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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1908
Page
8
Local notices advertise drugstore services and prescriptions, fruit and nut sales, house and office rentals, room and board offers, and various groceries. Also listed are eye exams, insurance inquiries, lost heirloom items, and train schedules with agent contact information.
Dr. C. C. Dean leases the upper story of Abney Bros. & Co. on Thomas street and remodels it into a modern restaurant with attractively arranged dining rooms and guest rooms. He offers the best market fare and enlists experienced cooks. A committee will pick a name for the restaurant from suggestions, with five dollars in gold awarded to the winner.
Waywards the management reports growing crowds as Idelhour Theatre presents a bill praised for value and courtesy to ladies and children. The show will change on Thursday night and management expects continued audience growth.
G H Williamson moved his grocery to 1 Clayton street on January 1 occupying a large remodeled room once used by Allen H Talmage. The shop features new fixtures, tasteful painting, and wall episemmed, claiming one of the state’s most complete lines of fancy groceries and strong customer service. Williamson is described as Athens' oldest retail grocer with growing stock and pride in the community store.
University of Georgia classes field strong baseball teams and host a campus league schedule this afternoon with an admission of 15 cents. The list includes Freshmen versus Sophomores on February 5, Junior versus Law on February 8, Pharmacy versus Senior on February 12, and successive winner matches through February 22 in a competitive campus series.
Reports from Atlanta indicate an early state executive committee primary. Oconee County’s J D Price, current representative, is widely talked of as a candidate for the 27th district senate seat. his farming leadership and House service are cited as qualifications.
Fairyland presents a film series depicting the famous Paul Revere ride in a ten thousand foot view and reels of the ride. On February 14 a gold watch and other prizes will be awarded under Fairyland rules. The venue plans to admit only white patrons and to provide the best accommodations under Manager Taylor's guidance.
A historical note describes Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as easing coughs by soothing throat and lung irritation. It claims prompt action and notes it is sold by all druggists.
Prof. C. M. Strahan will lecture Friday evening at 7 30 in Moore College Patterson room on architecture from Egyptian to Roman orders and medieval Gothic. He will illustrate with many views and aim to entertain and instruct all students in architecture, engineering, history, or art.
Brenda reports weighing ninety nine and a half pounds at the grocery while Mr Follansbee jokes that witches weight is a "lucky half." Grandfather and Ma'am Jones recall a traditional belief tying a witch’s weight to ninety nine pounds.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for la grippe and pneumonia. It claims the genuine product comes in a yellow package and is sold by all draggists.
Everybody is welcome when we feel good and that comes from well functioning digestive organs. Dr King's New Life Pills regulate stomach liver and bowels so perfectly one can't help feeling good. Available 25 cents at W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons drug stores.
February listings for Mt. Vern Lodge F and A M and St Elmo Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias with meeting nights and locations in Max Joseph building Clayton street. Keystone Chapter Royal Arch Masons meets third Tuesday. Soquee Tribe I O B Y M meets Wednesday. Glenn Lodge I O O F meets Tuesday. notices invite members to attend and provide officer names and contact info.
Several houses offer from one to eleven rooms across Nacoochee Ave Baxter Street Barber Street Jackson Street Winburn Avenue Meigs Street Seminole Nantahala Boulevard Grady Avenue Strong Street Wray Street College Avenue Bloomfield Street Lumpkin Street Hancock Avenue Dearing Street Pulaski Street Pope Street Saluda Avenue Waddell Street. Properties are marketed at prices described as lower than in years past, with in-person office visits encouraged for full details.
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