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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1915
Page
4
A mixed run of small ads and notices from Athens includes offers for auto accessories and bikes, rental housing on Reese Street and Milledge Springdale corners, a Wales Visible Adding Machine for sale, plant and garden goods, a life insurance pitch, and Chamberlain's Liniment endorsement. Also appears is a savings bank ad promoting 4 percent interest and mileage coupon offers.
Jersey cow for sale at P O Box 40. Wanted bright young man with dry goods experience at Davison Nicholson Co. Auto floors covered with linoleum or rubber by Davison Nicholson Co. Study your Bible herbal remedies claim. Sweet Peas for sale by phone 2100. Wanted young lady to room and board at P O Box 536 Athens GA.
A seller advertises a 5 room house and lot in two blocks of Athens business district for 2000 dollars. The property is currently rented to a good tenant for 25 dollars per month in advance for 12 months.
Children at the Athens High School Story Hour will hear Snow White and Pfefferkorn next Wednesday afternoon told by Miss Ruby Harbin. Miss Jessie McGregor promises a secret to reveal later. Elite theatre hosted yesterday’s free showing of Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp drawing over a thousand youngsters under 12.
The advertisement showcases a new line of table glassware praised as the most beautiful in Athens. It lists prices on items such as custard cups, tea glasses, berry bowls, punch bowls, water sets, tea sets, and lids, with many pieces priced at 20 to 50 cents and notes a new Thin Brown Etched pattern.
National: Boston edges New York 4 3 in 11. Brooklyn tops Philadelphia 3 2. Pittsburg beats St. Louis 3 2. American: Cleveland defeats Chicago 5 10. New York 10 Boston 3. Federal: Buffalo 3 4 St. Louis 6 2. Brooklyn 5 Kansas City 8. Southern: Atlanta 5 8 Chattanooga 8 2, Mobile 8 Nashville 2. New Orleans 9 Little Rock 3. College: Ithica Cornell 9 Princeton 3. Yale 2 Vermont 0. Harvard 5 Holy Cross 3 10 innings. Army 9 Washington and Lee 5. Georgia Tech 1 Georgia 1 13 innings, dark. Navy 4 Catholic University 2.
Mrs Florence Carmen was acquitted of murdering Mrs Louise Bailey in Freeport on June 30. The jury returned a verdict after a single ballot and just over an hour of deliberation. Mrs Carmen and her husband left for home.
Athens sent a large delegation to the Georgia State Educational Association annual meeting in Macon. The event drew record attendance and membership as Macon hosted with notable university and normal school attendees. The board will select the 1916 meeting location early next year.
The practice began in the seventeenth century when Cardinal Richelieu objected to pointed knives and had his knives rounded. The fashion spread and the pointed blade fell out of use, leaving the rounded table knife as the standard ever since.
The pheasant is prized for its ground camouflage and skillful awakening from cover. It offers exciting shooting opportunities for hunters and presents ample chances to showcase refined cookery.
The undersigned offers for sale the stock of general merchandise and fixtures of the bankrupt H W McCannon of Athens Georgia. Inventory valued at 1713 dollars 56 cents. Bids due at creditors meeting May 19 1915 at 11 am. Trustee contact Jos H Lumpkin Jr Athens GA.
In a 13 inning duel at Grant Field Atlanta May 8 Georgia and Tech played to a 1 to 1 tie ending at darkness. Hitchcock and Senter dueled on the mound with five thousand watching as Montague sparked base running and Tech turned four double plays to stave off Georgia’s threats.
Chesterton cites a line about God's wind from nowhere as the will, a man's only excuse on earth. Ontario town forms a company to produce candied fruits like those from France and Italy for export or domestic sale.
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