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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
3
Citizens living along the Boulevard and in West Athens petition the mayor and council to establish a crematory in that area. With sewer work months away, officials face a health driven need for immediate cremation facilities, at nominal city cost, to protect residents. The issue will be raised at the next regular council meeting for possible action.
Atlanta leaders of the Cotton Seed Crushers Association plan action against a new two cent per hundred pounds freight rate on cotton seed oil. A committee will meet with peers from other states and the Interstate association, with a meeting set for October 19 during the state fair at Piedmont Park.
The Fitzpatrick steel brush gin attachment, patented by Mr. Fitzpatrick of this city and owned with Capt. J. H. Rucker, impressed gin owners and critics. In Clarke County Ginnery tests, 65 bales were processed after rain-soaked hours with no loss of lint or engine speed. Captain Rucker estimates sales growth of ten to twenty percent with the attachment, which will be offered for sale after January 1.
A playful exchange from the Philadelphia Press notes a local woman who traded her parlor melodion for a cornet. She is teased that playing the cornet may be worse yet she replies that she can still sing, suggesting a light hearted neighborhood joke about musical talent.
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