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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1920
Page
8
Mixed classified items list sales loans lost items wanted rooms and houses for sale or rent. Advertisers include Lipscomi specialty fire insurance Thomas Bros car Normal School phone numbers and various local merchants. Items cover for sale used cars houses rent and household goods with reward notices and job requests.
Menu item list shows 60 cent plate dinner offering including coffee baked shad mashed potatoes steamed rice stewed corn pone cornbread apple dumplings and tea. Also notes 40 cent plate dinner at Thornton's MU.
Local sports writers suggest Athens form a city league after college seasons end to develop younger players and boost amateur baseball. Proposals envision limited rosters, Saturday and midweek games, and strong local participation from colleges, ex players, banks and businesses with Savannah and Macon already successful models. La La Lucile at Colonial Theatre draws crowds as a spicy Broadway attraction with country receptions following its national run.
Gwinnett County Farmers Union meets at Lawrenceville court house and votes to back the Cappar Hershman bill legalizing cooperative marketing. A telegram to the Washington representative urges passage before Congress adjourns. Signed by A. L. Simonton secretary treasurer.
Berlin dispatch reports another shooting affray at Frankfort where a young man is dead and a woman wounded. The Lokal Anzeiger notes the incident occurred Thursday amid rising violence and unsettled conditions in the area.
A review notes the second act's specialty dance fails to impress while Licile plays a wife in a two act marital pursuit. The piece features risque situations and a co respondent plot, with over a dozen musical numbers, some worthy of encores, but the reviewer calls it more burlesque than refined musical comedy.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs LeRoy Hart James Force Hart III died Thursday April 8 Interment will be private and held at a later date.
Monroe A and M faces Gordon Institute in a highly anticipated baseball clash this afternoon. Gordon Institute has a strong, long history of producing talented players, promising an engaging contest for local fans and students alike. The Johnston family expresses gratitude for support shown during Miles Johnston's illness and death.
All yard brakemen in the Erie Railroad yards in Jersey City struck this afternoon without reasons. Officials say the action aims to show solidarity with unauthorized strikes elsewhere. The strike caused commuter congestion and required 150 police to maintain order during the evening rush.
Taffeta shown on the waist and skirt features tiny accordion plaits and a blue and gold ribbon detail at the wall. The square neck gains a delicate frill. executives approve the same treatment. Medium size uses 6 yards of 36 inch material for the pictured Review Dress No. 720.
Philadelphia observers report the earth passed through the sun’s outer corona on March 22. Professor Monroe N. Snyder links the aurora to a universal force of radiocation from solar explosions, hydrogen and helium hurled toward Earth, with magnetic and electric storms explained by hydrogen particles.
A stated conclave of Godfrey De Bouillon Commandery No 14 K T will be held in Masonic Hall Friday April 9 at 8 o clock All newly elected officers are requested to be present A L Harper E C MNO G Quinn Recorder
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