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Newspaper

Athens Weekly Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1899

Page

7

Third Circular of Information on Georgia Agriculture Education

The University of Georgia issued a third circular outlining the agriculture and related sciences course structure. It lists admission requirements, department-by-department study summaries, and campus facilities, with expense estimates ranging from 125 to 247 per year.

University of Georgia Hill Campbell Starnes Patterson Davenport White Herty C M Starnes Griggs Starner Senionr Tallulah Washington Commissioner of Internal Revenue Internal Revenue District of Maryland

Not the Advice Expected from a City Merchant

A city merchant buys a dairy ranch and, lacking farming training, seeks milk guidance from his pastor Rev Dr Stebbins who proclaims cream as the best milk. Also includes a playful science note proving Earth’s rotation with a simple water and lycopodium experiment and a brief political jab about a convention chairman’s remark.

Stebbins San Francisco News Letter

Augusta Chronicle offers University edition with study aid

The Augusta Chronicle will publish a special University of Georgia edition September 1 with 32 pages and 30 000 copies. Ten percent of ad receipts go to Students Hall while a scholarship covers the top advertiser with free board and tuition. Chancellor Hill and faculty welcome the enterprise.

The Augusta Chronicle University of Georgia Chancellor Hill Chronicle State University Hill

Woman and buggy pushed from track by motor

A Cleveland Plain Dealer item recalls a near accident at Prospect and Case where a horse and buggy were struck by a motor. A woman driver and two children were involved as the buggy was pushed off the track while bystanders stood by nervous and praying.

Prospect Case Cleveland Plain Dealer

Col Moses G Michael Honored Masonic Leader of Athens

Article highlights Col Moses G Michael of Athens born 1862 in Jefferson Georgia. He entered UGA at 16, partnered in Michael Bros merchants, helped found Classic City Lodge, served three years as Worshipful Master, expanded Masonic influence, and held civic roles including bank director and club president. He promotes education with silver cups for top students.

The Masonic Herald Athens Michael Georgia Michael Bros Athens Savings Bank Seaboard Air Line Commercial Club Hebrew Sabbath School Aide de Camp Lucy Cobb Institute Bro. Michael

Emery quarrying on Naxos and curious rural notes

The article describes Naxos emery from the island’s northeast beds, its hard extraction by heat and levering, and an export figure of 3,950 tons in the last year. It notes about 20,000,000 tons still available and a labor force of around 300 married men in the trade. It also includes assorted short items on birds, ink removal, a hen hunt, flooding in the Caspian, ancient Chinese glass, and Hall Caine’s public life.

Naxos Mediterranean Paros Electrical Review Nicola Tesla William Crookes

Got the Wrong Woman and Hook Swinging in Bengal

A Korean village raid called packing off of widows ends in misidentification as a young widow is carried off and later rescued. the assailant eludes pursuit as the house is demolished. In Bengal, hook swinging involves tongue piercing with a metal wire and long dancing while others are sewn together, often after suspected predrugging.

Korea Kangwha Walla Kobe Bengal Gangutta

Home life tips and science notes in a late 19th century column

A miscellany column discusses making home entertaining on a modest budget and notes advice on hosting from Gentlewoman. It also covers how to boil rice properly, hay harvesting on ice near Muskego lake, a statistics contrast on France's officials, and a Tesla based warning about atmospheric ignition. A tale of a cabby’s joke ends with a shocked elderly lady.

Thomas Murray Muskego Lake Wisconsin

Marriage Humor and Pat Noonan’s Rent Fix Tale

A Georgia clergy man at the courthouse aids a country man seeking a marriage license. The man offers a pumpkin as payment while the parson and bridegroom arrange the knot. A Pat Noonan market tale follows about rent and quitting cabbage sales, with the superintendent lowering his stall rent to keep him.

Georgia Pat Pat Noonan

Talking Shop and the Dignity of Talk

A collection of anecdotes on talking shop versus pretended reluctance. An amateur cynic derides those who claim they never discuss their work while others praise frank, daily shop talk as natural in clubs and professions. A former attorney general recalls Judge Miller urging a lawyer to "come to the point" in court.

Uncle Sam Pullman New Orleans Times-Democrat Ray United States Justice Miller Federal Supreme Court Brown

Curious Cassowary Feasts on Nesting Fish Tale

A quirky dispatch reports the cassowary using its long plumes to lure fish from a stream, then shaking them off for a meal. The piece blends travel oddity with quick global notes from Aug 2 across multiple cities.

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