Methvin Store Promoted as Finest in Athens Area
The article extols T. S. Methvin as owner of the leading three floor store at Clayton and Jackson streets Athens. It markets high grade stoves and ranges including Tra King Elmo Charter Oak Liberty Bell and Majestic models with tin and metal work and repair services. It highlights customer care and urges readers to visit the new quarters to see attentive sales staff and the showroom. It also weaves in anecdotes about portraits and artists to illustrate local culture.
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Athens
South
Tom Dadly
Tom
Dia
Clayton and
Jackson Sts
Charter Oak
Liberty Bell
Majestic
Banner
Man's Physiognomy Says Faces Rarely Symmetrical
London Daily News notes rare symmetry in faces. Phil Morris argues most people have uneven features with a tilted eye or crooked nose. He discusses the vexations of portrait painting and the shock of seeing one’s own likeness.
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Morris
Frank Hall
Lavater
Herr Angell
London Daily News
Phil Morris
Royal ‘Academy
Athens Makes Bid for New Citizens and Capital
Athens promotes advantages to attract new residents and investment. It touts climate, health, low debt, tax rate of 1.10 percent on six million property, strong water works, robust fire and police services, electric streetcar, four banks, high cotton receipts, coal and wood access, railroads, and major educational institutions led by the State University and Lucy Cobb Institute. The Banner offers to furnish more information.
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Athens
Georgia
Clarke County
State ‘University
Lucy Cobb Institute
State’ Normal School
Eystem
Politics in Japan How a Campaign Is Conducted in the Land
A Chicago Record synopsis outlines Japanese voting rights and campaign rules. It notes property suffrage, a paper certificates system, and strict police licensing for gatherings. It recounts limits on candidacy and foreign participation, plus a 1895 Tokio city assembly tie resolved by a missing Marquis.
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Japan
Tokio
Job
Turkey
Police
Fisg
Mears
Seki
Kazama
Asano
Wre
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Metevin
Jackson Streets
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W.E. Curtis
Chicago
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Athens Plumbing Company
Clayton Street
Athens Plumbing Co
West
College Avenue
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