Short Notes of Interest and Local Ads Update
Local advertisements list offers from Lipscomb's Specialty-Insurance and J C Jester on fire coverage, used autos by Athens Ice Co, rental notices for a modern three room house near Milledge Ave, Xmas cards by Adams Market and McGregor Co meats, small safes for sale, furnished rooms to rent, cauliflower artichokes and fresh produce at Adams Market, a cash no checks notice by Mrs W E Mathews, a Winesap apples grape fruit tangerine oranges sale, a fancy buggy horse for sale, and general notices about ads and deadlines. street contact details and phone lines included for several listings.
Savings Bank Promises High Interest In Athens Deals
Athens Savings Bank offers 4 percent interest on savings with deposits from $1.00 and duel dates January 1 and July 1. Classified notes include rental offers, coal delivery, loan inquiries, and local shop ads from Athens Georgia. Names include Green & Michael, S A Pittman, J L Mitchell, and Mrs Ida Young with multiple address hints and business lines.
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ANK
Athens
Athens Savings Bank
Capital City Gossip on Narcotics and State Aid
Governor Harris urges courts to stop sending narcotic addicts to Milledgeville state farm and explores alternatives funded by a $10,000 appropriation. The legislature authorized state aid, with the health board and governor to decide the method. Also reported are payments to residents near the Tennessee Copper works, Stripling seeking pardon or transfer, and potential candidacy of Major J J Connor for commissioner of agriculture.
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Atlanta
Harris
State Farm
Prison Commission
State Board of Health
F. H Harris
State Board
Milledgeville
Stater Board
Governo
Fames
Arbitration Board
Tennessee Copper Company
Nixon
W. C. Bryant
Bryant
Villa Rica
Carroll County
State Oil Department
Commissioner of Agriculture
Vacancies on Western and Atlantic commission discussed
In Atlanta a report says Fuller E. Callaway declined a commission post, with Gov. Harris noting accepted candidates G Gumby Jordan and Judson L. Hand. Hand will meet the governor Monday. Callaway may decide by Thursday as pressure builds. The law allows filling a vacancy by the governor and two other appointees if needed.
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Stripling
Old Virginia
Atlanta
State Prison Commission
J. Edgar Stripling
Georgia
Virginia
Morris
Edgar Stripling
Talbotton
Talbot County
Talbot
Muscogee County
Sir‘pling
Columbus
Executive Department
Prison
Harris
House of Representatives
Frown
A. Commission
Western and Atlantic Releasing Commission
Washington
Fuller E. Callaway
Commission
G. Gumby Jordan
Judson L. Hand
Pelham
Callanway
Hand
Callaway
Mr. Callaway
Railroad Commission
Question on Watermelon Seed Growth Stirs State Inquiry
Atlanta state agriculture department asked to settle a scientific question from Alto Ga about watermelon seed direction in the fruit. A letter dated December 2 1915 asks whether the seed kernel points toward the heart or toward the rind on the melon half containing the seed. The note hints at moon phase and ground shadows as possible influences in seed placement.
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Banner
Atlanta Ga
State Department of Agriculture
Alto
J. D. Price
Com. of Agriculture
Atlanta
Department
Oglethorpe County Teachers to Meet in Crawford
The Oglethorpe County Teachers Association will gather at the Crawford school building on December 18 for a full program. Music and prayers open, with talks on school duties by Miss Bernice Wells and others, followed by debates on Woman's Suffrage and related topics.
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Lexington
Oglethorpe County Teachers’ Association
Crawford
Bernice Wells
T. Edwards
Clyde Bugg
Annie S. Noell
Annie Bacon
G. L. Hurt
Allz
M. S&s. Weaver
Willie Brooks
P. W. Davis
H. F. Smith
H. B. Wallace
Ellen Brooks
Mayor Rhodes Re elected in Union Point Vote
A spirited Union Point election saw three mayoral candidates. R. A. Rhodes received 59 votes to W. H. Harris 34 and Dr. W. H. Durham 15, with Rhodes reelected. Council seats went to Ray, Tuggle, Carlton, Kimbro, Underwood and Sibley.
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Union Point
R. A. Rhodes
W. H. Harris
W. H. Durham
Mr. Rhodes
Messrs
Ray
Tuggle
Carlton
Kimbro
Underwood
Sibley
Red Cross Seals Spread Across Georgia in Record Tax
Georgia's Red Cross Christmas Seals drive expands rapidly since Thanksgiving. The W. G. Raoul Foundation plans ordering about a quarter million more seals, boosting state totals by nearly 500,000 over last year. New consignments reach Bainbridge and dozens of towns. three sales systems thrive: school children, Sunday schools, and women's clubs.
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Atlanta
Red Cross
Georgia
W. G. Raoul
James P. Faulkner
Bainbridge
Blackshear
Calhoun
Dalton
Tallapoosa
Shadydale
Haddock
Thomasville
White Plains
Monticello
Washington
Eastman
Tifton
Thomson
Fitzgerald
Letters to Santa from two domestic children in 1915
A five year old in Athens Georgia writes Santa from So. America with hopes for a horn train and books plus candy for his family and relatives including his mother father grandfather and grandmother. A two year old boy asks Santa for an automobile fruit and firecrackers.
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Papa
Amer
Athens
Santa Claus
Peru
South America
Santa
Ernest Richard
Brother
Frederick William Quiram
A. R. Kay
Waddell St
City
Walter Bowling
Congressman Tribble Has a New Secretary
Garland C. Hayes of Carnesville departs for Washington to serve as secretary to Congressman S. J. Tribble after eight months with Clerk Co J Culpepper. He turned down a Florida government post, citing readiness for his duties and strong endorsements from friends.
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Carnesville
Garland C. Hayes
Co. J. Culpepper
Superior Court
Washington, D. C
S. J. Tribble
M. C
Florida
Garland
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Erwin & Company
THE
Athens Audit CO
Lipscomb
Insurance
J. C. Jester
Athens Ice Co
Equitable Life”service
T. L. Mitchell
Adams Market
Pulaski St
Xmas
McGregor Co
George Bolton
Care Banner
W. E. Mathews
T. J. Scott
Geo. Bolton
Baxter Street
Milledge Avenue
J. T. Anderson
Run& Largest Savings
T Room House
Davenport
the Hospital
Clayton Street
Athens, Ga
Pope St
A. H. Talmage
J.l.mitchell
Ida Young
Prince
EquitableLife
T-L.mitchell
Primee Ave
Normal School
T.i_Mitchel
Atlantic Tee & Coal Corp
T.l.mitchell
Green & Michael, Loan Department
Wented
S. A. Pittman
Center
noCom
T.L. Mitchell
MAX Joseph’s Meat Market
Smaijlli
Ste
DP. G. Anderson & Co
Perity
Athens Engineering Co
Smith
J. J. Connor
Major J. J. Connor
State Agricultural College
Major Connor
Whitt
Mr. Williams
Jones County
Agricultural Society
Williams
Frank A
Continental Ins. Co
Fidelity-Phenix Ins. Co
Fidelity Underwriters Firemen’s Insurance Co
Williamsburgh City
N. Y. St. Paul
Ire
Lipscomb Fire Insurance Agency
Jersies
Price
State Court of Appeals
Fulton County
Ike Morris
Terre Haute Brewing Company
Court of Appeals
Oglethorpe County
Tribble
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