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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1912
Page
8
Various items list real estate rentals sells animals and livestock hot house chores and household help. Advertisers include C. M. Greene 850 College Avenue Bon Durant Hardware Co Bondurant Hardware Co Normal School Pharmacy W A Jester and Weir Vulcanizing Co. Also wants tents for YWCA camp and a white or colored woman for night housekeeping at Lumpkin Street.
The Athens Savings Bank advertises ver cen t interest on savings deposits compounded semiannually with deposits received from $1.90 up, effective January lat and July 1st. Also listed are help wanted notices and local business ads for Athens, including boarders, plow beam wood, car sale, typewriter service, school, brick sale, stray notice, and a salesman vacancy. References to Athens and Georgia firms appear throughout.
Market records show New York Cotton and related exchanges in Boston Philadelphia Baltimore Kansas City St Louis and Chicago Board of Trade closed for Independence Day. Provided are open and close figures for several futures spreads and next-month pairings across months from Jan to Dec with varied percentage values.
A July 4 disaster on the Mississippi reports the steam ferry Mattie Couch overturning in midstream near Memphis. About a hundred aboard, many bound for picnic resorts, drown as mothers and children cry for help while rescuers react to the tragedy.
The salary for Judge Henry S. West remains unsettled as a court battle over whether he should receive 250 dollars a month since last October or the 2000 dollar annual rate set by a new law. County officials have paid part of the amount while awaiting Judge Lumpkin's formal opinion, which was delayed by illness. The issue will be reviewed again next month.
Local ad promotes Maéon's porcelain canning jars Sure Seal jars Scaram sealing jar and extra jar tops rubbers jelly glasses with large line refrigerators ice cream freezers 20th Century water coolers and Haveland Gamar china and porcelain dinner ware in open stock all for the house keeper phone 125 quick delivery.
County commissioners awarded the fertilizer contract for the county farm to Southern Refining Co. Bids were submitted and the nitrate of soda contract also went to the same company as the lowest bidder.
Clarkon county commissioners hear a bill for 940.25 presented by Mr Co H Newton and Rev S J Cartledge detailing charges for professional care nurses drugs hospital and damages from a horse accident that injured Cartledge his family and a young lady during a bridge approach incident.
A reader laments delays and errors in ice delivery blaming a driver and cook two irresponsible persons while urging teamwork to improve service. The note implies ongoing frustrations with local cold storage logistics and calls for accountability and collaboration to fix the problem.
The cost in actual cash nears four thousand dollars as county officials face a claim. Presenters argue the county is liable for the accident caused by an unprotected approach allowing a horse to back the vehicle into the river ravine. The board deferred action on the bill.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway ball team defeated the Clothiers 1 to 0 on Sanford Field in a four inning game. Dillard hit a three base hit and created the lone sensation of the contest. Batteries were Michael and Dorsey for the Clothiers and Ross and Compton for the S A L. The box score follows.
A referendum vote occurred on Tuesday in September as residents considered a local issue. Voter turnout and preliminary results were reported by election officials.
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