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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1915
Page
8
Short items list services and ads from Lipscomb's Specialty Insurance and T L Mitchell. Mentions Equitable Life, fire insurance with J C Jester, used autos, rentals on Milledge Ave, toiletries, groceries, taxes due, lost items, and help wanted. Includes addresses and phone numbers like 621 and 565 College Ave.
The Athens Savings Bank in Athens Georgia advertises 4 per cent interest on savings deposits compounded semiannually with deposits from $1.00. Also listed are rental notices for a six room Davenport house and a Nice cottage on Pope Street with applications to Mrs. A. H. Talmage. Additional ads promote loans through Green & Michael and Equitable Life with T. L. Mitchell, and a bicycle sale from $30 down to $19.50 at the Pthene Cycle Co.
The Emmanuel church preaching mission led by Rev. Leonard B. Richards gains influence as daily services continue with Holy Communion at 7 30 a m and evening prayer at 4 30 p m. Norena Spencer wed Joe Pinson with Rev. DuBose officiating. newlyweds reside with groom’s parents. State and county taxes due. tax collector for Carmen at Colonial Friday.
The Colonial Theater presents Carmen with special Fox Company orchestra music for matinee and evening shows tomorrow. The Ada mation features Theda Bara as Carmen in a famed screen version praised for drama and spectacle with an 83 foot horse leap at Au Sable Chasm.
Panama on December 8 reports progress on Gaillard Cut and dredging on the twin slides in Culebra. Engineers remain hopeful to overcome the slides though the canal opening for ships is not expected for many weeks.
A letter from W. C. Allen of Boseley Missouri extols Foley's Honey and Tar as the best cough and croup medicine after using it for eight to ten years for his four children. The notice mentions satisfactory results for coughs and colds and includes H. R. Palmer & Sons as part of the advertisement.
Citizens call for a formal election for a hospital as city officials review paving costs and convict labor charges. City reports show police, medical, waterworks results, incinerator contract finalized, and officials vote on licenses and board appointments.
A Mutual Weekly photographer at the Lackawanna concrete dedication in Nicholson, Pennsylvania, orders attendees to remove hats for a Governor Martin Brumbaugh portrait. W H Truesdale, Lackawanna Railway president, and Pell Mitchell exchange brief comment as the moment unfolds.
Henry Daniel, known as Shine, was arrested yesterday by officers on a vagrancy charge and turned over to state authorities. The report notes him as a well known local character.
The British cruiser Type and the Austrian steamer Sydney arrived off the coast of Key West near Tampa. Reports say the Austrian steamer Bernico may soon attempt a dash for New Orleans.
A fragmented line from a Milwaukee newspaper page raises questions about why many men like to wander or disappear. The readable text suggests a local curiosity or humorous aside without clear context or resolution.
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