Short Notes of Interest in Athens Ads and Rentals
A collage of classified notes including rent offers for furnished and unfurnished rooms on Milledge Avenue and Dougherty Street, trade proposals, a car sale, a bookkeeper seeking part time work, an insurance inquiry, cane syrup orders, a market closing hour notice, and a hay bike trade inquiry. Notable names include Jester, Louis Camak, Sparks Garage, King Hodgson, James Morton, and Leo Beer with Ideal Market.
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Athens
King-Hodgson Co
Jas
W. Morton
D. No
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Wanted Twenty-Five Young Ladies For Power Machinery
Help wanted advertisement from The Bell Overall Co of Winder Georgia seeks twenty five experienced young women to operate power machines, dated September 8.
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the Bell Overall CO
Winder, Ga
Local Classified Advertisements and Notices
A collage of ads includes auto insurance offers and savings bank rates, rental listings for rooms and houses, wanted items such as scrap iron and a mule exchange, lost scarf pin engraved I C F, second hand car inquiries, boarders wanted, sale of a horse with harness, and a vulcanizing shop promotion.
Booth Family Thanks Friends In Sorrow
Mrs W H Booth and family express heartfelt thanks to friends who tendered comfort and assistance during their recent bereavement.
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W. H. Booth
Georgia Faces Historic Intra State Freight Rate Clash
Banner special report from Atlanta notes Georgia must decide on proposed intra state freight rate increases tied to the fourth section order. If approved, Atlanta could lose hundreds of thousands annually as rates rise ten to fifty percent, with state rail commission lacking funds for full expert analysis before the January 1, 1916 effective date. The overhaul aims to align intrastate with interstate tariffs and may trigger broad rate changes across Georgia.
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Banner
Atlanta
Georgia
State Railroad Commission
Macon
Augusta
Southeast
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Commission
J. Prince Webster
Webster urges legislature to fund freight rate revision
In a forceful presentation, Mr. Webster recommended that the legislature be asked to provide the money needed to pursue the proposition of revising all state freight rates.
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Webster
Appalachee Association Session Nears Close in Winder
The Appalachee Association met at Mountain Creek Baptist church for its 80th annual session in Winder, with 4000 Baptists from 32 churches represented. Josiah Blasingame was elected moderator and Rev. J. W. McWhorter clerk. Rev. W. H. Faust preached the mission sermon. Visitors included Drs J. W. Graham H. R. Bernard W. Williams J. D. Winchester D. W. Key W. N. Faust and J. A. Bell. The session closes tomorrow at 12:30.
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Winder
Appalachee Association
Mountain Creek Baptist Church
Josiah Blasingame
J. W. McWhorter
Watkinsville
Chuches
J. W. Graham
H.R. Bernard
Ialanta
W. H. Williams
Covington
J. D. Winchester
Social Circle
D. W. Key
Monroe
W. N. Faust
Southern Baptist Convention
Weston Bruner
A. & M. Vollege
Madison County Man Dies in Walton County
Monroe Ga Sept 16 at 3 50 a m death claimed A Tarpley Cheek a well known Madison county citizen at his home north of Monroe He was 65 on July 27 a Baptist church member and cherished by many friends Survived by his wife formerly Miss Josie Yearwood of Jackson county and ten children
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Fie Banner
Monroe
A. Tarpley Cheek
Cheek
Madison County
Georgia
The
Baptist Church
Josie Yearwood
Jackson County
Faithful Cough Remedy Ad Claims Dr King’s Discovery
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as the best cough and cold remedy for seasonal colds. It urges faithful use after exposure to sneezing and asserts personal and family success with the product priced at 60 cents and one dollar.
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King
Colonial Opens With A Pair of Sixes This Friday
Haughey's Orchestra is engaged for the entire season at the Colonial theater and attractions. The season opens Friday night September 24 with the comedy A Pair of Sixes and promises top orchestral service and high quality performances throughout the run.
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Colonial
Haughey
Orchestra
Colonial Management
Freshman Outwits Sophomores With Bold Bald Head
At Ye Garden a fearless freshman Douglas Anderson faced a mob of angry sophomores armed with clippers. He exposed his shiny bald head and quipped he was ready, leaving the crowd astonished as the prank ended with his hairless triumph and a note on his family ties to Rey.
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Ye Garden
Douglas Anderson
Rey
Troy
Wife of a Day: Woman Seeks to Cancel Two Marriage Licenses
Effie Hitchcock asked clerk Ruby McGowan to tear up two marriage licenses after alleging a man named George Henderson used aliases and pressured her into marriage with a colored evangelist Jerry Miah performing the ceremony. The claim raised doubts about validity and status, but the licenses could not be annulled.
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Ruby McGowan
Tate Wright
Judge Orr
Effie Hitchcock
Geo.’ Henderson
Jerry Miah
George
Also Mentioned on This Page
Erwin & Company
Lipecomb
5. C. Jester
S. Milledge Ave
Louis Camak
Miller & Co
Pope
Childs Street
Care Banner
Nice
Sparks Garage
P. O
Dougherty St
W. S. Jones
Leo Beer
Ideal Market
Busy Bee Cafe
College Ave
Prince Ave
Price Ave
J. T. Anderson
Lipscomb
Athens Savings Bank
Old Compress
Ga. R. R
Weatherly
Davenport
College Avenue
A. H. Hodgson
Prince
Chief Brooks
H. J. Huggins & Son
Broad St
Milledge Avenue
Prince and Milledge
D. G. Anderson & Co
Clayton Street
Athens Engineering CO
Bld’g
Baptists
Ann Murdock
Charles Frohman
Marion
Walton County
Lipscomb Fire Insurance Agency
Athens Audit CO
J. F. Hart
Whitehall Road
Broad Street
Southern Refining Company
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