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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1912
Page
8
A cluttered page lists local business promos and notices. J C Jester and W M Pittman offer savings on items like groves cheese and more. New Fane introduces a show today. Apartments for rent on Cobb Street near Carline. Pione and McGregor Co advertisements appear. Sweet peas for sale. Uptown Drug Co promotes bargains. Maxwell car for sale. Colonial sign claims cooler than outdoors.
All parties with accounts against the R. C. Arnold estate are urged to render them to W. S. Callaway. All debtors to the estate should call on W. B. Callaway at the store to settle accounts.
Real estate and goods ads appear with items such as a new 10 room house for rent starting June 1st, a large milk cow for sale, and a Suncrest Farm contact. Other notices mention Wear-Ever aluminum products, hotel calf requests, smaller rental options, and a lost Sigma Chi fraternity pin with pearls offering a reward at the Banner Office.
An advertisement touts Lloyd's Liver Act as a perfect substitute for calomel, claiming gentle, sure, pleasant action without inconvenience. Priced at 50 cents per bottle with a refund offer from H. R. Palmer & Sons if unsatisfied.
H. R. Palmer & Sons advertise Rheuma as a fast acting cure for rheumatism back pain and swollen joints. The ad claims it starts working immediately affecting kidneys liver stomach and blood with effects visible by tomorrow. It targets sciatica lumbago arthritis neuralgia and kidney disease offered for 50 cents with mail orders through Rheuma Co Buffalo NY.
A local retailer advertises a complete line of hammocks ideal for hot weather, promising the nicest selection in the city and inviting customers to see the full range in-store.
Classified notice offering a range of tennis goods, croquet sets, golf balls, and gymnasiums supplies. Includes requests for items and guidance on availability.
The chancellor conferred Doctor of Laws on McGregor Co. Govern Brown with Mrs. Brown in the audience expressing evident pleasure. Rev. N. M. L. Troutman received both Doctor of Divinity and Bachelor of Law degrees in a scene marked by a large turnout. Joseph H. Ross announced a bronze tablet memory gift for Miss Frierson, longtime university librarian.
Alumni society paid a moving tribute at their annual banquet to Miss Puss Frierson former librarian of the University who died recently in the city. The gathering recalled her forty years of service and her role in Georgia education noting she was among the first in the state to qualify for the Andrew Carnegie pension after thirty years of service.
At University Day the mood darkened as James Edward English of the University of Georgia Law School learned his mother perished in the Waycross fire. He stood with fellow graduates while news traveled by wire, then was driven to join relief efforts as friends offered sympathy. English had vowed to stay with his mother until he finished his degree.
Properties to be sold at public outcry on July 1 between 10 and 12. Includes an eight room two story building, two two story servant houses, three small outhouses on Hancock Avenue, a blacksmith shop on Washington Street, a six room two story house at Washington and Jackson, a large livery stable and sheds on Jackson Street known as the Carlton Stable. Located on the Carlton lot recently sold to Clarke County for a courthouse site. Purchaser has 30 days to remove. Tate Wright, Clerk. Jun 13-20-27. Also mentions a medicinal tonics for epidemic expectoration ad.
Very hot weather advertised as motive for day’s sale at 345 Broad Street. Read items to save money on Sea Island fabrics 2 7 8c, printed batiste 10c per yd, large sheets 39c, pillow cases 10c, soft finish Sea Island 29c for 10 yds, silk hose 28c, under vests 8c, linen skirts 98c, linen chambray 59c per 10 yds, lace and insertion 5c, children parasols 25c, white hats 89c, LaBlanche corsets 48c.
The NEW HAGLE CAFE offers turkeys and barbecue dinners daily during commencement with quick service. The notice invites ladies and gentlemen to visit, though it ends with an unusual plea for guests to give their “Puke” suggestion.
A brief fragment notes an important step in a person’s life, indicating a transition or milestone without full context or dates. The readable portion hints at personal growth and future plans, but specifics remain unclear from the OCR fragment.
The continuation lists honorees and degree recipients from the class years 1909 to 1910, naming graduates in Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Civil and Electrical Engineering, Agriculture, and Pharmacy. It includes Albert Amis Abbitt Nix as first honor man in law and details dozens of classmates and their hometowns, ending with a testimonial about Foley Kidney Pills from Mrs. M A McLaughlin of LaCrosse Wisconsin who reported relief after use.
The defective text asserts Catarrh is curable by constitutional treatment. It claims Hall's Catarrh Cure acts directly on the blood to destroy disease foundations and restore strength, presenting a broad remedy position across the country.
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