Short Notes of Interest Lipscomb Insurance
Insurance and real estate notices list Lipscomb offering to divide fire insurance with J C Jester. Clarke County Bank pays 4 percent on savings. Pear preservation tips via Jones Greenhouse. Mrs C C Kimzey offers China painting classes starting Tuesday Sept 8 with hours by phone. Miss Gleen A Allen opens studio Sept 14 for voice and piano lessons at 131 Grady avenue. Contact numbers provided.
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C. C. Kimzey
China
Meigs
Gleen A. Allen
Grady Avenue
Personal and social notes from Atlanta visits
Mr Graves Stephenson spent Monday in Atlanta. Mr and Mrs Ed Upson are visiting friends in Atlanta. Miss Bosaline Prince returns home from Talullah. Lester Wolroth suffered a severe attack of cholera morbus after eating green apples. His mother Mrs Pearl Wolroth of Herkimer NY says she treated him with Chamberlains Colic Diarrhea Remedy with relief from the first doses. Degrees of fools note laments and a joke about a girl in a man’s hat from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Lester Wolroth
Pearl Wolroth
Herkimer
N. Y
Cincinnati Enquirer
Eckman’s Alterative Promoted For Tuberculosis Sufferers
An advertisement urges TB patients and others to use Eckman’s Alterative to stop night sweats fever and hasten recovery. It claims efficacy in bronchial catarrh and throat and lung affections and notes no narcotics or habit forming agents. Contact Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia for a booklet.
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Eckman
Ckman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadel
Local notices and ads from Athens Savings Bank and merchants
The Athens Savings Bank offers 4 percent interest on deposits from $1 with semiannual compounding on January 1 and July 1. Local real estate loan of up to $5 000. Also listings for furniture, room for rent, a medium iron safe, a 5 room house on Grady avenue, Besmade Sox at $1.50 a dozen, a music class starting September 8, and a room and board request from two young ladies.
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Bank IN
Athens
Athens Savings Bank
Children’s classes formed after September fifteenth
A partial notice indicates new children's classes organized around 146 Mell Street with a contact telephone 224. The scattered text suggests a local program formation after September 15 but details are incomplete.
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Mell Street
What Happened to Jones at the Colonial Theatre
The Field Players present George Broadhurst's comedy What Happened to Jones at the Colonial tonight. A Labor Day matinee will offer St Elmo by request, with a 3 p m Saturday price matinee and tickets on sale at Palmer's.
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Jones
Colonial
Geo. A. Broadhurst
America
Mr. Broadhurst
Palmer’s
St. Elmo
Schooners Captured After Blockade Run Near Newton Bridge
County Officer Sage reports two mountain schooners captured near Newton bridge after a suspected blockade run. Wagons carried whiskey and produce from Habersham county. Drivers bonded to await trial on prohibition charges.
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Sage
Newton Bridge
Habersham County
Athens Streetcar Routes Altered During Track Work
The Athens Railway and Electric Co. announces rerouted streetcars on Broad street and College avenue while track work proceeds. Prince Boulevard Lumpkin and Milledge cars head to Broad and Thomas streets, then back via Thomas Washington College Hancock. The S A L car stops at the Georgian Hotel, then proceeds to Washington College and Hancock to join incoming traffic. A shuttle runs between Methodist church and Orr Drag Corner for Clayton street access.
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Athens Railway & Electric Co
Broad Street
College Avenue
Prince, Boulevard
Lumpkin Street
Methodist Church
Orr Drag Ca
Clayton Street
Death After Victory
A barn owl found near Mitcham station with rat remains in its claws was likely struck by a train as it attempted to fly away. The owl, common in the area surrounded by trees, had been preying on rats that frequent the railway points.
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Mitcham
London Mail
Nightingale in Captivity Story Told
A tale notes the nightingale loves freedom but may sing no more after changing keepers, suggesting confinement in an aviary or large outdoor cage. The anecdote highlights the bird’s reluctance to adapt to a new owner.
Parisians Smoke Coffee Leaf Cigarettes
Dialogue notes a claim that Parisians smoke cigarettes from coffee plant leaves and that many prefer them to tobacco. Jill quips about coupons affecting choices, suggesting social or consumer angles.
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Bill
Jill
Chinese serial dramas and long plays noted in history
The text surveys Chinese serial dramas with the famed Pi Pa Ki The Story of the Lute in twenty four sections performed over days, and longer plays of forty acts. It adds that England’s longest unwritten play by Mad Nat Lee spanned twenty five acts.
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China
England
Nat Lee
Flowers Blooming Beneath Deep Snow in the Alps
The Alps reveal flowers flowering in snow pockets as plants open petals and even pollen develops before sun exposure. Snow depths do not halt blooming as stalwart specimens thrive in frozen cavities below the surface.
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Alps
Exhilarator Moment Sparks Witty Car Tale
A motorist inspecting his vehicle in a lighter moment misnamed a foot lever the exhilarator prompting a bystander to joke about joy riding as the scene unfolds with casual humor.
Eighteen Hole Golf Course Anecdote Near London
In a clubhouse a famous author sits as a furious golfer returns from a round on the eighteen hole course near London. He proclaims he has lost sixteen balls on that beastly course. Mr. du Matrier coolly asks if he did not play the last two holes.
