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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1915
Page
3
The advertisement invites customers to choose the best paints for any interior or exterior project and promises supplies of top quality products. It also recommends visiting John L. Arnold in Athens, Georgia for the best options.
The government announces examinations on December 8 for applicants to two civil service posts. Predatory animal inspector, salary 1200 in the Bureau of Biological Survey, Department of Agriculture. Assistant superintendent, salary 1200 to 1600, Plant Introduction Field Station, Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture. Details from the clerk, Civil Service, Athens post office.
H. G. Donaphant of Montte Missouri who has run a Frisco engine for 25 years says he keeps well by taking Foley's Honey and Tar and recommends it to others with coughs or colds. H. R. Baar and Sons advertise this remedy.
Georgia leads in pig club development with national attention from American Magazine and Outlook. James E. Downing promotes clubs funded by bankers and local commercial clubs in Bibb County plans to expand through pig-to-pig transfers, while the state studies meat processing and refrigeration to boost pork market for rising corn production.
T H Pierce of South Lumpkin Street Athens describes chronic back pain and kidney issues eased after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He reports four boxes improved his kidney function and back comfort. Family members also benefited. price fifty cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A rifle once owned by Abraham Lincoln and Henry Broom in Spencer county Indiana sold for 285 dollars in New York. The firearm was used by the famed president in deer hunting and was part of John E. Burton of Milwaukee’s collection. Lincoln’s law book brought 95 dollars.
The North Georgia Annual Conference of the A M E Church meets at Morton's Theatre with Bishop J S Flipper presiding. The session includes talks on land sales by Morris Brown University, candidate presidencies for Morris Brown, ministerial and lay delegates elected for Philadelphia General Conference, and an education mass meeting led by Bishop Flipper and W A Fountain.
British forces praise the guns and planes after Loos action. The bombardment rages through dawn as eight inch howitzers and explosive shells drive the assault, with aviators overhead guiding fire and coordinating the mass movement toward German trenches.
The Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for stenographer and typewriter posts for men and women on December 7 1915 across multiple southern states. Vacancies list shows salaries and locations including Key West Pensacola Bainbridge Blue Ridge Vicksburg Spartanburg Charleston Nashville Columbia Clarkesville Chattanooga Johnson City.
Schedule fragments list times for Seaboard Air Line trains with early morning and late evening departures and arrivals, noting 5:85 a m and multiple 6:17 pm and 7:45 pm reads among other unreadable entries.
Eastern Time schedule lists Train No.50 departing 8 55 a m and Train No.52 at 4 00 p m plus Train No.56 at 4 30 p m on Sundays only. Train No.54 runs 9 00 a m daily except Sunday. Arrivals include Train No.51 at 1 35 p m Train No.53 at 9 30 p m Train No.57 at 1 00 p m and Train No.55 at 8 00 a m except Sunday.
The Gainesville Midland schedule shows No 2 leaving Athens 1720 am No 4 leaving Athens 230 pm. No 1 arrives Athens 1125 am No 3 arrives Athens 635 pm. Nos 2 and 4 connect at Belmont for Winder and Monroe and intermediate points with Georgia Railroad for all points and at Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern stations and with Southern Railway north and south.
Daily and Sunday departures and arrivals for the Athens Branch with times for all points. Contacts include Paul Pinkerton and E Shelton. War dispatch notes a continued German gunfire alongside British defense, with a repulsed attack and a five hundred yard advance elsewhere.
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