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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1911

Page

2

Erwin & Co Short Notes of Interest

Real Estate Erwin & Company. Fire Insurance Erwin & Company. Why not divide my fire Insurance with J C Jester Biograph at Elite today. Fine Lot fresh eggs at Massey & Skelton's. A 2c can of Varnish Stain will make that old chair look new. Bondurant Hdwe Co. M Pittman will save you man on Furniture Stoves Shoes etc. For the Artistic Home Mission Oak Forest Green Bengal Blue Oriental Mahogany Art Lusters. Bondurant How Co. A H Cook Cook the Hackman, absolutely responsible hackman, night hacks. Phone 39. In Fine Lot of fryers and hens at Massey & Skelton's. Wanted Stenographer Good future Address A care a inner. Apex Floor Polish makes the floor shine Bondurant Hdwe Co. Fine Pair Kentucky horses for sale at half original cost. Suitable for surrey depot wagon or brougham. Original cost 1000. Well matched stylish good condition. Can be seen at Patterson Commission Co Stables Miller Union Stock Yards Atlanta or write J J Javery Atlanta White Canvas Shoes Repaired Martin Bros Retips half sales and repairs generally white Qs as well as all other shoes 455 Clayton St Phone 621

Surry Patterson Commission Co Miller Union Stock Yards Atlanta J. J.javerty Martin Bros Clayton St

New York Cotton Market closes and open prices listed

The New York cotton table shows open and close figures for contracts across months including Aug Sept Oct and Nov with bid and asked ranges. Prices hover around 11 to 12 dollars per unit with varying spreads and partial figures indicating market activity and settlement points.

New York

Short Notes of Interest from Athens Adverts

A collection of notices includes fire and real estate ads from Lipsseme and Lipscomb, savings bank offer at 4 percent, goods for sale like Irish potatoes and bricks, lost and found items, rental and loan offers, and local time and rail schedules for Athens.

Drainage work moves across Georgia counties

Engineer J W Phillips conducts drainage investigations in Jackson Gwinnett and Ware counties to support reclamation projects. Plans include reclaiming 200 300 acres near the Oconee river at Commerce Grayson area Big Haynes creek Ivanhoe and McRea surveys. In Ware county Emory Seasholtz to install underground tile drainage aiming to double yields with government support.

Waycross Georgia J. W. Phillips Phillips L. G. Hardman Commerce Jackson County Oconee Gwinnett County Grayson Big Haynes Creek Ivanhoe Howell Cone McRea Max L. McRae Baxley Appling County Ware County Emory Seasholtz Seasholtz

Yesterday's ball games reveal tight scores across leagues

The Boston Doves edged Detroit in a close Detroit- Boston game while Philadelphia swept Chicago twice in 18 innings. Atlanta led Mobile by one game after strong performances. Montgomery beat Nashville 6 to 1, New Orleans defeated Chattanooga 3 to 1, with no Birmingham Memphis game scheduled. In the majors, Philadelphia beat Chicago 9 to 6 in Chicago, then 7 to 5 in the second game. Boston beat Detroit 4 to 3.

Boston Doves Detroit Philadelphia Chicago Atlanta Mobile Ryan and Dunn Miller Wells Carpenter and Hart Birmingham Memphis Coombs Lap Walsh Sullivan Umipres Parker Sheridan Payne Brown Thomas Baker Kraitz Boston Battys, Pape and Carrington Mullin and Stanage Eagan Evans Wood

New Cafe Opens at College and Broad Corner

The new cafe at College avenue and Broad street offers ice cream parlor soda candies cigars and tobacco with a first class setup. Ladies are invited to inspect the updated shop under the Hotel. P N Chilms, proprietor.

College Avenue Broad Street P. N. Chilms

Send Us Your Order For Fruit Jars and Glassware

The notice advertises wholesale and retail stock of fruit jars rubbers and jelly jar tops with prompt delivery. It promises a full line of table glassware and patterns in China. It highlights enamel tin aluminum wooden wares and other housekeeper items, claiming the most varied line in Athens and inviting orders.

