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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1912

Page

8

Local Ads Highlight Services and Rentals

A collage of classified notices offering shoe repair at Martin Bros on Clayton Street with phone 621, hardware deals from Wrembing Dearing, hotel room boards at Hotel Sanges, auto tire and vulcanizing requests, housing and hat sales, board and room wanted, and rental listings on Cobb Street. Includes livestock ad for calves, typewriter job, and university related staffing.

Martin Bros Clayton Street Martin, Bros Clayton St Suncrest

Bank in Athens Pays 4 Percent Interest

The Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded January 1 and July 1. Deposits from $1.00 accepted, encouraging the saving habit.

Athens Athens Savings Bank

A B C Sullies Shoe Men In Nine to Three Win

The A B C business college team defeated the Shoe Men 9 to 3 on Sanford Field. Vonderau allowed 11 runs on 4 hits, Link struggled with 11 hits. Lanier, Holden, and Bray led the offensive effort in a messy box score. Next up the Athens College play off with Hardware Mer. Miss Keipp visits, guest of Miss Fannie Lucas. Charlie Morris in town.

Athens’ Business Collegians Sanford Field Business College Link Vonderau BUS. College R. H. EB Part CES Old Lanier Bray Holden Powell Ty Teansta Ray Sdinnes Cutler P & Lb Sinner Hoover Buchwald Aon A. B.C Lanier Murry McWhorter Maddox Erwin Bee Cocoli Athens Ues College

Canning Season Items and Housewares on Display

A local store advertises mason jars porcelain line top jars Sure Seal jars and automatic sealing jars with extra jar tops rubbers and jelly glasses. It also lists tin fruit cans large line frost wing ice cream freezers 20th Century water coolers and galvanized porcelain water coolers. Chinese and American porcelain dinner ware in open stock with many patterns and all for the house keeper. Phone 125 for quick delivery.

Haveland and Gamar

Baseball Scores Show Varied Rain Affected Games

Rain disrupted several big league and Southern league matchups with final scores ranging from 11 to 6 and 3 to 2. Notable results include Atlanta 9 Montgomery 6 and Cleveland 11 Boston 6 amid a day of scattered outcomes and several rainouts.

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

Hiawatha to Be Presented by Miss Cobb’s Class

Miss Carolyn Cobbs class performs Hiawatha in pantomime on the Lucy Cobb Institute lawn Friday at 8:45. The event features trained performers and authentic Indian melodies, promising an engaging show for all audiences.

Carolyn Cobb University of Georgia Lucy Cobb Institute

Elberton Leader McAlpin Arnold Died in Atlanta

Elberton mourns the death of McAlpin Arnold at a private sanitarium in Atlanta at age 64 from heart failure. A Confederate veteran and longtime bank president, he built a substantial fortune before retiring five years ago. Survived by his mother Mrs. Sarah Arnold in frail health, two daughters Mrs. H. S. Jaydon and Mrs. Z. W. Copeland, and son Carter Arnold of Elberton.

Athens Elberton Atlanta McAlpin Arnold Citizens’ Bank Sarah Arnold H. S. Jaydon Savannah Z. W. Copeland Carter Arnold

Post Opens Up the Elements Battle Creek Storm

Battle Creek Michigan on July 24 faced the worst rain and wind storm in years. The city split into camps blaming rainmakers and the weather man. The Battle Creek Industrial Association fired 4,500 pounds of dynamite funded by C. W. Post to induce rain. The cannonading persisted all day. Rain arrived after the forecaster had predicted showers.

Battle Creek Mich

Doctors, Dating, and a Broken Arm in Grayson Ball Game

In Grayson Georgia on July 24 the married and single men played a lively diamond game. The only homer came from a married man who is a doctor named Rhodes. Grover Nix, the Benedicts pitcher, broke his arm delivering a fast ball, the jolt snapping the arm during the pitch.

Grayson Rhodes Grover Nix The Benedicts

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Ervin && Coo Barnett Shoals Crawford Road MO. T. Gholston Tuck Building IREAL Erwin.&company Rates Insurance Irwin & Company J. C. Jester Misses Bradberry D. Sledge Dawn Mowers Wrembing-Dearing: Hardware Co Hotel Sanges Sparks Vulcanizing Co Bradberry B. D. Sledge Cobb Street W. A. Jester Harvey Stovall L. L. Hendren University of Georgia, Moore College Harris Street Hunter Heights A. H. Davison OUR Optician C. A. Scudder Gorner College Avenue Insurance & Real Estate, Lipscomb Pulaski Street Fleming-Dearing Hardware Co Suncrest Farm E. D. Sledge Fleming-Dearing Harawars Co E. S. Lyndon M. P. Briscoe S. Lumpkin St Yonah Lodge Nacoochee Valley Nacoochee Institute Santee EH. A. Luster Camak Bidng Clayton, In Fleming-Dearing An Ware Co Normal School Pharmacy Ga. Brick Co Dougherty St Pulaski Janie Mae Webb Montezuma Col S. J. Nix Mildred Nix Alva Appleby Jefferson Herald Square Wingfield Hk Shop OF Quality A.B. C.S Miss Keipp Fannie Lucas Charlie Morris City H. T. Huggins & Son City Property Old Milledge Avenue Phonf Clayton Mc. A. Arnold G. Nix Reach's Spalding’s Erase Eulurt H. PD. Hinton the Real Estate Office Stephenson & Hull Real Estate Lumpkin Street Milledge*avenue
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