Short Notes of Interest from Local Advertisements
Small items include Lipscomb's Insurance offer to divide fire coverage with J C Jester and loans on Athens real estate by W L Erwin. Fears Stables advertises moving services and a phone number. Webb Crawford sells a horse and mule. A typewriter bargain is offered. The Oasis in Broad Street serves regular dinners. A two story eight room house on Hancock Avenue is for rent. Bargains list a dray horse and a Harley motorcycle. Broadsheet notices from the police department. GRO Bolton's advert promises excellent food.
Athens savings bank offers 4 percent interest on deposits
The Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded January 1 and July 1. Deposits received from 1.68 up. Also lists sales and notices for items including a Stradivarius violin, hens, olive oil, farm produce, and employment at Lewish Shirt Factory. Contact P O Box 94 Athens Ga.
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Bank IN
Athens
Athens Savings Bank
Mount Vernon Lodge Called Communication Held March 16 1916
A called communication of Mount Vernon Lodge No. 22 F and A M will be held on Thursday evening March 16 1916 at 8 o'clock on the third floor of the Max Joseph building. Work in the Entered Apprentice degree. All qualified brethren invited. By order of W M J H McKinnon and secretary Jnc G Quinn.
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Mount Vernon Lodge
Max Joseph
J. H. McKinnon
W. M
Jnc. G. Quinn
Specific Against Colds Ad Suggests Remedial Use
The article promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a helpful treatment for colds, recommending a sleeping porch or open bedroom and a cold sponge bath each morning to reduce severity. It notes the remedy is for sale by all dealers and urges trial.
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Chamberlain
United Doctors open Athens institute with free first patients
The United Doctors announce a new Athens institute in the Holman building at Clayton and Lumpkin streets. They offer free examination and treatment for early cases until April 1, with charges only for medicines and distribution.
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United Doctors
Athens
Athens Institute
Holman
Blue Bird Day at the Vaudette Highlights Opera of Hop the Devils Brew
The Vaudette changes its weekly Blue Bird feature from Friday to Thursday. Today Smalley and Lois Weber star in Hop, the Devil's Brew, a dramatic opium trade tale praised as gripping. News pictures and daily updates from four Mexico masscre center photos shown alongside the new service.
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Vaudette
Smalley
National Bank of Athens
Columbus
N. M
Mexico
Taday
Georgia orders statewide drainage survey and potash sericrite find
The Georgia Geological Board authorized a statewide drainage survey led by Dr. S W McCallie after a partial survey in several areas. The board highlighted potash bearing sericrite in Pickens and Gilmer counties with about 10 percent potash, noting fertilizer firms test extraction amid wartime potash shortages.
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Atlanta
State Geological Board
McCabie
Pickens
Gilmer
Harris
Phil Cook
W. J. Speer
Clifford Walker
J. D. Price
Pfitz R. Jones
New Pattern Colonial Glassware Offer
A local advertiser promotes a light weight colonial pattern china line including pitchers bowls nappies fruit saucers and plates. The store claims the most complete dining room and kitchen furnishings with prices across ranges and single pieces or sets available. Special Tungsten electric lamp prices remain in effect and customers are urged to phone orders. You can find it at the retailer.
Medals to 1758 Southern Railway employees for long service
President Harrison plans to award 1,758 Southern Railway workers with bronze medals for over 25 years of continuous service. Presentations will occur in Washington and at Alexandria Greensboro Charlotte Atlanta Birmingham Knoxville St. Louis between March 15 and March 22.
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Washington
Southern Railway Company
Fairfax Harrison
Harrison
Alexandria
Greensboro
N. C
Charlotte
Atlanta
Birmingham
Knoxville
St. Louis
Victor Brennen
New York
United States Director of Mints
North Georgia
Insurance Balance Sheet Shows Solid Policyholder Surplus
The financial statement lists assets totaling 31 889 091 16 including bonds real estate loans and cash. Liabilities show unearned premiums 10 000 000 00 losses in progress 525 857 15 and other claims 300 890 46 with reserves for contingencies and a dividend payable January 3 1916. Net surplus stands at 10 462 343 66 and policyholders surplus 20 462 348 56.
Industrial progress in the Southeast noted in week’s index
The Industrial Index reports a surge of growth in Alabama pig iron output, Savannah sugar refinery plans, Savannah warehouse system incorporation, Columbus cotton mill expansion, Palm Beach estate plans, Miami real estate activity, Chattanooga steel plant contracts, road bond sales in Pinellas County to pave 73 miles of highways, and rising railway construction. President Wilson agrees to attend Detroit World’s Salesmanship Congress, signaling focus on industrial readiness and trained manpower.
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Columbus
The
Industrial Index
Alabama
Savannah
Palm Beach
Fla
Miami
Chattanooga
Tenn
Pinellas County
Florida
Wilson
Detroit
H. W. Ford
Saxon Motor Company
Congress
Washington
Europa
Hugh Chalmers
Chalmers Motor Company
Clairvoyants Draw Crowds as Wellness Trends Fade
A New York Evening Sun note mocks public fascination with clairvoyants while advising readers to seek practical help from medical professionals such as osteopaths. It frames mind reading as a fad and urges healthier, evidence based approaches.
Room in Order Saves Nerves
A magazine note says order and system are vital to a working woman. A Sunday spent planning and arranging her room and belongings brings weeks of calm and comfort for someone employed six days a week away from home.
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Lfe
Bank Statement Affidavit in Clarke County Georgia
A sworn statement from Hugh H. Gordon Jr President of Commercial Bank of Athens lists liabilities and balances as of a filed bank record in Clarke County Georgia. The document records various monetary figures including 50 000 dollars and other numeric totals.
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Georgia
Clarke County
Hugh H. Gordon, Jr
Commercial Bank of Athens
Hugh H. Go! JR
G. F. Stephenson
Clarke Ga
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MR. Dearing
Eirward& Co
Athens Audit CO
Lipscomb
Insurance
J. C. Jester
W. L. Erwin
Webb & Crawford
L. C. Smith & Bros
Broad Street
Hancock Avenue
Milledge
A. H. Davison
Police Department
L. E. Brooks
GRO. Bolton’s
J. T. Anderson
Athens Business College
P. O. Box
Athens, Ga
Stradivarius
Barber Street
Bermuda
Cleveland
Lewish Shirt
Foundry Street
Cha
GEO. Bolton's
D. G
Anderson .& Co
Clayton St
Holman Building
Clayton and
Lumpkin Streets
Athens Engineering Company
Geological Board OF Georgia
Adv
H. T. Huggins & Son
Broad St
Mlle. Marie Goldsmith
Roscoff
France
Delage
the Continental (Fire) Insurance Company
New York Evening Sun
the Commercial Bank of Athens
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