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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1911
Page
8
A jumble of ads and notices from Erwin & Company includes real estate for sale at 866 River St, poultry supplies, a bargain 8 room house, and various wants such as an automobile driver and a night-watchman. Also pages note train schedules for Athens, Ga, and listings for fresh produce, pigeons, and hardware items.
Local items list services and offers from Lipscomb & Co. Athens Savings Bank promotes 4 percent interest with semiannual compounding. Ads for real estate, used cars, shoe repair, eggs, and canned goods from Massey & Skelton. Lost items include a rhinestone slipper buckle and pocket-change parcels. Berkshire pigs for sale and employment for an automobile driver at Davison Nicholson Co.
Timetable notes for Gainesville Midland routes with daily and Sunday departures and arrivals. Also multiple health product pitches for Electric Bitters and Chamberlains remedy, plus local sales notices and an administrator sale listing in Clarke County Georgia.
H R Hannah a 35 year old Carrollton cotton buyer arrived in Atlanta and checked into the Terminal hotel on June 22. He climbed to a narrow fifth floor window and leaped to the sidewalk, dying ten minutes later. Eyewitnesses said the act appeared deliberate. no note or motive was found. The body was removed to Greenberg and Bond.
Canning season now on with fruit jars jelly tumblers jar tops rubbers and preserving kettles in stock. Mason jars and wide mouth Schram automatic self sealing jars in various sizes quarts and half gallons available by phone order.
The market report shows New York cotton prices with open and close levels for several quoted months including August October December January March and specific bid ranges. Liverpool markets close for holiday.
The University of Georgia yesterday awarded Col. Nathaniel E. Harris of Macon the LL.D. degree. Friends in Macon and across the state congratulated him as a longtime educator advocate, noting his more than 25 years of service to Georgia education.
An advertisement offers a two story ten room house with all necessary out-buildings for sale. The offer specifies payment terms of 1-3 cash and 1-3 in one year and 1-30 in two years, with the property located near the Post Office.
The Athens YMCA invites youths to a two week camp July 11 to 24 in the North Georgia mountains on the Chattahoochee river near Tallulah Falls. Costs total 12.90 including rail fare gear and meals. Organizers tout natural scenery, swimming and fishing while urging contact with association men for details.
The article recalls a professor who shaped Georgia education over decades. He helped establish a school of technology, chaired its board, and served on the University of Georgia and Wesleyan boards for combined generations. The faculty honored him as a fit subject for high recognition.
The Telegraph reports Colonel Harris marked a quarter century of service with the university. He deflects praise, noting both Tech and Georgia held historic commencements, as Macon shares in the honor. Foley Kidney Pills advertisement asserts kidney and bladder regulation.
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