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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1912
Page
8
Classified rental notice lists multiple houses with 4 to 10 rooms and prices from 10.00 to 60.00 per month or year. Locations include Milledge Reese Street Lumpkin Hill Grady Avenue Boulevard Pulaski Street College Avenue Barberville and other city areas. Several other nice houses in good city sections are offered.
A newspaper blurb promotes the ERWIN & CO savings option urging workers to allocate a portion of monthly earnings to the bank's Savings Department. The program emphasizes regular deposits and steady growth of funds.
An advertising notice urges readers to start saving with Anderson Banking Company. It emphasizes avoiding needless spending to build a tidy year end credit and the satisfaction of having money ahead. Commencement at once is encouraged.
Mr. W. G. Bishop arrives to oversee operations with Mr. George G. Goodale as managers for the Colonial theatre under Greenwood Theatrical Agency. They will relocate to Athens with Mrs. Bishop joining from Atlanta. Mr. Greenwood plans to visit Thursday to meet locals as the new management takes over October 1.
A moderate storm rests near Mobile and Pensacola this morning with atmospheric pressure below 29.8 inches. The system is advancing along the Gulf coast affecting the Atlanta region with unsettled conditions.
At yesterday afternoon’s meeting, Hardeman & Phinizy petitioned the mayor and council to extend Southern road tracks from Barber to Onedin and toward their warehouse. Moss & Co and Southern Mfg Co plan large warehouses, elevating the area’s commercial importance. A contract with the Southern road was authorized. A separate request to extend Baldwin street to Becker street was referred to the city engineer. Police committee approved purchasing new badges for the force.
Mr. Posey, manager of the Elite, announces exclusive display of regular high grade licensed films from Biograph Vitagraph Lubin Edison and similar studios on Clayton Street. Yesterday the new arrangement started with three reels daily and occasional features and educational pictures to entertain and instruct audiences. Posey aims to make Athens rival southern cities with fresh clear up to date cinema.
Three big millinery days Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at Mrs W A Ivey's 129 College Ave featuring new hats and styles. Also Ga Brick Co offers brick for sale phone 718 or 829. Costa's offers $610 in gold with ticket 1681. Wanted waiter for dining room 147 Washington St. Erwin & Company fire insurance ad mentions J C Jester option.
Local classified notes list savings bank offers at Athens Savings Bank with 4 percent interest compounded semiannually. multiple rental offers include furnished rooms at College Avenue and Prince Street and a three room apartment on Lumpkin Street. Ads urge barber training, tailors, millinery opening, typewriters, and farm goods from Athens Lumber Co with contact details and addresses.
An 8 month old twin son of Mr and Mrs J R Williams died Sunday afternoon at about 3 o clock at their home in Tommis. The child had been ill for some time. Funeral and burial occurred in Oconee county yesterday with many friends expressing sympathy to the bereaved parents.
Dr. Heywood, head of Athens Dental Parlors, has just returned from Augusta where he opened a splen did branch office. He says the new Athens offices will operate with competent hands and he will stay in Athens. Prospects for the branch are bright as rain falls across the southeast with varied totals. The forecast calls for more rain east of the Mississippi followed by cooler, fair weather inland.
Real estate men in Athens report busy activity with many deals closed since September first. Erwin and Company says nineteen working days yielded forty five thousand five hundred dollars in realty value, from a low of six hundred to a high of twenty five thousand, signaling strong near term movement.
The ad touts Syrup of Figs as the ideal laxative for children and a gentle stomach liver and bowels cleanser. It emphasizes a teaspoonful eases feverish irritability sour stomach and constipation within hours without nausea or weakness. Full directions claim suitability for all ages and grownups with a warning against drugging.
Mr. James H. Dozier and delegates R.T. Daniel of Griffin and Orrin Roberts of Monroe returned Sunday from Canada where they attended the sovereign grand lodge of the Odd Fellows of the World. Mrs. Fred J. Orr’s condition improved but remains in danger as physicians say she is not yet out of danger.
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