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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1916
Page
4
Short notes list items for sale and rent including insurance offers and stock, a used typewriter, gold mine stock, poultry powder distribution, a 1944 Bigler Co. listing, and multiple rental properties in Athens area. Includes names like Jester Mitchell and L. Camak with contact details and locations.
Classified items from Athens advertise real estate rentals and loans by Equitable things and T L Mitchell. Vendors promote Georgianne Cooking Oil and 4 percent savings deposits with compounding dates January and July. Event notices include Mahler dancing classes and vaudette theater ticket sales at McClure’s with J A Key.
A local store advertises Imi crockery ware with nearly thirty patterns from Haviland to American porcelain, plus complete silver and glassware lines. It sells several enamelware grades, aluminum ware, and a wide range of kitchen and cleaning items from wash pans to coal tongs.
Classified items show activity at Elks Hall with Thursday night classes and notices from T. L. Mitchell. Advertisements request milk cows, boarders, rooms for rent, and a 6 drawer drop head Singer sewing machine for sale at 118. Phone 802-3 appears with lodging and business notices.
Helen Holmes starred in The Girl and the Game at the Vaudette, with manager Stone noting attendance records were broken yesterday. The Banner features the serial each Saturday, shown in theaters the same day, promising thrilling railroad feats and popular storytelling.
The Men’s League at the Baptist Tabernacle elected officers after a year without new leadership. Webster Callaway became president with Oscar Nichols as vice president, A J Patterson as secretary, and Lynne Cooper directing music and leading the men’s chorus. The weekly meetings continue to draw strong participation across faiths.
The National Security League convention endorsed Secretary Garrison's push to expand the military but urged a larger regular mobile army and a navy greater than proposed. It also called for universal obligatory military training and service as essential to national defense.
Bishop Denny, Richmond Va, will occupy the pulpit at 11 o clock in the First Methodist church Athens this morning. He spoke Friday at the annual missionary supper and is noted as a leading Southern Methodist figure with a long record at the University of Virginia Vanderbil t and Princeton. The church canvass of every member by the Athens three church committee runs this afternoon as part of the Every Member Campaign. Members are asked to be at home for the canvass but may still attend worship this morning.
For sale a herd of mules and mares including an extra large 6 year old draft horse. Bay color with some warts. Prices range from $40 to $350. Walker, at Frank later Staples Clayton St. Also featuring a coming attraction titled The Submarine Pirate.
Wilkes Swilling, a white man, shot and killed brothers Wesley and Doc McCurry in Hartwell Georgia on a crowded street near the Hart County Bank. The McCurry brothers had worked for A G and Julian B McCurry and the dispute centered on alleged short measure. Swilling was recently paroled by the South Carolina governor.
The YMCA Junior division second teams crowned captains—Wm Ashford Lanier division Claude Collins Bullard Harris Jones Head Frank Sizer Moore—and Bullard beat Head 2 to 0 in a rare 0–0 start. Attendance points begin Tuesday as Lanier and Head win key games 12–9 and 21–9 respectively.
The Vaudette presents a five reel Mutual Masterpicture The Strife Eternal tomorrow with Blanch Forsyth and a three thousand strong company. Monday features Harold Lockwood in Tragic Circle. Tuesday shows The White Scar with Hobart Bosworth. Wednesday brings The Children of Eve a six reel Klein-Edison feature. Thursday offers Fighting for France and Friday Georgia star Gladys Hanson in Primrose Path. Saturday features The Winning Jump with Helen Holmes plus a Reliance and a comedy.
The Live Stock Train from the State College of Agriculture will tour North and South Georgia visiting 120 towns in about half as many counties. Four cars display purebred cattle horses hogs and homegrown feed stuffs. Stops include Maysville Lula Clarkesville Clayton Cornelia Toccoa Hartwell Lavonia Gainesville Buford Roswell and McDonough with additional shows in the south later in the week.
Mr H Curtino Kytle has returned home after graduating with high honors from Hatsman Business College in Poughkeepsie New York. The ad touts Civil Service exam prep with courses by mail including Railway Mail Post Office Mail Carrier Dept Clerk Internal Revenue. Complete course by mail seven dollars with pass guarantee. U S School of Civil Service Washington DC 1916 N Y Ave 7423 80 wer COMING SENS SUBMARINE PIRATE Seai.
Friends report Dr I H Goss remains critically ill at home with his condition not improving. The well known physician is highly regarded in the city and many hope for a speedy and lasting recovery.
A bystander recalls a humorous jab about chronic dyspepsia. Then lodges in Athens announce regular meetings: Glenn Lodge No. 75, Williams Lodge No. 15, BPOE No. 790, Classic City Council No. 375, Geo. B. Davis Camp No. 292, St Elmo Lodge No. 40, Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 23 with details on meeting nights, halls, and officers in the Max Joseph Building and Clayton street areas.
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