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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1912
Page
8
A compact ad list offering fire insurance contact, rentals on Cobb street, Jester and Parr names, Weir Vulcanizing Co contact, Calves wanted, souvenirs from Parr, Jersey heifers for sale, table boarders at Hotel Sanges, seedlings from Suncrest Farm, brick supplier, paper hanging by Parr, high grade salesmen wanted, Yonah Lodge boarders, furnished room for rent at 434 Dougherty.
Insurance and real estate notes from Lipscomb announce deposits from $1.00 with 4 percent interest compounded semiannually on January 1 and July 1. Also listed is a cow with calf for sale and a notice about a paper weight giveaway for customers.
J D Thomason of Birmingham Alabama adjudged bankrupt on August 3 1911 seeks full discharge under federal bankruptcy acts. Court orders a hearing August 18 1912 in Atlanta and directs mailed notice to known creditors with copies of petition and order.
The fifteenth annual Georgia prison commission report shows 1922 revenue of 23678.73 from state farm product sales, including a need for more negro convict quarters and a proposed cotton warehouse. It notes inmate counts and age lifelines, requests funds for housing and humane treatment facilities, and urges improvements to road work conditions and health measures.
A vintage ad lists Mason jars and porcelain dinnerware brands including Sure Seal Jars Schram sealing jar and glassware. It promotes frost free and ice cream freezers 20th Century water coolers and a range of open stock china patterns with quick home delivery via phone 126.
Lawrenceville Georgia July 11 Mack Strickland a colored man in jail confessed to assaulting and killing a 13 year old girl near Duluth Monday morning He says the girl went with him willingly cried and threatened to tell her father then he returned to the road took a plank and killed her The body was left in the woods before he was arrested near the coroner's jury plan lynching threats followed but he was jailed for the September term of court
Des Moines Iowa Governor Carroll a Taft ally saw his bid to have the Republican state convention endorse the national platform tabled 773 to 342 and his second bid to strip from the resolutions report the clause condemning the Chicago convention also failed The progressives controlled the convention and the adopted resolutions praised Republican achievements and endorsed progressive policies without naming Taft or Roosevelt.
Atlanta reels as Hub Talley, a notorious local figure once dubbed the meanest man in the city, faces a lunacy plea aimed at sending him to Milledgeville next week. Relatives back the state in hoping for commitment, while Talley resists, fearing the asylum and seeking to avoid further sentences.
Atlanta reports an unusual grippe outbreak during July with high humidity blamed for widespread illness. Clarke County notice to creditors of T W Wallace deceased names Rosa Wallach as administrator and calls for debts and claims to be presented per law. Chamberlains Colic Remedy recommended for stomach issues in children during summer.
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