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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1915
Page
2
London authorizes teachers to lead Britain’s schools in rebuilding after war. Lord Haldane urges training of body and mind, warns war costs will curb funds, and calls for a practical, expandable national education plan to mobilize future citizens.
Vienna reports an accidental crossing of telephone lines led to a Russian message being overheard by Austrian headquarters. An officer fluent in Russian captured key information as the Russian division chief attempted to reach a brigadier, suggesting a possible influence on the outcome of the engagement.
Local druggists report a drop in calomel sales as Dodson’s Liver Tone gains popularity. The vegetable remedy is sold at 50 cents with a money back guarantee if it fails to ease liver sluggishness and constipation. It is claimed to be safe for children and adults and to avoid calomel’s after effects.
Uncle Eben comments on a man who boasts of reform after a doctor warns of imminent death if he does not quit drinking. The rustic remark highlights skepticism toward self styled improvements in a frontier community.
Executors of the estate of Mrs. S J V Johnson offer 300 acres near Winterville and Arnoldsville in Oglethorpe County. The tract includes 100 to 125 cultivated acres, timbered rest, flat and well watered with roads along two sides. Cash terms, titles perfect.
A Lima Ohio author argues that durable roads uplift economics and social life in rural areas. The booklet cites cotton and wheat transport gains, cost reductions, and large literacy differences tied to road quality, noting mothers associations push for better infrastructure to curb isolation and illiteracy.
An analysis from the Washington Star explains how field guns howitzers and mortars differ in purpose design and function. It notes that high power guns emphasize penetration and flat trajectories while howitzers and mortars favor higher angles and plunging fire for sheltered troops and trenches. The piece also discusses mobility barrel size and evolving classifications as weapon technology merged features across types. It closes by citing a light joke from the Kansas City Star about domestic squabbles.
The article notes the first catalogue of stars appeared around 1590. It references the historical context of early astronomical catalogs and the significance of this publication for celestial mapping.
Scientist Garrett P. Serviss argues the visible universe forms a flat irregular disk around the Milky Way, like an island of stars in space. He notes a rapid drop in star density with distance, estimates about a thousand million visible stars, and contemplates infinite space and possible unseen universes.
A London Mail excerpt recalls a gondola ride on Venice's grand canal as a life changing moment. It contrasts sentiment with yearning for paradise by stating that to obtain paradise's flowers one must sow the seeds.
The Georgia Hailroad lists trains with ET departures and arrivals. Train No 50 leaves 8 55 am daily except Sunday while No 52 departs 3 55 pm and No 56 runs Sunday only at 4 25 pm. Train 54 departs 9 05 am and No 51 arrives 1 20 pm while No 53 arrives 9 20 pm and No 55 arrives 8 00 am except Sunday.
The Gainesville Midland schedule effective July 11 1916 lists No 2 departing Athens at 7 20 am and No 4 at 2 30 pm while No 1 arrives Athens at 11 25 am and No 3 at 6 35 pm. Nos 2 and 4 connect at Belmont for Winder Monroe intermediate points and with the Georgia Railroad for all points and at Gainesville for Gainesville Northwestern and with Southern Railway north and south.
Southern Railway Athens Branch lists daily departures at 3 20 a m and 1 00 p m plus 3 16 p m Sunday service 3 46 p m daily except Sunday and 12 40 p m 6 50 p m and 9 45 a m arrivals with agent contact Paul Pinkerton and E Shelton for information and tickets.
Seaboard Air Line South Bound trains depart at 5:35 am 7:10 am 3:46 pm and 6:17 pm. North Bound trains include 10:40 am 6:17 pm 1:45 pm and 11:42 pm departures.
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