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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1912

Page

8

Short Notes of Interest Domestic Classified Items

A collection of small ads and notices. Shoe repair by Martin Bros on Clayton street, offering round‑the‑clock service. W A Jester advertises Cobb street apartments to let. L. notices seek a steno bookkeeper with eight years in office work. Hotel Sanges offers table boarders. Calves for sale from Suncrest, Virginia? brick for sale, auto tires repair by Sparks Vulcanizing Co. Canning powder directions from Normal School Pharmacy Athens Ga. Houses for rent by E S Lyndon. Country salesman wanted by Western Cider Co. St Louis with pay details.

Savings Bank Offers 4 Percent Interest In Athens

The Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded January 1 and July 1. Deposits from $1.00 accepted. Last chance to see "Renda." Also listing a school for day pupils and lodging at Yonah Lodge with boards at Nacoochee Institute in Santee, Ga.

Athens Athens Savings Bank Yonah Lodge Nacoochee Valley Nacoochee Institute Santee

Balloonist Stafford dies in parachute jump over Quincy Bay

Lawrence Stafford a seventeen year old Dorchester youth fell 2000 feet to his death in Quincy Bay after a parachute failed to open from a hot air balloon at Houghs Neck. His body was found with severe injuries. Both parents were balloonists and parachute jumpers. his father died by his own hand in 1910 and his mother was killed at Revere Beach. The family once toured Athens with a carnival company.

Quincy Mass Lawrence Stafford Dorchester Quincy Bay Houghs Neck Stafford Ernest de Forest Stafford Revere Beach

Sponge Cake Angel Cake and Pound Cake Ad

An old fashioned cake advertisement lists sponge cake angel cake and pound cake with a contact phone 1 76 Arnold and Abney offering home bakery items.

Arnold & Abney

Amalgamated Glass Workers organize Omaha local union

The Amalgamated Glass Workers have succeeded in forming a new local union in Omaha Nebraska, marking a milestone for workers in the glass industry in the region.

Amalgamated Glass Workers Omaha Neb

Canning Season Supplies Advertised By CHONE

Canning Season offers Mason jars porcelain line top jars Sure Seal jars and Scaram automatic sealing jar with extra jar tops rubbers and jelly glasses also Tin Fruit Cans. Large line refrigerators on installment. Frost King ice cream freezers 5 minute freeze. 20th Century water coolers galvanized and porcelain. Haveland and Gamar china English American porcelain gold band china in open stock various patterns. Everything for the house keeper. CHONE 125 QUICK DELIVERY.

Frost King Haveland and Gamar

Unusual Baseball Scores Across Leagues Yesterday

Rainy conditions produced varied results with many blowouts and close games. Notable outcomes include Buffalo defeating Montreal 10 to 2 and several games with no runs by the loser, while top scorers posted double digits in other matches across Southern, South Atlantic, National, American, and International leagues.

Puffalo Southern Atlanta New Orleans Mobile Chattanooga Montgomery Memphis Nashville Birmingham South Atlantic Jacksonville Albany Savannah Columbia Columbus Macon National Philadelphia Chicago New York Pittsburg Cincinnati Boston St. Louis Brooklyn American St .Louis Washington Detroit Cleveland International Buffalo Montreal

Personal and Social News Highlights and Visitors

Misses Jessie and Clelia Saye visit relatives in Newborn along with Mrs. M. B. Saye. Rev and Mrs J. S. Hartfield stay with Mr and Mrs H. M. Appleby on Jefferson. Mrs M. L. Branch and others from Farmington visit city. T B Fleming hosts guests on the Boulevard. Rylee family motor to Carlton. Rosa Lee Buroth in Atlanta. Ellen Mell and husband head to Tallulah Falls. Mrs Susie Graham returns from Comer. Bert Michael, long ill, is taken to Atlanta. friends wish for recovery.

J. S. Hartfield Jefferson City H. M. Appleby

Watkinsville Plans Summer Baseball Series With Winder Madison

Watkinsville Georgia schedules three games with Winder on July 25 and 26 on the home lot and follows with two games against Madison on July 29 and 30. Strong Madison teams visit after the Winder series as part of a regional baseball run.

Watkinsville Winder Madison

Also Mentioned on This Page

Erwin Barnett Shoals Crawford Road Gholston Tuck McGregor CO Rwand & Company Irwin & Company J. C. Jester Martin Bros Clayton Street Cobb Street W. A. Jester Stono L.” Care Banner Sanges Suncrest Ga. Brick Co Sparks Vulcanizing Co Normal School Pharmacy Thens Ga. Li E. S. Lyndon Western Cider Co OUR Optician C. A. Scudder College Avenue Nsurance & Real Estate, Lipscomb E. A. Luster Camak Bldng Clayton Suncrest Farm Young Stafford Herald Square Wingfield THE Shop OF Quality Wallops Southern Manufacturing Co Office McDonald R. H. E. Colley Bryant Oe Solsbee Nunnally C Pryant Rawson So. Mfg. Co Thurmond Bond McMahan Zerbes Kelly H.T. Huggins & Son Atlantic ICE and Coal Corporation City Property Clayton ST Jessie Clelia Saye Mrs. M. B. Saye M. L. Branch Fannie Webb Branch F. L. Florence Essie Bullard Farmington Hubert Tiller Carlton T. B. Fleming T. C. Fowler Rosa Lee Buroth Thos Green Mrs. Rylee Ellen Mell Mr. Mell Tallulah Falls Maud and Lucile Daniel S‘ Callaway Hill Street Susie Graham Comer Hester Butler Red Stone J. T. Pittard Winterville Bert Michael H. P. Hinton Stephenson & Hull Real Estate Lumpkin Street Milledge Avenue
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