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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1915
Page
8
Mileage coupons offered for all cash ads. Smallest ad pays for its own coupon. Auto Insurance by Lipscomb. Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 percent interest on savings compounds with January to July deposits from $1.00. Cooper's Cash Market invites listeners to phone for fresh country meats.
The column lists various local ads including mileage coupons with cash ads, insurance offers, a barber training notice, farm goods for sale such as cotton seed and tomato plants, eggs and poultry, home loan terms, and business contact details. Multiple merchants and phone numbers are noted for W. A. Rhodes, Costa, Moler Barber College, and Southern Cotton Oil Co.
Baseball scores from national leagues show Philadelphia over Boston two to one and Chicago over St Louis eight to four as rain and wet grounds caused postponements. College games include Vanderbilt over Mercer seven to four and Princeton routing North Carolina four to eight in various venues.
A seven room house with a lot on Prince Avenue offers a bargain price of 4000 dollars. The neighborhood is described as lovely with a pleasant walk to town.
Dr J C McKinney of Clarke County as the Athens delegate reported Columbus won the 1917 Georgia Medical Association convention with Athens a close second after a strong Athens bid supported by the city mayor council chamber of commerce and local physicians. Drs McKinney Mathews and Fullilove from Athens also attended and nearly secured the 1916 convention for Athens.
Cameron Johnson stays in Athens for an extra day to present three travel talks using his own dissolving limelight stereopticon and hundreds of color slides. The Saturday program includes Far East, Across India, and Cairo to Rome via Constantinople with rare images and no motion pictures. Seats are limited as equipment occupies space and each show starts promptly.
Ready for Business Manager J B Wier keeps Southern Cotton Oil Co operations moving after a plant fire. He maintains offices in the Holman building at 313 and uses the Atlanta fertilizer order placed at 10 30 the morning after the blaze arriving by Georgia Railroad at 7 00 the 28th. He invites patrons to contact him at the Holman building office.
Secretary Bryan announced that the United States will relieve American cotton and other non-contraband commodities in Switzerland from the Allied blockade. The move follows a note presented by the Swiss minister to Washington.
Mr Carlton Jester of Athens Savings Bank and his children will depart this afternoon for Nacoochee Valley and the nearby mountains for a weekend camping trip returning after the holiday Monday.
The Laura Rutherford Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy hosts a noon dinner at the YMCA with Cobb DeLaney Camp of the United Confederate Veterans and nearby veterans invited. Commander Frank Griffeth calls a council meeting at City Hall 11 am to discuss business before veterans attend Memorial Day exercises at the University of Georgia chapel and visit Oconee cemetery to view the DeLaney monument unveiling.
Optimistic remarks focused on readjustment plans including Aldrich Vreeland currency, federal banks, and a seven to ten million bale cotton outlook. Speakers urged bankers to support farmers in reducing cotton acreage and diversifying crops while highlighting improving Georgia farm conditions and rising rail traffic as prosperity returns.
A physician and patient discuss alternating fever and chills with humor. The patient notes days of heat preventing thought and ague days with shakes, complicating the doctor’s assessment of illness progression.
A Woodland avenue teacher asks how many kinds of flowers exist and a pupil answers with three: wild tame and collie. The toad note praises toads for controlling garden pests and urges letting them be.
Yesterday on campus after the dress parade the Georgia band gave an enjoyable concert. Every Friday afternoon from now on the parade will be held on Herty Field and the public is invited to witness the parade and hear the concert. Cadets welcome visitors.
The piece quotes Amiel urging acceptance and action within one’s current state. It emphasizes that people must act and endure where they are, believing any place can bring one closer to heaven and the infinite.
Mrs. J E Ritch, aged 80, died yesterday at the residence of A L King in Gum Spring near the city. Funeral and burial set for 4 PM at Mizpeh church with pallbearers J E Bradberry G H Thurmond J G Wallace T P Alexander L J Braderry M D Archer to meet at King's home at 2 30 PM.
A manager defends a poised man who stands apart from the bustle, calling him naturally gifted and essential to add ease and dignity to the busy group, as noted by the Washington Star.
The Georgia Glee and Mandolin Club appeared before a small appreciative audience at Seney Stovall chapel for the second time this season. No word arrived by dawn on a Athens High versus Elberton High game from Elberton.
A brief joke features a complaint about a man named Jim Blinks missing after arranging a marriage license. The excerpt moves to musings on loneliness as a universal burden and ends with a quip on suspicion and a city versus suburban ratio of servants, all from the Buffalo Express.
The Southern Hardware Jobbers association re-elected its officers and chose Birmingham as the next meeting place. The convention adjourned today.
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