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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1914
Page
8
Short notes from Athens show the Athens Savings Bank offering 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded January 1 and July 1 with deposits from $1. Also listed are local notices and small ads for property for sale, boarding houses, a Jersey cow for sale, a wanted collector, and rent notices.
An advertisement touts Vinci cod liver and iron tonic as a cure for poor blood and weak digestion. It cites a Gulfport Mississippi case, Mrs Irene Saucier, who reports improvement after using Vinci and promises a money back guarantee if it fails to help.
A scattered notice page lists items for sale and services including fire insurance division query with J C Jester, lost note reward to H M Hughes, dry blocks for sale at 1.25, R L Moss Mfg Co rental for a fourteen room house, Martin Brothers shoe repair and harness, parcel post payment policy, Wheat Bran product by Arnold & Abney, and contact details.
Trustee Wolver M. Smith of Athens Ga offers for sale a two story nine room frame dwelling with outbuildings garden on Boulevard No 547 on street car line and adjoining vacant lot. Also private sale 94 acre farm with waterpower at Jacks Creek near Bostwick Ga in Morgan County. Sale details and terms available from undersigned.्यु
A girl and her father discuss a suitor whose plan to convert the carriage shed into a garage and the attic into a billiard room and bowling alley signals serious intentions. The dialogue frames a domestic scene with plans and prospects.
Lawrenceville News-Herald reports Gwinnett county primary results with Maddox winning clerk by about 225 votes over Holt and Ross beating Garner by around 39. J T Simpson elected tax collector to succeed himself. J R Davis will be receiver by nearly 200. Ramsden elected county surveyor. Peter Smith succeeds Moon as coroner. About 3 000 registered and 4 000 votes cast amid a quiet election day.
Tech baseball drills at Grant Field as Atlanta hosts a two game set with Georgia. If Tech wins at least one game, the season series tilts toward the Bulldogs and Tech’s hopes fade. coach Witherington’s return could boost the Jackets' bid.
Rev. Dr. R. E. Neighbour leaves next week to help organize an Atlanta campaign. The plan centers on outdoor work in shops factories and stores during two or more weeks with meetings at noon in factories and in theaters and main picture shows downtown. The Bijou theater will host central services with cooperation from other denominations aiding a broad citywide effort.
Captain Barnett city engineer said the street force will begin Barber street improvements today. The project will scarify and level the surface, mend it, then rescarffle as long promised work.
Yesterday in the superior court Henry Culp pled guilty to a misdemeanor and received a sentence of a $50 fine or twelve months in jail.
Bridgie Webber admitted leading to Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty and altering testimony after direct examination in the Becker murder case. He described affidavits he repudiated, while appearing visibly nervous on the stand during the trial of Charles Becker for the Rosenthal killing.
Mr and Mrs Walter Jones and their sons travel with Mr John Welch and Mr and Mrs Coke Talmage to Atlanta to spend the weekend. They will stay at the Georgian Terrace and attend the Georgia Tech games today and tomorrow.
A newspaper note reports on a new brand tango tea and a distant conversation about its price per pound. It also mentions a life party likely to plead guilty today with counsel suggesting more similar cases may follow.
A sale listing offers spring items for the housekeeper including flower pots cemetery vases fern dishes and crystal vases. Furniture like frost king freezers water coolers oak refrigerators white enamel baby bath tubs ice boxes and nursery refrigerators are priced from five to fifty dollars. Also sold are mops spittoons Percolator coffee pots and Perfection oil stoves from a general household goods collection.
Berlin plans a special commission to investigate Duala Kamerun conditions after protest over dispossession of the local negro population for a European quarter. Reports note natives facing poor huts and unsanitary living, with a $500,000 compensation debate and calls for humane methods.
A sentence about lashing cites regulations claiming punishments are needed because black soldiers lack a developed soldiery honor and joy in obedience. The passage frames disciplinary measures as necessary in the context of the soldiers' perceived conduct.
The grand jury adjourned yesterday to meet again Monday morning. A busy end to the week and several members wishing to attend Tech Georgia games in Atlanta contributed to the adjournment. The item notes that it does not pay to procrastinate in study.
A statistician calculates tips in Paris reaching 8320 pounds daily for janitors cabmen and others whose earnings rely on tips, with annual tips totaling 12834000 pounds. The discussion shifts to a humorous exchange between a patient and Dr Bigbill about vacations and relief.
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