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Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1912

Page

8

For 14 room houses and rentals listed in city

The notice lists multiple houses with room counts and monthly or yearly rents including 1668 Milledge 35.00, 238 Church 26.00, 619 Reese 60.00, 180 Grady 40.00, 669 Pulaski 17.50, 673 Pulaski 17.50, 679 Pulaski 17.50, Barberville 200.00 per year and 10.00 per month, plus additional stores and other properties for rent in a good city area.

Milledge Church Rom Reese St Lumpkin Hill Grady Ave Aewt Pulaski St Barberville

Urgent Democratic Campaign Fund Drive Urges Quick Gifts

H J Rowe of the Banner reports two more dollars for the Wilson Marshall fund and notes a national committee demand to send all further contributions to the national treasurer by tomorrow Saturday October nineteenth. Georgia donors are urged to act immediately to ensure timely remittance ahead of November elections.

Wilsop and Marshall The Banner Georgia State Finance Committee Wilson and Marshall National Committee Georgia United Work

Jackson County Sets 7 1 2 Mills Tax Levy for Year

Jefferson Ga October 17 Jackson county fixes its annual tax levy at seven and one half mills plus the state levy totaling one dollar twenty five cents per hundred. The county raises about nineteen thousand dollars for roads two thousand six hundred fifty five for legal demands ten thousand eight hundred for the superior court fund two thousand seven hundred nine for bridges and smaller sums for other purposes. Twenty districts levy local school taxes ranging from twenty six to fifty cents on the hundred with most at zero cents.

Jefferson, Ga Jackson County Superior Court

Democrats Seek Senate Control With Eleven Chance States

Democrats claim a fighting shot at overturning Republican control of the United States Senate. With 51 Republicans, 43 Democrats, and two vacancies, Democrats need six more seats. Six key states cited for possible gains are Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Nebraska, Idaho, Delaware. Republicans acknowledge several uncertainties, including Oregon and Illinois vacancies and Bourne’s independent bid in Oregon.

United States Senate Colorado Illinois Maine Obadiah Gardner Fry Sanders Tennessee Idaho New Jersey Massachusetts Kansas Montana Delaware Oregon Wyoming New Hampshire Guggenheim Hughes Cullom Lorimer

Government fines for large hats in theaters in Greece

The Greek government bans oversized hats in theaters across Athens. A woman faces a 40 dollar fine for wearing such headgear per a decree by police chief Emmanuel Zimbrakakis. The rule aims to protect sightlines for patrons and performers in the theater.

Athens Emmanuel Zimbrakakis

Woman's Missionary Society Plans Discussed at First Baptist

The general monthly meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society at First Baptist church met yesterday at four. Messengers from Sarepta territory association reported on the recent missionary union meeting and the year’s work plans were reviewed and discussed.

Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church Missionary Union of Sarepta Territory

Mr C D Campbell in Columbus on business

Mr C D Campbell one of five Athens real estate dealers is in Columbus Georgia for the week on business and will probably return by the first of next week.

C. D. Campbell Athens Columbus

Greenland Crossing by Dr. Quervain Expedition

The Copenhagen Riget publishes a detailed account of Dr. Alfred de Quervain’s Greenland crossing with six Swiss savants and twenty nine dogs. They reach the interior plateau by June twenty and endure blizzards and crevasses. The inland ice proves irregular, dogs outpace ponies, and Angmagssalik near the end raises concern.

Copenhagen Riget Alfred de Quervain Greenland Dr. Quervain

Blond Eskimos and the Whalers Tales

Captain Francis Tuttle of the U S revenue service recalls whalers for thirty years telling of a blond Eskimo tribe described by Professor Stefansson. Whalers were mocked as prevaricators when recounting Eskimos with red hair and white skin. Captain Tuttle recalls meeting Bear and Bert Williams in Bankland in the early 1890s.

Francis Tuttle United States Revenue Service Stefansson Tuttte Bert Williams Irondale Williams Tuttle Bank

Williams Returns With Mysterious Coal Pile Tale

The narrative says he gathered enough coal to power his vessel that winter. Natives signaled to Williams that vast coal mountains had burned for generations, possibly for 200 years, and Tut tle suspects Williams was the man named by Stefanssen.

Williams Tuttle Stefanssen

Chicago plans a thousand room hotel in grand style

Chicago announces a new hotel project on the Stratford site at South Michigan avenue and East Jackson boulevard. The building will rise to about 162 by 172 feet, feature pink granite on the first two stories and terra cotta above, and be styled in French architecture. Estimated cost ranges from 7 to 8 million dollars, aiming to be the greatest hotel in the United States.

San Francisco America McKim, Mead & White Chicago United States Stratford Michigan Avenue East Jackson Boulevard

The Athens Savings Bank Announces 4 Percent Savings

The Athens Savings Bank offers 4 percent interest on deposits compounded semiannually starting January 1 and July 1. Deposits from $1.00 are welcome, encouraging the habit of saving. Eggs Hens and Fries. Massey Gro Wanted-Position by lady willing to work. For Rent-3 connecting rooms private bath. It $100.00 Safe for sale only $50.00 Box 483. The McGregor Company. Tu-Wa-ThEri.

Savings Bank Athens Athens Savings Bank The McGregor Company Tu-Wa-ThEri

Haselton Dress Suit Found In Cellar After Move

Mr D P Haselton finished moving into a new Cloverhurst avenue bungalow. The dress suit missing on the eve of a wedding was found packed in a trunk moved to the cellar during the shifting of household effects.

D. P. Haselton Cloverhurst Avenue

No Mayor's Court Session Reported Yesterday Morning

For the first time in many days there was no mayor's court session yesterday morning. the docket had been disposed of with no new cases added in the previous twenty four hours.

Judge Young Visits Macon During State Fair

Judge Charles T. Young from Athens spends days in Macon to visit relatives and children and to attend the Georgia State Fair in the Central City.

Charles T. Young Athens Macon

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