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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1912
Page
8
Real estate broker H P Hinton advertises residence and office contact numbers. Residence phone 254 Office phone 262. Trustworthy local agent offering property listings and services.
Yesterday afternoon the Sluggers of Clayton Street defeated the Whippoorwills 26 to 20 in a well played game. Slugger lineup featured Kit Cox at catcher and Max Cutler at first with Ed Davis at second and Calvin Fears at third. Whippoorwills lineup included W B Thornton, Joe Finkenstein at second, Tad Parker catching, and Geo Thornton in center.
Special to the Banner from Atlanta reports evangelist Carlyle B. Haynes preaching that the Great Seal of Jehovah marks the Sabbath of the fourth commandment. He links seal to God’s law, identifying Jehovah as Creator and ruler of heaven and earth, urging adherence to Sabbath observance. Also notes a garden club cancellation at State Agricultural College.
Southern Atlanta 3 Memphis 9 Mobile 9 Birmingham 0 Montgomery 6 New Orleans 2 Nashville 0 Chattanooga 2 Nashville 1 Chattanooga 2 in the Southern division. Jacksonville 3 Albany 4 Columbia 6 Columbus 0 Macon 0 Savannah 11 in the South Atlantic. Boston-New York and Brooklyn-Philadelphia games rained out. Chicago 3 Detroit 4 Cleveland 8 St Louis 3 New York-Washington rain Philadelphia 1 Boston 6 in the American. All International games postponed. Georgia 5 North Carolina 6 Vanderbilt 6 Mississippi 4 Mercer 6 Wake Forest 2 in college play.
Short notices for insurance, plant orders around April 25, and a variety of classifieds. Items include fire insurance dialogue with J. C. Jester, plant deliveries listing tomato and pepper varieties, tobacco dust for mites on chickens, woolen clothes storage, pharmacy products, stationery sale, fresh home grown strawberries, plume cleaning services, lost bundle notice, reward for a Judge edition, room rental, oak posts for sale, auto rental, job ads for barber training, furniture and stove discounts, rental houses, table boarders, and a 1912 Cadillac roadster for sale.
Short notes from a 1920s classified page list items including gas savings, auto tires from Sparks Vulcanizing Co, rental ads for two six room houses on Cobb street and near car fit seater, phone contact 951, stock taking sale through June 1 offering discounts on rebuilt and typewriters from McGregor Co, another rent notice for two unfurnished units at 137 Summer street, and tomato plants offered by Suncrest Farm.
Col Neyle Colquitt, a Georgia manager for the Underwood campaign, says a list of Fulton County Club members is genuine and the largest political club list published in Georgia. He notes 6 028 members and refutes a dispatch alleging the list is contrived, arguing price offers from the Atlanta Journal proved their claim.
An ad invites attendance at a May Festival on Saturday May 4 at 4 pm featuring the Queen of the May Robin Hood costumed guides maidens and dancing around a May pole with garlands and ribbons. Parish meeting notices follow including Emmanuel Parish annual meeting next Monday at 8:30 pm with vestry reports. A reward offered for a stray black Shetland pony.
Advertisement touts a health tonic by Palmer & Sons claimed to cure nervousness sickness and overwork. It asserts rapid relief for backache liver and kidney issues with a short course of treatment and urges readers to obtain Root Juice from Palmer & Sons or any store.
Stephens on and partners advertise multiple sale lots within two blocks of 70 by 200 feet at 500 dollars total with 25 dollars down and balance over five years. They offer two cottages on Boulevard with modern conveniences and easy terms, an eight room house on Dearing Street for 5000 dollars, and a seven room cottage on Virginia Avenue with all amenities.
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