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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1911

Page

2

May Festival Brings Old English Pageant to Athens

Clarke County social calendar notes the May Festival at 2 pm today and the Old English pageant to be staged by the State Normal School and Muscogee Elementary School. Four hundred children in varied costumes will form a procession across the campus. Miss Lillian Mitchell will crown the May Queen amid flowers, songs, and village scenes. The event aims to celebrate spring with dances, games, and poetry.

State Normal School Muscogee Athens Campu Hersf Busters Green Lillian Mitchell Tennyson Chaucer

Georgia Should Provide For The Feeble minded Urgently

A plea citing Dr. T. O. Powell argues Georgia lags behind Missouri Nebraska Texas and others in caring for feeble minded and epileptics. Reports note costs to state from neglect and potential moral and public safety consequences urging legislators to fund schools and homes.

T. O. Powell Georgia Missouri Nebraska Texas

Optometrist Offers Complete Eyewear Service and Guarantee

A local feature promotes a thoroughly competent optometrist with testing, a modern optical room, wide mountings, and lens grinding. It notes a dissatisfaction with refunds, emphasizes proper frame fitting alongside correct lenses, and advertises a new "SHUR-ON" that stays on.

R. Brandt

Concert Invitations Spark New Hall Addition For Hodgsons

Invitations are out for a Monday concert by Kate and Edith Hodgson, marking the first public performance in a newly added hall and practice studio at their mansion. The event tests the hall’s acoustics while showcasing the sisters’ piano virtuosity and welcoming friends.

Kate Edith Hodgson Europe

Penns Intercollegiate Carnival Draws Top Relays to Franklin Field

Philadelphia April 28 The seventeenth annual intercollegiate carnival at Franklin Field expects a strong turnout with eastern and western champions in track and field events. Notables include Edwards versus Chisholm in hurdles, Wasson against Roberts in broad jump, and Murphy facing Gardner in pole vault. Relay lineups feature Harvard Cornell Princeton Chicago Michigan Notre Dame and Pennsylvania across one mile two mile and four mile events. The meet pits east against west and graduates against undergraduates as nearly all intercollegiate champions compete.

Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Franklin Field America West Ore Edwards Chisholm Yale Wasson Roberts Amherst Murphy Illinois Gardner Harvard Holdman Dartmouth Philbrook Horner Cornell Pennsylvania Virginia Princeton Michigan Notre Dame

Calloway Grocery Company charter petition filed in Athens

L. E. Calloway J H McPherson and A P Dearing seek incorporation of Calloway Grocery Company in Athens Clarke County Georgia for twenty years with 50500 capital stock, later increaseable to 200000. Objects include wholesale and retail groceries farm supplies and merchandise. rights to sue own property borrow and contract. offices to be in Athens with possible branches. filed April 27 1911 in Clarke County Superior Court by Cobb and Erwin. Banner note cites Chamberlains Cough Remedy advertisement.

Georgia Clarke County Superior Court Said County L. E. Calloway Oglethorpe County J. H. McPherson A. P. Dearing THE Calloway Grocery Company Athens Cobb & Erwin E. J. Crawford J. E. Calloway J. Crawford

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