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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1912
Page
8
Rental notices show multiple houses with various room counts and prices. Properties include 6 to 10 rooms on Reese Street Lumpkin Hill Pulaski Street and College Avenue with monthly and yearly rates, plus several other pleasant homes in a good city area.
Fraternal groups announce weekly meetings across Athens area. Erwin & Co Mt Vernon Masons meet Thursdays at Max Joseph building Clayton. Keystone Chapter Royal Arch Masons meets third Tuesday. Athens GPOE No 790 meets Wednesdays. Williams Lodge I O F meets Mondays. Owl’s Nest OTO holds Fridays. St Elmo Lodge Knights of Pythias meets Mondays. Glenn Lodge I O O F meets Tuesdays. Geo B. Davis Camp Woodmen meets Wednesdays. Oliver Encampment I O F meets Fridays.
Atlanta reports martial law in Forsyth County as troops prepare to accompany six black defendants to trial for criminal assault. Major J T Catron leads 1500 troops to Cumming with orders to shoot if needed. Judge N A Morris presides, vowing an expeditious trial while locals predict up to 1000 attendees for court week.
Delegates from about fifty cities gathered in Hammond at Indiana Harbor for the fifth annual Indiana Federated Commercial Clubs meeting to run three days. Speakers include Dr. W. A. Evans former American Medical Association president and H A Wheeler of Chicago United States Chamber of Commerce president. Also notes a pharmacy advertisement touting Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a trusted cold cure with a seller from Saratoga, New York.
Several small ads list items for sale and services. Brick and calf sales, fibre brooms, nurse with references, auto delivery wagon trade, combing braids at Scientific Beauty Parlors, painting and gypsining services, Majestic range and furniture for sale at Reese Street, board at 627 Waddell Street, Remington typewriter No.6 with table and chair at South Mutual Building. Contacts include phone numbers 718 829 832-1 696-J and locations 185 Reese St 601 Sou. Mut. Bldg. 650 Reese St 627 Waddell St. 3t
Real Estate ads and small notices include The Athens Savings Bank offering interest on deposits from $1.00, fur nished room wanted for a gentleman, peaches for pickling from Bald win GA, lost watch pendant reward, household goods for sale, facial massage specials, auto tires for repair, houses to rent, cleaned seed oats for sale, and a university student seeking afternoon work. Also listings for a buggy horse for sale and various local notices.
Atlanta voters expect no clear winner in the first primary with James G. Woodward and Aldine Chambers leading. Dr. George Brown and Steve R. Johnston attract small yet pivotal support, likely forcing a runoff two to three weeks later.
Washington D C Oct 1 The United States has joined nations banning absinthe deeming it injurious to health The ban follows a July order by the Board of Food and Drug Inspectors enforce the prohibition on importation and interstate shipment of the beverage from this date
In Gwinnett County Georgia William E Arnaud and others sue to recover 1100 paid for stock in the Suwanee Gold Mining company alleging the mine was salted with auriferous soil then washed away to simulate riches The suit traces a modern version of the old west salting trick and questions the mine's authenticity.
A Vermont woman, Mrs. R. J. Flint of Braintree, touts Dr. King's New Discovery after her husband F. Flint credits it with curing a severe cough that left him weak. The advertisement endorses the cough and lung remedy as safe for grip, bronchitis, croup, and more, available 60 cents and 1.00 with guarantees by local pharmacies.
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