Handsome prizes for dot counters contest opens today
The Banner announces a dot counting contest with a chart to read and readers to guess the number of dots. Issued subscriptions grant one count, with higher payments allowing multiple counts, and prizes totaling over one hundred dollars including a $25 cash first prize and various merchandise and cash awards from local merchants and Davison and Lowe's.
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Glorn
Ja'ges
Meare JF. Rhodes
Mr Michael
Er. H. Dorsey
Davison and Lowe's
Turner & Hodgson
Corey & Faankenstein
E H. Dorsey
E. H Dorsey
Dorsey & Fenkenstein
Imperial Hotel
D. W. McGregor
F.G. Umbach
A. L. Mitchell
Umbach
Mitchell
R. Colburn
J. Rhodes
M. G. Michael
BE. J. Dorsey
Eal MD
Davison & Low
Michael Bros
Turner & Dlodgson
Carrom Board
D. W. Methregor
Orr Drug
Mrs. M M Bishop Dies in Athens at 74
Mrs. M M Bishop dies Wednesday at six in her Athens home aged seventy four after a long illness. A Vermont native who lived in Athens over fifty years, she was widow of Edward P Bishop, once a leading Athens merchant. Survived by six children, she was a Presbyterian church member and respected for devotion. An unrelated medical ad for Ely’s Liquid Cream Balm appears in the column.
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Jackson Street
MM. Bishop
Athena
H Pittard
Lacy Bishop
Athens
Arthur F. Bishop
Denteon
Texas
Bert Bishop
Hillside
Charles Bishop
Madison
H K. Milner
Birmingham
Ala
Presbyterian Church
Four Lenehan Cases Settled in Superior Court
Four Lenehan cases were settled in the superior court by payment to G. H. Holme & Company, the firm that once employed Lenahan and accused him of funds appropriation. The court ordered settlement after doubts about trial outcomes and statements from the solicitor general. Two remaining cases are still pending, with likelihood of settlement.
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Superior Cours
RF. Lenehan
G. H. Holme & Company
Lenahan
Masons Schedule Annual Meeting and St John’s Night Plans
Sonight Mt. Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M will hold its regular monthly meeting with important business. Two committees will be appointed: one to arrange the annual meeting on December 11 and one to plan St John’s night spring Christmas week celebrations. Officers for the next year will be chosen. refreshments and remarks are expected.
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Ss. John's
St. John’s
Law school bar exam requirement debated in legislature
The legislature considers a bill mandating all bar applicants to pass examinations. The University Law School supports the measure, arguing graduates are tested in open court, while no opposition is raised. Also quoted is a testimonial praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from Ralph S. Myers of Wheeling West Virginia, with note of its availability from druggists.
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University Law School
Chamberlain
Ralph
Myers
Thirty-Seventh
Revival of Evans Lodge and Good Templars in Athena
A movement aims to reorganize the Independent Order of Good Templars in Athena. Evans Lodge No 76 once boasted about 4100 members and did notable temperance work with youths, but it faded after years of declining interest and loss of charter. Many voters anticipate revival soon.
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Order of Good Templars
Evana Lodge
Evans Lodge
Athena
Negroes Sentenced in Superior Court Stabbing and Theft
Wednesday morning in Superior court Will Singleton a young negro pled guilty to stealing several items from Miss Hamiltons Milledge Avenue residence and was sentenced to eight years in the penitentiary. Tom Brown who stabbed Ephraim Oofer and his son pleaded guilty to stabbing and received twelve months in the chain gang. Lem Ware charged with larceny after trust was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
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Superior Court
Will Singleton
Tom Brown
Ephraim Oofer
Lem Ware
Scott's Emulsion Featured For Scrofula Sore Neck
An advertisement touts Scott and Downe emulsion as a cure for scrofula causing neck sores in children. It markets the product as prevention against consumption and invites readers to request a free sample.
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Scott
Scott & Downe
Oy Pearl Atest
New York
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A.m. P. Im
the Banner
Athens, GA
Tanner
Esterbrook
Alanine
YEW CO
John St
Col
J. R. Cooper
John R Cooper
Macon
J. P. Cooper
Col. Cooper
Georgia
Gold Dust Twins
Ac ‘Ousekeaper
Sanstrada
Wade
N. K. Fairbank Company
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
MM Bishop
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
Lenehan
Masons
St. John’s Night
Ciew
THE
Good Templars Lodge
Hones
Castoria
Gastoria
Bears
Pres
Athens Hardware
Bread Street
Mer Aneer
Broad Stree
GIA Junk Copipany
Georgia Depot
Rucker
Allen H. Talmage
Washington St
Gia
Billups Phinny
Near J. 8S
King & Co
L.Y. Carithers & C
Cotton Commission Merchants
Broad, Thomas and
Oconee Streets
J.y.carithers & CO
Arnold Sorrells Drug and Paint Co
Cthens
Artists
Clayton and
Jackson Streets
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