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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1911

Page

8

Ervin & Co Offers Payment Plan for First Installment

Ervin and Company states that upon arranging the initial payment, they can schedule the remaining balance. The note positions the first payment as the trigger for completing the settlement.

Real Estate and Insurance Notes and Local Ads

Real estate listings and fire insurance notes from Erwin & Company plus Jester comparison. Also rental vacancy on 9 room house Washington Street. Furniture and shoes savings from W M Pittman. Drink promotion for Bludwine and fresh orange. Wood at $3.00 cord from Lyndon. Several lots for sale on Savannah Ave Athens Ave and Barber St. by John Bird.

Savannah Ave Athens Ave Barber St. John Bird Hancock Ave Harris St Barberville Lumpkin St Baxter St Milledge Ave DuBose Ave Virginia Ave Barnett Shoals Road

Athens Quiet and Steady Middling Nine Sixteen to One Two

Athens reports a quiet, steady performance with Middling at 9 7 16 to 1 2 as the weather remains fair.

Athens

Short Notes of Interest and Local Ads

A collage of local notices includes banking offers from The Athens Savings Bank offering 4 percent interest, rental listings on Cobb Street and Cedar Street, painting and wall-decorating services, employment ads from Western Union and Maz M. Hobert, and a recipe-like pitch for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. A long item reports S. H. Down’s agricultural campaign in Wilkes County promoting crop diversification and cattle raising to combat boll weevil threats with twelve farmers joining the pilot.

Washington S. H. Down United States Department of Agriculture Wilkes County Louisiana Mississippi Down

Macon Faces All Street Car Strike at State Fair

Macon Georgia districts brace for a city wide street car strike during the state fair. Local union leaders were disarmed today for trying to recruit Carmen into the inactive local union. Foley's Kidney Remedy advertised with patient testimonial claiming a single bottle cured a severe kidney trouble. For sale by dealers.

Macon Carmen Foley Hon. Ark J. E. Freeman

Armour Challenges Plain Dick in Georgia Debates

Mrs Mary Harris Armour, noted temperance speaker, in Savannah urges joint debates with Judge Russel in multiple engagements from mountains to sea to stump Georgia for Pope Brown. She vows no quarter, defying gender barriers in public clash. Also touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy for colds as safe for adults and children.

Savannah Georgia Pope Brown Mary Harris Armour

Tiger caught in shadow of courthouse raid in Americus

In Americus Georgia on a Wednesday morning officers found a sightless tiger in operation under the courthouse shadow and seized about sixty pints of whiskey. Lula Marshall the woman running the joint has just finished a chain gang sentence for operating a blind tiger.

Americus Lula Marshall

Nearby Towns and Farm News Highlight Regional Updates

Upson County poultry show features Mrs. L I Upson of Athens with a four-variety Orpington exhibit that won prizes at Allentown and Knoxville. Buckhead and Greensboro dispatch note late-night cotton picking, farm conditions, and a rural school superintendent resignation. Commerce reports a new fertilizer plant with local stockholders. Douglasville notes Bagwell exiting papers for auto ventures. Norcross records a fire at Southern Oak Leather, with losses and rebuilding plans. Hartwell hints at political candidacy for A A McCurry.

Upson Macon L. I. Upson Athens Allentown Knoxville William Cook & Sons

Lost Brook Burson Reappears After Thirteen Years

Brooks Burson known as Wm. B. Burson, aged about 44 and a former Athens resident, has sent a letter from Havana Cuba. He says he plans to settle there at Arsenal 2 and 4 and desires a home correspondence. Burson said he served as captain of the U S S Amphitrite during the Spanish American War and later worked on canal construction in Central America and Mexico.

Wm. B. Burson Athens Jackson County Brooks Burson J. E. Wood Bogart Red Old Hills Georgia Arsenal 2 Havana Cuba Staten Island N. Y Itta Mexico

Chief Clears Police After Circus Night Drunk-Badge Mixup

Yesterday the chief resolved a circus day incident by identifying a drunk impostor among extra officers. An intoxicated man wearing a police badge accompanied by another officer was escorted to headquarters, the badge wearer proved not an actual officer.

Am Offeer am o@iset

Washington Ga and Union Point Crew Active in Local Affairs

John C. Koch arrives with wife in Hart county for extension work on good roads. Col. McGurry announces possible bid for next primary. Claude Norman declares run for solicitor general of the Toombs circuit. Union Point hosts Augusta Presbytery with sermons by Dr. Martin Sevier and George Guille, future Habersham plans noted.

John C. Koch Strahan University Clarkesville Claude Norman Washington, Ga City Court of Washington Toombs Thomas J. Brown Elberton Union Point Augusta Martin Waynesboro J. R. Sevier George Guille

Dr King’s New Life Pills Offer Gentle Aid

The advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy for internal organ disruption with phrases about liver kidneys and bowels “going on strike.” It claims the pills provide natural aid and proper action leading to excellent health and promotes purchasing at W. J. Smith & Bro. and H. R. Palmer & Sons for 26 cents.

Jen W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer & Sons

Chamberlains Tablets For Biliousness And Stomach

Billiousness is caused by a disordered stomach and Chamberlains Tablets act to cleanse the stomach regulate the liver and banish biliousness. Sold by all dealers.

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Ervin '&*Co Erwin & Company J. C. Jester W. M. Pittman Washington Street F. G. Umbach Wood Cord Lyndon New York Ae Eee Ae Seein Wee Ee Riverpool Wees Chicago Dee. Eee Wee Fire Insurance—Lipscomb & Co Real Estate—Lipscomb & Co Athens Savings Bank Cobb St W. A. Jester Chas. W. Part Western Union Tele Co Cedar St L. N. Betts S H. Dillard Athens Business College Maz M. Hobert Clayton St Henderson Javenue E. B. Mell Bath College Ave Gale C. A. Scudder, Jeweler Aufornia Fic Synup Mrs. Armour Chamberlain Rogers and International Huggins China House Broad Street Athens, Ga Buckhead Duggan Greensboro M.L. Duggan Smith Hancock County State Board of Education Commerce Commerce Fertilizer Company A. P. Rice G. T. Rice L J. Davis P. W. Sheppard W. B. Burns Bagwell Douglasville P. M. Christian Kingstree S. C Douglas County Sentinel J. A. Bagwell Sentinel Douglas County Lawrenceville News-Herald Gwinnett Journal Norcross Southern Oak Leather Company Maine McCurry Hartwell A.A McCurry Purc U. S Hart County Colonel McCurry Habersham Terian Church Filetch Stephenson & Hull
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