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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1915
Page
2
The piece argues idleness as a badge of gentry and source of vice influencing body and mind. It also defends militia officers using military titles as proper and legitimate, affirming the respect due to colonels majors captains and related ranks.
A reflective aphorism by Goethe appears as a pithy line urging modest self regard. The quotation emphasizes that humility earns greater esteem than self inflated views.
The data show more older workers and fewer under twenty in employment, while those over forty five constitute a larger share of the workforce than a decade ago. This shift spans multiple industries and reflects aging labor trends.
A National Geographic Society summary notes that Germany holds about 10,000 square miles of northern France, home to nearly half of industrial output and a tenth of the population. The region includes Pas-de-Calais Nord Aisne Ardennes Meuse and Meurthe-et-Moselle with coal iron and factories. It accounts for 70 percent of coal, 90 percent of native iron, and extensive steel and manufacturing amid dense mining. The Nord and Pas-de-Calais are key metal plants with wide agricultural output and major textile and furniture production. The area commands high per-acre value and houses France’s best dairies and farms.
A Bavarian landwehr private defied orders by scouting enemy positions on his own initiative. An opera singer officer laughed off the stunt, reminding him that war requires orders. The soldier returned to post, unpunished, noting there is nothing happening unless one acts.
In L Anse Michigan trapper Elizer Collins and partners Sherman Tissue and Joe Dakota report the winter haul of pelts. Collins warns beavers will be exterminated under current law as a single $10 license allows taking 15 beavers and colonies hold about ten to fifteen individuals.
A bloodhound in Sandusky frightened several officers by rushing at them as if to attack, then licked a policeman’s hand when close. The dog once served as Columbuss official police dog and now shows affection for blue uniforms and brass buttons, despite its earlier menace.
Mrs. Claude Barker of Oklahoma City attended the funeral of her husband at St Patrick’s Church in Alton Michigan. She weighs 635 pounds and was featured in a show as the largest woman in America. Her size filled the carriage preventing others from riding.
City Attorney J H Morris filed a 40 cent claim for legal services in opening the safe deposit box of George N Smith the city clerk who disappeared. The item lists charges for opening the box notary fees phone messages publishing summons attaching bank account. Magnet used to draw tones from violin and other instruments in Paris arouses curiosity.
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