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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 04, 1914

Page

23

Colonial Season Opens With The Virginian Dramatization

The Colonial theatre opens its 1914-15 season with The Virginian a dramatized version of Owen Wister's novel. A cowboy hero falls for a refined Vermont schoolteacher amid peril sacrifice and romance. Tickets 25c to 1.50 at Palmer's Drug Store.

THE Virginian Owen Wister Colonial Vermont Palmer’s Drug Store

Knowle's Electric Light Post Grows Green

An unusual event accompanies the arrival of electric light in Knowle Devon as a wooden post wired to carry the lines sprouts vigorous greenery around its base. The phenomenon astonishes residents and provides an odd roadside sight near the village.

Aaron Devon England Knowle

Close Second to Procrastination Judge Mockingly Reprimands Thief

A judge tells a prisoner with fifteen watches stolen time is the greatest thief of time he ever heard of. The remark highlights the defendant’s obsession with timepieces and the case’s ironic twist.

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