Athens Manufactures as Core of Local Prosperity
Athens relies on its mills and factories as the backbone of growth. The piece argues that producers, transport, finance, and merchants form a linked economy, with the mill at the center turning raw materials into finished goods. Athens benefits from rail crossings, wholesale trade, and diverse locally made products.
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Clitis
New England
South
Massachusetts
Eastern Mill Company
Athens
Flv
Athens Marble and Granite Co a Leading Athens Enterprise
The Athens Marble and Granite Co. is described as a premier Athens enterprise since 1908. Proprietor J W Scoggins runs a fully equipped plant with Pneumatic machinery on the S A L R R grounds near the streetcar line, serving Georgia and the South with quality monuments crafted from foreign and domestic marble. The firm guarantees adherence to estimates and delivers exact specifications, with personal attention to every order.
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J. W. Scoggins
Georgia
South
Scoggins
Athens Marble and Granite Co. 18
Bludwine saga marks 1906 launch and national spread
The piece recalls Bludwine starting in spring 1906 in Watkinsville with a five cent bottle sale at Anderson’s Cash Store. It notes widespread growth from twenty six states, over a hundred bottling plants, and more than $2 million invested in advertising and equipment. It lists founders H. C. Anderson and W. B. Nethery and outlines corporate expansion, cash-only policy, and endorsements by physicians and chemists.
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Anderson's Cash
Watkinsville
H. C. Anderson
W. B. Nethery
Athens
Anderson
Home Manufactured Articles Demand Urges Local Supply
The passage lists a wide array of goods from cake and pies to cigars, fertilizers, plows, foundry and machine shop products, monuments, gas and electric, printer products, and more. It argues Ath Jensen could supply most needs of the people with manufactured articles made at home.
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Athjens
Banks of Athens Shown as Community Pillars
The Athens banks are described as the financial heart of the community. They possess capital, deposits, and surplus, with trusted character and connections to government systems. Bankers are portrayed as combination men who balance conservatism and progress, supporting local industry, agriculture, and social causes.
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Athens
Clarke County
Federal Reserve System
Farmers’ Loan
Red Cross
Banks of
Modernism In McGregor Plant Emphasizes Printing Excellence
McGregor Co promotes individuality in every order with a large plant and modern machinery. They offer a full service department and stock a complete line of stationery, office furniture, and manufacturing blank books. Their experts ensure attentive handling from engraved announcements to bulky catalogues with efficient service.
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McGregor Co
Atlantic Ice And Coal Corporation Splendid Service
The Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation provides year round service through multiple departments to wholesalers and retailers in Athens. Its large modern plant operates at full capacity to meet orders and ships hundreds of tons of coal to the city and region, boosting local industry.
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Athens
Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporsion
A''ens
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Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation
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