Savings Bank Advertises High Interest in Athens
The Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 1 rent interest on savings with refunds on January 1 and July 1. Deposits start at $1.00, promoting a saving habit and a path to home ownership within ten years. Offers to build a house on a large city lot, with the bank paying the bill and only 15 percent cash required. Also mentions real estate offerings and rental notices, plus a separate coffee ad.
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Athens
Athens Savings Bank
Local Business Notices and Classified Highlights
Insurance and real estate items, offers for fire insurance sharing with J C Jester, shoe repair and harness by Martin Brothers at 455 Clayton Street, parcel post paid one way. Rent ad for six rooms on Prince by Mrs W A Jester. Trade card window cards by Goodale. Wanted milliner apply at 425 Broad Street. Oranges and grapes and fancy apples at Williamson's.
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Martin Brothers
Clayton Street
Cascarets Sleep Aid Promises Quick Headache Relief
Ad touts Cascarets as a gentle nightly cleanse for the liver and bowels. Claims include removing sour undigested food, reducing bile, easing headaches, and delivering a clear head by morning with a 10-cent box.
Government Civil Service Jobs Promised With Coaching
Advertises civil service exam coaching for 13 to 35 year olds in Buffalo New York offering positions such as Railway Mail Clerk and Postoffice Clerk. Claims good pay, short hours, vacations and no layoffs, noting examinations will be held soon and political influence unnecessary.
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Uncle Sam
Webster Institute
Dept
Buffalo
N. Y
True Sport Proceeds For Widow’s Baby Charity
The Detroit Free Press quotes a maxim that true sport means donating jackpot proceeds to help a widow’s child, framing a philosophy of sport as benevolence and social aid.
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Detroit Free Press
Rebels capture Torreon in bold Mexican action
Special report from Ta ret to El Paso describes Torreon seized by rebels after a tense night assault. Wounded reb els arrive daily at Chihuahua with accounts of heavy casualties and misfires amid Villa forces withdrawing to regroup while ammunition shipments head south.
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Associated Press
Chihuahua
Mex
Torreon
Velasco
Benavides
Gomez Palacio
Terreon Proper
General Villa
Villa
Dr Dunbar Ogden Addresses Young Men on Profit and Loss
Last night a fine address was delivered to the young men at the weekly University YMCA gathering. Dr Dunbar Ogden spoke on Profit and Loss and imparted lasting truths. A quartet including Dr Walker and Messrs Arthur Stynchcomb and Kinnebrew provided musical interludes.
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University
M. C
Walker
Arthur
Stynchcomb
Kinnebrew
Moore's Livery Offers Best Services in Town
Mr W R Moore and Sons take over the Livery Stables formerly run by A Y Deadwyler and pledge top service across all livery lines. Telephone 661 for the best in the livery business.
Sure Indications of Lng Trouble
An affidavit notes how a patient recovered after using Eckman’s Alterative, claiming fever and night sweats stopped within days and full health returned after several bottles. The ad promotes Eckman Laboratory testimonials and booklet and lists Philadelphia as the address.
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W. F. Bomatl
Eckman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Heels Shifted How to Refit Rubber Heel Tips
Instructions describe moving worn heel tips from one shoe to the other and reattaching nails. It explains prying off with tools, removing nails from the worn heel, swapping right and left shoes, aligning nail holes, and hammering the nails back in to set the thick part outward on each shoe.
Advertising Trade Day Carried From City To Rural Routes
Mr. W. A. Sanges managed the advertising for Trade Day by traveling a Southern Railway route. He visited Commerce Maysville Gillsville Nicholson Center Lula Homer Banks County and extended trips into Madison and Jackson counties. He planned further work toward Union Point before Saturday night.
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W. A. Sanges
Southern Railway
Commerce
Maysville
Gillsville
Nicholson and Center
Lula
House
Homer
Banks County
Madison
Jackson
Union Point
Redeeming the Tropics and the fight against deadly plagues
A National Geographic summary praises William Showalter's piece on redeeming tropical regions from plague through sanitary science. It highlights mosquito borne diseases yellow fever malaria and the role of hygiene water purification vaccination and pest control in transforming Panama Cuba Brazil and other regions. The piece notes the broader impact on food supply immigration and economic development and credits the National Geographic Society with advancing fly control and disease campaigns.
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Washington, D. C
Naples
Constantinople
London
China
Europe
William Joseph Showalter
National Geographic Society
Showalter
Panama
Cuba
Porto Rico
Brazil
Italy
India
Philippines
Tropics
Judge W. W. Stark Visitor From Commerce City
Judge W. W. Stark of Commerce visited the city on legal business. A state district senator and former county city court judge, he is likely to be one of next year’s representatives from Jackson county.
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W. W. Stark
Jackson County
Colonial Jules Epailly Stars in The Eternal Waltz at Colonial
Jules Epailly who has excelled as the tinsmith in the French operetta The Eternal Waltz starred in the vaudeville hit of last season. His father has edited the New York Herald from Paris for over thirty years. Adele will be shown at the Colonial theater April 15.
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Jules Epailly
Mr. Epailly
Paris
New York Herald
Adele
Colonial Theater
Paper trade grows as imports reach 237 million pounds
Washington reports 237 million pounds of printing paper imported in the first five months under the tariff law, doubling the prior year. Forecasts show total imports near 535 million pounds for the year, with domestic production surpassing 300 million dollars since 1909 and exports not exceeding 25 million in recent years.
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Banner
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Germany
Netherlands
France
United Kingdom
United States
Sweden
Russia
Argentina
Belgium
Brazil
Japan
Chile
Greece
China
Bulgaria
Australia
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
New Zealand
India
South Africa
Portuguese Africa
England
Hongkong
Globe
Nine yards of cloth math problem yields scraps
A teacher asks a junior class to subtract cloth use from nine yards. Three yards left for a jacket and skirt use five, a girl answers that there would be a lot of scraps, illustrating quick arithmetic.
Glass with spiral markings to show water level clearly
A new water gauge glass uses spiral markings that refract light to indicate true water level. The invention prevents accidents by making the glass appear horizontal only when water fills to the correct level.
Unfairness to Man in Baby Disposition Puzzle
A short, satirical note from the Globe argues that babies with a bad disposition may be unfairly blamed on their mothers, highlighting gendered and parental bias in early beliefs. The brief reflection underscores enduring fairness questions about inheritance of traits.
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Son Globe
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Erwin and Company
Harris and
Hancock Streets
Milledge Avenue
Milledge
Waxter Street
R. T. Goodwyn Realty Company
Southern Mutual
Jones Green
H. Davenport
Jockey Club
Macon
Georgia Railroad
B. R. Bloodworth
J. C. Hellner
Augusta
Insurance & Real Estate
Lipscomb
J. C. Jester
Prince
W. A. Jester
Goodale. It
M. Link
Broad Street
Indian River
Williamson's
Sam
Parcels Post
Whitehall Road
D. G. Anderson & Co
Gomez
Palacio
Juarez
Dunbar Ogden
Moore's
White
Huggins’ China House
Haviland
H. T. Huggins & Son
China House
Highlands
Lipscomb & Company
Theathens Audit Co
J. F. Hart
Austria-Hungary
Norway
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