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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1917
Page
19
Various local classified notices include insurance offers, loans, rooms for rent, a Buick Six for sale, a job request, and plant nursery deliveries. Names include Lipscomb, Jester, Davenport, Gardner, Mitchell, Talmadge, Gordon, Bickers, Freeman, and Freeman's Nursery with dates and contact details in Athens Georgia.
No need to know the identity to invest. The Athens Savings Bank pays 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded monthly. Deposits from $1.00 up received January. July 1st. Get the saving habit.
For sale by A. H. Davenport a five room bungalow on a large lot with terms. Also a 1914 model Reo roadster with electric lights and starter offered at 190 dollars. Newly painted. The Atchens Engineering Co. seeks a three room unit. Banner notices.
The Department of Justice completed plans for defending the Adamson act before the Supreme Court. The government’s brief will be ready for presentation Monday, with arguments likely concluded Thursday. Solicitor General Davis represents the government, and the court may grant extra time for a hearing in the Missouri Oklahoma Gulf case testing the act’s constitutionality.
Demonstration day Monday features Drinket a cereal drink and Krumbles a breakfast food from Arnold and Abney. Citizens are invited to sample the new products and learn about their preparation and uses.
Judge George C. Thomas lauds Jackson's Neutralizing Cordial as an excellent stomach remedy. The ad claims 45 years of use for ailments from indigestion to bilious troubles and packaging by the Jackson Medicine Company Athens Ga with sales through leading druggists and merchants.
Philadelphia article reports District Attorney Samuel Rotan believes Bernard Lewis murdered Mazie Colbert over a money quarrel after two new witnesses linked Lewis to the slain model. The Chamberses testified they met Lewis with Colbert a year ago, and only $9 was found among her belongings.
The Jackson Medicine Company received a charter yesterday afternoon. D. D. Hunt has long promoted the venture to enlarge the business of making Jackson's Cordial. The firm will organize with officers and directors and push its proprietary remedy in the city.
Mr W A Peek, longtime S A L baggage chief at the Athens passenger station, has returned from Commerce to Athens to resume charge of the baggage department, a post he held for three years prior to his transfer.
A playful line notes that discussing tariffs loses a husband’s focus as his wife drops a stitch. The quip reflects domestic humor and printed period voice from the Ohio State Journal.
Veterans of Cobb-Delony Camp met yesterday at 11 in City Hall with strong attendance and many paying annual dues. Col Wiley Howard of Jefferson spoke welcomingly, and the reunion date in Washington City shifted from May to June 4. After adjournment, attendees dined at Delmar's, praised for a fine feast and ample drinks for the vets.
Judge W T Newman will convene court in the eastern division of the Northern district of Georgia tomorrow morning at the usual hour. The docket centers on moonshine cases and land condemnation proceedings, with most term business limited to these classes of cases.
Fort Smith Arkansas reports attorneys announce ready for trial of four former Internal Revenue Service officers alleged to join a moonshine ring that began in North Carolina and spread across six states. Defendants include McCoy of Asheville, Lurber of Atlanta, and Williams and Spratling of Fayetteville and Aurora. The scheme spanned years ending 1914 with estimated losses of 3 to 5 million dollars. McCoy recently convicted in Jacksonville Florida related revenue irregularities.
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