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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1912
Page
5
Rexall 93 Hair Tonic claims to restore hair by destroying scalp germs and nourishing roots. It promises relief from scalp irritation and dandruff with no staining, and offers a full refund if growth does not occur. sold only at H.R. Palmer & Sons Rexall Store with 50c and 1.00 sizes.
Clarke County Georgia will sell on the first Tuesday in May 1912 at public outcry before the courthouse door the two parcels totaling 39.45 acres in the 241st District G M bounded by J C Couch W M Couch T J Eppes and others. The property levied to satisfy a fi fa issued from Athens City Court in favor of J J McMahon with tenant in possession reservation. Levy dated January 31 1911. This 11th day of April 1912. W E Jackson Sheriff Clarke County Ga.
New York plans a grand clean-up week with trucks and volunteers scouring streets and fronts before May Day. The piece notes a theater boom cluttering the White Way, luxury housing near Wall Street for brokers, dangerous sky stunts drawing crowds, and baseball fever reviving amid a winter slump.
In Clarke County Georgia the Superior Court holds a petition to validate 200000 dollars of bonds for a courthouse jailer house and lands. The hearing is in Athens at 10 am on April 20 1912 and any interested Georgia resident may object join as a party. E J Crawford Clerk.
In Gainesville Georgia on April 18 Rev W M Barnett and Prof E J Robeson led meetings at Murrayville High School auditorium in Upper Hall county about 10 miles from Gainesville. The revival produced 75 conversions 22 additions and included the conversion of every boarding pupil in the dormitory. Rev S R England of the North Georgia Conference assisted making the event the largest in the circuit history.
Park Commissioner Kennedy selects Ludlow and Peabody of Manhattan to design the new Children’s Museum Building in Brooklyn. The junior member, Charles S. Peabody, will sketch the project, with a focus on the early planning phase as trustees plan operations during construction. The museum opened December 1899 and expanded in 1907 under city authorization.
Brooklyn man James Allen recounts a close call with a train or car while praising Vinol cod liver and iron tonic for restoring health. The ad claims Vinol strengthens worn out people, with a money back guarantee from H. R. Palmer & Sons in Athens, Georgia.
The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled it is unlawful to sell game birds or animals killed in another state during the closed season. Ward Allen, a Savannah hunter, was convicted for selling a summer wood duck in October during closed season, despite claiming the bird was killed in South Carolina where hunting is allowed.
Frontier Asthma Company announces a no cost home cure trial for asthma. It claims the method cures all forms and severities at home, invites hopeless cases, and asks recipients to mail in a coupon without sending money. Trials sent to Buffalo New York.
Reversal in Cureton case: dogs are not property under Georgia law while horses cows and other domestic animals are. Alabama Great Southern railroad sued for killing Cureton's dog and won in lower court but was overturned by the appeals court citing Jefferson and Strong decisions. The ruling suggests possible legislation to treat dogs as property.
The appellate court affirmed the lower court judgment. Allen must pay the penalty for a misdemeanor after bringing the duck into Georgia to sell it.
Washington April 18. The post office reports 1911 first class mail reached 8 843 477 individual pieces with letters dominating two billion and post cards over eighteen million dollars in revenue. Officials note profits of about 62 million on first class mail while second class ran a large deficit prompting a push for one cent postage. The National One Cent Letter Postage Association led by Chas Wm. Burrows and George T. McIntosh has thousands of members and backing from President Taft and Postmaster General Hitchcock.
An ad outlines indigestion as causing dizziness nervousness and sleeplessness due to stomach fermentation. It promotes MI DNA as a guaranteed cure or money back. The piece then lists lodge and fraternal organization meeting notices in Athens including Mt. Vernon Lodge Keystone Chapter and others with times and locations.
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