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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1916
Page
8
A compact compilation of notices including insurance pitches, rental offers, sales of livestock and trees, job calls at Mary-Leila Cotton Mill, and lost found items. Highlights include Lipscomb's Insurance pitch with J. C. Jester, rent ads for rooms and houses on Baldwin Street and Clayton Street, sale of a good horse and delivery wagon, pecan and peach trees, mill work positions, and a lost suitcase with clothing and jewelry.
Local notice promoting savings deposits at Athens Savings Bank offering 4 percent interest compounded semiannually on January 1 and July 1. Also lists rental ads for a second story apartment at 454 College Ave and connecting rooms at 159 Virginia Avenue. Includes Miss Laura Speer contact and Georgianne Cooking Oil product claim and general local money offer by Erwin & Co.
An advertisement touts Mrs. Osgood's Wonder as a simple inexpensive treatment that supposedly removes all traces of hair without pain or injury. It claims a society woman used it with perfect results and offers a money back guarantee from Palmer & Sons. It also promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for child coughs and croup.
The Strange Case of Mary Page starring Henry Walthall and Edna Mayo comes to the Strand theater with the first installment tomorrow. Weekly installments follow, each complete, with gowns by Lady Duff Gordon forecasting spring styles for Miss Mayo.
The Telephone Society last night met with a program featuring Overture-Victrola selections and prayers by Rev. L E Dutton. T R Gentry spoke on the organization and four years at the University of Georgia, presenting the service record button and leading the tribute to employees.
H T Huggins & Son advertises a complete O Cedar line including mops and polishing cloths with a limited time offer of a free 25 cent O Cedar Polish bottle with every $1 25 mop purchase. The ad lists polish sizes and invites inquiries on household goods from Broad Street, phone 125.
Mr. Woodruff delivered an address praising service records and the Employe Pension and Sick Benefit Plan revealing a nine million dollar fund. He urged courteous handling of subscribers and announced service buttons for fifteen to five year employees amid remarks from managers and operators. Refreshments followed as the group celebrated the occasion with praise and thanks.
The Wingfield Chamberlain and Reid firm enters Athens with a cash only policy aimed at lower prices and broader access. B. Wingfield brings 27 years in clothing sales, L. H. Chamberlain covers manufacturing and buying, and Harvey J. Reid leads window displays and ads. A. G. Hutchinson will represent the firm on campus, signaling a major local commercial uplift.
The Demosthenian and Phi Kappa Literary Societies at the University of Georgia marked anniversaries in a chapel event. J Bendett Conyers presided, A S O Neal spoke for Demosthenians on Law and the Boy advocating juvenile courts, and John P Stewart spoke for Phi Kappa on Preparedness with arguments for national defense.
A historical notice lists plant foremen and operators from Athens and surrounding Georgia towns. It names Geo S Crane as Plant Foreman in Athens and other staff including J G Graham district cashier and Florrie Johnson chief operator. Officials present include F L Woodruff and T R Gentry while citizens gathered include multiple local figures. gins in tomorrow's Banner.
Meehan of Hancock Michigan reports Foley Cathartic Tablets provide natural relief without pain or griping. He says they thoroughly clean the system and give a buoyant free feeling, praising the product as the best laxative he has used.
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