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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1911
Page
8
A compact listing of local ads and notices including real estate, insurance, poultry supplies, furniture, shoe repairs, miscellaneous sales, lost items, and services. Items mention Erwin & Company Fire Insurance, Barbers, a gold bracelet loss near Lucy Cobb, a 1911 Marvel Motor cycle for sale, undertakers, water coolers, maids, and Bludwine promotion.
A collage of local ads lists Lipscomb & Co real estate policies and savings bank offers at 4 percent, used cars sale by Athens Motor Car Co., pigeons for sale, car exchanges, typewriters for rent, piano sale by D P Haselton, rooms for rent on Thomas Street, a Cobb Street rental, Bluewine drink promotion, Miller Undertaking Co announcements, Georgia Loan Co money loans, several Lot and Vacant land listings by J R Crane & Co, and a lost Jersey cow reward.
The store invites customers to explore a broad assortment and receive assistance in finding exactly what they seek, promising a world class experience for both taste and value.
The state announces a regular annual teacher examination on Friday and Saturday, June 16 and 17, to license teachers for common schools. County school commissioners will conduct the tests across counties, with Capt. T. H. Dozier overseeing Clarke county. Both white and colored teachers are expected to participate.
The text lists teams Birmingham Nashville and Chattanooga with partial scores and battery lines. Batteries include Thomas Gribbens Fritz Goodwin Knotts Maxwell Elliot Anderson Case Seabough. Umpire references Cauliflower Byron.
New York cotton prices for July through March edge variedly with July at 15.73 and Sept at 13.95 while Liverpool cotton and Chicago grain futures display scattered shifts. Prices fluctuate as buyers track open and close figures across markets in early trading.
The Gridiron Club gathered at the Georgian Hotel for its final 1910 11 meeting with a banquet and an after dinner talk by Dr. Troutman praising the year’s work. Initiation of nine new members J P Jones Tom Powell Perrie Nicolson Marvin Perry Cliff Brannen Geo Northen Harold Meyer Loyd Brown Hilliard Spalding James M Lynch followed, signaling a strong start for next year’s membership.
Local readers learn of Hall's Catarrh Cure claimed to cure catarrh in all states. The ad asserts constitutional treatment via internal use, claiming to affect blood and mucous surfaces and offering one hundred dollars for any case not cured. Addressed to Toledo, Ohio.
An advertisement lists a wide range of goods including refrigerators ice boxes cream freezers water coolers water filtrers fly fans fly trays churns and various metal and ceramic wares. It promises aluminum ware tin and enamel ware china glassware silver plated cutlery lime cement plaster brushes wall paints and colors.
Government job seekers can apply through the civil service commission in Washington or at the Athens post office. Recent circulars list openings such as Laboratory Aide in Washington with $55 monthly, Entomological Graftsman in agriculture, Assistant Agriculturalist, Assistant Chemist in Forest Products, Horticulturalist in the Bureau of Animal Industry, and Quarry Technologist in Pittsburgh with salaries ranging up to $2,500. Examinations are scheduled in July.
Miss Mary Leila Copelan of Greensboro and Mr James Williams Evans were married at home on June 12 1911 in Greensboro. The ceremony was performed by Rev Christian with limited family attendance. The couple will reside in Greensboro after a brief wedding trip.
The bride wore lace short sleeves with seed pearl embroidery and a lace front panel. Her wedding veil used by her sister, a ring from her parents, and a bouquet of white roses and valley lilies featured in the ceremony. Guests enjoyed an informal reception as Shasta daisies and Killarney roses filled parlor decorations.
Special to the Banner reports Atlanta June 12 Judge Thomas E Patterson of Griffin will succeed General Clement A Evans on the Georgia prison commission as Evans resigns to become adjutant general Governor-elect Hoke Smith announced the authentic appointment. Patterson a noted criminal lawyer has served as solicitor and judge of the Spalding county city court and is deemed highly qualified.
Advertisement states the collodial use of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has nationwide favor and can always be depended upon with sales by all dealers.
Advertises Chamberlain's Liniment as best applied externally for muscular and chronic rheumatism. Claims internal medicines are useless and promotes sale through all dealers.
Cash offer of 1 to 3 thousand dollars with two year terms. A two story ten room house on a 75 by 221 foot lot near the Post Office. Includes necessary out buildings. Contact Hone 208.
Last night at the Georging banquet the prize winners were announced by Mr. W. W. De Ranne. The best essay prize went to D. A. Russell of Carrollton for Relics of Mediaeval Drama. The best short story prize was awarded to B. H. Walton of Hamilton for His Fourteenth. Special merit was noted for Jos E. Varela of Tampa in essays and Charles H. Stone of Athens and Jake Lowrey of Augusta in short stories.
William Jennings Bryan will lecture in Jefferson at 11 o clock Friday morning drawing hundreds from Northeast Georgia. Jefferson gears for a monster crowd with as many as a thousand out-of-town visitors expected, plus special Gainesville Midland Railway rates and strong Athens turnout.
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