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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1914
Page
8
Short notes list savings bank rates and assorted local ads from Athens. The Athens Savings Bank pays 4 percent interest on savings compounded semiannually, deposits from $1.00. other ads include clothing, butter, shoe repair, harness, hats, rooms for rent, and a missing $5 bill reward at the Majestic box office.
Local classified notes list fire insurance questions with Jester, rental ads for Prince Street six room unit, and a For Sale line describing 13 acres with house and pasture. Also items include coffee ads, spring wagons, and a stray red cow reported at 126 Dearing with contact.
Baltimore on April 13 reports a 25 000 attendance for the Fed league opener, the largest since Baltimore’s national league era with pennants. Some errors occurred but the game was brilliant. The National Sues Chicago. Philadelphia NL club sues Chicago Federals for 25000 damages and an injunction. Preliminary hearing expected tomorrow. College games note Georgia Illinois 2 1, Mercer 8 Tech 0, Yale 8 Charlottesville 5, Alabama 3 Tulane 2.
White House officials announced that President Wilson will address the Associated Press at the luncheon during the annual meetings in New York City on April 21. Secretary Tumulty said the subject is undecided but the speech will be important, marking his first outside-Washington address since Mobile last October.
An advertisement touts RHEUMA as a natural remedy free from opiates that cleanses kidneys, bowels, liver and skin. It cites a testimonial from J. R. Coker of Columbia, claiming two days of use allowed him to lay down crutches. The product costs 50 cents from H. R. Palmer & Sons.
An advertisement extols Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy as a cure for stomach and liver ailments, promising to remove catarrhal mucous, reduce inflammation, and antiseptic the digestive tract. It urges sufferers to try one dose for relief, citing fear of cancer in some cases and endorsing the product as a universal remedy. It attributes authority to the Supreme Court and lists addresses for Palmer and Sons and Prince Avenue Pharmacy.
Georgia wins 2 to 1 over Illinois in a lackluster affair. Hitchcock allowed four hits and struck out nine while Gunkel fanned seven, with both teams miscues and baserunning shaping the lone Georgia edge. Armistead debuted behind the plate for Georgia, Ginn doubled and scored, and Henderson, Harrison, and Krebs contributed key plays as Georgia edges Illinois to set up next matchups with Vanderbilt, Alabama, and Tech for the SIAC title race.
Daily list from Huggins China House on Broad Street details refrigerators water coolers ice boxes cream freezers and many kitchen items. It lists china sets German Austrian and gold band patterns open stock dinnerware and crystal glassware plus furniture and cleaning goods with a prompt phone order option at 125.
Illinois and Georgia played a 9 inning game with Georgia winning 2 to 1. Key moments include Sutor Harrison Gunkel and Hitchcock highlighted with two base hits and nine strikeouts by Hitchcock. Bases on balls totaled four and two passed balls were recorded. Left on bases were five apiece and stolen bases by Sutur Trowbridge Ginn and Owens. Game time was 2 hours 45 minutes with umpire Brown.
One hundred dollars reward for an uncured case of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co Toledo. Endorsed by National Bank of Commerce Toledo. Cure taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Price seven and a half cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Pamite TH
Clarke County Tax Receiver J H Dorsey announces the tax digest closes May 1 instead of July 1. Police brought William Killion Will Jordan and Matt Little to court after an afternoon dispute with Killion allegedly menacing others with a knife while drinks and a whip butt were used in the confrontation. The recorder will hear their cases this morning. Mr and Mrs H Craig Hui of Baldwin Street announce the birth of a son whose first birthday will occur on April 11 next year.
An old time medicine ad claims Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil cures the worst sores and wounds. It asserts pain relief and healing from overlong ailments and sells for 2 cents, 6, or 1 dollar, targeting general health restoration.
A dense street directory excerpt lists numerous businesses and proprietors by town in Georgia. Entries include Adams Market 269 Lumpkin Athens and Bostwick Supply Co among others across Athens Clarke County and surrounding towns such as Bowman Canon Commerce Commerce Hartwell Jefferson Maysville and Bethlehem.
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