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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1915
Page
8
Effective Sunday December 12 trains 50 51 and 57 receive revised times. Train 50 departs 8 30 a m instead of 8 55 a m, Train 51 arrives Athens 12 30 p m daily except Sunday from 1 30 p m, and Train 57 arrives 12 M instead of 1 00 p m. Colds Need Attention. Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey advertised for throat and chest troubles.
Local notices list insurance and rental offers, heating and cooking supplies, fresh seafood at Adams Market, and farm goods. Items include Equitable Life services, Georgia Plow Co heating gear, fresh oysters and fish, and a missing black silk purse found near Columbia Tailoring Co with a $20 cash estimate.
The page lists financial ads from Athens Savings Bank promising 4 percent interest on deposits with compounding dates January 1 and July 1 and deposits from $1. It also shows rental notices for rooms and cottages in Athens including 3 and 6 room units, and multiple store and dwelling rentals. Local merchants advertise cheap cleansers, bicycle sale, and fresh produce ads from Adams Market and Geo Bolton.
H T Huggins and son call attention to a large line of toys dolls and holiday goods. Three carloads were bought last year for wholesale and retail. Beautiful dolls from 50 cents to 8 dollars and a wide toy range from 5 cents to 4 50. Includes wagons velocipedes autos wheelbarrows and more as Xmas gift options. Lamps and china sets also featured for gifts.
At the funeral of Mrs. Cora Morton Lyle conducted by Rev. C C Jarrell at the First Methodist church the prayer read from Rev Archibald Alexander was recited. The deceased had kept the prayer and requested its use at her funeral. It pleads for merciful guidance in old age and strength to bear pain and maintain faith.
A large crowd attended the tribute to a respected Israel mother with songs prayers flowers and words that reflected her faith and loyalty. The burial took place at Oconee Cemetery as friends witnessed the deep hold she had on the community. New book by Irvin Cobb postponed while Speaking of Operations will be issued before Christmas in a small edition. The piece recounts Cobb humorously detailing a recent medical operation from diagnosis to recovery.
In a curious exchange Bilton and Ananias joke over the name of the god of war. A local judge weighs in as the debate centers on traditional vs modern labels for Mars and its mythic figure.
New York delegates at the ninth annual convention of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents examined policy reserve investments and their role in urban, rural, and transportation progress. William D. Wyman reported life insurers now hold nearly five billion dollars in assets, with farm mortgages surpassing banks and heavy western and southern loan activity.
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