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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1913
Page
8
Short notes item lists offers and notices from local businesses. Athens Savings Bank pays 4 percent interest on deposits compounded semiannually from January 1 and July 1 with deposits from $1. Also ad for SKAT soap, plumbing firm cash policy, district agent for fraternal insurance, furniture and rug wants, survey sale, two milch cows, and shoe repairs on Clayton street.
Notice offers to divide fire insurance with J. C. Jester. Also a help wanted ad seeking a boy to run an elevator in the retail department. Salutation by Michael Bros. entries indicate job and insurance interest.
An Athens Georgia advertisement for Harmony Hair Beautifier and Harmony Shampoo promotes glossy hair and clean scalp. It highlights easy application, non staining formula, pleasant rose scent, and money back guarantee, with product prices and Rexall Store as the seller.
A fragment from a suburban dialogue notes tension over refusal and a season ticket, hinting at local political or social maneuvering tied to a town tie and public interest.
Forecast from Atlanta notes rain for Friday with heavy rains in the lower Mississippi valley and a storm system moving across the cotton belt. Temperatures to fall after the storm, with cooler conditions in the Rock Mountains and Lake regions. The page also repeats a dated anecdote about Samuel Pepys learning the multiplication table and his early naval service.
A Georgia drugstore advertorial touts Vinci cod liver oil with iron as a strength creator. Miss Lea Dumas of Malone New York credits two bottles with restoring her health and urges worn out women to try the product for renewed energy, backed by a satisfaction guarantee.
A local druggist touts Dodson’s Liver Tone as a purely vegetable liquid that replaces calomel, is harmless and pleasant tasting, and effective for a slow liver. The ad promises a 50 cent bottle with a money back guarantee if not satisfied, warns against imitations, and urges buying only from a trusted druggist.
Local Athens readers were treated to a double header at the YMCA with Hodgson's team defeating Van Straaten 31 to 5 and Cutler's captains beating Quillian 22 to 13. Highlights included Hodgson Crane and Goodman for Hodgson and Funkenstein Murray Quillian for the rivals. The piece notes upcoming league games and invites women to attend, emphasizing free admission. It also mentions Electric Bitters testimonials and housing ad notes.
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