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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1912
Page
8
The report notes light to moderate showers and cotton trading between 12 1/8 and 12 1/4 cents per pound. Specifics include daily price ranges and the impact on cotton markets, with emphasis on short term fluctuations and weather influence on fiber demand.
George W. Koons of Lawton Michigan praises Dr Detchons Relief for Rheumatism saying his wife recovered mobility rapidly after two days of use. Bold by Citizens Pharmacy signals local endorsement. A Hiltonia Georgia man credits Foley Kidney Pills with curing kidney pain after a brief course. For sale by all dealers.
This afternoon at four and again at eight the Colonial hosts the Mangean Troupe in a vaudeville bill with Miss Cameron and Senor Andonegui contributing to opening week success. Three reels and veiled captions plus 15 to 20 cent admission promise a clean, cool, high class entertainment for an agreeable afternoon or evening. Next week features the Galleraia Four All-Star Company with a ventriloquial novelty and new acts.
Tomorrow morning between daybreak and sunup Ebenezer colored Baptist church will hold a solemn baptismal ceremony. Twenty-Five candidates converted in the recent revival will be immersed by Rev. Hardin, most wearing the white uniform. The early hour underscores the ceremony's solemnity.
Local classifieds feature a car rental inquiry with J Jester and a furniture and hardware ad from Bondurant Hardware Company. A Lyons Georgia testimonial praises Foley Kidney Pills for bladder pain and backache, with dealer availability noted.
Yesterday a police officer named McGee captured a swarm of honeybees that had settled over a restaurant doorway on Jackson Street. He used a box and improvised hive to relocate the bees, protecting his hands as he climbed the ledge. The merchant complained about trade disruption but the officer released the bees to their home, not the city prison.
A petition filed yesterday in the clerk of the court seeks a charter for the Benevolent Order of Good Samaritans, an African American organization with charitable aims including burying the dead aiding the distressed and visiting the sick. It asks for headquarters and branches across the state, other states, countries, and territories. Petitioners listed from Clarke, Stephens, Early, Irwin, Wilkes, Hancock, Colquitt, and Chatham counties include James Mack, Lucius Cole, Caleb A. Jones, John Scott, Robert L. Harris, and others.
Social and Personal News covers visitors and residents in Commerce with a list of names and tales. A rummage sale for Hiawassee Settlement seeks spring contributions including matting carpets rugs and clothing with pickup by Mrs. W C Ash on Prince Avenue.
A dense run of small ads and notices: banking savings at 4 percent interest with compounding dates January 1 and July 1, various rental listings, sales of horses and mares, cottages, house and lot at Lumpkin and Wray, a blue ridge cottage, price offers, and multiple inquiries for uniforms and hairdressing courses, plus rebuilt typewriters and hardware goods. Local businesses include Sparks Vulcanizing, Bondurant How Co, McGregor Co, and Weir Vulcanizing.
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