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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1915
Page
8
An insurance ad wooing customers to join Erwin's list of satisfied policy-holders. It promises efficient service strong companies and prompt loss adjustment with policies costing no more and a phone number for contact.
A scanned list of local notices includes advertising notes on mileage coupons for cash ads, interests offered by The Athens Savings Bank at 4 percent, and various commercial listings. It mentions auto insurance, sell/supply items like salt for grass roots, five passenger Ford 1914 model for sale, rental housing, a loan request, and a Wales Visible Adding and Listing Machine offered for sale with a box number for contact.
Advertises a 6 room house with lot in Athens near business district for 2000 dollars. Property currently rented to a good tenant for 25 dollars per month in advance for 12 months.
A collage of ads and notices: job training at Moler Barber College in Atlanta. livestock for sale like milch cows. rental housing listings in Atlanta and Monteagle. livestock and horse ads. stenographer and typist wanted. a farmer offering spare barter for beef cows. a bank pin reclamation note. an annual meeting notice for Southern Mutual Insurance Company in Athens Georgia.
Italy's entry into war is expected to reshape the war’s balance and pressure Germany on supplies. Diplomatic observers anticipate US protests over wartime commerce interference and Austro-Italian tensions over Pola. News notes report AE-2 submarine sunk by Turks, peace efforts by Jane Addams, and commerce trends in China amid the war.
Bret Harte's Lily of Poverty Flats is presented as a five part picturization at The Elite. Beatriz Michelena stars in the title role with Frederick Lewis as Joe and a strong supporting cast. Filmed on the story's true California mining camp locations, the production promises vivid scenes and authentic mood.
The Colonial highlights The Radium Thieves a Vitagraph three part feature and The Honor of the Orm by s featuring Mary Fuller and Matt Moore. Essanay comedy How Slippery Slim Saw the Show also screens. Opens at 1 p m runs to 11 p m admission five cents for children ten cents for adults in Athens.
Rex Allamag, a traveling man who visits Clovis regularly, recounts a tale from the Clovis New Mexico Journal about prairie dogs on the plains. He recalls telling a lady in Atchison that there are thousands of prairie dogs and she asks what they are doing watching the sheep.
Various charitable groups debate methods to aid war orphans and widows. Nation meetings in Berlin consider several proposed schemes to support the dependent population and organize relief efforts.
In the Southern division standings Atlanta defeated Little Rock 5 to 1 and New Orleans beat Memphis 5 to 1 while Mobile lost 2 to 7 at Chattanooga. Birmingham won 5 to 4 over Nashville as the 13 innings concluded in rain. In the South Atlantic region Savannah was blanked by Columbus 0 to 5 and Charleston defeated Albany 3 to 1, then Charleston again won 4 to 2 over Albany for a 10 inning finish. Augusta and Macon played to 1 or 2 runs in 11 innings after darkness.
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