Short Notes of Interest and Local Wants
A compact list of items for sale and rent including insurance offers from Lipscomb and Jester, dinner at The Oasis on Broad Street, sweet potato plants for sale from Nancy Hall Porto Rico and Southern Queen, ready for shipment March 25. Also room and board, money lending on property, a dressing suit for sale, a lost keys notice, and a rental listing for Sparks garage space.
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Nancy Hall
Porto Rico
Southern Queen
W. H. Hobby
Rebecca
Gaim
Porto Ricos
Oaks Plant
Fort Green
Fla
ATHENS SAVINGS BANK OFFERS 4 PERCENT INTEREST AND PLANT SALES
Local notices include The Athens Savings Bank paying 4 percent interest on deposits with compounding dates January 1 and July 1. Also listed are scholarships, plant vendors Evergreen Plant Farm and Oaks Plant Farms offering sweet potato and tomato plants, and lost and found items at Peachtree Street and Oconee Street locales. A note on authors cites Coleridge and Besant in a brief literary snippet.
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Bank IN
Athens
Athens Savings Bank
P. O
Nancy Hall
Evergreen Plant Farm
Evergreen
Ala
Auburn Beats Georgia In Eighth Inning Rally
Auburn defeats Georgia 6 to 4 after scoring four runs in the bottom of the eighth. Westbrook and Willingham held a tense pitcher duel earlier, with Georgia tying the game in the seventh before Auburn broke through late. Umpire Cheney tracked the decisive inning at Auburn, Alabama.
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Georgia
Auburn
Ala
Westbrook
Willingham
Steed
Prendergast
Ducote
Jenkins
Henderson
Erwin
Wootten
Rawson
Holden
Clements
Philpot
Smith Amendment Provides Vocational Training For Army Men
The Senate adopted Hoke Smith of South Carolina’s amendment to the army bill establishing seventy five hours of monthly vocational training for enlisted men. The change is the bill’s only major alteration discussed today as administration leaders hope for final action next week. Debate also focused on spending fifteen million dollars for a government nitrate plant to be used for fertilizer in peacetime with critics calling it socialistic.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoke Smith
Army
Senate
Joint Conference Committee
Smith
South Carolina
Hardwick
Georgia
Lodge
Massachusetts
Confederate Veterans Call For Flag Day Parade
The Cobb-Delaney Camp United Confederate Veterans under Commander Griffeth invites all veterans to meet at city hall at 10 30 Tuesday morning April 11 for participation in the Flag Day parade. Automobiles will be provided. All members and old soldiers are urged to attend.
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Cobb-Delaney Camp
United Confederate Veterans
Griffeth
City Hall
Defense in Smith estate hearing confronts ties and testimony
Testimony details Smith lineage and illegitimate offspring while defense argues the administrators acted honorably. Attorneys discuss Judge Meadow's resignation and temporary administration amid a busy farming season and looming succession.
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Jim Smith
Her Mistake in a Parlor Diploma Remark
A Louisville Courier Journal quote recalls a tense family moment about a daughter and a cooking school diploma hung in the parlor. The remark implies social pressure and changes in courting behavior within the home.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
The Scarf of Iris The Ancient Greek Rainbow
The ancient Greeks named the rainbow The Scarf of Iris. Iris, goddess of the rainbow and messenger, serves Jupiter in myth and is celebrated for beauty and brilliance.
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Jupiter
Where the lowan Drew the Line in Dinner Time
The item notes a playful remark about a stubborn old fashioned man resisting dinner at supper time. The Cherokee Times records a humorous regional quip illustrating local character and tradition.
Out of the Race A Kidney Remedy Ad
An advertisement urges readers to act promptly for back stiffness muscle pains and kidney troubles. Foley Kidney Pills are promoted as helping the kidneys remove waste and restore vitality. H. R. Palmer & Sons advertise the product.
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Foley
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Foley & Co
Chicago
Fifth Annual School Garden Report Noted in Athens
The fifth annual report of the School Garden Association of America, presented with the National Educational Association, reached interested readers in Athens. Prof. E S Sell of the State Normal School is listed as one of Georgia's three state committeemen for the association.
