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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1914
Page
8
Prompt settlements offered by ERWIN AND COMPANY through Fidelity Underwriters the largest firm in America. Strong capital with assets over forty two million dollars highlighted for policy clients and businesses seeking reliable coverage.
Lipscomb proposes fire insurance division with J C Jester. Clarke County Bank offers 4 percent savings. For pears preservation, contact Jones Greenhouse. Mens wear Besmade Sox one fifty per dozen with money back guarantee. Local orders at M & W Poss Place or Means Hosiery Co 409-410 Holman Building. Mrs C C Kimzey China painting class starts Sept 8 terms and hours via phone 714-101 call 480 Meigs. Mrs E C McEvoy music class reopens Sept 14. early hours by request. Miss Bertha Davison music class opens Sept 8 at 186 Barber St.
Fall term starts Monday September 7 with children’s classes formed after September 15 at 146 Mell Street contact 224. Also includes an advertisement for Sloan's Liniment praising Rheumatic pain relief and multiple user testimonials promoting 25 cent bottles.
An advertisement from H. R. Palmer and Son urges readers to take Foley Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder trouble. It claims relief from headaches backaches fatigue and general misery, promising better sleep appetite and strength after use.
The Athens Savings Bank advertises 4 percent interest on savings deposits compounded semiannually with deposits from $1.00. Various classifieds follow including loans up to $5,000 on city real estate, real estate offerings, room and board requests, a governess position, barber school ads, and medicinal tonics. The page includes health claims for Foley’s Kidney Pills, Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey, and Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic.
A long list of registrants appears under the banner City Registration List for Charter Election on September 15. The names span numerous citizens including Jester, Jackson, Lumpkin, Michael, Pitner, Patterson, Parker, Scarborough, Smith, Weatherly, Wingfield, Williams, and many others, with a separate Colored List noting additional names such as Brown and Quinn. The item resembles a published roster for local election preparation and includes intermittent advertising notes alongside the lengthy registrant lineup.
McDuff Virginia family credits Thedford’s Black-Draught with preventing serious sickness. A mother says stomach trouble plagued them until using the vegetable tonic. since starting, the family avoids long illnesses. The product, marketed 70 years, is sold 25 cents per package.
Huggins China House offers fruit jars with prompt delivery. Available sizes include half pints one pint one quart and half gallons.
A list of canning supplies including Mason's Jars Sure Seal jars and Perfection jars with extra tops rubbers and jelly glasses. Stone jars for pickling ranging from 1 to 5 gallons and preserving kettles are also offered.
H T Huggins sons and the Banner announce a vote contest in which coupons good for twenty five votes are distributed with each issue. Votes counted daily at noon and results printed next day. Prizes awarded to young ladies of Athens on October 31 1914. Contest office at Southern Mutual Building 240 College Ave open 8 30 am to 8 pm daily. Telephone 1317.
Mrs Kate Wilkinson of Lavonia and Franklin Springs takes charge of the former Sanges Hotel and seeks a name. She offers 5 00 to the first submitted name and invites suggestions by September 8. The European hotel will open September 7 with refreshed furnishings and order, and Athens congratulates its new manager.
Local Shriners formed a drum corps of about 40 members to affiliate with Yaraab Temple in Atlanta and plan a spring trip to the Seattle meeting. Officers named include W. A. Capps as captain and G. H. Snooks and Fred T. Moon in lieutenant roles. The next meeting is set for the 18th.
A Petrograd dispatch reported Lemberg fell on September 2 with a large stock of war materiel captured. The Russians said Austrian wounded were left in abandoned buildings as the enemy retreated.
The article argues the new charter protects city workers in the classified service from arbitrary dismissal. It cites sections 29 30 and 34 ensuring due process and Civil Service Board review, and says job security rests on competence, not political change, with a six year term Civil Service Board as final arbiter.
A large audience greeted the Field Players last night for the first presentation of What Happened to Jones a first rate comedy. Field as Jones the traveling salesman and Hinckley as the College Professor drew strong character work with Kurts as the Swedish servant girl and Daniel as Cissy. A matinee is listed for today at 3 pm with Bargain Prices and a final showing tonight.
Dorothy Phillips and Howard Crampton star in a two reel thriller “In All Things Moderation” at the Classic Today. A Sterling Comedy opens the program with a light weight string band performing during the show. Admission 5 and 10 cents.
Lester Wolroth suffered a severe attack of cholera morbus after eating green apples. His mother, Mrs. Pearl Wolroth of Herkimer New York, reports relief after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, with full recovery after three doses. Also promotes Foley Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and bronchitis with a claim of consistent price.
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