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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1911
Page
8
Local ads show Lipscomb & Co offering fire and real estate insurance policies and loans, plus auto coverage and home furnishings from Athens Paper Co. DuBose & DuBose advertise Milledge Avenue property and general services, with others promoting repairs, painting, rentals, car sales, and Y W A Easter sale. Also listings for plants, eggs, pipes, and canned fruits at Williamson's.
Local ads show Erwin & Company handling fire insurance and real estate along with other Athens merchants. Listings include rental properties, lots for sale on Cloverhurst Avenue and Boulevard, a variety of goods from pipes to cigars, and multiple small services from shoe repair to tin work.
An advertisement promotes Rheumacide as an internal cure for rheumatism, claiming it regulates uric acid, cleanses poisons, and supports liver and kidney function. It argues injections or liniments are useless and cites prices 2c and 50c per package or bottle at 1.00. Written by Bobbitt Chemical Co., Baltimore, with booklet and mail order.
Mercer meets Tech in Atlanta with fans noting the contests will reveal Georgia and Tech strengths. Tech aims to prove claims about pitching issues, while both sides show injuries to Hill, Holland, Oliphant, and Hogg. The Banner promises final scores in upcoming issues.
Meeting called at 8 30 sharp for installation of officers for the new term with other matters of importance to discuss. Large attendance desired followed by the usual social session.
The Ath ens high school oratory department will present an entertainment Saturday at 8 30 PM with a lively contest to pick Athens entrants for the Eighth district high school association meeting in Elberton April 21 22 Nine contestants vie for a declamation and a recitation judges include Professors Park Nix and Mrs Lucy Leah West Mathews with music by the high school orchestra Admission is 25 cents and all are invited to attend.
The Huggins China House advertises four styles of refrigerators Opal glass lined enameled lined porcelain lined and galvanized lined offered at low prices with cash credit or installment options. It also promotes double motion cream freezers cedar tubs with galvanized hoops steel framed tops and water coolers in various sizes all at low prices.
Griffith & Welch Cotton Report shows Athens Middling at 143-4 for cotton. Dissolution notice states Tiller & Fleming ended January 25, 1911 and Fleming-Nunn Hardware Co. formed to assume debts. Lynn Plumbing Co advertises plumbing, steam and gas fitting with free estimates and showroom at 475 Clayton Street.
The funeral for Mrs. J. H. Towns of Whitehall will be held at 3:00 PM at Oconee Street Methodist Church with Rev. A A Sullivan preaching. Interment will follow at Oconee cemetery. Pallbearers include Albert Harris Henry Comer Will McElhannon George W McDor man J A Pitner and T C Fowler.
Funeral services for Mrs Bertha L Meyers were held at her daughter’s Monte Sano residence with a large crowd braving weather. Rabbis Blechman and Reich led a Jewish ceremony ending at the city cemetery where Kadish was recited. Floral tributes filled the scene as mourners reflected on her kindness to many children.
The pardon hearing for Thomas Edgar Stripling before the Georgia pardon board extended all day in Atlanta. Four lawyers argued for and against the pardon, attacking Cornett’s character and Stripling’s conduct. a decision is expected in two to three days.
The Atlanta & Carolina Railway gains a virtually assured status as Adams and Sturm of Columbus Ohio win a grading contract. Work starts on the Atlanta to Conyers section with spread to Augusta as Mason seeks local cooperation and rapid track laying follows grading.
Mr W D Arthur aged 62 died last night at his Lumpkin Street home after a brief illness from paralysis. He remained seemingly well until about 5 p.m. and collapsed after a rapid stroke. He died shortly after 10 p.m. Survived by wife and seven children Mrs M A Andrews Watkinsville W G Arthur Mrs George Jackson Mrs Lem Edwards N S Arthur Mina Arthur and Preston Arthur Funeral set for Saturday at 2 30 p m in Watkinsville. Friends extend condolences to the family in their bereavement.
The article notes Dr W A Carlton III has been indisposed and confined to his room for three or four days and hopes to be out soon. It mentions reactions to his past actions in Virginia and the pardon board potential recommendations and the governor's possible decision. Fresh vegetables offered at Williamson's include beans beets and tomatoes.
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