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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1915
Page
2
A collage of classified items lists rent offers for homes and rooms in Athens, ads for insurance and goods, farm sale notices, poultry and produce offers, and requests for workers. Various names and addresses appear with phone numbers guiding readers to contact for services and purchases.
The All-star match on the YMCA floor between captains Broome and Lanier finished 13 to 13 after twenty minutes. A disputed call involved a double foul on Lanier and a single on Broome, followed by a missed free shot and an on-court discussion that altered the scoring, leaving the final score tied.
H. T. Huggins & Son on Broad St offers coal and coal tools from 5 to 25 cents, oil heaters for baths, a wide selection of china, crockery, glassware, aluminum, enamelware, wood wares, Rogers Silver knives and forks, O-Cedar mops and polish, and kitchen dining room essentials advertised with year-round patterns and phone number 125.
A Union Pacific motor traction passenger car plunged through a bridge into a swollen creek near Randolph Kansas. Sixteen are believed dead with ten bodies recovered by night. Of sixty five aboard only four survived and most victims were drowned including several young women and schoolteachers.
Georgia apple industry advances in cultural practice and marketing. Prof J W Firor notes Habersham county leads in production while older orchards thrive and thinning boosts profits and quality. Leading varieties include Kinnard Gen Davis Shockley Yates. Winesap Stayman Rabun and others show growing commercial promise. Young orchards in North Georgia also yield strong crops.
The city board of health announces water is safe for all uses following a four week repair of filters and new equipment at the water works plant. If future conditions threaten safety, citizens will be notified through the daily press to avoid health risks from impure water. October 14, 1915.
The Yonah Orchard Company reports 6 7 and 8 year old trees yielding 20 000 to 25 000 bushels this year up from 9 000 last year. Local weather conditions push Rabun county orchards toward only a half crop this season.
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