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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1911
Page
4
Real Estate Erwin and Company and Fire Insurance Erwin and Company advertise services. Local notices list poultry supplies, gas wood coal, painting, wallpaper, glass, and a fire sale. Other items include rents, trades, bakery sales, and small ads for goods and services around Athens area.
fire insurance lipscomb co real estate cheap insurance largest savings bank in athens offers 4 percent interest deposits start at 1.00 horse for sale broken horse not afraid cream puffs at thompsons bakery 25c a dozen runabout and harness for sale painting and decorating chipping enamel for food aluminum man rent five room house franklin street duBose duBose agents
The Taft appointed commission on second class mail costs convened at the federal building in New York to study government expenses in transporting and handling second class matter. Chairman Justice Charles E Hughes leads with A Lawrence Lowell and Harry A Wheeler. Colley E Bell is secretary. A report to Taft is due by December 1.
Grand Forks hosts the North Dakota State Druggists Association gathering with druggists from across the state attending a three day session. The convention will feature a picnic in Lincoln Park on the final day. A Des Moines woman was cured after a single dose of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by all dealers.
Detroit surged past Philadelphia 13 to 6 in a nine inning game, scoring thirteen runs on eleven hits with two errors. Summers and Stanage formed the Detroit battery as the Tigers capitalized on timely hits and plate presence, while Coombs, Martin, and Dunsford rotated for Philadelphia amid three pitcher changes and two catchers.
Yesterday's results include Chattanooga versus New Orleans in 14 innings with New Orleans winning six to three and a delayed game in Montgomery where Nashville posted a 12 to 1 victory. The report notes rain and off days affecting Atlanta and a coal-heaving delay impacting the second game.
We carry Mason's Jars and Automatic Sealing Jars with a large wholesale and retail stock and prompt delivery. Full line of china and table glassware and all housekeeper wares in enamel tin aluminum wood and more. Readily available in Athens with orders appreciated.
Postal leagues report games between Birmingham and Memphis with Huggins and Hart umpiring. Umpires Pfenninger and Kellum awarded the second game to Memphis after Birmingham delayed play. No Atlanta mobile game due to rain.
Elks announce a meeting at 8:30 sharp with the transaction of business followed by the usual social session. Signed by GEO. H. PALMER and H. CARITHERS with ER noted.
M Balent of Streator Illinois chronicles kidney and bladder trouble that kept him from working. After a short use of Foley Kidney Pills he recovered fully and returned to work feeling healthier than before. The pills are advertised as a tonic with quick results and are sold by all druggists.
Community notes mention Mrs D L Earnest visiting Muscogee county relatives and Kate Partridge's Goodwater trip while Frank Potter returns to Athens to work with a wholesale house. Rail schedules for Central of Georgia and Seaboard lines provide departure and arrival times, with local time standard. Foley's Kidney Remedy advertisement appears among transit items.
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