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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1911
Page
2
Real estate and insurance notices from Erwin & Company and Jester. Rentals offered by A H Davison and Dr. Lyndon. Rhodes Hardware Co. advertises sales on oil stoves lawn mowers and gardening supplies. Complete small ads range from car line rentals to shoe repairing services and found items. Includes Bluewine health claim and Zenith paint promotions.
Short notes list items from fire insurance to real estate and cheap insurance. Athens Savings Bank offers 4 percent interest on deposits from 1 dollar. Fresh Sun Rise Rice Cakes from Fears. Hotel Sanges seeks 50 table boarders. Athenaeum Cafe meals offered. Zenith Paint advertised. Bondurant Hardware promotes 25 percent tool discount and paint services. Irish potatoes for sale and unknown peas at specified prices. Job ads for delivering papers and factory work for 40 girls. Parson's Poem praises Dr King’s New Life Pills as a health staple.
The general judiciary committee reports against the Clarke county measure to elect Athens city court judge and solicitor by popular vote. The bill goes back to the house with a recommendation that it not pass, effectively ending its prospects for this session.
The article lists members who voted for Covington and Stovall in the Georgia House and Senate, naming many legislators by county and district. It notes Brantley and Stovall withdrawing after the first ballot as editor Pleasant A. Stovall of Savannah announced his withdrawal and Brantley exited the race.
We carry six styles of Ice Tea Glasses from 75¢ to $1.50 per dozen. Table Tumblers from 35¢ per dozen. Porcelain table plates from 25¢ per set. English decorated Porcelain Dinnerware in open stock and American goods. China in open stock and map up sets. Silver plated cutlery in a great variety. House furnishing goods in great variety.
Judge W A Covington announces he will not have his name presented to the joint session of the general assembly tomorrow. He cites no useful purpose and thanks supporters in a signed statement. Covington had been a contender alongside Huggins & Son in the race.
At the bank’s annual meeting Mr A J O Farrell was elected a director. He is a leading city businessman active in brokerage and other enterprises. The bank, with 100000 capital, has 30000 added to undivided profits. Savings pay 4 percent and time certificates 5 percent.
Bondurant Hardware Co advertises the largest paint stock in the north with N Z Graves Co of Philadelphia. The ad lists house, exterior, wagon, carriage, floor paints, varnish, stains, shellac, colors, oil, Japan Dryer, turpentine, white lead, and linseed oil. Also mentions Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Chamberlain’s Liniment with local dealer names.
Police arrested Calvin Potter after a report of a man loitering by the Seaboard Air Line station and attempting to break into a freight car. Potter claimed a Jackson county gang past and a pardoned escape. Investigators doubted his full tale and sought more facts as the Winder police queried Athens officials.
Modern sales copy touts Wilson's Freckle Cream promising a money refund if the product fails to remove freckles pimples or blackheads. The ad offers a 50 cent jar with mail order to Charleston South Carolina and claims the cream also acts as a mild facial bleach.
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