Fifty Thousand Dollar Plant Will Be Established Hire
The Athens Mattress and Spring Heal Co, a young local enterprise, reports rapid growth with orders exceeding capacity. Plans call for a large plant costing not less than fifty thousand dollars, plus extended machinery and a new building to house the expanding operation. The expansion aims to serve customers in Athens and surrounding areas, signaling strong local industry confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Mattress and Spring Heal Co
de Snec Fondnence
Cosdtochions
Cery
Georgia
Candidates for Wiley's Place Lead Montgomery Race Field
A crowd of contenders emerges for Wiley's seat in Montgomery’s district. Names cited include Laverne Pricke, Stamford’s William Tiedee, Troy’s Thomas Thal, and county figures Clive Heed Henry Gyppie with Parks possibly running. State examiners and legislators J Lee Vane and Partiett are also mentioned as potential contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomers
Ale
Weil
Othe
Wiley
Laverne
Goodwan
S. Ho Pent
Monteemery
William Tiedee Stamford
Troy
Thomas Thal
Monteemers
Cosington County
Clive Heed
Henry Oypye
Wo Ts Parks
Bricken Rune Parks
Bricket Crenshaw
HH VY
James S Brown Ends Life In Selma
Selma resident James S Brown a well known citizen attempted a long trial and despondence end his life by shooting himself through the heart with a shotgun this morning. The death occurred in Selma Alabama on June 20. Brown had faced a long period of hardship before his final act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ina. Ali
James S. Brown
Selma
Chamberlain's Pain Balm Advertised in Local Shops
An antiseptic liniment named Chamberlain's Pain Balm claims to prevent blood poisoning from cuts, bruises, or burns and to speed healing. It reportedly relieves burn pain almost instantly and is sold by H R Palmer and Sons, W J Smith and Bro, J P Canting, E McEvoy, Orr Drug Co, Atheis in Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain's
H. R. Palmer
Saloon Closures Reported in Cullman Alabama
Cullman Alabama reports indicate all salons shuttered last night with plans to reopen this morning. Prohibition enforcement claimed a legal victory as a court upheld the laws, challenging earlier rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cullinan
Ala
Ala- AU Osu
Allen's Foot-Ease promotes comfortable shoes and foot relief
Shake into your shoes powder relieves painful smarting nerves and growing nails. Instantly eases corns bunions and sweating or tired feet. The age’s greatest comfort discovery. trial package free. Sold by druggists and shoe stores. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Rilieves
S. Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
City Court Schedules Morning Session
City court will convene tomorrow at nine oclock. Jurymen and witnesses are notified. Trials set include Hale versus Wilson, Jones versus Moss, Stewart Iron Works versus Athens Marble Co, Moss versus Reaves, Mrs M Gillland versus City of Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cit
Hale
Wilson
Jones
Moss
Stewart Iron Works
Athens Marble Co
Reaves
Morris Named Southeast State Senate Candidate at Augusta
In Augusta on June 20 the eighteenth district state senatorial convention nominated Hon. W. S. Morris of Richmond County for the state senate. Judge T. F. Culk of Louisville presided as chairman and Morris, who would become senator-elect, was nominated by J. W. Whiteley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
W. S. Morris
Richmond County
State Senate
Louisville
Morris
J. W
T. Whiteley
New Building Planned on Lumpkin Street Corner
Yesterday Mr. Cobb Lumpkin bought the 30 by 100 foot Matthews property corner on Lumpkin Street from C. B. Griffith to erect a handsome two story brick building at once. The project signals future development and a row of new storefronts along the Lumpkin Washington front. Lumpkin backs Athens future and real estate growth.
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Cobb Lumpkin
C. B. Griffith
Matthews
Lumpkin Street
Lumpkin and
Washington Streets
Lumpkin
Athens
Married Daughter of Admiral Semmes Highlighted
Montgomery June 200 Gen Luke I Wright of Memphis soon to be secretary of war after Taft retires is a semindaw of the late Admiral Raphael Semmes. He married Miss Kate Semmes in Mobile with kin Electra Semmes Colston noted. Wright’s South praise follows his career and Tennessee welcome addresses.
