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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1915
Page
8
Advertisement touts Erwin's growing list of satisfied policy holders with efficient service and prompt loss adjustment. Claims policies cost no more and urges readers to call three four five for contact.
An assortment of small ads and notices including mileage coupon details for cash ads, auto insurance and savings bank rates, buying hides and related goods, a daily dinner, a goat for sale, a 1914 Ford for sale, a message about mileage coupons and delivery, rental of a home, and a lost Premoette Kodak with a reward offered. Includes contact references to Banner and local businesses.
A property is rented to a reliable tenant for twelve months at twenty five dollars monthly in advance, establishing a steady rental income and stable occupancy for the period.
The page compiles want ads and small notices offering loans, insurance, auto supplies, and barber training. Items include Lost and Found bets, a one thousand dollar loan request, milch cows for sale, and a few retail promotions. Medical ads tout Foley Honey and Tar and Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Oil.
Plans for the class of 1903 reunion during University commencement were outlined by Pat Lamkin of Athens and Paul Harber of Commerce. The 1905 men will assemble in Athens on June 14 with informal festivities, a costume, and a barbecue. Oliver Bloodworth of Forsyth will deliver the Sophomore cup speech. Horace Ritchie of Fitzgerald is class president, as organizers locate every 1905 man for notices. Also reported, a rare right whale captured off British Columbia was valued at 20000 dollars.
Elijah Clarke chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Thursday morning to elect officers and conduct important business. All members urged to attend. meeting hosted by Regent Mrs Frances Long Taylor at her Milledge Avenue home.
Bernstein Bros hosts a fireless cooker demo with Mrs. C S Decker from Toledo proving 32 degree ice cream can be frozen beside roast chicken at 650 degrees. The event runs 10:00-12:30 and 3:00-6:00 daily this week with tastings of Decker’s cakes pies biscuits and other light foods.
Pete Petropol offers over 1 000 bunches of extra fine yellow bananas at low prices. Prices 60c to 75c per bunch, by the dozen 10c and 15 dozen. Contact College and Broad streets or call 558-3 or 1041.
A long tested remedy Eckman’s Alterative is praised for throat and lung troubles. An Austin or Wilmington patient reports marked lung improvement after faithful use, with affidavits and testimonials cited. The ad notes availability at the Market Street department store and urges readers to investigate the treatment.
Vitagraph’s The Juggernaut screens at the Elite Theater following Broadway’s huge rail road wreck epic. A crowd lines up daily to witness a train strained on a collapsing bridge, with a girl, two men, and a perilous river plunge amid crashing cars and swirling water. The spectacle is billed as unforgettable and priced at fifteen cents.
Two men exchange sharp but courteous phrases as a sign of underlying enmity, while playful insults reveal a fraught relationship. The Cincinnati Enquirer notes that polite banter can mask tension between rivals.
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