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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1916
Page
7
An ad promotes silk vests at $1.48 with options labeled Kaysers or Italian silk. Vest price $2.50 elsewhere for the same quality, colors listed as light blue pink and white. Message urges dressing well and wisely as a price lesson.
In Home Economics notes a bargain on camisoles from Kaysers Silk. The message promotes Italian silk camisoles as both necessary dress accessories and luxury items, listing a price drop to 69 cents from $1.50.
Advertises Silk Bloomers from Kayser Silk in white and light blue at 1.48, noting regular prices never below 2.50 and presenting them as a fine fall garment with vigorous appeal.
Summer dresses and voile offerings at Michael's are discounted with bold price cuts. Voile dresses range from 3.48 to 9.98, white dresses from 9.98 to 12.98, with organdie styles listed. Enduring fashion at savings, the sale highlights multiple fabric types and price points.
An optimistic sales note urges readers to buy coat suits now, framing them as essential for preparedness and wise dressing. It argues the coat suit fits crucial times and places, offering guidance in economic prudence for smart apparel purchases.
Our rash goods are on bargain tables with new stock for hot weather ahead. 14c voiles striped or figured, previously 25c. 19c voiles striped or figured, previously 38c. 29c voiles striped or figured, previously 65c. 29c awning stripe skirtings, previously 48c.
A local sale at Michael's features every trimmed hat in two lots priced at $1.00 and $2.98. The advert includes new felt hats priced $1.48 to $2.50 and promises unmatched values in a final clean-up sale.
Michael's offers 42 children dresses ages 6 to 14 in sizes 6 to 14. Dresses described as fresh and desirable with school and afternoon wear styles. Prices range from 79c to $3.75 with multiple colored dress options listed for back to school.
Michael's offers a markdown list featuring 50c to 65c items such as stamped pillow tubing 39c to 58c stitched pillow cases 48c, coats 1.98 to 4.00, brassieres 38c to 68c, sheets 75c, pillow cases 15c, school blouses 48c, peroxide 9c, knit underwear 58c, undershirts 10c, silk hose 89c, talcum 11c, and fringed dollies 1.19.
Atlanta August 14 1916 debate over a bill to grant the secretary of state authority to charter interurban railways reveals fears it may parallel the Western and Atlantic line and be unsafe. Supporters cite electric development for the south while opponents warn of foreign control and legal overreach. The measure passed the senate 96 to 53 after amendments to remove a joker.
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