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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1912
Page
4
Special notice items discuss carrier practices for subscriptions and prompt delivery, then brief items note Athens advertising for fall business, real estate investment, and Georgia voters facing a constitutional amendment creating Bleckley County. The piece cites political clashes in Georgia and national figures like Roosevelt, with commentary on morality and media influence.
The United States Geological Survey classified 1 210 187 acres as coal land in August with a valuation of 19 623 196. 126 174 acres were non coal land returned to the General Land Office. Overall 16 184 611 acres are now coal land in 40 acre tracts valued at 705 255 783, while the old minimum price would be 260 544 767, a government gain of 444 711 016.
History notes list events and births on October 1 across years from 1664 to 1906 including the surrender of Delaware Bay, openings of theaters and railroads, postal reforms, and notable church leaders. Entries reference Rufus Chaote, Gen. Muhlenberg, Arch Street theater, Macon and Western railroad, and Bishop Leete with brief biographical details.
The column blends poems and miscellany from a 19th or early 20th century page. It recalls the infidel motif, a light verse on a cheerful man, a weather anecdote from Uncle Eben, a centerville accident where Arthur Wood cut toes with an axe, and brief obituaries or notices of notable figures with birthdays.
Multiple legal notices from Clarke County Georgia detailing petitions for permanent letters of administration, divorce actions, libels, equitable petitions, creditor citations, and 1912 tax levies. Includes names such as Louise Hughes Edwards Brown Barfield Brown Barfield heirs J. Frank Butler E. P. Watson J. Fred Butler Geo. J. Butler and officials like B. Wingfield and Charles H. Brand. Dates span September and August 1912 with October term court actions listed.
Athens merchants discuss a two week Shopping Carnival to move dead stock and attract out of town buyers. They outline funding minimal per store, use of posters letters and red spot signs, and mutual gains from coordinated clearance sales to draw regional shoppers. Florida?
Notice to all persons having claims against the estate of J. D. Lester deceased Clarke county are notified to present their demands to the undersigned per law and all indebted to the estate must pay promptly September 2 1912 Bhulah Lester Administratrix of J D Lester deceased
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