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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1920
Page
8
Local notes list insurance options from Lipscomb and New York Life, savings deposits at Athens Savings Bank, and various services. Items include plumbing by W G Tiller, auto electrical repairs, and housing loans. Also advertisements for farm lighting, school bags, household goods, and a U S Army tent for sale.
Old style barbecue dinner offered from Flournoy Broad Street to Lumpkin Street area with daily lunch hours 12 to 3. Notices invite ladies to stop by, place orders, and buy for homes. Also lists multiple small ads for sales, rentals, jobs, and lost items, with contact notes and dates.
A noisy grocery list highlights fresh produce and pantry staples from Arnold Abney & Co. and King Hodgson Co. It promotes apples, peppers, lettuce, walnuts, pecans, almonds, mackerel, onions, avocados, okra, butter, veal, beets, carrots, squash, and other items with numerous prices and descriptors. The ad blends product variety with promotional pricing and indicates shipments arriving later in the week.
The ad touts Better Service as the watchword and praises mutual Equitable and other insurers. It urges readers to seek superior service, highlighting non cancellable policies and all in one contracts as advances, and invites inquiries for free facts.
An excerpt discusses waiting for lower prices, rent costs eroding finances, and offers to show homes on Prince, Cobb, Lumpkin or nearby areas. It mentions Life Assurance and a contact number, suggesting an old classified housing ad with promotional language and unclear structure.
An advertisement touts Aspironal as a superior cold and flu remedy endorsed by authorities and popular with the public. It claims immediate relief, a delightful taste, and a guaranteed refund if relief does not occur within two minutes, urging purchases at local drug stores.
Mary J Holbrook administratrix of Wm Holbrook deceased sells at public outcry the 14 acre William Holbrook tract in Wald County near Athens by order of Clarke County Court of Ordinary. Plat available at Thomas and Thomas Athens. Terms announced day of sale.
A fragmented reminiscence notes postwar loneliness among strangers and the appeal of women’s clubs for companionship and purpose. It recalls wartime work by women and asks what more can be done to help, highlighting social uplift and community ties.
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