Short Notes of Interest Classified Ad Snippets
A collection of local notices and bargains from Athens Georgia, including insurance offers from Lipscomb and Jester, loan prospects by A H Davenport, fashion by Mrs J L Morris, and Wear Spirella Corsets. Also sale of a gas stove, lost items Goodyear tire number 194787, lost contracts at the post office, a liberal reward note from P F Collier & Son, steno job inquiry, and sale of cheap items with contact details.
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Post Office
P. F. Collier & Son
G. G. Baker Power House
Athens
Savings Bank Offers 4 Percent Interest on Deposits
Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded January 1 and July 1. Deposits from $1.00. Promises a good place to work for a bookkeeper and stenographer combined. Address H. in care Banner. Lost items include a diamond locket and a white Esquine Spitz named Biff. Reward offered, return to 425 Hill Street.
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Athens
Athens Savings Bank
Care Banner
Spitz
Biff
Hill Street
Fire destroys two story building near Dougherty street
At 2:30 this morning an alarm sent the fire department to the old two story arr house near Dougherty street at Pulaski and Prince. Flames were advancing as trucks arrived and the building likely will be a total loss. The Christian church owned the property and it had been vacated recently. Origin undetermined, possibly lightning.
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Dougherty Street
Pulaski and
Prince
The
Christian Church
Two Big Games Bring Winder Monroe Baseball to Athens
The baseball war between Winder and Monroe moves to Athens for two games on August 9 and 10. Winder powers an all-star Georgia Alabama league squad while Monroe features professionals and college stars from Georgia Emory Tech and Mercer. The Sanford Field match sparks a fierce Georgia sports feud likened to the classic Georgia Tech rivalry.
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Winder
Monroe
Athens
Georgia
Emory
Tech
Mercer
Few Returns Mark August City Court Term Filing
Yesterday was the last return day for the August term of the city court. Few cases were filed compared with other terms and those docketed were suits on notes and accounts.
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City Court
Strong Hardman Club Forms in Athens Clarke County
Friends of Dr. Hardman gathered at the Holman building rooms to form a Hardman Club. The gathering secured several hundred names and will establish headquarters there. Officers to be announced in a day or two.
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Dr. Hardman
Hardman
Athens
Clarke County
Holman
The Best Laxative Or The Outdoors And Diet
To keep bowels regular the best laxative is outdoor exercise. Drink a full glass of water before breakfast and eat plenty of fruit and vegetables. Establish a regular habit and ensure bowels move daily. If medicine is needed, take Chamberlain's Tablets. they are pleasant gentle and obtainable everywhere.
Weather Outlook and Cold Remedy Ad in Atlanta
Special to the Banner reports forecast through Wednesday for Athens area fair. An advertisement urges Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as relief for summer colds, promising opened air passages and quicker recovery with guidance to use and keep for future coughs and colds.
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the Banner
Atlanta, Ga
Athens and Vicinity
Dr. Bell
Adv
Athens YMCA and Forbes stay in place during border service plea
The Athens YMCA board rejected releasing Secretary Forbes for two months to aid Mexican border troops. With a new building nearing completion and many tasks to finish before the September 15 opening, his presence is deemed essential locally. They would support when feasible but cannot spare him now.
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Forbes
Association
United States
Mr. Forbes
County Commissioners Eye Joint Paving on Milledge Avenue
The county commissioners held their regular meeting and discussed a request from a council committee seeking county cooperation on paving Milledge Avenue. They favor collaborating with the city and hope to join the project once feasible, aligned with the Prince Avenue paving completed two years ago.
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Milledge Avenue
Prince Avenue
Disagree On New Method Promotion
Washington August 1 High naval officers clashed over senate amendments to the naval bill allowing promotion by selection rather than seniority. Admiral Badger warned the plan would invite navy politics while Admiral Strauss declared it would tear the navy to pieces. Admiral Blue supported the selection method saying it would foster economy and efficiency.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Badger
Strauss
Admiral Blue
Dr. L. G. Hardman Makes Campaign Addresses in North Georgia
Dr. L. G. Hardman spoke before packed crowds in Danielsville Comer and Colbert on August 1 as part of his gubernatorial campaign. Attendants included local officials, the Commerce high school band, and residents praising his agricultural and health bills and legislative record. He defended himself against a rival paper's charges and outlined his platform in Madison county communities.
