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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1911
Page
8
Random classifieds list items from Real Estate Fire Insurance and employment notices. Entries include wanted help for Davison Nicholson Co. and Jester. rental notices for rooms and apartments. sale of pigs and hens. chocolates at Embree’s. a lost brooch. and various business asks from Erwin & Company and Liberty Rubber Co. Notable names include Jester Pittman Umbach Sanges Davison Nicholson Fel lows Crowe Parr and Cobb St addresses.
A collage of local notices including fire insurance by Lipscomb & Co. and real estate offerings, savings bank rates at Athens Savings Bank, shop ads for brick and cooking utensils, shoe repairs by Martin Bros, housing for sale by DuBose & DuBose, hotel boarders sought, poultry for sale, vocal classes announced by Virginia Gottlieb, and Tamworth and Berkshire stock for sale with contact details.
Mrs Henrietta Barrow advertises a full house and kitchen furniture sale for October 4 1911 at 663 North Jackson Street with prior viewing on October 3. The listing mentions a Majestic range and boiler suitable for a boarding house and invites potential buyers to inspect items before the sale. Also promotes Linton Spring Water bottles delivered in crates by J R Crane & Co calling on phone 74.
You are notified that there is due on September first 1911 assessment No 252 payable to your clerk at office or hall If not paid before October first 1991 your insurance will be void and the order cannot be held to pay any benefits if death occurs.
Yesterday afternoon a trolley wire broke near the car barns at Hiawassee and Boulevard causing a fifteen minute delay as the circuit was repaired. Biograph at Etite today.
The Banner prints excerpts from Shackelford’s answer to Judge West in the West versus Shackelford injunction suit. Shackelford denies Senate rejection and argues appointment by Gov. Smith filled the unexpired term after Judge Cobb’s death, citing long-standing executive practice and estoppel.
Marion Harland Coffee Pots Percolator Pots Enamel and Tinware Pots Saratoga Potato Chippers Vegeta ble Slicers Food Choppers Meat Roasties Silk Roaster bread and cake boxes sugar and flour buckets patty irons table mats We carry Rogers Silverware Haviland and Austrian China White and gold china Prices to suit all See us for kitchen and dining room needs not to miss.
W Colquitt Carter, long time clerk of the United States district court for the northern district of Georgia, resigns effective September 30 to devote time to farming properties in North Georgia. He may be succeeded by C C Fuller. Carter will join Provident Trust and Security Company and develop 15 000 acres in Murray county with a railroad through the tract.
The Busy Bee Cafe on College Avenue near the campus offers regular meals and operates around the clock. It features Western meat Fox River butter and Georgia sweet milk as part of its menu.
Classified notice advertises 762 acres of land with 150 acres under cultivation, fenced and stocked with mules cattle and hogs. Describes quick sale with W H Kendrick of Fitzgerald Ga as contact. Also notes a government vacancy due to the expiration of H B Wests term on September 12 1911 and that no new appointment was made for the term starting after that date.
Feature film at Lyric College Avenue today. Dramatic fire drama with real rescue scenes and perilous skylight rescues. Selig actors portray frantic moments as crowds panic and a love story unfolds. Walter's Orchestra performs from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Montgomery Alabama sept 26 All Southern Conference events in Memphis October 6 to 11 draw special railroad rates. The Memphis Business Men's Club announces one and one third fare from Tennessee points except Chattanooga and one and one half fare from other Southeastern areas. Certificates required for return trip validation.
North Dakota's big industrial exposition opened in Bismarck with full exhibition space. Agriculture, live stock, mining, pottery, milling and other industries are represented. The fair runs three weeks and Friday features speeches by James J. Hill of St Paul and Howard Elliott of the Northern Pacific.
Topeka will host President Taft as part of the Kan sas semi centennial celebration. He will lay the cornerstone of the state soldiers memorial hall planned by Kansas at a cost of 350000 in memory of Union soldiers.
A lighthearted quip from Woman's Home Companion contrasts a golfer Jones question with Browns reply about a horse and a car. The exchange plays on the clash of horse and machine in early 20th century life.
Col R L J Smith of Commerce traveled to attend the funeral of his friend Capt W D Farrell. He valued the Athenian’s character and wished to express esteem and affection by being present at the service.
The six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A L Weadwyler, after months of care, was brought back to Atlanta hospital on Sunday for treatment during a brief visit. He is improving and hopes rise for a full recovery.
The Commerce News commends Col. R. L. J. Smith to the Western circuit voters as a worthy candidate for solicitor general. A longtime prosecutor, he earned his law degree at the State University and has 25 years of practice, including eight years as city court solicitor. He seeks to return as prosecuting attorney, and the paper urges support.
A London Globe item recalls a judge rebuking a verbose barrister from Maidstone. The exchange features the barrister apologizing for repeating a point, and the judge quipping that apologies are lengthy. The exchange showcases sharp, witty courtroom banter.
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