High Cost of Living Affects Livery Stables
In view of rising expenses, livery stables announce a rate increase for services. The notice notes higher costs and the need to adjust prices accordingly.
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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1912
Page
9
In view of rising expenses, livery stables announce a rate increase for services. The notice notes higher costs and the need to adjust prices accordingly.
Fight cards announce Packey McFarland against Young Erne in Philadelphia for six rounds and Leach Cross versus Johnny Cohan in Brooklyn for ten rounds. Also notes a dramatic near fatal exposure for L A Stid of Macon Michigan and a medicine advertisement touting Dr King’s New Discovery with trial bottle free. Canadian Lumbermen meet in Ottawa with Forestry Association convention starting tomorrow. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy praised for cold cures and sold by local dealers.
A large attendance marked the opening of the Pennsylvania Hardware Dealers Association annual convention in Atlantic City New Jersey. The three day event begins today and gathers dealers from across the state.
Henry Wm. Savage the theatrical manager and general stage director T. Daniel Frawley sailed on the steamship Cleveland from San Francisco on February 6 for a six month world tour.
Advertisement urges readers to subscribe to The Daily Banner six months or Uncle Remus one year for 2.50 dollars, claiming most neighbors have already ordered and urging immediate response to avoid regret.
Senator Theodore E. Burton and Representative John W. Weeks introduced a one cent letter postage bill in the senate and house aimed at a July first, 1912 start date. The bill cites 1883 reductions and argues first class mail profits exceed costs, urging a universal one cent rate per ounce for first class letters. The National One Cent Letter Postage Association supports the measure with thousands of members across the country. Uncle Remus magazine and Athens Daily Banner ads promote a subscription deal.
An advertisement touts Verine Pills as a cure for crises worry and fatigue, claiming to restore normal vigor and improve life quality. It directs readers to ask for Matt's Nervarine Pills and includes a coupon incentive.
Captain J. J. Conner of Bartow county details 1906 reorganization that created dedicated board of trustees and $100,000 appropriation for buildings and equipment. He notes 730 acre college farm donated, 1907 building begun, dedicated 1809, now 160 long course students plus 60 freshmen and an anticipated 380 under instruction.
The college showcases new laboratories for veterinary and farm mechanics work, a demonstration field for corn and cotton breeding, a sunbeam cotton with disease resistance, and a 35 acre horticultural area. It expands extension work, railroad support, and canning clubs benefiting 75,000 visitors, lifting Georgia from tenth to fourth in agricultural production.
The article extols Root Jaive as a miraculous medicine aiding indigestion headaches rheumatic pain and more. It cites numerous local endorsements and says many have purchased the remedy at H R Palmer and Sons drug store with no complaints reported.
Tom Moore of Cochran Georgia reports no more limping after using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The remedy, praised as a wonderful healer, treats old sores ulcers boils burns cuts and more. Available for 25 cents at W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons.
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