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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1915
Page
12
Mileage coupons with want ads are advertised as standard with every cash ad. Several small notices promote insurance and business replies. Listings include furnished rooms for rent, heaters, scrap metal drives, Bermuda Easter Lily bulbs for sale, lost items, and job postings. A few personal items reference exchanges and motor services.
A mosaic of small ads lists rentals in Athens including a furnished home on Milledge Ave and one eight room house with modern conveniences. Also offered are sales of nuts trees and nuts, and a Berkshire sow. Additional items include a five passenger auto for sale, a remodeling sale at McClure's, hats to be remodeled at Hospital for Sick Hats, and Lost and Found notices for a gold ring monogram S N S. A Southern Woman's Magazine promotion invites a representative in southern cities with commissions and bonuses.
H T Huggins & Son on Broad Street advertises coal and coal tools from 5 to 25 cents, oil heaters for bathrooms, and a wide selection of china, crockery, glass, aluminum, enamelware, and wooden wares. Also features Rogers Silver Ware and Cedar mops with O Cedar polish, claiming a complete kitchen and dining room line.
Classified notice seeks a man to sell Life Accident Health and Industrial Insurance with salary and commission. Experience unnecessary, must furnish bond, good proposition to right party. Address Box 332 care of Banner. Reward, Remodeling Sale all this week. McClure's. Ice cream flavor sherbets candy in town at Ye Garden, phone 376.
An old advertisement warns against calomel as a dangerous laxative and promotes Dodson's Liver Tone. The copy promises the product cleanses the liver without griping, salivation, or sickness and claims it is safe for children. It guarantees relief and urges purchase for 60 cents with a money back promise if unsatisfied.
An old advertising note explains initial paint costs for Devoe at 50 dollars for a good job and 55 to 100 dollars for poorer work. It notes wear varies with quality and that better paint lasts longer. Devoe is presented as a leading option sold by Talmage Hardware Co. advert.
A historical note claims oats sustain thyroid vigor and youthfulness for Scotsmen who eat them daily. It links long life and aging resistance to oat consumption, citing physicians who deem oats the best food for the thyroid gland.
A historical notice touts an oat based health drink as wholesome for all ages. It claims physicians and chemists endorse it and recommend regular consumption for three weeks, noting expected improvements in complexion.
A series of notices declares candidacy for mayor of Athens and for aldermen across the first through fourth wards. The announcements state all candidates, including Robert O. Arnold, K A Hill, A G Dudley, T Be Jago, Harold Tuck, Vincent Mathews, Frank Hodgson, Albert B Davison, and Hugh H Gordon, are running subject to the Democratic primary.
Notices from E K Lumpkin Jr B Dunaway and B A Crane and WA Capps announce their candidacies for Alderman of the Fourth Ward for the unexpired Tibbetts term, subject to the Democratic primary. Each pledges to discharge duties to the best of their ability and asks for support from good citizens.
An officers and executive committee meeting will be held at 6 30 p m at the secretary treasurer's office Dr J L Pendley to discuss plans for a large fall meeting for schools in the city and county Key officers include Rev Troy Beatty president and chairman of executive committees John White Morton vice president J L Pendley secretary and treasurer Claud Tuck Athens city division chairman and Rev a D R Grubb division No 2 chairman with James W Morton division No 3 chairman.
The remaining committee members are Messrs. Andrew J. Cobb, C. H. Newton, Geo. W. Burney, and George Young.
Old newspaper ad copy touts Dr. King's New Discovery as the best cough remedy for colds with a testimonial from a user family. Sloan's Liniment marketed as an antiseptic pain reliever claims to kill germs, stop infection, and aid healing with 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes.
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