Short Notes of Interest from Athens Advertising Line
Various small notices promote services and goods in Athens. Insurance options with J C Jester and W L Erwin. olive cooking oil advertised as cheaper than lard. furniture handling by T V Hilley. house for sale or rent near Normal School via J B Wier. rental offer on Hancock avenue. Barred Rock eggs for sale by phone 883. Equitable Life Loan at 6 percent. potato plants from Nancy Hall to be delivered Apr–Jul with Florida/Southern Georgia growing points. A L Barwick, Watkinsville Ga.
Local Advertisements and Offers From Athens Area
Local notices advertise savings bank rates and deposits with 4 percent interest compounded semiannually. Also offers include a $50 scholarship to Athens Business College and daily Oasis Diner meals. Items for sale feature Indian motorcycle, park coffee, household furniture including piano, and sweet potato plants ready March 25. Employment seeks 25 women for shirt factory work on new machines.
Drink Linton Spring Water Ad
Linton Spring water advertised as pure with contact phone 504 for orders or inquiries.
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Linton Spring
United Doctors Open Athens Institute For Free Cures
The United Doctors announce the Athens Institute on the Shackelford building’s second floor opening tomorrow at 10 A M. They offer free examination and treatment for curable chronic diseases and promise results for cases accepted before April 1. The program stresses no charge beyond medicine costs and aims to cure previously incurable conditions.
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United Doctors’ New Athens Institute
Shackelford
Illinois
Wisconsin
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
United Doctors
Athens
Athens Institute of the United Doctors
Endorse Engineer Plan and Bond for Athens Waterworks
Residents broadly support the city engineer's plan and a bond issue to fund waterworks improvements. A large majority favor the plan with only a few raising conditions about pure supply and long term viability. The survey also urged dual intake from Sandy Creek and the river and rapid action to ensure health and adequate water for 1500 students and the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tibbetts
Waterworks Committee
Sandy Creek
Barnett
Head
Athens
County Officials Schedule Regular Meeting Today
The board of county commissioners will meet at 11 o clock in Clerk Tate Wrights office at the courthouse. Bills must be in by the first Tuesday of each month. those held will be deferred to the April 4 meeting. Office hours are 10 am to 1 pm 2 to 5 pm and 7 to 8 pm Sunday 10 to 12. Separate waiting rooms for white and colored.
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Board of County Commissioners of Roads and Revenue
Tate Wright
Ady
Spring cleaning supplies and O'Cedar mops on sale
This store touts ready stock for spring cleaning including cotton mops and brushes. O'CEDAR mops and polish are in demand with round and triangle mops priced at 75c and 1.25 dollars. Polish packages range 25c to 2.50 dollars. A two-mop combination set is offered for 1.25 dollars. A sanitary wall coating CALCEIMO is advertised along with refrigerators and ice cream freezers. Broad St. Phone 125.
Doctors Say Willard and Moran Ready for Bout
New York March 20 Dr Joseph M Creamer physician for the New York state athletic commission today examined Jess Willard and Frank Moran and pronounced both heavyweights in good physical shape for their bout here next Saturday The action was taken to allay adverse reports on their condition.
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Associated Press
New York
Joseph M. Creamer
New York State Athletic Commission
Jess Willard
Frank Moran
Tobacco goods used in Egypt and local smoking habits
The article notes limited tobacco sales in Egypt outside cigarettes. It describes native practice with cigarettes and tombac, a tobacco mix smoked in a water pipe. It says Greeks, Italians, and other Europeans smoke various forms, with higher grade cigars and pipe tobacco favored by the elite.
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Egypt
Wealth in Cocoanut Trees of Ceylon Valued at 187.5 Million
The cocoanut trees of Ceylon are valued at 187 million 500 thousand dollars according to the latest survey. The figure reflects the total estimated value of coconut plantations and standing trees across the island.
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Ceylon
Insurance Balance Sheet with Policyholders Surplus
A historic balance shows Total Assets of 31,889,091.16 with Unearned premiums 10,000,000.00 and reserves for losses in adjustment 2,384,518.34. It lists Capital 10,000,000.00 and Policyholders Surplus 20,462,343.55 against total 31,889,001.16.
Peggy at the Colonial reel stars Billie Burke in a Scottish tale
Lipscomb and Company presents Peggy with Billie Burke in the title role at the Colonial theater next Thursday and Friday with continuous 3 30 pm performances. Admission ranges 10 to 15 cents, 10 cents for children. The film is a fairy tale praised for Burke’s triumph and classic Scottish characters.
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Triangle Company
Peggy
Billie Burke
Miss Burke
Athens
William H. Thompson
New York
Thomas H. Ince
William Desmond
Highlands
German Officer Hid in Wife's Trunk to Cross Ocean
Captain Roewer a German army engineer crossed the Atlantic hidden in his wife's trunk. Detected by the British at Kirkwal he was interned according to Danish newspaper stories. Roewer escaped Japanese captivity at Kiaochow and reached New York before his wife sailed in a trunk.
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Ocean
London
Roewer
Atlantic
Kirkwal
Kiaochow
New York
Miniature black and white cat design coat pattern
Fashion note describes a children’s whipcord and satin coat with shawl collar and deep cuffs. It features a double breasted high waist and uses two yards of 54 inch whipcord and 34 yards of 40 inch satin to reproduce. Pictorial Review Coat No 6454 is sized for 2 to 10 years and priced at 15 cents.
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MR. Dearing
Berwin A To
Ambulanc
S Heathens Audit CO
Hart Masager
Pscomb
J. C. Jester
Athens Real Estate
W. L. Erwin
T. V. Hilley
Eodtt
Normal School
J. B. Wier
Prince Avenue
Hancock Avenue
Milledge
A. H. Davison
Equitable Life Loans
Nancy Hall
Porto Rico
Triumph
Jersey
Florida
South Georgia
Sutulm
A. L. Barwick
Watkinsville, Ga
J. T. Anderson
Bank IN
The
Athens Savings Bank
Athens Business College
P. O
the Oasis
Broad Street
Parke
Newport
King Hodgson Co
Broad St
Liggett-Myers
Dodson
Equitable Life
Holman Bldg
Mr. Lewis
Southern Queen
W. H.hobby
Rebecca, Ga
Mabel Normand
Roscoe Arbuckle
Strand
D. G. Anderson & Co
Clayton St
Athens, Ga
H. T. Huggins &Son
Thomson
Athens Engineering Company
the Continental (Fire) Insurance Company
Bullie Burke
Desmond
Frohman
Shubert
Broadway
Charles Ray
the Coward
Truly Shattuck
Thelma Salter
Nona Thomas
Gertrude Claire
J. J. Dowling
Fanny Midgeley
J. Frank Burke
Walt Whitman
Charles Miller
Clara DuBrey
Pictorial Review
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