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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1914
Page
3
Athens shop announces new silk stock including chiffon taffetas in enhagen wisteria navy gray green ischne pink and white. All present and summer wear needs covered with prices said to be lower than elsewhere.
Our stock of children's dresses is complete in white and ginghams and percales with lace and embroidery trims. Styles include white lace trimmed dresses and various gingham options priced from 59c to 7.50. New camisole embroideries 25c and 50c. Also porch comforts with Vador Shades and Crex Rugs.
An overflowing stock of wash goods for dainty frocks features new cloth and poplins in all colors priced from 10c to 75c. The offer includes stripe crepes, ripette, white crepes, printed crepes, voiles, crinkle crepes, silk stripe voiles, novelty voiles, flaxon, Irish poplin and linens in various shades. Spot prevents us telling half about this great stock of wash goods.
New plaids and solid colors with taffeta ruffles and tunics appear alongside silk moire skirts with ruffles. Woolen skirts priced to five dollars, moire skirts from seven ninety five and up.
Barnesville Georgia April 21 The fifteenth annual inspection of the Gordon battalion was led by Captain James P Robinson US Army materiel staff with Col Riley commanding the Sixteenth Infantry The parade ground review and drills won approval from trustees faculty and citizens A field problem with an advance guard clearing a highway preceded a sham battle using blank cartridges and drew favorable comments from Captain Robinson and observers
An American newsboy named Ryan begins a solo foot journey from San Francisco in October 1912 with a Remington rifle, planning 20 900 to 25 000 miles to return around 1916. He travels via Hawaii and Australia to Africa where Prime Minister Luis Botha congratulates him, a rare encounter noted in his adventurous cross continental trek.
A Washington rumor claims Secretary of State Bryan will resign within a month to head the Carnegie Peace Foundation at 25000 dollars yearly with a retirement pension. It says Mr. Carnegie arrived to secure Bryan’s consent and to back federal incorporation of the peace fund. Senator Root will stay as a director and may win the Nobel Prize for arbitration work.
An advertisement extols Vinci a tonic mixing cod liver oil elements and iron to strengthen digestion, enrich the blood, and revive run-down health. A St Louis user testimonial describes nervous, poor health improved by Vinci, with a money back guarantee if it fails. Athens Georgia druggists H. R. Palmer & Sons endorse Saxo Salve for eczema.
A French astronomer witnessed a complete brilliant rainbow in the Swiss Alps after sunset. The arc spanned a valley between two eastern mountains twenty five minutes after astronomical sunset and remained visible for about thirty minutes.
The notice warns that colds are catching like measles and urges avoiding close contact with the sick and crowded spaces. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a quick, safe cure. It also notes a traveler leaving Johannesburg for Cairo on February 24 who is pursuing a challenging route through Central Africa and Rhodesia.
W W Rockhill reports Outer Mongolia as a fragile buffer between Russia Japan and China. The land with limited assets relies on trade through Kiachta and Kobdo while its independence from China remains precarious.
Thawing April rains bring misery with coughs and fevers. Dr King’s New Discovery is promoted to soothe inflamed throats and lungs and stop coughing. Testimonial from J T Davis of Stickney Corner Maine claims cure after other remedies failed. Relief or money back. Pleasant children like it. Available by druggists in 50c and $1.00 bottles. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised for sores.
A consumer notice promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as highly popular worldwide and reliable for coughs and colds. It also endorses Foley Cathartic Tablets as a wholesome stimulant for digestion and invites customers via H. R. Palmer & Sons and E. J. Hudson of Chamblee Georgia to try them.
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