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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
7
Post office hours run weekdays from early morning to evening with money order and delivery of mail services available. Transactions for money orders occur during weekday hours, with specific opening and closing times noted for customer access and mail handling.
Weather forecast notes a storm from the Mississippi Valley on the 27th bringing rain and snow with a cold wave by the 31st. Cloudy, cold and wintry periods expected through the period with varying activity and forecasts for the region. Local notices mention Idle Hour Nurseries, floral designs, and a call to support home businesses amid regional laundry investments and Floyd outreach.
Mr. Donaldson, head of the moving pictures exhibition, is thriving and may stay through winter as the audience warms to luminous shows. He contemplates early Birmingham imports and a refined vaudeville addition, with Christmas scenes and a daily program possible if films arrive promptly. Also noted is a sale prospect for old clothes repairs and a testimonial about Electric Bitters aiding health, promising relief from blood poison, weakness, and stomach and kidney troubles.
The Civic League urges careful lawn design with limited ornament and selected plants. It advises soil preparation for cama beds, manure mixing, and a raised bed, warns against excess shrubs, notes chickens and dogs threaten lawns, and promotes consistent building lines for street symmetry.
Last Monday was set for appearance in Atlanta of merchants from Atlanta Macon Savannah and Brunswick charged with violation of federal pure food law. Misbranded and adulterated vinegar sold as apple vinegar though made from acids cost 3 or 4 cents a gallon and sold to trade at 10 cents and retailed at 25 to 40 cents. Apple growers of Georgia say they cannot manufacture apple vinegar for less than 25 cents a gallon.
Col. Tom Vinnedge the Hope auctioneer found thirty letters from donors offering hogs to finance Hope Baptist Church debt. Hogs will be shipped to Hope and sold at public auction with half proceeds to donors and half to church debt. A new pay telephone station No. 294 opened on Broad and Water in front of Shaw Furniture Co for short and long distance calls.
Three full life scholarships for young men or women are advertised at Southern Shorthand and Business University in Atlanta and Albany, Thomasville Business College, and Stanley's Business College in Macon. Each promises first class standing and post graduation salaries from 75 to 150 dollars monthly. Inquiries go to Editor Democrat in Bainbridge. Also note Joe Jones' Barber Parlor on Broad Street for a quick shave or stylish haircut.
Local representative wanted to renew and grow the subscription list of a prominent monthly magazine in Bain ARLCO bridge area. Salary and commission offered. Experience desirable but not required. Apply to Publisher Box 59 Station O New York.
The city faces a flood of circulars urging Christmas purchases elsewhere. Agencies obtain reader data and push goods of all descriptions including glowing patent medicines. Local merchants offer extensive lines at competitive rates, stressing the value of supporting the home town and its businesses.
Bainbridge has begun a coffee roasting and blending business with costly equipment and a team including a top Baltimore roaster and blender. The operation sells through local dealers rather than direct retail, offering three blends and coffees sourced from Arabia, East India, and Brazil.
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