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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1910
Page
8
Real estate listings from Erwin & Company include a five room house on Lot 853x250 with pasture and outbuildings priced at 2100 and a vacant corner downtown lot at 1200. Also promotes fire insurance with J C Jester, and home building repairs. Numerous rental ads and services by Atlantic Ice and Coal Co, Chas W Paar wallpaper, and Savannah job notices.
Fire insurance and real estate firms Lipscomb & Co advertise services. A lost gold breastpin with amethyst is sought, reward offered. A white pointer dog with liver spots is missing with a phone contact and reward. An auction in the Chamberlin building is announced for 8pm with refreshments. Arnold & Abney advertise baked goods.
Dr and Mrs J P Harrell were summoned to Brunswick yesterday by telegram announcing the death of the little daughter of Inage and Mrs Spencer R Atkinson Mrs Atkinson is the sister of Mrs Harrell The Harrells' many friends extend sympathy in their bereavement.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for sympathy and kindness in our sorrow after the death of husband and father. Mrs. L. M. Kenyon, Edwards Kenyon, Freddie Parr.
In Atlanta today a petition signed by 1643 Atlantic Coast Line railroad employees was filed with the Georgia Railroad Commission seeking higher freight rates. The commission will consider the petition in due course with no hearing date announced yet. Also advertised are holiday goods with ample storage space for delayed delivery including boys wagons dolls and toys plus a broad assortment of china bisque glass and wedding gift items.
Mr. Walton H. Griffith of this city departs for Atlanta to join Pattillo Lipscomb, a leading southern insurance agency. A Georgia alumnus and former newspaper worker, he leaves Columbia Insurance Co. after a successful stint. His father A E Griffith, secretary of Southern Mutual Fire Insurance, has long been prominent in the field.
Metz Wilson, known to friends as Metz, will perform Metz in Ireland at the Colonial Theatre on December 16. His manager Sidney R. Ellis arranges travel plays for him, showing he remains a German comedian at heart despite the Irish title.
Rev Stanley R. Grubb of the Christian church will lead the Y M C A men’s meeting Sunday at four o’clock. The informal service aims to help any man who attends, with the theme “Towards Sodom.” The religious committee invites all interested men to join.
The Banner corrected a contributor list naming I T Kilpatrick as giving 1. The amount should be 2 dollars. Baseball notes report Ty Cobb hitting .556 against Russell Ford of the Highlanders last season. Carrigan of the Red Sox starts a cigar business in Lewiston Maine. Joss of the Naps is recovering from varicose vein surgery in Cleveland. Al Orth has started in cigar and soda water in Lynchburg Va. Charley Comiskey backs a Chicago hockey team this winter called the White Pie.
A rollicking German character brings humor to an Irish setting. Metz's droll dialect blends with local brogue while music remains a key feature. Wilson delivers new songs alongside an exquisite medley of his famed past pieces and several beautiful old tunes.
Adolphus Brown of Morgan county near Madison faced a U S commissioner after being tried yesterday on stealing the entire outfit of a revenue officer. He remained in jail after failing to post a $1,000 bond set by Judge Cornett. The alleged theft involved Internal Revenue Marshal Tom Trammell of Atlanta and included a pistol handcuffs warrants and other papers.
Meigs Street School grammar grades join in Arbor Day events to honor Joel Chandler Harris. Principal Mrs Freeman leads a drive to fund a Snap Bean Farm playground with over seven dollars sent to Julian Harris. Fifth and sixth grades plant trees named Uncle Remus in the school yard.
Preparations were made for a tree planting by the fourth grade to honor Joel Chandler Harris. The effort aims to keep the memory of the beloved author alive in the hearts of southern children.
Judge J. F. Payne, who suffered a serious fall at the old college building on campus, is at his post and improving though still bruised. Officials hope for a full recovery soon.
Miss Carlton of the night school asks for three good overcoats to gift to worthy boys. Two coats have already been provided by a local banker and a university student. Contributions are due by December 17 at 575 Waddell Street.
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