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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1914
Page
5
A newspaper ad touts Michaels August sale offering nearly a hundred dress styles for children at prices from 50 cents to 7.50 dollars. The entire stock is included with most items priced well below typical cost.
A New York banker notes England can organize cotton spinning quickly and urges calm use of credit. He says war boosts American mill demand and opens South American markets. The United States should liberalize shipping laws and push finished cotton products abroad to capture future trade after the European conflict ends. Summer coughs warning and Dr. King’s New Discovery advertised.
Mayor William F. Dorsey names three Athens groups to represent the city at the burial ceremony in Myrtle Hill cemetery Rome Ga. The council committee includes the mayor and three aldermen. Citizens’ and women’s committees list numerous state officials, prominent men and women, led by Dorsey and Chapman, with many local names.
Advertisement touts Mrs. Osgood's Wonder as a safer quicker method to remove facial neck and arm hair. It promises permanent results, a money back guarantee, and availability through H. R. Palmer & Sons and other outlets.
An Athens correspondent asks churches to unite at First Presbyterian on Sunday for memorial services honoring Mrs Woodrow Wilson wife of the U S president born and raised in Athens daughter of a Presbyterian minister and granddaughter of a long serving Athens pastor The writer hopes churches will consider the suggestion dated August 10 1914
Old rails erected in pairs are used by a Brazilian railroad as telegraph poles in an area where wood is quickly destroyed by insects.
One hundred thirty years ago Newport Rhode Island celebrated Washingtons birthday with bells cannon and decor. The historical society plans a monument site seventy five miles west of Chicago where Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis first met in 1832 while ending the Black Hawk War. Readers are urged to place ads in the Banner Page of Presidents for a chance at a $15 cash prize as the contest nears.
The Federal Reserve Board came into existence today with five members taking oath. Plans to take over the banking system are under way. Members include Charles S. Hamlin governor F A Delano vice governor Paul M Warburg and others with Secretary McAdoo and John Skelton Williams ex officio.
An advertisement promotes Woley Kidney Pills by H. R. Palmer & Sons claiming they quickly clear poisons from the blood causing rheumatism backache and joint pain to restore activity and comfort.
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