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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1923
Page
5
A survey of Athens business houses shows most offer one core service such as gutter repair roofing wallpaper hanging or interior decorating. Each tradesman is a service expert with long experience and apprenticeships refining craft and skill across trades.
The commitment and murder trial of Harvey Seagraves for killing Paul Smith yardmaster at the 8. A. S. railroad is scheduled for Friday at 10 o'clock. A coroner's inquest cleared Seagraves on self defense, and a new preliminary trial before Justice Milton Thomas will follow at the county courthouse.
SANTABARBARA California Science has undertaken the task of cur cumfronting the earthquake Bailey Willis Emeritus Professor of Geology of Stanford University and one of the best known geologists in the country is en route to Chile according to a letter from him by public Wednesday by a Santa Barbara friend to make a study of the effects of the recent disastrous quake in that country seeking to penetrate the mysteries of it and devise methods of avoiding its disastrous effects.
Blanche Ring, renowned singing comedian, headlines As You Were at the Colonial Theatre Saturday night January 13, with Charles Winninger. The season’s musical comedy features a strong supporting cast, including ventriloquists, dancers, and top comedians, praised for lively entertainment and city productions.
An advance of a quarter of a cent per pound appeared in the local cotton market on Wednesday. Middling grade closed at 26 3 4 cents, up from 26 1 2 the previous day, while New York and New Orleans levels showed declines and recoveries amid global market uncertainty and Liverpool influences. The day featured varied trading with steady spot markets and reports of improved demand for cotton shipments.
Daily Gainesville railway times list No 2 leaving at 7 45 am and No 12 at 10 45 am with arrivals at 5 20 pm for Gainesville No 1 reaching 5 20 pm and No 11 from Gainesville at 10 10 am along with Athens Lula connections and other routes. Liverpool cotton prices ease with good middling at 15 25 and futures steady with January at 14 56 and December at 12 56. New Orleans spot cotton steady with good middling at 27 00 and receipts 3 1143 stock 224 676.
An advertisement from Bs K D Drake of Childs Maryland touts Foley's Honey and Tar as quick relief for coughs after influenza and for coughs caused by whooping cough asthma croup la grippe or bronchitis. Emphasizes largest selling wrapper and widespread availability.
City reports show building permits totaling 323145.00 for the year with ward breakdowns and new construction at 270075.00 and additions 53070.00. Heath board notes 271 Athens deaths, pneumonia and tuberculosis leading causes. only one typhoid death. Water works profit 23014.55. Tax collection 247424.39 with 70496.56 back taxes outstanding. auditor calls marshal’s record phenomenal.
Dr. McKinney praised the year's water supply as excellent with bacteria count never above 16, well under the 30 safety maximum. The health department spent about $23,000 and installed sanitary closets citywide while achieving fewer connections, with fewer than a dozen connections made during the year.
The police and fire chiefs did not present reports to the police commission before the council meeting. The audit later showed the city collected 18194.99 in police court fines during the year.
Funeral services were held at the Dudley home for Mrs Harald M. Heckman wife of University of Georgia professor. After the service Wednesday her body was shipped to Tontogany Ohio for interment. Pallbearers included John W Jenkins J T Dudley W O Payne John Morris J T Wheeler R P Brooks Joseph Krafto and C W Crok. Reverend S J Cartledge officiated.
Sunday issue highlights 45 want ads reaching about 20,000 readers. Readers are urged to list lost items and needs from oil stoves to beds, pianos, boarders, or staff like cooks and nurses. Daily reading of Banner-Herald Wants promises profitable trades and cash for unwanted items.
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