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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
8
The Athens high school baseball squad, sharpened in recent weeks, prepares for a home game on April 4. Richmond County Academy, a longtime rival, will visit for what promises to be a spirited Struggle.
An advertisement extols Dodson's Liver Tone, a pleasant vegetable liquid to aid liver function and relieve constipation without harming adults or children. It claims no bad after effects, a 50 cent price, a guarantee of satisfaction or money back, and warns to avoid imitations.
The McGregor Co displays a line of genuine carbon print pictures in sepia mounts, copies of famous paintings, hard to tell from real Copley prints. On sale Saturday at 10 am with prices 25c each or 6 for $1.00, offer of free prints with framing at regular frame price. Remember the sale time.
Col. Thomas J. Shackelford returned from Atlanta after a conference with Senator Hoke Smith about appointing a successor to Hon. Carter Tate as attorney for the northern district of Georgia. He said the current view is that no appointment will be made before Tate’s term ends on April 1 next year due to a bad mix up.
Last night about six o'clock Miss Ocie Akins died at her Foundry street home. She was fifteen and reportedly died of fever. She leaves a father and mother, three sisters, and three brothers. The family moved to this city from Greene County. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Classic City Council No 315 U C T S of A will hold a called meeting Saturday night March 29 in the Elks Home Council Room at 8 30 o clock. All brothers urged to attend as business of importance is to be disposed of.
In a Davison Nicholson show window yesterday a striking display highlighted the extension cooking school led by Prof Sam Harris. A boiled fish and a planked steak showcased what Athens cooks have learned, and the pieces are described as among the finest ever seen.
The Athens Georgia city government calls a municipal election for the Fourth Ward to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alderman B. Y. Harris. The election will be held April 8 1913 at the County Courthouse within usual voting hours. The notice is published by Clerk W. L. Wood ten days prior in the Athens Daily Banner.
A late night chimney fire alarm at the University of Georgia campus was triggered by a gale. Fire crews responded after a 1 am call, but no blaze occurred beyond the chimney as the department contained the incident.
A strong wind knocked a tree onto power lines around the S A L and Southern railway stations last night. After crews cut away the tree, electric service resumed with little delay and minimal loss.
An old advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a gentle cleansing laxative for liver and bowel sluggishness. It claims benefits such as relief from headachy bilious days, indigestion, and restless nights, and warns against imitations while urging readers to buy the California Fig Syrup Company product.
Spring Goods featuring freezers 1 to 8 quarts priced at 1.25 each. Includes refrigerators ice boxes water coolers water filters and white lined opal refrigerators. Also offers cotton mops mop wringers cedar mops O Cedar products floor brushes cob web brushes calcimo wall colors and household wares china glass aluminum tin enamel earthenware with quick delivery.
Beginning tonight through the week the Lawrence Players stage a four act melodrama My Dixie Girl set in Kentucky with a feud story. It features well written dialogue, excellent staging and special scenery promising a top engagement.
The Five Hundred Club held its third social at the YMCA last night with an informal reading of D G Bickers poems. The event drew many new members who pledged ongoing support, with ice cream and cake served as refreshments.
Athens residents with kin in western storm zones and in Ohio valley flood areas express anxiety. Capt. William Bassinger, brother of Mrs. C. M. Strahan, recently moved to Omaha to lead Union Pacific passenger service after the Harriman line split. He has not been heard from since yesterday morning, easing fears only when wires carried news. Miss Baxter of Lucy Cobb Institute, whose father serves with the army in Omaha, remained uneasy for days until assurances arrived via telegraph.
Yesterday morning Messrs T H and A W Dozier received a cablegram consisting of one word Arrival signed by J H Dozier who left the city with C D Flanigen for a Panama Canal visit before water is turned into the ditch. The one word gram cost a dollar to send.
Real estate and financial ads include Erwin & Company promoting fire insurance and savings at 4 percent interest with semiannual compounding. Athens Savings Bank invites deposits from $1.00, with summer rent for a furnished Mell Street house and April 1st possession. Listings show a $3,000 city real estate loan via DuBose & DuBose, piano tuning services by Emil Walter, a for sale 8 room house at Grady and Boulevard, and a private family board request with references.
A newspaper ad promotes Wilson's Freckle Cream with a money back guarantee if freckles are not removed or faded. It claims removal of tan and pimples, offers 50 cent jars and mammoth jars for a dollar, and notes mail order availability through R. Palmer & Sons.
Short notes list rental houses on Grady avenue Cobb Street and near business sections. Also ads for painting contracting Gypsening and a cat alogue offer and eggs for sale plus hotel boarders and an illustrated notice. Names include J C Jester A B Moler and W A Jester with contact phones.
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