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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1900
Page
11
Royal Baking Powder possesses peculiar qualities from its pure ingredients and lifts baked goods without affecting flour. It makes hot breads rolls muffins and griddle cakes wholesome and digestible for delicate stomachs. Alum powders are cheaper but corrosive and unsafe for food use.
Athens reports extensive public works including a municipal electric plant with 115 arc lights, a large waterworks system valued at 130 000 dollars, 18 miles of water mains, 140 hydrants, and a funded street and sewer program. The city owns its headquarters, fire halls, schools, prison, and envisions a new city hall after current improvements. City Engineer Barnett and Water Superintendent Wood lead departments praised for efficiency.
Athens boasts a comprehensive sewer system with eight miles of sewers costing $42,000 and new bonds issued for further lines. The Fire Alarm system, Health Board led by Dr W B Conway, sanitary inspector Dr J C Orr, and City Attorney F A Shackelford are cited as efficient. Police Chief B F Culp leads a 14-officer force with Lt J B McKie and Sgt R A Saye. The piece lauds steady municipal progress and lists society notices and local ads.
Aiden Benedict presents Quo Vadis at the city opera house next Monday night. A Brooklyn clergyman Geog. F Miller praises the play as a moral, inspiring sermon on Christlike virtue and the dangers of worldly temptation, noting its long Brooklyn run and wide clerical endorsement. Rheumatism claim: Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised.
M M Arnold offers a selection including Williamson's Codens mince meat yankee beans Liggett's fall cream cheese and South Georgia cane syrup. Telephone or send orders to Arnold's store for holiday supplies.
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