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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1912
Page
7
Classified items note real estate inquiries including Erwin & Company fire insurance, rental offers, and a request to share fire insurance with J C Jester. Also poultry breeding ads, egg prices, and prize winners. coal delivery, loans, room and board, and help wanted for hosiery mills. Location references include Indian Runner Ducks and Crescent farms in Georgia.
A dense, mixed set of late 19th or early 20th century classified notices from Athens. Includes savings bank ad offering 4 percent interest with January and July compounding, vehicle for sale a five passenger Chalmers touring car, coal and ice ads, room and table boarder wanted, prize-winning eggs offered, shoe repairs and prices, rent notices for a four room cottage, horse and wagon ads, wallpaper services, safe for sale, garden seeds, and more small notices about lost items and local services. Names include Lipscomb, F G Birchmore, Geo W Burney, A H Davenport, and J HAnon.
The Redfern corset rooms announce an expert carset iere from their design rooms will advise on corset fashion and provide personal fittings for a limited time. The new Redfern models are designed for season style. durable yet light flexible and soft to fit the body and enhance the figure with suppleness and poise.
Sam E Woods of Georgia submits the first tentative lineup for Coach Anderson’s Clemson opener at Sanford Field with Hutchins at first Brannen second Covington third Belcher short McWhorter center Ginn left Saxon right and Thomp son Thomp son listed as a pair on March 21 1912
For rent a ten room house suitable for boarding or two families. Klein & Martin. Also found a lady's brown long glove at Banner office for 300 cents. Want to buy a house and lot in good locality with vacant lot as part payment. Address M care Banner. 2t fri&sun.
Two days remain for Nordica concert subscribers to reserve seats today and Saturday. Regular public sale starts Tuesday morning next week with rush for the best seats. subscribers enjoy prior selection, otherwise they must choose from remaining options next week.
Manager George Stallings arrived last night to take charge of the Bisons. He will put his players through daily practice sessions, morning and afternoon, at Sanford Field as they begin the season. The grounds on Chase Street Park are still improving, but two strong practices were held yesterday and the crew shows promising form.
Acting Commander S. W Bailey of Cobb-Delaney United Veterans of the Confederacy asks The Banner to publish a call for all camp members planning to attend the reunion to register their names with Capt. John S. McKie at the city hall or by phone No. 16. The aim is to estimate the number traveling to the great assembling of the hosts in gray.
Friends report Mr W A Capps, confined at home ten days with grippe, is improving and left yesterday for a few weeks in Florida to regain strength and health.
An advertisement touts Rexall 93 Hair Tonic with claims to grow hair, prevent baldness, stop dandruff, and renew roots in 93 of 100 cases. It guarantees refunds if unsatisfied, praises easy use and fragrance, and lists 50c and 1.00 sizes sold at The Rexall Store H R Palmer & Son's Drug Co.
A new five subscriber line on Tallassee road connected to the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company Athens exchange. Subscribers include JM Fowler A J Lester J Coester J B Fowler and S P Kenney Jr. The line links rural Clarke county residents to telephonic service with Athens users enabling economical lines for farmers statewide.
Wier of this city showed to The Banner a collection of Spanish coins handed down through his family. The coins, dated 1781 1786 1791 and 1804, are worn silver pieces nearly the size of a half dollar but thinner, bearing the coat of arms and the inscription Del Gratia Carolus III. They are strung on wire and have initials recorded by date. Wier notes one 1781 coin once fetched twenty dollars.
Notice informs concerned parties that an application for a beer license will be presented at the next regular council meeting after ten consecutive appearances of the advertisement. Location cited is No 185 Washington Street Philadelphia March 22, 1912.
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