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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1901
Page
11
Christmas gift items for kids include writing tablets suitable for children, hair brushes for infants, puff boxes with artistic designs, children's handkerchiefs and hosiery, woolen and kid gloves, decorated caps, and infant shoes. Misses tailor mate suits and boys sweaters caps and suits are offered along with girls caps.
An extensive holiday department offers Sterling Silver manicure sets and accessories, Decorated China sets, Cut Glass wares, Onyx tables, Bohemian glass, Brass lamps, and silk garments. Also featured are fur collarettes, tailor made suits, capes, jackets, and a wide range of bric a brac plus silk parasols, hosiery, gloves, embroidered handkerchiefs, linens, and quilts as ideal Xmas presents.
A catalog style listing shows items including linen handkerchiefs, white silk initial handkerchiefs, silk mufflers, woollen and kid gloves, ebony military brushes with sterling silver mounts, solid leather dress suit.
Clarke county boasts the Georgia Factory as the souths first cotton mill with a long record of prosperity. Since 1678 the White family has managed it, building a modern plant after a devastating fire and expanding to electricity powered operations on the Oconee river near Athens. The two mills total about thirteen thousand spindles and produce mainly coarser yarns, marking Clarke as the region where southern cotton manufacturing began.
An advertisement claims DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured bed sores during a long illness in Fulford Maryland and promotes Kocklen's Arnica Salve as a worldwide cure for piles and bodily eruptions. It warns against counterfeits and lists H R Palmer & Sons and Warren J Smith & Bro as sellers.
The Mesara Dol lots and Ingle knitting mill is progressing with machinery installation under superintendent Alonso Dudley. When finished it should be among the best equipped in the South and will create local employment with output already being ordered for January opening. Nearby resident RB Gray of Amenia endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for croup and hoarseness, recommending keeping a bottle at hand for instant use. Sold by H R Palmer & Sons and Smith Bros.
Information about Athens offered by the Athenaeum business club and city clerk. A personal testimonial promotes Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for whooping cough bronchitis and throat illnesses, claiming dramatic cures and widespread success with bottles sold locally.
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