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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1912
Page
2
Real estate briefs note property listings and market chatter with concise items. Notable entries cover sales, rentals, and local market activity featuring named brokers and firms, property types, and price hints. Brief summaries reflect neighborhood trends and notable transactions from the community.
A page of mixed classifieds advertises savings on furniture stoves shoes and a stage line. It lists rental ads for two groom apartments on Cobb Street near Marine and a new ten room house for June 1st. Also offered are a 30,000 foot pine lumber sale and a combination saddle and buggy horse for sale.
The Engineering Annual for 1911 12 from the University of Georgia School of Engineering is issued as a special road number dedicated to Prof John C Koch ASC E Adjunct Professor Civil Engineering. It highlights his twenty years of association with Georgia and twelve years as a faculty member along with extended work for state road authorities. A notable article by E T Miller on Water Power Data for Georgia accompanies the issue, with a chart illustrating the state’s hydropower wealth.
Yesterday morning the federal court convened for a session to try civil business with the traverse jury required. Judge Newman presided as two cases against the Southern were heard.
We have the nicest line in the city. Let us show you. We also carry a complete line of products.
General Orders announce cadet appointments for the coming year at the University of Georgia in Athens. The list includes Captains McCarty Cowan Chappell Goodwyn Bothwell Robinson Dunlap and others with roles such as Adjutant Quartermaster Sergeant Major Drum Major and numerous sergeants.
The court heard allegations the railroad failed to equip freight trains between Toccoa and Seneca with safety appliances. The jury returned verdicts against the railroad for $100 in each case. Today the court reviews bankruptcy cases as Judge Newman prepares to admit University of Georgia law graduates to federal practice.
In Athens today and tomorrow Dr McCord Georgia Children s Home Society official invites local families to offer foster homes for needy children not limited to orphans. Society agents in Atlanta and Savannah coordinate placement, visits, and waiting lists to place children in loving family homes rather than orphanages. Ex Governor Northen leads the charity with a 26 member board. office is 710 Gould Building Atlanta.
Read carefully and save 20 percent on groceries today. Fresh eggs 20 cents per dozen, large hens 40 cents per pound, extra fine fries 37 1/2 cents, new potatoes 8 1/3 cents per pound, 25 pounds sugar 1.40 dollars, juicy lemons 23 cents per dozen, fine premium hams 19 cents per pound. This sale for today only.
A readable old program lists nightly acts with dates Monday through Wednesday featuring Jack Fine, Morton and Ray, and Edythe Rose on Thursday to Saturday with Slick and Cole and the Kenedys. The venue promises daily acts and three pictures each day as part of the show.
Collins store on College Avenue lists grocery specials with prices. Items include lemons 20 cents a dozen, Silver Tip flour 80 cents for 25 pounds, lard 10 pounds at $1.25, sugar 25 pounds at $1.40, Merry Widow flour 85 cents per sack, Arbuckle coffee one pound 25 cents, peanut butter 15 cents, corn flakes two for 15 cents, fresh country eggs per dozen 20 cents, mackerel 10 cents each or two for 15 cents, brown sugar four pounds 25 cents, and more.
A series of 19th century political notices announces campaign bids for Clarke County residents for various Georgia offices. Names include Frank A. Lipscomb, J. F. Rhodes, R. Toombs, W. H. Quarterman, W. A. Stevenson, and R. L. J. Smith, all declaring candidacies subject to the Democratic party and primary actions.
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