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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1906
Page
4
Local society pages list returning residents and guests visiting from New York, Atlanta, Columbus, and other towns. Figures include Miss Louise DuBose, Mrs. C. E. Jarrett, Miss May Hodgson, Miss Ruth Tribble, and many others visiting, staying with relatives, or traveling to Tybee, Atlantic City, or Tallulah Falls.
Michael Bros Co offers sale pricing on linens and textiles including table linen napkins matting and towels with substantial discounts. It promotes new carpet lines in ingrain and Brussels varieties and mentions basic muslins dimities batistes organdies at reduced yard prices. The notice also markets silk gloves and luxury kid gloves with specific price points.
M A L Hull has written a new book titled Annals of Athens detailing the city’s history from foundation to present. The volume, several hundred pages, gathers extensive information to preserve Athens’ classical past for residents and scholars.
City work starts on curbing from Barber street to Nacoochee avenue. City Engineer Barnett will regrade the street after curbing and sod the sidewalk gaps next spring. Trees will be planted along the sidewalks this fall to make the boulevard one of the citys handsomest streets.
A scattered slate shows matchups including Atlanta at Montgomery, New Orleans hosting Memphis, Little Rock facing Shreveport, and Birmingham at Nashville. The text also includes a baseball box score with RHE tallies for teams, and a separate vignette about Seth Day, a Topeka farmer, believed to suffer hydro phobia after a cat bite, confined in Shawnee county jail.
New shipment of plaid ginghams and Scotch plaids. Purses and ladies handbags and a line of jet belts arrive. Trunks and dress suit cases stocked as headquarters. New collars and cotton suiting in gray and brown plus a continuing clearance sale on summer dry goods and shoes.
Congressman Bill Howard draws a packed Hartwell crowd with a vigorous defense of James M. Smith and opposition to ring politics. He defends Gov Terrell’s judicial appointments, praises Judge McWhorter, and critiques Hoke Smith and Andrew Cobb. Local ads note lumber sales and employment opportunities. Hart County details and school term notices follow.
The remark notes Dr Mason as consistently occupied with duties, drawing praise from those who value careful attention and steady work. The brief comment underscores his reputation for thorough patient care and professional dedication.
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