Short Notes of Interest From These Advertisements
An array of small ads details services and goods in Athens. Listings include insurance shares from Lipscomb, a large savings bank offering 4 percent interest, used organs, moving services with wagons, cotton mill labor opportunities in Porterdaile, rental housing on Milledge Avenue and Cobb Street, vehicle sales including Ford trucks and touring cars, Velvet Bean products, Pearl White Shortening, furniture refinishing, and job requests for travelers.
Go Slow. A Cervantes Lesson For Gentle Readers
An aphorism on caution quotes Cervantes urging restraint in wit to avoid dulling insight. The note suggests measured humor suits thoughtful minds and invites careful speech in daily discourse.
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Cervantes
Oddities and Quotations From Early 20th Century Papers
A collage of witty quips and satirical notes from Philadelphia and Boston newspapers. It includes a lighthearted mock adage about the gentler sex using powder as a weapon and a quip about proving extravaggance to one's wife. Also lists eight “points of law” and a short note on milk as a cutting lubricant in a Chicago gear plant.
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Chicago
Meteorological Motto from Christian Herald
A weather motto credits divine sun and rain to aid farming while the farmer bears the task of plowing. The saying reflects a biblical weather ethic and rural work ethic from the Christian Herald.
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Christian Herald
Old Valddr college YIM joins new marriage pact
The article outlines an "individual marriage" between a woman and Benjamin Marsh at Old Valddr college YIM. It says she keeps her own name and thoughts but they share in daily toil and expenses, with equal spending on dinners and outings. It muses on who bears the children’s name. Also includes a medical note about Chamberlain's Tablets for various ailments.
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Old Valddr College Yim
Benjamin Marsh
Husband & Co
Uncle Eben’s wisdom on making and managing paths
Uncle Eben asserts a man must be smart to gain his own way and even smarter to handle it once obtained. The remark reflects frontier pragmatism and self reliance in a folksy voice.
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Uncle Eben
Witty reporter notes on bride and husband
A Grand Rapids News item mocks a bride who attempted suicide when her husband was away, remarking she would make a fine wife for a rich invalid. The light tone reflects old column style.
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Grand Rapids
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Prince Avenue
Mr. Stark
Athens
E. K. Lumpkin
Erwin & Company
J. D. Bradwell
Clarke
Lea
Lipscomb
Insurance
J. C. Jester
Gale
Fione
Kay, Craw‘ford
Williams Bros
Phare
Porterdale
W. A. Woodrufy
Bibb Manufacturing Company
W. A. Wood, Rufy
Bigg Manufactur Ing Company
Milledge Ave
Louis Camak
Athens Overland Co
Ford
Mith Brokerage Co
Tennille
Thomas Bros
Sweed
Cobb St
Erwin & Co
Tuthueu
J. E. McBrady
Milledge
Dearing
Claude Tuck
J. T. Anderson Weal Estate and Fire Insurance
College Ave
Gaugedale Greenhouses
D. G. Anderson & Co
Clayton Street
Athens Engineering CO
the Commercial Bank of Athens
Resources
Serene Cee Ten Lees
Clearing House
Aca
Georgia
Clarke County
Hugh H. Gordon, Jr
Commercial Bank of Athens
Hugh. H. Gordon, JR
Dobbs
N. P
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Boston Evening Transcript
Selwyn
City of London
iThe Peoples Bank
J. H. Hubert
People’s Bank
D. G. Bickers
Flegnor Taylor
Lipscomb & Co
Ins
Frank A. Lipscomb
O. B
Detroit
Mich
Staxwell
County Motor Company
Clayton A la
Levy's
Onge
Athens Railway & Electric Company
Hancock and College
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