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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1916
Page
8
Local notices list insurance exchanges and loans by Lipscomb and Jester. Athens real estate loans offered by W L Erwin. Local produce from King Hodgson Co. and W A Williamson includes beans squash eggplants and fruit. Rentals include a two story eight room house on Hancock Avenue and a furnished nine room car line house. Also sale offers for a used sewing machine and a $50 scholarship to Athens Business College.
A collage of advertisements from Williamson's produce to Equitable Life loans. The page lists offers on groceries like tomatoes cauliflower peppers and olives plus plant bulbs and potato slips. Also traffic for rental rooms and houses, a Cadillac for sale, farm and city loans, and a reward for a lost watch.
Herring-Hall-Marvin Safes advertise the highest type of fire and burglar protection for valuable papers as a safety measure.
Special to the Banner reports many prominent Georgia men and women will travel to New Orleans for the Southern Conference for Education and Industry from April 16 to 20. The gathering aims to practical improvements for southern municipalities and social religious and economic betterment.
A Saxon roadster described as a bargain at 325 dollars was won in a Herald contest and has never left the garage. Call 567-L for details.
A group from Atlanta including Masons Pythians and Woodmen of the World plan to attend Athens Georgia on April 11 for the unveiling of a massive electric American flag over city hall. Parades by secret orders and public exercises are planned. the flag is among the largest of its kind in the country and one of the first in the South.
Henry B. Walthall Edna Mayo Naomi s Robert Gail lord Joseph Kilgour Virginia Pearsons and Bobby Connelly lead the Strand bill. The Strange Case of Mary O Page and The Writing on the Wall headline the program with a dramatic fire scene added for realism.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as the best 10 cent laxative for liver and bowels. It promises relief from headaches dizziness and stomach misery by cleansing bile gases and constipation, ending with health happiness and a clear head.
The Grady Avenue Sewing Club met yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Samuel B. Wingfield with Mrs. Campbell hosting and assistance from Mrs. Wingfield and Miss Elizabeth Wingfield. Members listed included Mrs. Simmons Mrs. Crook Mrs. O Kelley Mrs. Galloway Mrs. Hubert and others. The club plans to meet next on the second Tuesday in April with several hostesses named. Mr. William Slade is returning to Columbus today.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt told the house naval committee the United States should restore its navy to second rank as soon as possible. He argued the U S could outpace Germany in naval supremacy and favored a larger program than the administration's five year plan. He warned England's war experience shows the need for 225000 sailors in war.
Atlanta march 28 doves will not be harmed by the court of appeals decision invalidating the baiting ban in the game law. The bunting season has closed and a feral law prohibits killing native game birds or fish in the locality.
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