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School Garden Association of America
National Educational Association
Athens
E. S. Sell
Department of Agriculture
State Normal School
Georgia
A Specific Against Colds Ad Offered For Relief
The notice promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a helpful treatment for colds especially during epidemics. It suggests a sleeping porch or open bedroom and a cold sponge bath each morning, with the remedy available for sale by all dealers.
Pain Relieving Oil Claims Fast, Long Standing Cure
Advertises a penetrating remedy for rheumatism neuralgia lumbago sore joints head and back pains and more. Claims internal and external use cures coughs colds croup sore throat diphtheria tonsillitis and general pains with immediate relief. Sold 25 and 50 cents with money back guarantee at H R Palmer and Son.
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H. R. Palmer & Son
Closing Meeting at Elite Theater Sunday in Athens
The Y M C A religious committee holds a closing men’s meeting at the Elite Theater on Sunday afternoon with Rev. R E Neighbour delivering the address on The Man Set Down Through the Roof. The 3:30 hour opens the event with a 30 minute chorus followed by the 4:00 address. a boys’ meeting at 3:30 features J W Morton of the Presbyterian Laymen's Missionary Movement.
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Y. M.A
R. E. Neighbour
Jesus
Son of God
Athens
J. W. Morton
Presbyterian Laymen's Missionary Movement
Coal Bid Request for City Schools Supplies
Sealed bids requested for approximately 300 tons of soft coal to supply city schools. Bid must quote for May and June delivery. Palmer committee chair reserves right to reject any or all bids.
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Geo. H. Palmer
Chmn. Com
High School Quarterly April issue lists editorials and features
The April edition of High School Quarterly edited by Dr. Joseph S. Stewart serves as the Georgia State High School Association organ and Southern Commission publication. Contents include editorials on topics from the Detroit Meeting to civic biology, plus reviews, schedules, and notes on rural schools and education policy.
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High School Quarterly
Joseph S. Stewart
Georgia State High School Association
Southern Commission of Accredited Schools
Detroit
Bagley
Gov. Brumbaugh
Winship
Dean Russell
Dean Marquis
Ford
Churchill
Clifton F. Hodge
Wycliffe Rose
National Committee On
J. F. Hosic
L. L. Friend
W. H. Hand
J. L. Randall
R. H. Wilson
Chas. W. Cookson
Georgia
R. P. Brooks
Alabama
W. F. Feagin
Georgia Educational Association
Ralph Newton
Southern Conference For Education In the
High School District Contests Set Across the State
The state high school meetings for athletics spelling essays recitation declamation music and debate are scheduled this month. District events occur in Savannah Sylvester Cordele LaGrange Decatur Acworth Monroe Canton Thomson Hazelhurst Fort Valley and Barnesville with all events and debates planned on specific dates in April and May.
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Savannah
Fort Valley
Hazelhurst
First
Sylvester
Cordele
LaGrange
Decatur
Barnesville
Fighth
Monroe
Canton
Thomson
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MR. Dearing
Birwin A Co
THE
Athens Audit Co
Lipscomb
Iinsurance
J. C. Jester
the Oasis
Broad Street
Hill St
W. H. Davenport
G. F. Bolton's
Sparks Garage
P. H. Smith
Southern Mutual
Care Banner
Banner Office
Athens Business College
P. O. Box
Athens, Ga
A. H. Davenport
Frank
J. K. Orr
Peachtree St
Atlanta
Oconee St
Bunch Keys
B. H. Lasnett
Jones Greenhouse
Coleridge
Besant
Palestine Exploration Fund
Stedman
Wall Street
Blackmore
New York Telegram
Ponderosa
Acme
Gracedale Greenhouse
Lumpkin St
Washington Street
J. T. Anderson
Athens Engineering Company
R. H. E. Auburn
Cheney
Hoke Smiths
Mr. Sibley
Colonel Smith
Sibley
Lumpkin Hill
D. Ge. Real Estate
Anderson & Co
Clayton St
Chichester S Pills
Pruggist
J. D. Bradwell
Tehatta Cern
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