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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1914
Page
3
Athens store offers Crex rugs in multiple sizes from 1.25 to 9.00 and a large matting selection with Jap and China varieties listed at 10.00 to 12.50. Curtain fabrics include bordered scrims swisses nets madras and silkolines with drapery supplies priced 10c to 1.75 per yard and tapestries 50c to 3.00 per yard.
The article promotes Vudor porch shades for day comfort and sleeping porches. Slats are chemically treated to resist weather. Shades come in 4, 6, 8, or 10 feet widths with prices ranging from 2.25 to 7.50 and include measuring and hanging services.
Short term sale on Wizard products offers a regular 1.50 Wizard nae with a free 1.00 Polish can for 1.50. Polish comes in can and bottle at 25c and 1.00. Wizard Dust Cloths and Dusters priced 25c to 75c, Carpet Clean 10c a box, mops 15 25 50 and 75c.
Local shop promotes custom window shades made to measure with guaranteed roller mounting. Describes handmade materials and invites estimates for shading a house.
A 1914 letter from John Burroughs to Miss Lucy Stanton praises women's suffrage, links enfranchisement to temperance and moral reform, and predicts an eventual victory. He argues for expanding women's influence to soften masculine politics and to curb alcohol abuse, urging the suffrage movement to continue.
A special train from New York brings eleven multi millionaires to Atlanta for an opera visit. Not here for bonds or canal deals, they come to enjoy Atlanta’s grand opera season and hospitality, led by Otto Kahn with figures such as Viscount Acheson and James Stillman Jr. The visit highlights Atlanta’s social welcome and the town’s capacity to stage ambitious opera.
Avlanta April 28 It may be a strange coincidence if Alex Stephens of Atlanta succeeds Judge Ben Hill on the court of appeals bench. Friends expect his candidacy to run to fill a seat formerly held by Hill before he became superior court judge. The Stephens and Hill families figure prominently in Georgia politics, linked by history and influence.
Dr A M Soule praises Bibb County farm demonstrators and the canning clubs overseen by W G Middlebrooks. He notes alfalfa, crimson clover, and cow peas fixing nitrogen, fifty-five women supervisors, and extensive county demonstrations aiding pig fattening research while urging expansion of state agricultural funding.
Georgia state entomologist Dr E L Worsham says five to six hundred cotton breeders in Georgia are testing a hundred varieties to beat the boll weevil. The Department of Entomology has created over forty cotton breeding clubs in South Georgia with support from the Cotton Seed Crushers Association of Georgia. Further aims include resistant varieties and higher yields aided by more fertilizer and effort.
Atlanta reports from Georgia Fruit Exchange praise orchards around Marshallville Fort Valley Montezuma and the peach belt with crops in excellent condition barring freezes. Georgia is projected to ship over six thousand car loads while Texas and Arkansas expect half normal crops boosting Georgia market position. Manager Marks travels east to finalize shipping and distribution plans for full service to members.
Lydia Holman founder of the Holman Association of Alta Pass North Carolina addressed the National Organization for Public Health Nursing in St. Louis on midwifery in isolated rural districts. She urged one public health nurse per five hundred to one thousand families with special midwifery training and cited successful deliveries with minimal injuries in a neighborhood.
Advertising copy lists school banners in various sizes with felt head ing streamers letters and mascot in colors. It offers postpaid shipment for 50 cents from Howard Specialty Company Dayton Ohio. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised as widely used and dependable for coughs and colds with dealer availability noted.
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