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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1906

Page

8

Local social notes and prayers shift as Athens visits flow

The Banner lists social items, visits, illnesses, and travel from Athens. Residents including Miss Maud Arnold, Miss Willie Burch, Mrs. I. S. Hopkins, Mr. Eugene Hoke, and many others are noted with calls, returns, and health updates. TheHour for Prayer Meeting at First Methodist changes to 5 p.m., with Miss Pauste speaking to ladies this afternoon.

I. S. Hopkins First Methodist Church First Methodist

New Athens Co operative Live Stock Insurance to Launch

The Athens Co operative Live Stock Insurance Company will be chartered today by the Secretary of State in Atlanta and begin active business immediately. Its founders include well known Athens businessmen Cobb Lampkin Elmer J Crawford B R McDuffie H S West W P Jackson and A A McDuffie.

Gunners’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company Athens Cooperative Live Stock Insurance, Co Atlanta Athens Messrs Cobb Lampkin Elmer J. Crawford R. McDuffie H. S. West W. P. Jackson A. A. McDuffie

Severe electric storm hits Gainesville with widespread outages

A severe local electrical storm struck Gainesville late yesterday causing complete darkness, halting traffic and cutting power citywide. The event recalls the June 1803 tornado in scale, frightening residents, while advertisements and notices for housing, sales, and services fill the remainder of the page.

Gavville Gainesville

Millionaire’s regret over European junketing plans

A self-made financier laments his need to spend five to six years touring European junketing pictures to decorate his home, despite immense wealth and a prime life ahead. The remark appears in a Chicago Reo anecdote.

Plymouth County Boston Herald Otis Leach New Bedford Boston Chicago

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