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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1912
Page
8
Brief items list financial savings from Athens Savings Bank 4 percent deposits with compounding dates January 1 and July 1. Also notes piano tuning, chrysanthemums for sale, table boarders wanted, rentals on Cobb Street, fresh eggs, a matinee ad, and a stenographer seeking a position in a professional office.
A jumble of small ads shows offerings from Lipscomb and Jester on fire insurance shares to fresh cut flowers and parma violets for sale. Sparks Vulcanizing Co advertises tire repair and phone numbers appear throughout. Also listed are chrysanthemums, Jersey cow for sale, berry vines, and rental housing notices.
The Georgia Compendium features Judge Uhl H Brand of the Western circuit, praised for fairness in criminal cases and discipline in civil matters. His circuit includes Clarke Jackson Walton Gwinnett Banks and Oconee counties. he is noted for efficiency, juror respect, and prohibition enforcement. He also led Brand Banking Company in Lawrenceville before moving to Athens in 1902.
Judge Brand, though weak from recent illness, completed duties yesterday by drawing the grand and traverse juries for the April 1913 term. The lists include A. L. King, M. M. Arnold, J. E. Talmadge Sr., F. C. Thornton, Sam E. Suddeth, A. E. Griffith, T. W. Shackelford, W. W. Duncan, Co. D. Cox, J. W. Noel, E. H. Youngkin, and many others.
Wayne county resident F R Huffman reports relief from supposed heart trouble after using Thedford's Black-Draught. He credits the remedy with curing indigestion and restoring health, and urges readers to keep it in the house. The ad touts digestion as vital to health and promotes the product as a popular vegetable liver remedy priced at 25 cents.
Dr J P Proctor returns from Atlanta with daughter Harriette after an operation. Harriette stood the procedure well and friends hope for full recovery. Miss Ruth Weatherly leaves for Meridian to attend Miss Lorine Kathrage's marriage and will visit St Louis. Katherine Park hosts a Hallowe en party this evening. Mr J R Crane remains critically ill at his Prince Avenue home but shows some improvement. Mrs Edward Groover of Jacksonville Fla arrives to stay with Mrs Fred Morton. Mrs Percy V Pennybacker of Austin Texas leaves New York after visiting Mrs H C White and Mrs M A Lipscomb. Mr Clarke Howell Jr returns to the city after a weekend in Atlanta with his parents. Dr and Mrs T H Mell of Atlanta visit Miss Ellen Mell on Hill Street.
The shop expands its daily offerings with additions of Boys Wagons and other items alongside its regular China Glass and Housefurnishings.
Advert says grouchiness and bad taste come from a sluggish liver. Lloyd's Liver Act allegedly stimulates liver function, “throws off waste products,” and relieves troubles. Sold by drug stores for 50 cents a bottle with a money back guarantee.
Atlanta story about M. M. Mashburn trying to stop his sixteen year old daughter Sarah from marrying J. T. Cunningham a widower boarder. Mashburn enlisted police and detectives but the lovers fled together, thwarting authorities and Cupid's plan.
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