Short Notes of Interest in Athens Advertisements
Local notes advertise insurance by Lipscomb and J C Jester. Money for loans on Athens real estate via W L Erwin. Rentals available on Hancock Avenue near Milledge. Goods for sale include a sewing machine and a Cadillac touring car. Dining offered at The Oasis. Also listed are sweet potato plants ready for shipment March 25 and a $50 scholarship to Athens Business College. Two mules with wagon available on Georgia Avenue. Advertisements mention agricultural lime from Dozier & Company.
Savings Bank and Plant Advertisements in Athens
The Athens Savings Bank offers tiered savings interest with deposits from 1.08 dollars and compounding on January 1 and July 1. Also featuring agricultural ads for sweet potato and tomato plants, pepper plants, and bulbs with postpaid plant deals. Rentals and livestock sales listed include three-room rental on a car line and two fresh milk cows for sale.
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R Bank
Athens
Athens Savings Bank
H. Lightfoot
Altoona
Fla. 8
Protagonist Gripes About Common Phrases
Grant P. Smith rails at the village crowd in a sharp outburst. He mocks the habit of saying you know and claims he knows far more than people tell him, including trivial items from his own book.
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Mr. Smith
Grant P. Smith
Kansas City Star
Interpreter outlines eightfold path to Nirvana
A Buddhist interpreter explains the eightfold path as a guide to Nirvana and freedom from craving. It covers right comprehension, resolution, speech, livelihood, efforts, thoughts, and a tranquil mind.
Character Counts and Silence Power in Truth
A concise reflection on moral integrity and quiet strength, noting that a man who lives rightly wields influence through his silence more than others wield with words. The comparison to bells suggests integrity echoes outward, shaping perception beyond speech.
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Phillips Brooks
Foley's Honey and Tar ad promising trial package
An old advertisement urges readers to cut out the slip and mail it with 5 cents to Foley & Co. Chicago for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets, via H. R. Palmer & Sons.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Ill
Foley
H. R. Palmer & Sons
A. G. Wells
Route 5
Rocky Mount
N. C
Trouble-Worry Cooperation and Local Manufacturing Claims
An Athens clothier touts low costs and in-house production claiming suits cheaper than New York or Baltimore makers. The ad promotes factory tours, customer trust, and local employment while detailing consumer savings and factory transparency.
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Athens
New York
Baltimore
Head & McMahan
Manufacturing Clothiers
Willard Moran Heavyweight Title Bout Promoted For Tomorrow
The world heavyweight champion Jess Willard will defend against Frank Moran in a ten round New York bout promoted by Tex Rickard with a purse near 150000 dollars. Gate receipts around 140000 dollars are anticipated as tickets sell out, and ringside seats fetch high prices. Moran aims to upset the champion with reach and height advantages and a planned left hand attack, while the referee Charley White will serve as third man in the ring.
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Associated Press
New York
Jess Willard
Frank Moran
Tex Rickard
Johnson Jeffries
Gans Nelson
Rickard
Willard
Moran
Reno
Nev
Madison Square Garden
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Pittsburg
Madison Square
Kansas
Charley White
White
Willard-Moran
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MR. Dearing
Berwin & Co
THE
Athens and Coo
Phonz
Lipscomb
Iinsurance
J.C. Jester
Athens Real Estete W. L. Erwin
Hancock Avenue
Milledge
Ia. H. Davison
Baldwin Street
the Oasis
Broad Street
Equitable Life
Holman Bidg
Nancy Hall
Porto Rico
Southern Queen
W. H. Hobby
Rebecca, Ga
Athens Business College
P. O. Box
Athens, Ga
Georgia Avenue
M. L. Hampton
Dozier & Company
J. T. Anderson
Equitable Life Loans
Care Banner
J. W. Miller
Oglethorpe Ave
Normal School
Sir W. Drummond
D. G. Anderson & Co
Clayton St
Athens Engineering Company
Pottowatomie County
Tom McMahon
Youngstown
Ohio
Dan Daily
Buffalo
N. Y
K. O
George Rodel
Atlanta
Jack Johnson
Havana
Cuba
Cleveland
Paris
Bombardier Wells
London
Sergt. Regan
Aldershot
J. Bennett
Salisbury Plains
George Simms
Jim Coffey
Jeffries Corbett
Coney Island
Corbett McGovern
Hartford
Conn
Johnson-Jeffries
Reno, Nev
Pictorial Review
Gary
Practical Flamé Dress Making
Losfons
Belleian
Sncnes
Trice
Sol J. Boley Co
Broad St
Leeve
Liipssscomsss & Co
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