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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1912
Page
8
A listed four room house on College Avenue and a four room on Barberville are offered at 200.00 per year. The ad states two properties targeted for rental, with annual price terms and locations.
A listings page shows Mt Vernon Masons and related orders meeting weekly in various halls on Clayton Street. Organizations include Mt Vernon F and A M No 22, Keystone Chapter No 1 Royal Arch Masons, Athens No 790 E to O E, Williams Lodge No 15 F O O F, Owls Nest OAO, St Elmo Lodge No 40 Knights of Pything, Glenn Lodge No 76 IOOF, Geo B Davis Camp 292 W C W, and Oliver Encampment No 14. Times vary by group across Mondays to Fridays with venues on Clayton Street and Max Joseph Building.
Robert B. McCord, state superintendent, explains the Georgia Children’s Home Society aids needy children. The agency seeks family homes for wards, visiting regularly, with care to provide education and occupation training. Mrs. Frances Starnes will meet locals at the Commercial Hotel in Athens this week.
Notices announce insurance options with J C Jester, brick sales by Ga Brick Co of Calves lt and fibre brooms. Wanted a competent nurse with references. Auto delivery wagon for sale or trade. Lost pendant watch crown missing pin. reward. Household goods, Dry Goods Boxes, and rentals on Hillcrest Avenue and Milledge Nantahala corners. Frank M Dale contact.
The Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 per cent interest on savings deposits compounded January 1 and July 1. Deposits from $1.00 accepted. Also includes help wanted notices and various local ads for rooms, travel trunks, canvassing, and peaches.
The cotton belt experienced cloudy skies with rains in the past 24 hours, heavy totals at Del Rio 2.80 inches and Burwood 2.92, amid cooler air. A high pressure system centered over Kansas and the Rockies brings clear skies and cooler temperatures to the West, while frost touched Buffalo and Kansas City. Atlanta is forecast fair and cooler tonight and Tuesday.
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a rapid remedy for indigestion gas heartburn and sour stomach. It claims five minutes suffices to relieve symptoms from undigested food belching and headaches, portraying the product as harmless and astonishing in its action.
Jacobs Liver Salt claims to dissolve crystalline urates and flush them from the body. It says the product cleanses the alimentary tract, aids digestion, and stops uric acid buildup to prevent rheumatism with a solvent action unmatched by substitutes. Made by Jacobs Pharmacy Co Atlanta Ga. available by mail if not in drugstores.
Joseph B. Whiter of Philadelphia writes that after a 1909 TB in the glands diagnosis and failed hospital operations he used Eckmans Alterative. Two bottles brought weight gain and sleep, allowing him to work by November 1910 with no days lost. He urges sufferers to try the remedy and offers to provide further information.
The note records fair cooler weather and monthly cotton figures with several month pairings. It lists months such as January February March May and others along with numeric values like 11.04 11.16 11.36 and 10.50. It also shows percentage entries 1 0 5 and references pairings like Jan-Feb Feb-Mar Mar-Apr Apr-May May-June and others.
A call to observe Orphans Work Day in Georgia on October 5 urges contributors to support fatherless and motherless children. Inmates of Georgia orphanages need clothing and food as running costs are high, and donations from the public are essential to keep the facilities functioning.
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