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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1912
Page
6
A collection of household tips and recipes including dry cleaning cloth methods for glass, a turkey dressing with oysters, pumpkin pies with spice, wild fowl with orange garnish, onion milk sauces, and a cream basted Thanksgiving turkey tip. Also a note on Chamberlain’s ointment as a home remedy and a short funeral floral notice from Crucedale Greenhouse.
Captain Dozier speaks to the Daughters Association paying tribute to Captain W. F. Plane. He recalls Civil War memories, praising Plane as a noble gallant officer from Atlanta to Yorktown Williamsburg Seven Pines and Sharpsburg.
In Williamson’s store windows six boxes of top apples like Winesaps Mollie’s Fancies Virginia Beauties and other varieties are displayed. They were grown on Dr. C. M. Snelling’s Rabun county farm where Col Snelling is establishing a two thousand tree orchard. Visitors can view these apples and note Georgia’s production potential.
Local items report a rattlesnake killed by John W. Rider's son, frost recorded after 38 degrees, a marriage between Martin Grizzle and Charlty Higgins, a divorce petition from Annie Wilson of Atlanta, a large Fulton county distillery destroyed, hogs dying in the mountains, and a note on vagrant law enforcement. A buggy accident injures J B Edwards. The piece urges citizens to work and cites Judge Jones on grand juries and vagrant laws.
A promotional note invites readers to inquire about banking services and asks for deposits. The message promises readiness to assist and to explain modern banking practices.
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