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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1920
Page
8
Short notes of interest show a mix of classified ads and notices. Items include savings bank rates, insurance pitches, employment calls for laborers, delivery routes, livestock and seed peanuts, rentals, sale offers, stray dog alert, and vehicle listings. Notable entities include The Athens Savings Bank, Chafin Bros Dealers, International Agricultural Corporation, Johnson-Brown Co., Athens Cycle Co, and local contact numbers.
Lonely bachelor girl of good fortune seeks a respectable man under 60 for marriage. Respond to Mrs Hill at 14 East Sixth Street, Jacksonville, Fla. Ad placed through New York Life Insurance Go Garnett L Saniel, agent. Financial dignity valued at about 300000.
A retail roundup notes King Hodgson's Prince Ave store sells whipped cream and a wide range of produce from celery and lettuce to cabbage and potatoes. Also listed are canned beans, coffee brands, bacon, sausages, oysters, eggs, cakes, and baked goods from Arnold Abney Co and Costa's Delicatessen Shop with diners seeking a furnished room for rent nearby.
An old menu lists Brown Beef Stew and Roast Beef with sides and desserts. The same page includes a U S District Court in Rem notice dated December 1519 detailing seizure of twenty eight cases twelve quarts and seven cases twenty four pints of spirituous liquors and a court appearance date of April 12 for claims and rights to the property.
An Atlanta audience hears claims for Pom eroy’s Puratone relieving stomach catarrh rheumatic and kidney bladder troubles. Harry T. McCollum, assistant foreman, testifies to dramatic improvements after use, noting weight gain and appetite return. Athens vendors are listed for Puratone distribution.
Oro O. Parks, special agent for John Cort's musical comedy I. ia ten Lester, arrives to finalize plans for the show at the Colonial theater. The full company will reach Sunday morning for a day of rest before the opening performance Monday night.
Funeral for Mr. F G Harper set for 10 30 at Bogart Baptist Church with Rev Still officiating Interment in church yard Survived by wife Ruby two children Kirby and Harriett mother Mrs A J Harper two brothers Thomas Harper of Little Rock Ark Millard Harper of Loganville Ga six sisters Mrs R F Nunggijm Ale Statham Mrs C 8 der and others
Hartwell mourns the death of Mr H F Harley at his Hartwall home after a two month illness. The funeral and interment were held at Cedar Creek church with services by Rev G J Davin. He survived by a wife and five children and many grandchildren, with relatives in several states.
The rain on Wednesday was insufficient to adversely affect road conditions in Georgia. Routes northward are drying rapidly, but all remain open and passable.
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