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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1909

Page

10

A Day of Sport at the Y M C A

A morning basketball battle features a Intermediates team led by H B Peacock defeating a Student team 37 to 14. The match marks the first interclass game, likely the start of a series. Also recapped is a Thanksgiving indoor baseball contest where businessmen lost to students, with lineups and playful anecdotes about missing players.

H. B. Peacock Erwin Y. M Capt. Bondurant Jack Talmadge Slaughter Andrew Erwin Morris Michael Clarke County Walter Forbes Zirbes Oak Woods MacIntire Duke Erwin O'Farrell Heldler Peacock Allen Reed Tulu Forbes Sellers Rogers Pres Hall Reid Inet Walter

Denatured alcohol versus gasoline in engine use

A summary of U S Geological Survey Bulletin 392 reporting 2000 tests comparing denatured alcohol with gasoline. Alcohol can match gasoline in work output and cleaner exhaust but costs more. Efficiency varies by engine design, compression, and fuel quality. Dilution effects and light odor advantages are noted. widespread use awaits price parity and proven adaptability.

United State Geological Survey K. M. Strang Strong U. S. Geological Survey Washington, D, C

KAUFFMAN HUNTED AFTER BIBB COUNTY INDICTMENT

Frederick Kauffman, indicted by the Bibb county grand jury for alleged embezzlement of Negro State Fair funds, has fled sheriff scrutiny. He is reportedly in Savannah with his lawyers saying he will return. A bond of 500 was set, later raised to 1000 on larceny after trust charges. he has not appeared.

Macon Bibb County Grand Jury Frederick Kauffman Savannah Kauffman Felton So- Ncltor Grace

Rosebery Warns Lords On Budget Clash In Debate

Jondon November 25 Lord Rosebery former liberal prime minister warned the Lords against rejecting the budget as Lord Salisbury backed Lord Lansdowne and bishops stood aside. Rosebery argued the Lords risked their existence while noting reforms and referendums may be needed. He urged passage to test effects, urging no taxation without representation and warning of armaments and economic strain.

Jondon Lord Roseberg Lords House of Commons Lord Landsdowne Duchess of Connaught Lord Salisbury Lord Lansdowne Lord Rosebery House of Lords House of Commmons Commons Ile Liceuse of Lords United States America Lord Rosebuery Lord Rosembry Lord Milner Lord Curzon Rosebery

Red Cross stamps arrive for Athens anti tuberculosis drive

The Athens Woman's Club reports a large shipment of Red Cross stamps to be sold at bookstores drugstores and dry goods stores to benefit Georgia anti tuberculosis work. Last year Athens helped by selling stamps and hopes to sell more this year. (continues)

Athens Woman's Club Red Cross Anti-Tuberculosis League of Georgia Athens Georgia

Carnegie's Seventy-Second Birthday Celebrated In New York

News from New York notes Andrew Carnegie celebrated his seventy second birthday at his Fifth Avenue home with family and close friends. It highlights his philanthropy focusing on colleges hospitals and the hero fund with total benefactions around 150 million dollars and major gifts to libraries the Carnegie Institute Dunfermline endowment and other European and U S grants. Separately a brief item mentions croup prevention with Chamberlains Cough Remedy and a London political update on Asquith Rosebery and Lords debate with budget rejection and possible peaceful protest plans.

New York Andrew Carnegie Fifth Avenue Carnegie Hero Fund Foundation For the Advancement of Learning United States Canada England Scotland Wales Carny Institute Peace Palace The Hague

History of Thanksgiving in America Through the Ages

Washington notes the first Thanksgiving in 1621 at St John’s Newfoundland and traces how New England Puritans established the day by 1631. It covers colonial observances, Revolutionary War proclamations, Lincoln’s Civil WarThanksgiving, and the modern national schedule on the last Thursday of November.

Washington America St. John's Newfoundland New England Charlestown Mass England Congress Madison

Clarke County notices of administration filings and guardianship

Cleric notices announce administration petitions and guardianship for multiple estates in Clarke County. Persons named include Mrs Alice L Pittman and Horace Martin seeking letters of administration, with dates in November 1909, and additional probate citations for Miss Katle Platt Porter and George E Deadwyler Sr with December term appearances. A Sanitary Plumbing Company incorporation petition is also filed by L C Smith and others, proposing 20 year term, capital stock of 2000 dollars with possible increases, to operate for pecuniary gain.

Eaid Ens Bank & Trust Company William J. Hale John White Morton Georgia Clarke County Alice L. Pittman R. L. Pittman S. B. Wingfield Mary Estelle Porter Katle Platt Porter Court of Ordinary Mary Estelle Portefon B. Wingfield Horace Martin J. B. Hill S. B. Wingfield, SR Chirke County George E. Deadwyler, Jr T. W. Deadwyler George E. Deadwyler George Eberhart FW. Hicks George N. Hicks Minnie Hicks Cly Superior Court Cora Josephine Hicks F. W. Hicks Chas. H. Brand Eald Court

Sanitary Plumbing Company petition for charter in Athens

The document shows L. C. Smith and others seeking a charter for the Sanitary Plumbing Company to operate plumbing heating and lighting installations and related trades in Athens. It requests corporate rights to own property borrow money sue and be sued and use a common seal. The filing is in Clarke County with Cobb and Erwin as attorneys and E. J. Crawford as clerk.

Cobb & Erwin Georgia Clarke County E. J. Crawford Superior Court Said County L. C. Smith Sanitary Plimbing Company

Despondent Teen Clocks Self Harm After Sight Loss

Washington on November 25 Pan y Dement an 18 year old clerk lost her sight and her job. She bought ten cents worth of creosote and drank it at home. She was rushed to Emergency hospital where doctors fear she will die. She spoke to her mother and asked not to be revived, saying let her go as she is blind and it is too hard.

Atlanta Marietta Road Cuthbert Jackson-Cerf Motor Company Adgie Whitaker J. W. Whitaker Southern Railway Inman Coley Whitaker Bennie May Whitaker Harry Lindberg Marletts Street Inman Yard Ife Young Lindborg Lindborg A. J. Lindborg Alfred Caresen & Co Jackson-Cerf Co Carl Rentz Rentz Marietta Selves Whitaker Washington Pany Dement

Kills Her Foe of 20 Years in Haynesville

Mrs James Duncan of Haynesville Maine proclaims a twenty year feud ended by Electric Bitters after other remedies failed she details severe indigestion loss of appetite kidney trouble and backache before finding relief at age 70 and praises the tonic as unequaled available for 50 cents at local druggists.

James Duncan Haynesville W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer & Sons

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