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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1911
Page
8
Short Notes of Interest lists real estate and fire insurance offerings from Erwin & Company and Mrs. W A Ivey, plus ads for rent rooms, furniture and hats. Mentions Davison Nicholson Co employments and Moser College in Atlanta, with various local business names and goods like shoes, coal, milk, and bulbs.
A dense classified section lists real estate rents and sales, job ads, loans, lost items, groceries, furniture, and services in Athens. Notices mention Lipscomb & Co banking, Davison Nicholson Co, and local merchants such as Williamson and Linton. Names and addresses appear for property, auctions, and shop offers amid seasonal goods and food items.
Court records show legal sale day passed at the courthouse with no property offered for sale. The sheriff did not hammer down any items and the ordinary's court remained open, though nothing was transacted.
The Athens Ladies Garden Club will meet this morning at 11 o'clock at the Y W C A boarding home at the corner of Thomas and Washington streets. Important business is to be transacted and all members are urged to be present.
The Clarke Superior court will convene next Monday with Judge Brand presiding and Cliff Walker of Monroe as Solicitor General. The first week focuses on civil cases, with criminal business likely for the grand jury by week’s end, including near-beer and several felony cases. Athens bar members are called to meet at city hall at 10 to set a calendar.
Mrs. W. B. Cheatham died at her Dublin home after a several week illness. She leaves husband, daughter Miss Lillie Cheatham, son W. B. Cheatham Jr., two sisters Miss Lillie Farrar and Miss Beulah Farrar, and sister Mrs. G. G. Bond of Athens. Interment was at Cedar Hill cemetery and Mrs. Bond attended the funeral.
Small Hams tender little fellows just the size to boil Arnold and Abney prepare a batch likely for dining or sale with simple note on their suitability for boiling.
County commissioners resumed work on Oak Street, a main artery to several counties, planning grading, top dressing, and paving. Work paused earlier for cotton harvest at the county farm, but now convicts will assist locally and Oak Street should look notably different before month’s end.
Elks lodge announces regular session at 7 30 PM with degrees to be conferred Applications and other matters of importance to be addressed Social session planned Full attendance requested Secretary GEO H Palmer and E R Carithers listed as contacts
Rev John F Yarbrough continues ten days of revival at the Oconee Street Church nightly sermons against sin and for right living. Afternoon services were skipped due to heat but evening gatherings remain well attended with the house filled to capacity.
Barbecue today at the Tuck building will be served by the ladies of the Christian church between 1 and 3 oclock rain or shine.
The article describes Nicholas Soyer promoting paper bag cooking as a universal method for preserving flavor. It explains using specially treated paper bags placed in a hot oven with a grid and broiler to surround the bag and penetrate the food. Soyer, once chef to the Dowager Duchess of Newcastle, developed this flavor neutral paper with manufacturers.
John Roberts at 278 Clayton Street markets a wide assortment of games for young folks. New items include Old Maid Sharp Shooters U S Maps Turnover Howdy Do In door Baseball Perchess and Dissected Puzzles plus a large stock of rubber balls marbles tops and more.
Sandy and his master argue at a small station as a special train passes. The master insists it is not his train while Sandy insists it is the train Tam is going by. The line ends with Sandy noting both are wrong and that the train that has gone by is the one near them.
A reader recalls a family moment where a child questions a mother about a sister named Anna. The dialogue hints at secrets and possible underlying tensions within the household dynamics.
Arnold and Abney advertise fresh produce including sweet potatoes Irish potatoes and hard head cabbage with contact phone 1076 for orders.
An eyewitness alleges the Jefferson County Sheriff equipped black inmates with pistols window weights and sledge hammers during a Saturday night standoff in the jail. He claims whites faced a deadly mob threat and that arms were distributed in the corridors prompting widespread comment.
Practical kitchen how tos cover bag roasting, using butter or drippings, oiling bag edges, recooking leaks, and oven efficiency. Also tips on coffee grounds as pincushion stuffing, custard preventions, icing adjustments, vegetable prep, tomato rub, old newspaper chimney use, scissors for fruit prep, broth fat to shorten biscuits, and eggplant and baked eggs methods.
A surfer described feeling water in his ears and noted the shore appeared unusually low as he emerged from the surf. A friend observed the ocean looked diminished, reflecting a calm coastal moment reported by United Presbyterian.
A humorous exchange from Brooklyn Life features a man doubting Solomon’s wisdom and a woman retorting that Solomon learned wisdom from his many wives, framing a witty gendered sparring moment.
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