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Lexington
Oglethorpe County
Court House
L. G. Hardman
W. H. Reynolds
Commerce
Hardman
Oglethorpe
Lawrenceville News-Herald
Western & Atlantic Railway
Washington
Wilkes County
Commerce High School
DR. Hardman
Danielsville
Superior Court
Berry T. Mosely
Madison County
Comer
Colbert, Ga
H. H. Hampton
Negro to Be Tried for Stabbing in Local Row
Tom Robinson colored will this morning be tried before the recorder on a charge of stabbing and seriously wounding Andrew Bell another negro in a row over the usual woman.
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Tom Robinson
Recorder
Andrew Bell
Forecast of Officers and Place of Meeting of 1917 Georgia Society
The Georgia State Agricultural Society discusses next meeting location for the seventy first annual session to be held in 1917. Macon is cited as central with hotels and fairs, Statesboro also pursues the meeting, cloth banners in Athens assert Statesboro as the only logical site. Captain John A. Cobb cannot seek re election. Martin V. Calvin of Waycross is rumored as next president.
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Georgia State Agricultural Society
Macon
Frank T. Reynolds
Convention Bureau
Athens
Statesboro
Georgia
Martin V. Calvin
Waycross
John A. Cobb
Hughes Declares Votes For Women At Rally
New York August 1 Judge Hughes backs a federal constitutional amendment for women's suffrage. He favors Congress sending it to states for ratification and says the issue should be settled promptly. In Washington Carrie Chapman Catt reports Wilson leaning toward state action but not opposing the federal amendment.
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Associated Press
New York
Hughes
Sutherland
Utah
Congress
Roosevelt League
Washington
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Wilson
Survivors From Dutch Mail Steamer Rescued at Harwich
Survivors of the Dutch mail steamer Kenigin Wilhemina, sunk by a mine off North Hinder lightship, arrived at Harwich aboard British destroyers. Among them were American consul Frank W. Mahin at Amsterdam and his wife.
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Associated Press
Harwich
England
Kenigin Wilhemina
North Hinder
Frank W. Mahin
Amsterdam
Senate and House Near Agreement on Army Bill
Washington reports Senator Chamberlain as saying the senate and house conferees on the army appropriation bill likely to reach agreement within a day.
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Senate
HOUSE
Associated Press
Washington
Chamberlain
Probing High Prices of Printing Papers
Washington reports on a Federal Trade Commission hearing into newsprint cost increases. Publishers accuse manufacturers of collusion. Frank P. Glass says moral conviction and potential legal proof by October. P. T. Dodge attributes higher prices to surging demand and fair profits. The FTC will draft its report promptly.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Frank P. Glass
Birmingham
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
P. T. Dodge
International Paper Company
Reporters to be Tried and Fired for Mis Representing Camps
General Funston telegraphed the war department that he would purge militia camps of reporters sending false accounts. He called them pests and said they would be tried by a special court and, if found guilty, ordered out.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Unanimous Vote Spurs Possible Railroad Strike
Ballots from eastern and southeastern railroad workers show near unanimous support for a strike among one fourth of the 400,000 members of four railroad brotherhoods. The total count is expected by Saturday, with a strike to be called only if further negotiations fail.
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Associated Press
New York
Eastern and Southeastern Railroad
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. G. Dearing
Berwing& Co
J. D. Bradwell
Clarke
Lipscomb
Insurance
J. C. Jester
A. H. Davenport
J. L. Morris
Lumpkin St
Athens Hide & Rubber Co
Clarksboro
Goodyear
W. Tf
Heliotropes
Sultanas Coleus
Crucedale Greenhouse
Milch
Justin
J. T. Anderson
Callene Avenue
C. D. Flanigen
Athens Engineering Company
Sanford Field
Georgia- Tech
Banner OF Commerce
D. G. Anderson & Co. Real Estate
Clayton ST
Athens, GA
American State Bank
West
Clayton Street
van Deadwyler
R. L. Cauthen
Ralph Walker
Mgr
Lipscomb & Co
Frank A. Lipscomb
Agricultural Society
McGregor Co
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