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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1920
Page
8
Lipacomb's Specialty Fire insurance promoted. Athens Savings Bank offers 4 percent interest on deposits, compounding twice yearly. Listings include plumbing, auto repair, farm lighting, wood sales, rent, and wanted ads with various local services and sales.
Practically new 1920 five passenger Chalmers car driven a little over 3 000 miles by owner and kept in first class condition. Will sell at a very reasonable price. See at G J Booth and Sons storage garage corner Hancock Ave and Lumpkins Street. 10 12 31.
Fragments describe a for sale listing including an upright piano in good condition and related details. A separate rental line mentions rooms for rent with a phone contact. Readable items are limited and specifics are unclear due to damaged text.
Local shop Arnold Abney & Co lists fresh produce and baked goods with prices. Items include Iceberg lettuce Crisp White celery Fresh beets and carrots 16c per bunch Green soap beans 15c quart Norfolk oysters and Brookfield sausage tomorrow Also Angel cakes soft and white Devil cakes old fashion pound cake and Quality bread 16c wrapped loaf.
Thornton's Luncheonette offers a 60 cent dinner with Philets Veal and ham hock with cabbage mashed potatoes light bread vegetable salad corn pone sliced potato pie and steak country style. Also pearl grits French fried potatoes toast a la cream hot rolls and cocoanut pudding with coffee or milk.
An old fashion barbecue dinner offered daily from 12 to 3 by Flournoy on Broad Street between College Avenue and Lumpkin Street. Also promoting Georgeian Hotel Cafe for dinner and lunch options at 75 cents and one dollar respectively with attentive service. Phone 1171. Also seeks a 15 year old newspaper circulation helper for J O Jones office.
A district manager from the Equitable Life Insurance Society promotes life insurance plans in Athens Georgia. The ad touts five years of continuous service and claims the program offers the cheapest money for home purchases with no loan commissions. It invites readers to secure salary protection, family security, and old age independence through a full range of insurance services.
Mrs Sallie Bishop died yesterday morning at her home near the Paper Mill in Clarke County from a stroke. She was seventy five years old and widow of Thomas J Bishop, survived by two sons W. K Bishop and J F Bishop and three daughters Mrs G M Norton Mrs H J Oldham and Miss Maggie Bishop. Funeral today at 2.30 pm at Wrave An Oconee cemetery with Rev. George E Stone officiating.
A garbled OCR passage references expert medical guidance and a chief medical adviser. It mentions Swift Laboratory in Atlanta and a general promise of free expert advice. The text is unclear and fragmented with nonsensical phrases and misordered quotes.
The Parker Motor Company state distributor for Chandler and Cleveland automobiles launches a new Sales Promotion department to aid state sales. The program covers advertising, sales letters, dealer cooperation, and merchandising to boost car sales, with an article by H F Podlaski in Motor World praising its effectiveness.
Federal Reserve Bank reports as of Oct 8 10 include total resources of 261.6 million with gold reserves at 77.25 million and earning assets 140.88 million. Liabilities show capital 3.93 million, surplus 7.05 million, government deposits 1.87 million, and due to members reserve accounts part of the balance.
The funeral of Mrs George Aaron aged 31 who died at her home in Oconee County Saturday afternoon was held Sunday. She is survived by her husband and four children Ella Frank Carroll Lee and James. Rev A L Flury officiated. She was a former Athens resident and member of First Baptist Church.
Emma Bunting will convene this Tuesday evening at 8 o clock for the Royal Arch degree to be conferred. H P W M Slaughter serves as secretary and appears in the notice.
Atlanta reports the September receipts show a total of 13 738 88 in estate taxes turned over to the state treasury. Amounts listed include estates in Fulton Bulloch Burke and Gwinnett counties with individual sums noted for Corinne De Davenport McGee Wadley Allen and others.
The annual county fair will be held at Model Training School on Danielsville Road on November 26 and 27. Exhibits promise top premiums for superior entries and highlight what you have in the hands.
The article notes E. R. Parker Company as the first automobile distributing agency south of Macon Dixon to establish a sales department. It cites large deposits and federal reserve balances totaling about 251.6 million, with listed deposits and obligations and a 49 million dollar figure.
F L Woodruff of Southern Bell spoke to the mayor and council seeking a rate increase before the Railroad Commission of Georgia. Action was delayed until next Monday due to the city attorney's absence. a restitution opposing the increase had already passed. The city attorney was instructed to oppose the value before the Commission and the company seeks rescission after a full presentation of facts.
Roanoke Va Oct 11 The Norfolk and Western railroad will cut twenty percent of its shipping forces beginning with laborers and heapers with effect Saturday The reduction was announced today by Associated Press reports this major layoff affects a large portion of the railroad staff across its shipping operations.
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