Athens Banner editorial notices and civic items
The Athens Banner lists subscription rates and delivery notes, reports on weather and war abroad, and highlights local events. It notes Lucy Cobb Institute pride, Union meetings led by Dr. R A Torrey, the North Georgia Singing Convention railroad rates, and State Normal School commencement progress. It also covers the Navy League plan urging a $500 million naval bond issue and local library story hour efforts.
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North Georgia
Athens
Navy League of the United States
Horace Porter
Elihu Root
Alton B. Parker
Emmet O'Neal
Alabama
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Congress
New York City
Commencements Mark Athens Yearly College Milestones
Tomorrow two commencements mark another year of education in Athens with a State Normal School sermon at its auditorium and Lucy Cobb Institute baccalaureate in its chapel. Both institutions report strong years despite wars unsettled business and other challenges, with numerous graduates to receive diplomas and crowds urged to attend.
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Athens
Georgia
State Normal School
Lucy Cobb Institute
Putting the Wealth to Work in the South
The piece argues the South vastly underutilizes natural resources including timber minerals and soils. It urges comprehensive study and wise government policies to expand timber use peat lignite rock salt and sulphur exploitation while promoting hydroelectric power and chemical industries to sustain development.
So, the race is run
Poetic meditation on effort and reward from Macon Telegraph. It contrasts athletes stripped to lean lines, eyes on a radiant prize, breath quick, and laurel wreaths waiting as the victor earns the victory.
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Macon
Dogs on the Battlefield Ambulance Dogs in War Efforts
The article describes Red Cross ambulance dogs aiding wounded soldiers on battlefields. It explains training criteria, methods such as bells and cap retrieval, and notes Belgium and Netherlands groups studying contests. It mentions Breston, a prize winner, bought for 250 dollars and highlights wartime shifts in purpose.
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Red Cross
Breston
Red Cross Dog Society of the
Netherlands
Holland
SHREWD WAY TO STRIKE A LIGHT
A Paris report describes how a reservist in the trenches explains lighting from German fire at night. With no matches, a Territorial jokes that firing toward the enemy trenches will reveal the time as a fuse lights the sky, warning not to overuse the tactic.
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Paris
Associated Press
Movies of submarine attack filmed near Isle of Wight
The Nantes bound three master Chataubriand was sunk by a German submarine off the Isle of Wight. A cinema operator photographed the attack from the submarine platform. Survivors from the General de Sonis arrived after their ship towed by Homer escaped as the submarine fired. The encounter lasted about one hour.
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Associated Press
Nantes
Chataubriand
Isle of Wight
Chateubriand
General de Sonis
Homer
Women Volunteers Seek War Work Across Britain
London reports war enthusiasm prompts unusual job ambitions among women. A widow near decline in health wishes to work at Vickers and Maxim’s gun factory, a Hartlepool woman aims to shell production, and suffragists propose replacing MPs at the front. Walter Runciman notes 60,000 women volunteers on the Board of Trade registry.
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Associated Press
London
Board of Trade
Vickers
Maxim
Hartlepool
Walter Runciman
Fresh Air Is Life and Moral Lessons from 1910s Schoolground
The piece emphasizes health as a foundation for success, stating illness hinders love and business ideas. It links diseases like enlarged tonsils and myopia to poor sanitation, implying germs seize the weak. It also contrasts a father’s advice with a youth’s defiant reply about meekness and school life.
Worth While Quotation and Local Notices
The column quotes a Houston Post line on boarding house meals and a Our Dumb Animals remark on practicing lessons to ease Europe’s suffering. It notes the death of Judge Robert T. Daniel and lauds his honor and civic service. Athens plans to expand waterworks with a five thousand dollar appropriation for a larger clean water supply.
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Houston Post
Europe
Robert T. Daniel
Athens
Church towers for use in war in Belgium noted by British
Fifty six Belgian churches are listed as military observation points in a British war office guide on Belgium routes. Noted towers include Tournai Cathedral with four spires at 260 feet, Mont St Aubert near Tournai, and Bruges Belfry among others. The volumes, dated 1914 with 1913 data, detail roads, rivers, housing, and troop quarters for observers.
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Oswald F. Schuette
Chicago
Newat
Berlin
Germany
Belgium
British War Office
General Staff
Tournai
Renaix
Mont de Venclus
Scheldt
War Office
Zeebrugge
Brussels
Bruges
Ghent
Mont St. Aubert
Mellen
Mourcourt
Velaines
Pecq
Coughem
Belleghem
Cour
Observation points from church towers across conflict zones
The text lists many church towers in Belgium and France offering views up to several miles, naming towns such as Enghien, Ath, Philippeville, Dinant, Namur, and Brussels. It discusses observation points and the potential use of convent clock towers for views, with notes on quartering soldiers in churches and authorities’ likely stance to avoid churches if possible.
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Tral
St. Armand
Tournai
Maulde
Enghien
Alost
Dendewindem
Minove
Riviere
Soignies
Godinne
Chievres
Bauffe
Lens
Rance
Philippeville
Marcinelle
Silenrieux
Haies
Andreghem
Hal
Alsenberg
Belgium
France
New Vocation For Girls Taxicab Starter At New York Hotel
Miss Virginia Mooney pioneers a private taxi system for a New York hotel becoming a taxi starter. Her method assigns a woman to oversee dispatch and initial passenger contact in the hotel transport operation.
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New York
Virginia Mooney
Fox Hounds To Haul Food In Winter Rescue
Camden Tenn farmer John Hundley faced a pantry deficit with sleet and empty strong box. He improvised a large sled, hitched nine fox hounds, and carried five bushels of stock peas to town. After rest, the dogs pulled a bag of meat and a barrel of flour back home through heavy snow.
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Camden
Tenn
John Hundley
Hundley
John
Athens Branch Train Schedule Details
Trains depart Athens Branch at 8 20 a m for All Points and at 1 00 p m for 4H Points with Sunday 3 15 p m and daily except Sunday 3 45 p m departures. Arrivals show 12 40 p p and 6 50 p m daily and 9 45 a m daily except Sunday. Information via Pinkerton and Toket Agent contacts.
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Macon
Madison
Georgia
Appalachee
Greene County
Monroe
B. R. Bloodworth
Athens
Sun
Dail
AUL
Pinkerton
R. L. Johnson
Train Schedule For Seaboard Air Line Lines
Seaboard Air Line departures listed include No. 11 at 5:43 am, No. 17 at 7:10 am, No. 6 at 3:41 pm, No. 29 at 6:18 pm. Northbound No. 30 arrives 10:40 am, No. 6 arrives 2:48 pm, No. 18 arrives 7:45 pm, No. 12 arrives 12:07 am.
It Ne'er Runs Smooth in Lovers Quarrel Ending
A courtroom-style remark ends a lovers quarrel with a wry line about meeting strangers. The judge notes the tension and humor in their exchange as they consider future encounters.
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