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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1915
Page
6
Train No 50 leaves at 855 am. Train No 52 leaves at 350 pm. Train No 56 leaves 425 pm Sunday only. Train No 54 leaves 905 am. Train No 51 arrives 1200 pm. Train No 53 arrives 930 pm. Train No 55 arrives 800 am except Sunday.
Schedule effective July 11 1915 easter time lists rail departures from Athens for Nos 2 and 4 and arrivals for Nos 1 and 3 with connecting joints at Belmer for Winder Monroe and intermediate points. Connections to George Railroad Gainesville Northwester and Southern Railway ports noted.
Southern Railway Athens Branch lists daily departure times to all points at 8:20 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. with Sun service 8:15 a.m. and daily except Sunday 6:30 p.m. Arrivals to Pots include 12:40 p.m. and 6:50 p.m. For details contact Pinkerton or ticket agent Shelton.
Rail schedule shows multiple Seaboard Air Line trains with departure times for various sections including northbound Wo and No trains. Key times include 5:35 a.m 7:10 a.m 3:46 p.m 6:17 p.m and 10:40 p.m with additional 1:45 p.m and 1:42 a.m entries.
Gov Samuel M Ralston of Indiana proclaims October 7 1915 as Riley Day honoring James Whitcomb Riley born 1849 in Greenfield Hancock County. He praises Riley as Indiana’s most beloved citizen whose work united schools homes and nations and urges public exercises and flag displays statewide.
Unusual honor befalls Jim Riley usually called the barefoot boy from Greenfield now celebrated worldwide. He greets recovery with humor and plans a October banquet in Easton to honor his birth anniversary and his long career in letters.
The Weather section reports unsettled conditions through Thursday with probable rain across Athens, Georgia, and surrounding areas. A Gulf of Mexico disturbance brings continued unsettled and rainy weather to the eastern gulf and south Atlantic states, while most regions from Alabama to the Mississippi valley show clearing and cooler trends.
Conditions favor rain in Athens on Thursday while skies may briefly clear this afternoon. Cc. F. von Harrmann.
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