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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1915
Page
8
A Growing Fire Insurance Agency markets itself as the fastest growing in Athens, citing strong companies prompt loss adjustments and efficient service. It invites policy-holders to place their business with no increase in policy costs.
A cluttered Athens page blends Doan's Kidney Pills testimonial with a mix of local ads. Doan's Kidney Pills are extolled for kidney relief by Mrs. M. Garrison, followed by general local notices on insurance, real estate, poultry, livestock, and services from Lipscomb, Poss Place, and Jester.
The Harms Musical show drew good houses at the Classic Theatre on College Avenue. Miss Harms, the youngest leading lady, headlines today with dancing and singing numbers including a tango specialty. Afternoon and evening vaudeville and screenings follow.
Advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy for catarrh with internal use and blood action. It offers a $100 reward for any failure to cure and invites readers to request testimonials from the Toledo company. Includes a brief endorsement of Hall's Family Pills for constipation and notes sale by druggists.
Athens patrons flock to the Elite Theater for the four part Lois Weber feature Hypocrites. The film draws New York acclaim, with ministers and censors praising it as a powerful film sermon. Admission rises to fifteen cents to cover heavy exhibition costs.
Sunday at Young Harris church Rev. Arthur Moore preached two sermons to a large crowd about 1200 attended the evening tent service. Yesterday's services were also effective and the revival spirit filled the air with ongoing services today at 3 30 and 8 p m. Mr Bell of Atlanta will lead song services half an hour before each service and organize the boys and girls choir this afternoon at 3 with a large song service for the youth at 7 30 in the evening.
The council revoked the license of the colored restaurant between Cutler's Market and B Goldwasser's store and ordered the upstairs rooms closed. The Police Department was divided into two squads with a patrol division under Chief Brooks and a plainclothes detective section.
New York April 5 Collector of Port Malone charged that British cruisers are patrolling U S waters and violating neutrality by coaling and taking supplies from vessels leaving New York He plans to bring the matter to the federal grand jury.
The Safety Superintendent of the H L Doherty Company spoke to Athens teachers and townspeople at the electric building about preventing accidents and conserving life and energy. George Oliver Smith illustrated the lecture with stereopticon pictures and discussed general safety beyond railway operations.
Knox Institute traveled to Elberton and defeated Elberton 8 to 1 on Easter Monday. Atlanta teams visited Athens and the locals won 7 to 10.
Allen Fleming Jr Julian Fleming and Alen Fleming Jr returned from Laurens South Carolina where the funeral of Mrs Allen Fleming was held Sunday afternoon in her hometown The service reflected the Christian hope of Resurrection with friends sending floral tributes to honor her memory and the family.
The daughter of Mrs. Fleming who arrived days before her mother's death will return this evening with her husband to their home in Quitman.
Mr C A Duggan, longtime sales employee at Athens Railway and Electric Company since the Electric Shop on Clayton Street opened, resigns to join ES Sporting Goods Company. His Athens Electric offices role is filled by Troy Beatty Anderson, formerly with Gas Light & Fuel Company.
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