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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1915
Page
8
Local classifieds list rent notices for Mrs Mures home at 1055 wrimce Ave and other rental offers. Job openings include traveling salesman for Weatherly Carroll Co and general mercantile ads. Real estate and bargains, used motorcycles, pennants, bulbs for sale, and Shivar’s ginger ale sales offer details.
A collage of classified notices and ads lists banking rates, insurance offers, lost item reward, plant sales, real estate offerings, loan requests, rental housing, and property for sale across Georgia. It includes Athens Savings Bank 4 percent deposits, Kappa Alpha pin loss reward, Jones Greenhouse bulb sale, real estate broker S. D. Fambrough, and rental listings at 290 S Milledge Ave and 186 Barber St.
Four and one half miles out on a fine road. The land lies well with a good frontage on Mitchell Bridge road. Bargain price at 40.00 dollars per acre.
W G Sutlive managing editor of the Savannah Press and a leading Southern journalist joined a touring party through Athens last night. The Banner highlights his role and features the travel story from Milledgeville to Savannah on page four with other reporters from the Atlanta Constitution the Macon Telegraph the Journal and others in attendance.
Baltimore report states Col James M Smith of Smithonia was operated on yesterday around 11 AM and is doing as well as could be expected after the procedure.
Georgia dominates Dahlonega 84 to 0 with Powell scoring twice and Dezendorf, Coleman, and Floyd contributing through drives and key interceptions. Final notes list lineups for both teams and outline next games in Chattanooga and Charleston as Cunningham refines the squad.
A large Athens welcome lit the second Seeing Georgia Ex CURSION gala. Cars flooded Clayton Street and nearby streets with holiday decor, bright lights, and crowds from Jackson Oconee Oglethorpe and Madison counties. The open air Clayton Street fete featured a torch procession, Georgia pictures at Colonial Theater, and an Elks open house with refreshments while state officials and local leaders joined the tour. The morning departure heads to Oconee Heights Jefferson Commerce Maysville and on toward Dahlonega Gainesville Rome and Atlanta before returning to Macon.
The police reported a successful night preventing street disorder and auto accidents. October 1 docket shows thirty two cases: seventeen plain drunks, fourteen disorderly conduct or drunk and disorderly, and one held on suspicion. One defendant remained unnamed due to intoxication.
Athens firm Costa's reported its biggest business in eight years and eleven days yesterday and last night by 11:30. Sheriff Collier Commissioner Brasel ton and many citizens attended with Commerce editors Paul Harber and John Shannon, along with a high school band and local notables from Madison and Walton counties.
Key West Florida October first six men aboard the Ventura are charged with stealing the yacht from the harbor The Miami cutter tows the Ventura after intercepting her at Sand Key The group including Frank Reiner a German and five Cubans or Mexicans were crew of the Lucy H which was bound from Key West to Mexico with arms The six face hearings before a United States commissioner for theft on the high seas and leaving port without clearance papers The Lucy H was cleared and faces no action
A Columbia University professor announces a device that prevents static interference with long distance wireless transmissions. The invention promises clearer signals and could advance telecommunication reliability.
The first Southern women’s Invitation golf tournament will be held at Druid Hills starting October 11 with dames from southern clubs invited. Prizes await in multiple flights and social events including dinners receptions and dances. Atlanta’s Women’s Golf Association led by Mrs. Harrington and Miss Goldsmith coordinates activities with Winecoff Hotel as HQ.
Little Bob Jones and Perry Adair, famed Atlanta junior golfers, advance to the semi finals of the Atlanta championship at Druid Hills. The expected championship clash would draw wide interest as fans debate which boy is superior and has steadier nerves in tournament play. Both compete from scratch and any side bets would be even.
Atlanta officials in the South press for a fair standard in railway mail pay. They urge Congress to base compensation on commercial value, not the post office balance sheet, arguing that underpay harms the railroads and the country.
In Atlanta on October 1 a new fall fashion is Turkish towels worn around the neck in place of furs. A 20 cent Turkish towel rivals $9,000 fox fur for style, with the towel often dangling down the back. The trend began with an Atlanta girl in a brown costume and striped towel and is gaining rapid traction among fashion-forward wearers.
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