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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1911
Page
2
A plan to construct a new building on Lumpkin Street beside a vacant lot to attract a desirable tenant. Details on size, timing, and tenants remain under consideration.
A miscellaneous column lists real estate notes from Erwin & Company and other local advertisers. It includes fire insurance mentions, furniture and hardware goods, rental notices, seed and farm supplies, Belgian hares for sale, shoe repair services, paint and varnish suppliers, and a bakery notice, all with phone numbers and directions.
Fire insurance and cheap insurance offered by Lipscomb and Co. The Athens Savings Bank pays 4 percent interest on deposits from $1.00. Home seekers are offered several fine farms in Oconee and Wilkes counties totaling 1000 acres, for sale in Bogart, Ga by J. P. Wise, Real Estate Dealer. Easy terms, sixty day bargains, and options to subdivide.
Mt Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M holds a called communication at 8:30 this evening in the Max Joseph building for work in the third degree. All qualified brothers are invited to attend. Clare D Hetdler, Sec.
A reader found on the street bears Maggie Wallace's name and has been turned in to the Banner office. The owner may retrieve the book by contacting the newspaper.
The article notes new long shed nearly two hundred feet at the S A L station will ease passenger waiting. Skylights eight by five feet will provide light while blocking the sun. Offices and waiting rooms begin use before frost. John Drew opens The Single Man at Empire theater New York on Labor Day.
Government reports show U S cotton condition July 25 at 89.1 percent of normal, up from 88.2 on June 25 and compared with 75.5 last July. State figures list Virginia 102, North Carolina 87, South Carolina 86, Louisiana 84, Texas 86, Arkansas 94 with varied year averages around 78–82.
We carry Mason jars and automatic sealing jars large stock for wholesale and retail trade with prompt delivery. Full line patterns in china and table glassware. Everything for the house in enamel tin aluminum wooden and other wares. The most varied line in Athens. Your orders appreciated.
Reports to the agriculture department indicate the 1911 cotton crop will be among the largest on record. The July 25 condition stood at 89.1 percent of normal, nine-tenths higher than a month prior and 9.7 percent above the ten year July 25 average. If sustained, final yield could reach 34,000,000 acres and 14,093,000 bales of 500 pounds each, based on current estimates. Personal notes mention Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Hunnicutt returning from Franklin Springs and other social updates.
Insurance firm Lipscomb & Co. reminds clients that all policies include the Lightning Clause. They emphasize ensuring this import is added to your policy alongside standard coverage. Contact Lipscomb & Co. Real Estate at phone 109 for details.
Reports describe dozens of residents and professionals in town being tricked by a fraudulent "phone tester." He urges loud yells, soft whispers, tapping walls, squeaky room noises, and even inserting matches into the mouthpiece, leaving victims amused yet fooled as he claims phones are fine.
Yesterday’s ball games recap shows Atlanta failed to beat opponents over three consecutive days as New Orleans and Memphis games unfold. Chattanooga beat New Orleans 2 to 0 in seven innings while Memphis edged Birmingham 5 to 2 before rain ended play. A Montgomery doubleheader with Nashville was canceled due to rain.
Yesterday Mr Cobb Lampkin purchased the J W Eberhart property at the corner of College avenue and Strong street in a bustling city block. He regards the locations as very desirable and expects activity in the area.
At the corner of College Avenue and Dougherty street J B Toomer is erecting two commodious seven or eight room houses. The work is progressing rapidly and the houses will be ready in a few weeks. Alleged moonshiner Bob Smith was bound over after a Walton county hearing before Judge Walter G Cornett. Deputy Collector Trammell brought Smith from Monroe to Athens for the proceeding.
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