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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1918

Page

8

Short Notes of Interest in The Banner Ads

A collage of local classified notices from The Banner includes insurance, savings, bicycle sales, used planes, cars, mules, and real estate. Advertisers mention Lipscomb’s Specialty Fire Insurance, Athens Savings Bank 4 percent deposits, Athens Cycle Co. bike promotions, and Flanigan & Flanigan selling plan es, organs, and holiday stock. Also listed are Ford truck sale, Studebaker, Dodge touring car, and various livestock and groceries offerings with contact points in Athens and nearby towns.

Food rules loosened by federal food admin in Georgia

Atlanta December 10 announcement by Dr Andrew M Soule federal food administrator that effective December 10 all minimum carloading rules for licensed food communities are withdrawn and from the 12th the administration will not handle rejection notices. A new order also relieves sherbets and waterices restrictions to boost milk for ice cream and domestic use. All corn mills in Georgia must obtain federal licenses or face penalties. Washington notes no objections to dealers selling commodities as low as they wish under current market conditions.

Atlanta Andrew M. Soule Food Administration Consignor Consignee Georgia Washington

Ladies' Aid Bazaar Lunch Menu at Gas Shop

The Christian church Ladies' Aid Bazaar will serve lunch at the Gas Shop all week. Wednesday menu includes boiled ham potato salad cheese sandwich baked apple hot biscuit coffee. Price 40 cents.

Ladies' Aid Bazaar Ladies’ Aid Bazaar The Christian Church

Gainesville Midland Time Table No 24 Athens schedule

Train No 3 departs Athens at 10 00 Eastern Time for passengers. Train No 22 departs Athens at 1 45 as mixed service. Train No 1 arrives Athens at 9 40 A M. Train No 11 arrives Athens at 1 16 P M. W B Veazey general manager signs off.

Athens

Dodson’s Liver Tone Ad Promises Vitality Plus Safety

A vintage advertisement touts Dodson’s Liver Tone as a liver remedy superior to calomel. It claims the product is vegetable and non salivating, promising quick relief from biliousness, sluggish liver, and constipation with a pleasant taste and a money back guarantee.

Dodson

Thanksgiving Night Coon Hunt Recalls Armistice Bet

A letter recounts a Thanksgiving coon hunt sparked by a promised armistice before the holiday. Eight club members, two five passenger cars, hound, and a rural farm setting frame a night of coffee, carbide lanterns, and woods as they pursue a ringtailed hunter.

Neff Th Club Bill Stendel Connecticut Tom Prunty Eben Ford Bill

Coons Hound and Night Hunt End in Creek Fight

A late night hunt traces a big Sycamore coon, with Bill and a group chasing a hound along a creek. The climactic chase includes lights, a treetop capture, a staged shot to scare, a fight in shallow water, and a return to Turner's kitchen for coffee after three in the morning.

Neff Coon Bill Bil Tom Sycamore Bret Coon Brodie Turner's Ed Turner Billy

Attractions at Colonial Bring Star Studded War Drama

A remarkable cast led by Thomas W. Rosas Amelia Bingham Pauline Lord Mary Shaw and Frederic Warde will perform Out There by J Hartley Manners at the Colonial for a Saturday matinee and evening. The production, already used to aid the Red Cross, aims to blend timely service with absorbing drama on the stage.

J. Hartley Manners Thomas W. Rosas Amelia Bingham Pauline Lord Mary Shaw Frederick Warde New York Red Crags Hartley Red Cross Globe Liberty

National League Elects Heydler to Top Posts

John A Heydler was elected president, secretary and treasurer of the National League at its annual meeting in New York on December 10. The three offices are combined for the first time since 1907.

Associated Press New York John A. Heydler National League

French Army March in Germany Enters Mainz Fort City

The main body of the French army of occupation headed by a band has entered Mainz, a major fortress city in Germany, as reported from Basel on December 10. The movement marks a significant advance for the occupying forces in the region.

Associated Press Berlin Basel Havas Mainz Mace Germany

Four Die As Train Collides With Auto Near Cartersville

Four killed and one seriously injured when a south bound freight train struck an automobile near Cartersville Georgia this afternoon. The deceased are Mrs Wilbur Ham Wilbur Ham Jr aged four Catherine Ham aged ten and Mrs O H Wright of Gelma Arkansas Mrs J G Ham was seriously wounded. Funeral services for Richard H Jeffers will be held at the First Congregational church Wednesday afternoon December 11 at 3 pm with burial at Gospel Bilgum cemetery.

Associated Press Cartersville Wilbur Ham Wilbur Ham, Jr Catherine Ham O. H. Wright Gelma Ata J. G. Ham Richard H. Jefferson First Congregational Church Gospel Bilgum

Cabinet Meeting Signals Informal Presidency By Marshall

Vice President Marshall presided at a cabinet gathering in Washington on December 10 at President Wilson's request, marking a new precedent in executive affairs. He entered the room and warned he might be acting as president while noting the session was informal and not a formal duty or function.

Associated Press Washington Marshall Wilson Atreet Aor Nced

New Developments In Trade And Waterways Discussed

Baltimore delegates at the Southern Commercial Congress focused on expanding trade with Latin American nations and the expansion of inland waterway construction. Governors and mayors of western and southern states debated postwar problems and reconstruction amid the meeting in Baltimore. Lieutenant S A Howard returned from Camp Johnson Florida.

Associated Press Baltimore Southern Commercial Congress S& A. Howard Camp Johnson Florida

Stomach Trouble Prompted Letter From Jefferson City Reader

A reader identifies stomach trouble and relief after using Chamneres Teta before submitting the letter from Jefferson City Missouri. The brief note describes improved health within a week and reflects early 20th century remedy claims.

Mrs. L Je ‘Ferson City

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Oakland Avenue Erwin & Company Ataens, Georgia Farm Loans J.D. Bradwell Sen Mutual Lipscomb Athens Savings Bank J. C. Jester Athena Cycle Co Athens Cycle Co Holland Crates Certon St L. H. Crow Flangan & Flanigan C. T. Upchurch Barnett Shoals Studebaker G. L. Oldham Cumberland Chemical Co Berry Block Nashville Tenn Gee R. H. Pirkle Winder Bottling ‘Works Winder Go. At Arthur Burch R. I. Cauthen Flanigan & Flanigan Athens and Eix Auto Electric Company Broad Street City Garage Court House Mort TL Mitchell Lee P. H. Durden New Home Sewing Machine Lumpkin St Herald Clayton Street John L. Booth Broad and Hull Streets G. J. Oldham Htubert M. Rylee Gainesville Midland W. B. Veazey Valley Street J. T. Anderson D. G. Anderson & Rear Omics City Garage Ae Hedee and Ammunition A Spirit Chicago Conover Cable Kingsbury Wellington Euphona Mason & Hamlin Pianos James Music CO Cayton ST Migs Madge Mewborn Athens, GA Cc. E. James E. Y Altoona T. G Terre Haute Ind R T. D Oskaloosa Lipscomb & CO Green &Michael Loan Department National League Combines Offices
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