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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1903
Page
3
An advertisement lists bargains on yard wide bleaching, embroidered laces, and Trunks Dress Suit Cases Hand Satchels and Telescopes. It markets Lot Embroideries up to 25 cents and Gents' Silk Ties at 15 cents. Linens, silks, trimmings, lace curtains, window shades and cosmetics are discounted. Davison d& Lowe's promoted for best low prices.
Closing out lots of boys and men wear at half price. Items include pants 85e, remnants, suspenders, overalls, colored parasols for ladies and children, ribbon remnants, and shots. Rugs offered at $1.50. Read as a retail clearance listing with multiple fabric and clothing lots.
A compact local notice listing multiple items from H P Hinton’s including olives prunes candies pineapples and premium coffee. It advertises services at 70 phone, a summer photo studio display by Motes, a rent listing for a new 10 room house on Hancock and Newton, and an ice delivery notice with wholesale wagons continuing. Also mentions a stolen Elgin watch reward and a round trip Athena to White Sulphur offer.
A Wheeling, West Virginia accountant from Bennett Street, W. H. Clarke of Blach Bros. Tobacco Works, testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills cured his backache after months of pain and partial relief from other medicines. He says the cure lasted and offers to confirm by interview or mail reply. Sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, NY are U. S. agents. Remember the name Dean's.
About fifty teachers from the University Summer School toured Col James M. Smith's Smithonia farm in Dunlap. Col Smith and his son guided the group, showing best agricultural practices and offering practical farming advice during a cordial, well organized day. The party, led by Prof Alexander Rhodes, found the excursion a highlight of the session.
Yesterday Atlanta split results with Little Rock losing 4 to 2 while Birmingham beat leaders 10 to 3 Montgomery shut out New Orleans 15 to 0. No game in Shreveport. An ad promotes Backlen's Arnica Salve as a safe preventive for injuries, sold by Palm er & Son's and W. J. th & Bro. druggists.
The Banner seeks ministers to provide notices of upcoming church meetings and the subjects of Sunday sermons each Saturday. The aim is to publish timely church notices to boost attendance and remind readers of religious obligations. Also includes ads for Kodol Dyspepsia Core and Clifton flour, with testimonials and local business mentions.
The article extols the University of Georgia as a path to public careers, noting low living costs with Denmark Dining Hall on a cooperative plan, dorms free, and several courses across Agriculture, Pharmacy, and Law. It mentions the Board of Visitors appointees, Dean Benedict, Senator Bacon as a graduate, and the next session starting September 16, with Chancellor Hill available for details. It also notes Mr. James R. Crane is very ill at his Prince Avenue home.
A substitute convict bill is likely to pass as Representative Shackelford drafts a closely allied measure. A steering committee will fast track key bills this session, including an appropriation of 6,000 for Winnie Davis Memorial Hall completion and a 25,000 grant for State Normal School construction, though that latter item may stall.
The Athens Daily News announces a suspension of daily publication for the period until Christmas. The note cites reporter R J Griffith leaving for a country visit and editor H L Hodgson's other duties. J H Mapp has moved to the Branson place on Baxter street.
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