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30 March 1909: Spring Cleaning the City

This Day in Athens

On this day, the following editorial ran in the Athens Banner: In following years, with support from the Athens Women's Club and other civic organizations, an annual Clean Up Week was held in Athens. People were encouraged to clean around their homes a... »

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16 March 1919: "Save miles of needless steps, hours of wasted time and energy"

This Day in Athens

On this day in 1919, Bernstein Brothers furniture store ran this ad for the popular Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet: (click to enlarge image) Kitchen cabinets of this type were made by more than just the Hoosier Manufacturing company of New Castle, Indiana, bu... »

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5 March 1904: Late Notice of First Marconigram to Athens

This Day in Athens

On this day in 1904, the Athens Banner announced that unbeknownst to anyone, the first wireless Marconigram was sent to Athens several days earlier by Miss Mildred Rutherford, who did not want her relatives to worry that her ship was running late.  Ala... »

31 January 1861: Julia A. Flisch, Author and Women's Education Advocate, Is Born

This Day in Athens

On this day in 1861, Julia Anna Flisch was born to Pauline and Leonard Flisch in Augusta, Georgia. While Julia was still an infant, her family moved to Athens, where her parents, German immigrants, ran a sweets shop across the street from the Universit... »

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