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Montgomery
Aki
Luke I. Wright
Memphis
Taft
Raphael Semmes
Confederate States
Mary
Kate Semmes
Indaw
Mont
Electra Semmes Colston
Mobile
South
Wright
Alabama
Edgar Gardner [Murphy
Tennessee
Omiery
Bryce
Great Britain
Lyceum course planned for Winterville next winter
Winterville Georgia will host a lyceum course next winter after the contract was signed. The program features one musical attraction and four lectures by Ralph Bingham Marvin Williams and others at the Academy auditorium. Citizens look forward to considerable pleasure from the series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winterville
Ralph Bingham
Marvin Williams
Liverpool market opens with decline in cotton trading
Athens June 20 report notes the Liverpool market opening down 7 points while New York opens 16 points lower and recovers. The weekly statistics show strength in spot cotton but anticipate wide price fluctuations driven by speculators and short positions. Athens steady middling 12 1 2 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin & Welch
Athens
Liverpool
New York
Banks Ordered to File Stockholders Lists by July First
Georgia treasurer dispatched notices to all banks requiring a certified list of stockholders with names residences and share counts, sworn by bank officers, due on the first Monday in July. Banks must also submit biannual examination reports for auditing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Park
Georgia
Banking Bureau Act
Miss Birdie Gurley Dies After Brief Illness at Seventeen
Yesterday morning at Barrett street home of her step father J B McClurd Miss Birdie Gurley aged seventeen died after a brief illness contracted during a stay in South Georgia where she taught school. She was a First Methodist member and devoted to her work. Funeral at First Methodist Church this afternoon at four with pallbearers and Sunday school class from Barberville attending in a body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. McClurd
Barrett Street
Birdie Gurley
Miss Gurley
South Georgia
First Methodist Church
Young Our Hood
Barberville
Messrs
BR. W. Woods
Mercer Brouch
Roy Finchy
S. E. Woods
Harry Towns
Garnet
Cochran
A. ¥. Woods
Dilliard Sewell
Jesse James Here Tomorrow Night
Tomorrow night Athens hosts a Western spectacle J James by the W. Swain Company in a rainproof tent seating 2000. The show promises fidelity to the outlaw’s story from courtship to final ending with a free band concert at 7 30 and performance at 8 with tickets 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
J James
W. Swain
W. S. Swain
James
Jesse James
Tax Receiver Warns of Double Tax Risk
Tax Receiver Dorsey urges all residents to file tax returns immediately to avoid double taxation. He is finalizing lists, with only a few country registrants and about five hundred city residents remaining to hear from, to ensure all pay big taxes to the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsey
Comptroller
Lena
Five Negro Women Fined by Mayor for Disorder on Cleveland Avenue
Yesterday morning Mayor Dorsey fined five Black women Belle Owens Pearl Owens Susie Owens Dora Wilkins and Belle Creighton one dollar each with Belle Owens also paying 2.25 dollars for causing a disturbance on Cleveland avenue.
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Dorsey
Belle Owens
Pearl Owens
Susie Owens
Dora Wilkins
Belle Creighton
Cleveland Avenue
Longest Day Brings Heat With 91 Degree Record
The article notes the longest day of the year with sunrise at 4 47 and sunset at 6 52. It predicts hot weather if yesterday’s record holds, reporting a temperature of 91 degrees.
Short Notes of Interest and Classified Requests
A collage of notices from a Athens newspaper includes lost jewelry rewards for a gold bracelet, rental ads for apartments and a touring car with chauffeur, loan requests of three thousand dollars on Athens real estate, sale items from Huggins China House, and job offers for delivery drivers and barker training. Also mentions theater tickets for Athena Rebekah Lodge benefit and various home services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
A. Care Banner
Auto Strands on Damaged Street Car Track
Last night at about nine thirty Mr Tom Dozier driving with two young ladies on Prince avenue found street car tracks torn up by workers. With warning only twenty hours prior and the car between dirt piles the auto could not move. A street car coming fast stopped in time after Mr Devier leaped up the track to flag it. No one was hurt though the car was damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Dozier
Prince Avenue
L. D. DuBose
Faust
Devier
Classifieds and New Product Notes From Unclear Text
An OCR fragment lists infant medicine Castoria and a Freezer product claim, plus a Help wanted notice for Athens magazine subscriptions and a New York address. It mentions lime and cement supplies and a Huggins China House reference, all in disjointed ad-like lines. The piece reads as random trade items and job inquiry blurbs with no coherent event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Success Magazine
Man
Athens
Lugok
R. C. Peacock
Success Magazine Bldg
New York City
Botanic Blood Balm touted for extensive blood diseases
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a cure for primary to tertiary blood poisons and eczema rheumatism and related symptoms. It claims twenty five years of global cures, promises to purify blood and heal sores, with a one dollar per large bottle price directed at home use.
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Ealing
Athens, Ga
Banner
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta, Ga
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Athens Mattress and Spring Bed Co
Carolinas
Lyndon Mfg. CO
Oconee Street
J. S. King & Co
Band and Caches
Enterkimiment
Mammoth Rain Proof Pavilion
Ciood
A. T. Conway
Georgia National Bank
Wiley’s
Cullman
Sla
Washington
Mr. Cobb Lumpkin
Semmes
Luke E. Wright
Lyceum Course
Miss
Birdie
Gurley
Wellville
College Avenue
Clayton Pstreet
Dozier and Co
All Business Confidential Georgia Loan Co
Cure Fuel
J. C. Jester
Jackson Street
3. A. L. Depot
Banner Office
Moler Harbor College
Palmer & Sons
Huggins China House
Airdome ‘Theatre
Athena Rebekah Lodge, I. O. O. F
Airdome Theatre
Athena Rebekah Lodge
LO. O. F
Huggins Chins House
Klein & Martin
Hancock Avenue
A. J. Guerry
John Bird
City
W. A. Weatherly Grocery Co
E. G. Whitehead & Co
Clayton Street
Milledge Avenue
Jecast
Huggins Ching House
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