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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1903
Page
10
Shoe sale features 300 pairs of ladies low cut oxfords and sandals valued at 1.25 and 1.50, offered at 98 cents. Another 300 pairs of misses and children's low cuts valued at 1.00 offered at 75 cents. Promotions highlight Queen Quality styles and emphasize inexpensive options.
A fragmented price list outlines costs for suspenders belts and related apparel. Items include Nehvee Shirts at $1.00, Mercerizn Underwear at $2, Ladies Swiss Ribbed Vests, Mens Belts with various prices, and large quantities of Windsor Ties and Chatlain Bass items with stated worths. Read as vendor catalog entries asking to see listed articles.
Advertisement for cotton, printed and white goods offering 600 yards best Skirtings 8.00, 9000 yards remnants, 40 pieces printed Lawns and Dimities, 20 pieces Cheek Muslins, 20 pieces White Lawn, 20 pieces fine Ginghams, and 45,000 yards remnants of Swiss and Dimities. Mentions Remnants of fine quality prints at 100 cents per yard and urges viewing white goods with many listed line items.
An ad notes White Duck Skirts priced at 25 cents and 50 cents for extra heavy varieties. It cites the cloth’s value at 60 cents and 1 dollar respectively, emphasizing material worth.
Umbrellas with silk parasols in white black and colored priced 1.25 1.75 and 1.50 for ladies and misses. Lot sale 95. New parasol line 25c to 5.00. Also fans gloves belts ribbons hair ornaments toilet articles jewelry novelties and handkerchiefs. Glass tumblers 5c each pictures framed baskets and more.
Weekly specials showcase 5 pieces of all wool Voile in navy and black at 50e, half wool Lot Etamine at 15 and 25e, assorted Dress Goods fancies in cream white black and colors at 5e, 29 pieces of Black fancies at 39c. Also 50 pieces Wash Silks in black white and fancies at 39 and 4c, plus fine wool Charlies and Grenadines. Visit for Black Taffeta and Pou de Soie Silk options.
An article surveys why oceans are salty, noting earth washings and salts beyond table salt. It also discusses shadow legends and beliefs across cultures, from Toledo and the Aryan tales to Zulu lore and witch legends tied to shadows.
A student explains how the phrase hitch your wagon to a star arose from a colonial trotting stallion named American Star owned by Seely. The horse and its mares spread across New England and New York, making the expression a common roadside banter and later a topic in Emerson’s lectures.
The ad claims a single product cures a cold with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and promises a refund of money if it fails. Each box bears E. W. Grove's signature and is sold by all druggists.
A traveler in Terie meets a hotel bill dispute over a Portuguese stay. The host and guest settle after a careful count, the total deemed fair with only minor overcharges of about two fingers. The exchange ends with mutual satisfaction and a polite departure.
The fragment discusses mythical creatures said to resist fire and even extinguish flames. It references a sokder of old and a creature that eats fire or breathes flames, alongside Pliny noting an animal so cold it can extinguish fire by contact.
A London Spe tater note discusses early textile art found in tombs, describing rough taxen cloth and wool embroidery. It notes linen as a durable, cleaner ground for embroidery and suggests weaving skills may have spread from Nile regions to Israelites.
A historical recipe from John Hinton's Universal Magazine of Knowledge prescribes elder shoots boiled in ale to make a tonic. The directions call for straining, cooling, bottling, and regular dosing each new or full moon, claimed to benefit both cattle and humans.
Sewell Ford portrays horses in Horses Nine with bold quirks. Tasha the hunter horse is vivid and capricious, reacting to bridle placement currycomb color and even ribbons. He displays a temper and lively heels and uses his teeth effectively.
The best physic Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are easy to take and pleasant in effect and offered for sale by all druggists.
A farmer uses a harsh method to break Blue Blazes a colt feared after a failed bridle attempt. He employs a grain measure with oats a whip and force grips to force the halter on the animal leaving the horse scarred and terrified.
Mrs. Mary Haller of Mt Crawford Va credits Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with reviving her son within a day after three doses. A neighbor brought the bottle to him when a regular physician had despaired. The remedy is sold by all druggists.
President Branson of the State Normal School returned from Richmond where he attended the Southern Education conference. He was named to a committee to choose a conference president and elected to the executive committee. He left to Albany for a Teachers Institute and may visit Savannah and other South Georgia points for the University of Georgia Summer School before returning to Athens.
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