Two More Escaped Convicts Captured Near Commerce
Early yesterday in Banks county near Commerce, Singleton Harris a life sentence for murder from Troupe county and Summer Jackson a seven year man convicted of manslaughter from Burke county were captured after resisting officers. Warden Long brought Harris and Jackson back to the Clarke county gang, with other gang members reportedly at large. Will Jefferson was previously caught in South Carolina Thursday night.
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Banks County
Commerce
Clarke County
Singleton Harris
Troupe County
Summer Jackson
Burke County
Will Jefferson
South Carolina
Harris
Jackson
Short Notes of Interest from Athens Local Ads
Miscellaneous notices include fire insurance schemes, rent offers, room rentals, a sale of a fancy buggy horse, coal delivery services, cooking oil claims, pecan prices, and responses to milk cow and farm sale inquiries. Readers are urged to contact local merchants and services for details.
Largest Savings Bank in Athens Offers Per Cent Interest
The Athens Savings Bank advertises per cent interest on savings deposits compounded January 1 and July 1. Deposits from $1.00 accepted. Also notes rent listings for a 6 room house on Davenport and a cottage on Pope Street. Addresses include 144 1 2 Clayton Street Athens GA and Mrs. A. H. Talmage. Equable Life promptness. T L Mitchell.
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Bank IN
Athens
Athens Savings Bank
Pope St
A. H. Talmage
Classified Ad Echoes From Georgia Plow Co and Local Listings
Local notices advertise low prices from H. T. Huggins and Son and Georgia Plow Co for heaters and stove parts. Multiple sale and rent items include sewing machine, Berkshire pigs, Remington typewriter, and a 6-room cottage on Milledge avenue. Also brief anecdotes and quotes on golf, banana juice, and women’s work amid a collage of small newspaper items.
Huggins & Son Holiday Toy Line in Athens
HT Huggins and Son promote a large Athens display of toys dolls and holiday goods. They offer dolls from 5c to 8.00 and a wide toy range from 5c to 4.50 plus 500. They list wagons velocipedes autos wheelbarrows sulkies tool chests air rifles and rocking horses. They highlight wholesale and retail pricing and a selection of china lamp and gift items for Christmas.
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Athens
Haviland
Japan
China
State Normal School Notes Highlight Faculty Additions
Miss Lois P. Dowdle joins the faculty to direct extension work and liaise with rural schools and Georgia Club activity. Dr Croissart promotes simplified spelling to southern normal schools, while the Round Table and Millie Rutherford Society stage readings and a Plymouth Town play. Legislators visit, gifts are bestowed, and lectures on conservation of teeth cap the week.
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Lois P. Dowdle
State College of Agriculture
State Normal School
Miss Dowdle
the Normal
Croissart
Simplified Spelling Board of
New York
Chapel
State University of Kansas
Dr. Croissart
Round Table
Millie Rutherford
Miss Center
Mending China Advice Sparks Wry Dental Anecdotes
A quirky item reflects on mending china with sweet milk and tying pieces tight, claiming durability. It then pivots to a humorous dentist joke from J Fuller Gloom about punctuality and missed appointments, citing the Kansas City Star as its source.
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J. Fuller
Kansas City Star
Maine Philosopher Warns Speeders With Lobster Lore
A touring car thunders through town at forty miles an hour as the Maine Philosopher quips a proverb about those who rush in life. He cites a whimsical line about savoring briled lobster on the way, warning readers to slow down.
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Maine
Pifflicus
Amesia
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J. F. Hart
Near Normal School
Shady Grove
Atlanta
D. G. Anderson & Co
Clayton Street
Athens, GA
Perity
Athens Engineering Co
Smith
Lipscomb
Insurance
J. C. Jester
Athens Ice Co
Equitable Life”’service
T. L. Mitchel
Pulaski St
T. J. Scott
T.l.mitchell
Atlantic Ice & Coal Corp
W. W. Carroll
Watkinsville
Lucy Cobb Institute
Banner
Th-Su-Tu
D. F. Bush
Minneapolis
Minn
Bureh
Holman Bldg
Davenport
H. T. Huggins & Son
Broad Street
Georgia Plow Co
Eods
Green & Michael
S. A. Pittman
Center
noCom
Athens Cycle Co
Care Banner
Cobb St
S. G
Berkshire
Jed Stewart
Milledge Avenue
Louis Camak
Equitable Life”Efficiencyt
L.mitchell
Henry Comer
Chico Mint Gum Co
Wilmington
Del
Remington Typewriter
Houston Post
Morton Sheep Company
Douglas
Wyo
Pennsylvania
F. W. Fitzsimmons
Toledo
Blade
HT. Huggins & Son
Kohn Bros
Louisville, Ky
America
D. C. Dailey
Broad St
Frank A Lipscomb
OUR Agency
Continental Ins. Co
Hidelity-Phenix Ins. Co
Widelity
Firemen’s Insurance Co
Wiliamsburgh City
St. Paul
Lipscomb Fire Insurance Agency
Messrs. Arnold and Yeomans
State Legislature
Emma High
Douglas, Ashford
Ashford
Madison
Holland Studdard
Monroe
Eleanor
Henry Walker
Kifth A. & M
McNabb
Baker
Normal
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Ida Maker
Woodville
Mary Lou Ashbury
Evelyn Patterson
T. W. Reed
The
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State Agricultural School
M. T. Summerlin
Scribner’s Magazine
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