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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1917
Page
6
Advertisements appear with personal addresses kept confidential. Reads list of classifieds including insurance, loans, catarrh cure, sewing machine store rental, stamps and office supplies, and a Buick Big Six for sale. Notable items mention W R Lindall manager, J C Jester, TL Mitchell, W J Gardner, N G Slaughter, Coke Talmadge, and bankable loans on Athens real estate.
An advertising column notes ads carry technical addresses and not personal identities. The Athens Savings Bank offers 4 percent interest on savings deposits from $1, with compounding and biannual deposit dates. J. C. Jester promotes cottage rent on Cobb Street. T. L. Mitchell advertises smoking products and rent rooms at Holland Hotel with steam heat. Delicatessen Shop announces fresh first strawberries and phone number 1131.
Mrs Ella Gunn aged sixty five died at her home near Bethesda and was buried today. She was a native of Taliaferro county and leaves many relatives in the area. Dr A H Beazley has bought out A Melton's drug business and took charge the first of the month. Farmers prepare for this year's crops and begin earlier than usual. R W Golucke is completing a bungalow on West Commerce Street for his family to reside there. Judge and Mrs H M Holden returned to Athens after spending holidays with relatives.
The Colonial presented Stop Look and Listen last night in Athens with lively singing and dancing. The revue offered a string of Irving Berlin ragtime tunes and catchy numbers, praised for its pacing and costuming, though lacking star performers.
The Strand presents the Fox production Romeo and Juliet costing 75000 dollars starring Theda Bara. Shows run from 11 a m to 10 15 p m with a banner crowd expected. Elite previews Hidden Valley a Thanhouser Pathe Gold Rooster film starring Valkyrien and noted for romance and mystery. Charlie Chaplin is scheduled for Saturday appearances.
The Strand hosts a Saturday night show featuring The Rink, a clever comedian performing on roller skates. Audiences expect a riot of fun with witty bits and physical humor.
A county farmer signing S. S. A. shares last year on 115 acres near the city. Cotton 56 bales, cotton seed 1450 bushels, corn 800, oats 200, fodder 6060 bundles, hay five tons, sweet potatoes 200, Irish potatoes 40, watermelons worth 75 dollars. Pigs 22, yearlings 9, chickens 250. pork 2400 pounds, eggs 3100, milk 1460 gallons, butter 540 pounds. Also notes plentiful vegetables for eating, selling, and canning. Ad concludes with Dr King’s New Discovery cough remedy advertisement.
Mrs. L. H. Kirk and others return from Atlanta and Marietta for Christmas. Families and friends from Athens Watkinsville Columbus Elberton and Jacksonville visit residents and attend dinners and Rock party events. Engagement announced for Cleveland Baggs of Jacksonville and Charles W Pittard with marriage planned February 15.
Mr. Jas H Goodrum longtime Athens resident died after a long illness at 11 30 last night aged seventy four. He leaves a brother L D Goodrum and sisters Mrs Miles Hart and Mrs N E Reynolds and a widow four children Liskah Leon Lula Mae James H Jr three grown children are in Gainesville Royston and Forestburg Texas. He was a Confederate soldier in Orrs regiment and a Providence Baptist Church member since forty years. The funeral will be at Boggs Chapel church beside his first wife at 3 pm Wednesday.
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