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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1913

Page

5

Arbor Day Observances and Tree Planting Efforts Across Georgia

Georgia Arbor Day activities include school talks, tree plantings on Lumpkin Street from White Avenue outward, and a hoped for yearly growth in civic care for trees. Articles discuss using trees to stabilize sand dunes, reclamation examples in Golden Gate Park, and ammonia bombs as a method to extinguish forest fires in national forests.

Georgia United States Forest Service Golden Gate Park San Francisco America Landes France Palestine Mediterranean Jaffa

Rain Sunday Forecast for Georgia and Alabama

The southwestern storm is now central over western Texas with rain extending across the region east of the Rocky Mountains. Rain expected overnight and Sunday in Atlanta with moderate totals. New Orleans, Abilene, Little Rock, and Vicksburg report notable rainfall. warmer winds from the south.

Banner Atlanta Georgia Alabama Texas Abilene Rocky Mountains New Orleans Little Rock Vicksburg Ohio Valley Rocky Mountain

New Telephone Directory For Athens Exchange Soon

District Commercial Manager J W Jarrell Jr of Southern Bell announces a new Athens exchange directory will be issued corrected to December 1 1913. Those wanting changes or new listings should contact the Directory Clerk at once and act promptly to appear in the directory. The directory will include many new names reflecting growth of Athens.

J. W. Jarrell, Jr Southern Bell Company Athens Exchange Jarrell Athens

Cascarets for Costive Bowels

An old drug advertisement touts Cascarets as a 10 cent laxative that cleanses the bowels overnight. It claims to cure indigestion, foul taste, sallow skin, and headaches by regulating digestion and liver function for adults and children.

Feminine Delights Extended at Majestic as Shaffer Adds Cast

Due to popular demand the Shaffer Musical Comedy Co. will run Feminine Delights for another week at Majestic. Four new performers join Monday, boosting the cast for the opening night. Shaffer promises a clean, highly entertaining show with strong comedians and a winning lineup for audiences.

Shaffer Musical Comedy Co Majestic

Baraca Philathea Union Social at First Methodist Church

Tomorrow at 8 p m a social meeting of the Baraca Philathea Union will be held in the Sunday school at the First Methodist church. It features vocal and instrumental music and a reading by Miss Augusta B Center. A banner is awarded to the class with the highest attendance. The program includes devotional songs minutes roll call hand shaking a banner award by President A S Rowland and performances by local choirs soloists and a male quartet. Public invited.

First Methodist Church Baraca-Philathea Union Baraca Philathea Augusta B. Center State Normal School A. S. Rowland Baracas Philatheas First Baptist Church Lila Finley Oratory Department Georgia State Normal Messrs N.S. Arthur H. Kinnebrew

Union refreshments committee named at meeting

The refreshments committee appointed by the president of the Long Union includes Miss Lena Bird as chair, with Miss Essie May Clark and Miss Madge Mewbourne serving. The text lists Coker and O D Stynchcomb as part of the union set together with the number 10 and 11, and references refreshments in the same segment.

Gray Hopkins Offers New Mule Carload in Athens

Gray Hopkins has brought a second carload of fine mules to Athens and they are on view at Frank Allgood's stable 170 Broad Street. Prospective buyers can inspect and purchase a pair or a single animal from the new lot.

Gray Hopkins Tennessee Athens Frank Allgood Broad Street

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Union Sol J. Boley Athens Civic League Berlin Germany M Teayer Nursery Heidelberg Square A. T. Pfeil Shaffer Rhea Asher the Majestic Baraca-Philathea
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