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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1916
Page
4
Local notices advertise fire insurance options and loans from J C Jester and W L Erwin. Listings include for sale cheap horse delivery wagon harness, six room house on Grady Avenue via J W Ingle, and for rent a six room house at Dougherty and Hull via Louis Camak. Also pecan and peach trees for sale, progress ads seeking agents, and help wanted for travelers and salesmen in Athens with salary options.
The notice items include housing rentals in Athens with listings for 3 or 4 unfurnished rooms, a building for rent on Broad Street, and a room with board offered to a gentleman at 576 Harris Street. Also listed are savings bank deposit terms, a vending machine business opportunity, and a lost gold watch with contact details for return.
County Farm Demonstrator J G Woodruff yesterday purchased the David Sims home on Mitch Vell's Bridge road. He plans to improve the property and make it his residence.
An advertisement touts Vall's Catarrh Cure as the sole positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, claiming to cure in all its forms. Hall's Catarrh Cure is said to act systemically and destroy the disease, with a $100 reward offered for any failure to cure.
Clarke County Democratic Executive Committee announced a county primary on Saturday March 18 1916 to nominate officers including sheriff clerk of the superior court tax collector tax receiver ordinary county treasurer surveyor and coroner Rules set require candidate assessments ranging from 10 to 40 dollars and mandate a uniform ballot system under Australian rules with careful voter inspection and manager oversight.
Special prices on tungsten lamps promote Metalyte and broad street lighting. A 1916 Clarke County Georgia Democratic primary in Athens outlines polling hours, voter eligibility, oath requirements, prohibited practices, and candidate expense affidavits with Blanton Fortison as vice-chairman.
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable substitute for calomel. It claims calomel harms the stomach, causes cramps and nausea, and warns salivation. Liver Tone supposedly cleanses the liver, improves energy, and is safe for children.
A vintage ad urges curing children's colds with Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. Keep child dry and comfortable, avoid exposure, and use the remedy for soothing antiseptic relief that supposedly shortens illness. Emphasizes early treatment and insistence on Dr Bell's product.
Judge Orr reported that of 122 county pensioners only four soldiers and five widows have not yet received or receipted for their checks. Names include W. P. Broach Joel M. Dean Wm C Epps J R Hunter and Mesdames Matilda Brooks Mary A Bullock Elizabeth Eidson C S McAlister Mary E B Sims. Unpaid checks will be sent back this week and may delay year end retrieval. payments go to the pensioner or an authorized power of attorney.
The Canteen, annual on St Valentine’s Day by the University of Georgia class of 1913, is printed in red and black by Edgar Dunlap of Gainesville. It fills twenty columns with class facts and figures, marriage statistics, addresses, communications, pictures, and Georgia spirit. The slogan proclaims a reunion in Athens on the campus in June 1918.
Excavation is finished and brick walls rise for the Agricultural Engineering addition at State College of Agriculture. The new brick structure sits near the main building, just south of the greenhouses, mirroring the main building’s brickwork.
The Southern Railway will contribute $1,000 to an agricultural education fund at the State College of Agriculture. The fund, administered like the Brown Fund, will loan students up to $100. The railroad has previously supported multiple scholarships.
The chamber of commerce directors will convene at the offices to review final reports from the membership committee. A letter was sent to every member urging active campaign support and prompt reporting.
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