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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1912
Page
8
Nine vacant lots in the city of Athens. Twenty acres unimproved land on graded road just outside Athens. Seventy seven acres on a good public road, one third in Athens city limits, with a six room dwelling, orchard, pasture, and running water. Subdivision possible. Phone 938 Tuck Building.
Risvs Estati and fees coomron dy finatystr and srwinsEompany Why not divide my fire Insurance with J C Jester After the Blowout think of its Weir Vulcanizing Co Between the Garages Phone 1136 Imo Calves Wanted Suncrest phone 332 1 Two apartments and one house to rent on Cobb street W A Jester Is Canning Powder for vegetables or fruits full directions with each package Normal School Pharmacy Athens Ga Auto Bargain 5 passenger high grade car used very little Cash road note or real estate Address C T M care Banner office
The account by Charles C Birchmore's roommate Allen recounts a late night at the transportation club and a quiet rooming death. Allen says he slept through Charley lighting a cigarette and later awoke to find him dead. McWhorter, a former employer, describes Charley as a fine secretary who worked with him for about ten years since graduating from the University of Georgia.
Insurance and Real Estate section lists Lipscoma bank savings rates and deposits. Notices include renting a new six room cottage on Du Bose Avenue by A H Davison. Classifieds advertise Jersey heifers for sale, job openings for five men and three boys at Athens Pottery Co, bricks and Ga Brick Co, and Suncrest Farm plants.
Elbert County item reports a farmer losing a milk cow after an accidental tick remedy spill and a colored man Ed West injured after falling from a moving Seaboard train near the Ethridge granite quarry. A coroner’s jury ruled accidental death in a chapel in Elberton.
In the Cotton Region mean temperatures mostly below normal by 1 to 5 degrees with regional excesses in western Arkansas and interior Texas. Weeklong means range 79–80 in the east 74–80 central and 76–84 in the west. The lowest 70 at Asheville NC and highest 84 at Del Rio Abilene Fort Worth and San Antonio. Precipitation widespread except central Texas.
Local store promotes Mason jars porcelain line jars Sure Seal Jars and Scaram sealing jar with extra tops rubbers jelly glasses and tin fruit cans. Large line refrigerators frost King freezers water coolers and china dinner ware in English American and Gold Band patterns. Phone 125 for quick delivery. I M Cline reports weather across states noting uneven rain and warmest week in places with 9.10 inches in Milan Tennessee.
The Industrial Index notes strong capital inflows from across the nation and abroad fueling Southeast development. Preparations for a $2,000,000 hydro electric plant near Augusta by New York and Georgia funds. Alabama, Chicago and Holland capital to develop a waterpower at Winston county. Indiana, Illinois and Florida capital plan development and settlement of a large land tract in Florida. Additional items promised in the week.
Reports show about 1 million dollars slated for electric railway improvements in Birmingham Alabama. Atlanta considers issuing 2 million dollars in municipal bonds to improve streets. Dade County Florida plans 500 thousand dollars in bonds. Paulding County Georgia to extend transmission lines to more towns. Twenty six new corporations formed with capital totaling 1.3835 million dollars. Construction items include apartment houses in Savannah and other cities, a Tampa department store, a LaGrange auditorium, a 4 story Birmingham office building, paving in Atlanta and Decatur, and several school and church buildings across the region. Contracts awarded include a steel bridge in Osceola County Florida, department store in LaGrange Georgia, courthouses in two Florida counties, two Florida school buildings, sewers in Jasper Alabama, paving in Lakeland Florida, a fair building in Augusta Georgia, an acid project for Montgomery Alabama, fertilizer projects in Headland and Florence Alabama, furniture in New Decatur Alabama, various oil extensions in several Alabama towns, and an electric railway extension in St Augustine Florida. Dallas County Alabama votes 100000 for road improvements and Greensboro Alabama allocates 12000 for a school building.
Elberton Ga. The 3rd Battalion Infantry and the Elbert Light Infantry will depart for camp next Monday night July 15. Three cars will be needed to transport the troops.
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