Athens

Montana Elks in Session at Anaconda Reunion

Elks from across Montana converge on Anaconda for the annual state reunion with purple and white decorations. Delegates arrive by train from Butte Helena Great Falls and others as the two day program begins and many plan to stay through Saturday.

Montana Elks Anaconda Mont Army of Elks Montana Butte Helena Great Falls

Woolworth Building To Rise As City Sees High Rise Boom

New York August 17. The Woolworth building project now has full funding of 8 million dollars and will be the tallest in the world upon completion in fall 1912. The 39,500 square foot Broadway site between Barclay and Park Place will host a 29 story main structure topped by a 26 story tower, reaching 750 feet in height. Health officials report July infant mortality in Greater New York at 1,522, down 731 from 1910, aided by milk pasteurization. Old Manhattan landmarks vanish as real estate prices surge, with the Mutual Life building on Broadway and Liberty Street set to be replaced by a five story Guaranty Trust Co. building. Police work remains challenging amid frequent reforms and public scrutiny, while a hermit-like Spaniard, Manuel Martinez, dies at the Broadway Central Hotel after thirty years of seclusion. A burglar leaves a silk tie with a note reading With my compliments. In Long Beach sharks noted near Reynolds Channel deter beachgoers as sightings rise.

New York Woolworth Broadway Barclay Street Park Place Manhattan Mutual Life Insurance Company Broadway and Liberty Street Wreckers Guaranty Trust Company Trust Company

Detained Youth Traces Family Troubles Across States

Oscar Brock, a reportedly fourteen year old boy, is held at police headquarters while authorities investigate his guardianship. He says his father Thompson Brock near Anderson, South Carolina, had family conflicts driving him away to visit relatives in Bowman and Elberton, then he rode a railroad to Athens and boarded off in town seeking work. Anderson officials have been notified with no response by last night.

Oscar Brock Trusfle Thompson Brock Anderson S. C Bowman Elberton Athens Wanderer

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Erwin & CO Erwin & Company J. C. Jester Elite Today Massey & Skelton's Bondurant Hdw, Co M. Pittman Bondurant How, Co A. H. Cook Cook the Hackman Hackman Care Ainner Bondurant Hdw. Co Liverpool Fire Insurance Lipsseme & Co Real Estate—Lipscomb & Co Lipscomb & Co Athens Savings Bank Emil Walter Bogart J. L. McLeroy Max M. Hovert Southern Depot Lizzie Messer Peabody Street Smith Construction Co Broad Stead W. A. Carlton Ncres Georgia Loan Co Lou Mr. Bidg Bondurant How. Co Church of Keys H. L. Wages Cobb St W. A. Jester Central OF Georgia R. Rh Macon Seaboard Air Line Dans Cela Ea Southern Railway Georgia Railroad Gainesville Midland Jackson and Gwinnett CO Nashville R. H. E. Montgomery Montgomery, Bailey and Moran Aitchison Seabough Rudderham and Fitzsimmons Chattanooga New Orleans Hess Angermier Coraleski Higgins Pfenninger China H. J. Huggins & Son Fred Whitehead Lodge Directory Mt Vernon Lodge Keystone Royal Arcs Masons Mex Joseph Building A. J. Carter Fred T. Moon Elmo Lodges K. of P Lodge Quarters Broad and Lumpkin Streets H. Carithers E. R. Geo. H. Palmer Lec'y Wiliams Lodge C. F Fallows’ Hall Davison-Nicholson Co All Brethren L. Prater A. Mealor Oliver Odd Fellows Davison-Nicholeotto Aatore Clayton Street Cc. A. Vonder Lieth C. P Mealor Geo SB. Davis Fellows Hall Jeckson and Clayton Streets J. D. Severns C. C. C. Denny Glenn’ Lodge Odd Fellows’ Hall U. A. Tucker B. Harper Woodville Wooudstock Lederle Health Department Greater New York City Manuel Martinez Broadway Central Martinez Broadway Central Hotel Long Beach Reynolds Channel United States Interstate Commerce Commission San Francisco
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