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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1909
Page
9
Property offers improvement potential and a nice income prospect. The owner highlights favorable value appreciation. Three lots sized 22 by 110 feet across two blocks of the Southern Mutual Ae available for 835 dollars.
Prospective buyers are invited to inspect the plat and discuss terms. The ad mentions a $500.00 amount and urges quick decision on the available lots, highlighting rapid sale potential.
For sale listings include a 5 room cottage near Prince Ave and town, a new double floored storm sheltered cottage, an eight room house on a top street, and a country option four miles out with 25 acres. Prices are offered with flexible terms and emphasis on conveniences and location. A farm with an old oak grove home is within Athens city limits.
Full list of available vacant lots in every Athens area with bargains. Prices start at $200 and up. See us for details and offerings.
An ad offers a newly arranged six room cottage near a normal school for 15 dollars. A large storeroom on Thomas Street near Broad is listed for 30 dollars.
Diseases of the skin including eczema tetter and barber's itch cause intense itching and disturbance of sleep. Quick relief is found by applying Chamberlain's Salve which allays itching and smarting almost instantly. Many cases cured by its use. For sale by W W. J and ERG P. Canning. aa ls
Dry wood for one dollar, cleaning and pressing services on Clayton street, and mission furniture dealer info. Fire insurance offerings from Lipscomb & Co. plus ads for fruit, poultry, rental room, strayed mule, partner wanted, dentistry, barber training, and several sale notices. Intricate local classifieds with multiple names and numbers.
Athens plans a poultry show featuring hundreds of Georgia chickens led by George T. Hodgson. He cites Petaluma California success, where improved breeds and better management boosted annual egg production to millions, arguing state colleges should back poultry work and urging affordable fine stock for farmers.
Interested in poultry raising and I' would be glad to give them any information he may have. He would also be glad for anyone interested in the proposed poultry exhibit to call on him and discuss the matter. Catholic Church service by Father McVeigh of Atlanta tomorrow at 10 30 AM with Stations and Benediction at 8 PM. Mercury murder phrase aside. Dr King New Life Pills advertised to prevent appendicitis and cure various ailments. 25 cents at local stores.
In New Haven on March 1 amateur wrestlers gathered for mat contests to determine the Intercollegiate Wrestling League championships. Represented schools include Columbia Yale Princeton Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania with events from featherweight to heavyweight.
As advertised T purchased a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and found it true to the ads. Three of the family used it with good results in summer complaints. H. E. Howe, publisher of the Press, Highland, Wis. For sale by H. R. Palmer & Sons, Orr Drug Co., W. J. Smith & Bro., E. C. McEvoy, L. P. Canning.
The Pope received many congratulations and gifts on his name day in Rome. He celebrated Mass with members of the Sacred College but did not deliver a formal address due to partial illness. An accompanying testimonial recalls Foley’s Orine Laxative saving a three year old’s life.
The Interstate Commerce Commission session in Minneapolis opens with focus on Lake and rail rates versus all rail rates for flour and grain shipments. Southern editors prepare for the annual Southern Press Association meeting in Montgomery with ample arrangements and anticipated large attendance.
The New York Cotton exchange shows tone steady for middling at 9.70 to 9.80 cents, with quiet activity. Liverpool prices similarly muted with middling at 4.97 to 5.00. Also notes a meeting in Atlantic City as librarians from New Jersey and Pennsylvania gather for their thirteenth annual joint association session featuring speakers from Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania.
Chicago quotations dominate the ex Cotton Oil Market with steady tone. Washington prepares an aggressive Western public land fraud probe backed by a $1,000,000 appropriation and a large field force as commissioners seek to reclaim lands alleged to have been fraudulently acquired. Horse-and-buggy era telephony praises long distance talk as a highlight of modern service.
Wilmington quiet at 9c and Norfolk steady around 9 3 8c. Baltimore nominal 9 3 8c. Boston quiet 9 70 100c. Philadelphia quiet 9 95 100c. Houston dull 9 516c. Augusta steady 9 5 16c. St Louis quiet 9 7 16c. Louisville steady 9 5 16c. Memphis quiet 9 3 8c.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsers Walding Kinnan Marvin declare J Cheney trustworthy. Cure taken internally and marketed by Toledo druggists at 75 cents per bottle. Also Hall's Family Pills recommended for constipation.
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