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London
Mr. du Matrier
Athens Leaders Form Pro Road Delegation for Atlanta Congress
Athens Clarke county selects an expert group to represent in the International Road Congress in Atlanta this November. Appointees include J. M. Hodgson, Martin J. Abney, J. W. Barnett, T. P. Stanley, and C. M. Strahan, chosen for practical road experience and leadership in Georgia and national road work.
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Athens
Clarke County
South
Atlanta
Andrew C. Erwin
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Erwin
J. M. Hodgson
County Board of Roads and Revenues
Martin J. Abney
J. W. Barnett
T. P. Stanley
C. M. Strahan
University of Georgia
Ripe eating apples offered by Arnold and Abney
Large mellow red apples with fine flavor advertised by Arnold and Abney contact phone 1076 for orders.
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Arnold & Abney
Doctor Ravaud Benedict Returns From Alabama Visit
Dr. Ravaud Benedict has returned from Birmingham where he visited his wife and baby. Mrs Benedict was ill but is now recovering. Tokay grapes offered at 20 cents per pound. Arnold and Abner announce the sale.
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DR. Ravaud Benedict
Alabama
Birmingham
Mrs. Benedict
Arnold & Abner
Child asks where goldfish go after their bath
A humorous exchange: a mother buys a globe of goldfish for her daughter Doris and the child asks where the fish are kept after their bath. A separate quip notes a man with a flashy diamond ring claiming dialect slips like them kind and has went.
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Doris
Use of Adversity Sparks Holiness in Life
A religious reflection notes how hardship tames conduct and tightens spiritual resolve, drawing on a biblical proverb and the quotation from Spurgeon to illustrate adversity guiding toward righteousness.
Gertie’s Dime Quest For Sweet Oil Sparks a Question
A mother sends five year old Gertie to the drug store with a dime to buy sweet oil. Gertie returns asking how sweet to make it, revealing a humorous misunderstanding about the product and a child’s literal interpretation.
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Gertie
Gwinnett County Superior Court Convenes Monday
Judge Brand and Solicitor General John B. Gamble will travel to Lawrenceville by early Monday train to convene Gwinnett County Superior Court in regular session. Much important business is to be transacted. Pink meat cantaloupes listed as advertising at Arnold & Abney.
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Brand
John B. Gamble
Lawrenceville
Gwinnett County
Curiosity for Mother to See
A young child, Marcia, watches a sizzling pan as grease rises in the air. She shifts to the pantry for safety and observes the volcanic kitchen scene with wide brown eyes and a new phrase about grease dust.
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Mother
Marcia
Many Additional Nominations Add Interest in Big Campaign
The Banner announces liberal nomination terms offering prizes and voting rights in each district. A Sunday publication will list initial candidate names with votes up to Saturday night, followed by daily updates as more nominations arrive and support is sought.
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Lst
Western Union Names Posey New Athens Manager
Mr. C. A. Posey takes over as Athens Western Union manager after serving as district manager in New Orleans. He arrives with his wife to reside here and be warmly received by local friends.
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C. A. Posey
Western Union
New Orleans
Athens
Posey
W. W. Murphey
Atlanta
Virginia
Murphey
Western Union Company
Richmond
Gainesville
W. A. Stock
Weaver Nearing Meridian On College Trek
A note from Weaver Bridges describes a trek from Atlanta to Meridian Mississippi to enter school mid month. He reports arriving in Tallapoosa Georgia after two days travel, 63 miles hiked, better crops nearby but farmers anxious about prices, few markets open and low bale sales, plans to move to Anniston Alabama and continues to live off simple fare.
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Weaver Bridges
Meridian
Miss
Tallapoosa
Atlanta
Anniston
Ala
New Orleans Man Is W U Manager
A. Posey, Western Union commercial manager for the Gulf division's second district, is transferred to the Southern division Athens district in Georgia. He and his wife will move from New Orleans, where he has been since moving from Mississippi nearly fifteen years ago, to assume duties September 1.
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New Orleans Times-Picayne
Athena
Western Union
A. Posey
New Orleans
Athens
Frayer Meeting At Home Of Rev J V M Morris
This evening at 8 30 at the home of the Rev J V M Morris at Cedar Street there will be a prayer meeting to which all are cordially invited. Also advertised items include celery lettuce Arnold Beads ney Pox River butter and Wresh shipment from Arnold Abney.
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Frayer
MR. Morris
J. V.M. Morris
Cedar Street
Arnold & Abney
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Rumely Products Company
Chicago
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Insurance & Real Estate
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J. C. Jester
Clarke County Bank
Phone Jones Greenhouse
Mr. Graves Stephenson
Mrs
Ed Upson
Miss Bosaline Prince
Tallulah
the McGregor CO
Sanges Hotel
Annie Foster
W. A. Carlton
M. & Wyer Poss’ Place
Hosiery Co
Holman Building
Bertha Davison
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Rosa Pringle Smith
Pantamhan
Clarke
Milledge Avenue
D. G. Anderson & Co
Uganda
Africa
Huggins China House
H. T. Huggins & Son
China House
Gwinnett County Superior Court
Cole
Rocky Fords
Lipscomb & Company
THE
Athens Audit Co
J. F. Hart
Banking. Service
Georgia National Bank
JNO
J. Wilkins
W. P. Brooks
Chas
H. Phinizy
J. C. Chandler
Eston Epps
ATHEN
OUFON
W. W. Murphy
Weaver
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