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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1915
Page
8
A collage of small advertisements and notices shows local services and offers. Miller and Williamson advertise products, while Weatherly and Bolton promote eggs and insurance. Rent notices list a seven room house and a building suitable for woodwork, with contact details. Jester and Parr advertise painting, papering, and syrup, along with a call for scrap iron and collectibles. Two local children are cited in a testimonial for Foley's Honey and Tar.
Athens area ads show rent offers for furnished rooms houses and modern apartments on Milledge Avenue plus Pine Stovewood. sale of pecans and nursery trees. piano and voice study opportunities with John J. Jackson. a kidney health testimonial from Rev. C M Knighton. Foley product offers including Honey and Tar, Kidney Pills, and Cathartic Tablets with a trial slip offer.
The State versus John Potter, charged with killing Adolphus Richards, his father in law, failed to reach a verdict after a full day of testimony and a judge's charge. Richards, a city council member, was slain after a dispute in his yard as Potter left Southern Mutual building night duties.
Hon G Gunby Jordan a leading cotton mill owner and banker will attend at 8 30 pm tomorrow in Athens by invitation of the chamber of commerce. The regular meeting was moved to tomorrow due to Circus Day with Jordan expected to deliver remarks on topics of interest to business members.
H T Huggins & Son on Broad Street advertises coal items from 5c to 25c and heaters, plus a full line of china crockery glass aluminum enamelware and wooden wares. Rogers silverware O Cedar mops and polish, all kitchen and dining room needs available with phone 125.
United States seeks temporary and permanent injunctions against United Shoe Machinery Company under the Clayton act alleging monopoly power and unlawful practices. The government claims 98.5 percent of shoe machinery grants, price fixing, and rebates. Hearing set for October 27. Contents note growth from fifteen years and fifty six firms, with widespread industry ties. Also mentions related Sherman act case and a family outing in Elberton.
In Athens Frank Rhodes Jr returns home after a year in Florida while J C Dale comes back after two years in Virginia to join Bell Bros Marble Co where his brother W A Dale serves as secretary and manager. Relieving the community, Rev Z Speer visits from Center and Rev A A Sullivan travels after visiting Winterville as Rhinehart college agent. Col E K Lumpkin recovers from a five week ankle sprain and is not yet back to work. Mr and Mrs J C Delay announce the birth of a son on Sunday October seventeenth, their first child.
The Baxter Street football team prepares for the season opener against College Avenue on Herty Field this Friday afternoon. Captain Tommie Pennock leads a squad showing strong form in practice.
The advertisement promotes choosing top paints for interior or exterior house work. It invites customers to visit JOHN L. ARNOLD to obtain the best paints and products for the task.
Mr. iM. B. Browning, about sixty and the oldest traveler from Athens for Webb-Crawford Co., was seriously hurt when a Seaboard train struck his buggy at a Colbert crossing. The horse was killed, the buggy wrecked, Browning rushed to St Mary’s Hospital in Athens after Dr. Roper’s aid. He remains in serious condition with a slow recovery ahead.
Charleston officers concluded at the coroner inquest that no single person was to blame for reporter Sidney Cohen's death amid a melee at a city executive committee meeting. Ten witnesses testified including claims a tall man in a black hat fired a pistol and that Police Chief Cantwell also fired. military guards and militia were present.
Capt J H Ruck Jr will be among the score of Georgia postmasters attending the National Postmasters Association meeting in Washington D C. Postmaster Bolling Jones of Atlanta and Postmaster Spivey of Eatonton are also listed among those going.
The Linton Spring Water company offers pure water to Athens families and promises same day delivery for emergency calls. They invite friends and patrons to the spring's opening season and provide phone contact 504 2.
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