait, suggesting some minds dwell on odd questions beyond practical concerns.
A reflective note from the Abany Journal urges humility in ethics. It contrasts striving for improvement with the impractical aim of surpassing most people in goodness.
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