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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1915
Page
3
An Athens retailer boasts the largest wash goods stock in the city with wide variety and low prices. The notice highlights reception voile at 29c, silk rajah 25c, 36-inch voiles and crepes from 15c to 39c, and numerous other fabrics for spring and summer garments.
Special boys baseball sale offers base balls 10c each junior league balls 19c large ash bats 25c small bats 5c baseball suits complete 98c each, value 1.50. Parents save with these bargains on equipment for scouts and leagues.
Commerce Georgia mourns Rev Henry E Hardman longtime Baptist minister died after illness. He led multiple churches over 25 years and leaves wife Ella Brock Hardman four children Charlie Will Bessie and Jennie Lee plus five brothers two sisters and extended Hardman family in North Georgia. Funeral held at Madison Avenue Baptist Church with brothers as pallbearers and burial in Hardman burying ground near the late Dr W B J Hardman home.
The M C A religious committee seeks to reach unsaved men with a Sunday sermon series. Rev R E Neighbour will speak on Daniel the Model Business Man on Easter Sunday at 3 30 singing by the male chorus led by Prof Vaughn. The Y M C A reports many unsaved men have found the Lord through these meetings.
The Department of Agriculture Engineering installs a timber testing machine for forestry students at the College of Agriculture. Studies will examine shear and other tests with data on southern timber trees. Possible cooperation with the Southern Pine Manufacturers Association is noted. New Brooder House is under construction for 1000 chick capacity at the poultry plant.
In Atlanta on April 8 a storm erupts at Candler Theological Seminary Emory University as students not elected to the new Sigma Pi Epsilon fraternity protest the acceptance of Greek letter minorities into school life. Faculty are listed as honorary members.
Houston hosts the Southern Sociological Congress from May 8 to 10 with about seventy speakers on The Conservation of Health. Governor J. K. Ferguson of Texas opens, with leaders from Alabama and other states and a Canadian representative on the program. The event features Vanderbilt Quartet music and a Health Train exhibit, plus special railroad rates and Pullman cars. The gathering aims to launch a regional health crusade and mark a new epoch in the South.
Local doctors warned against miracle cures as H. R. Palmer & Sons advertise Rheuma with a money back guarantee. The ad claims rapid relief within 24 hours, dissolving uric acid, and cites a testimonial from Mrs. Alice A. Brown of Ithaca, New York. Bottles priced at fifty cents.
Mrs H G Cleveland of Arnold Pennsylvania reports stomach trouble and sour stomach after meals. She credits Chamberlains Tablets with her cure after two bottles. The product is sold by dealers.
Advice on choosing spring garments stresses navy serge for a young girl’s between seasons coat with a belt extension design. It warns against overbuying and urges prudence in wardrobe planning for brides and women, noting changing underwear fashions and the folly of holding excess garments.
An old wicker waste basket can be refreshed by wrapping with colored silk or lining and a top layer of crocheted lace. Square or paneled baskets fit best. crochet lace panels cover each side and are sewn through the wicker, then bordered with ribbon and a bow.
Paris fashion houses preview spring looks with Worth leading designs in gabardine and silk chiffons. Fallis Francaise fabrics appear in walking outfits while charmeuse pekine with silver accents decorates Evening gowns. Skirts stay wide and short to flash the shoes and sleeves reach elbow length with high close fitting collars.
Present demand favors flat Japanese parasols with border embroidery and gold accents, long handles, and color-coordinated ferrules. Novel ties feature velvet birds and orange brown tones, appealing to affluent buyers. Also noted is Handy Nursery Card cards offering quick wall reference for first aid and accident treatment in homes.
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