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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1907
Page
4
The listing advertises 1600 yards of striped flannel at 10 cents per yard, 1009 yards of plaid dress goods originally 15 cents now reduced, plus similar silks, paids, and checks for waist and dresses. Also includes lots of white goods towels table linens and napkins at reduced prices.
The advertisement promotes discounted fabrics and home items including flannellette gowns children's sleeping garments and kimonas, 50 rolls of Ingram Carpet at reduced prices plus 50 art squares and 50 rolls of matting. A great line of floor and stair coverings is shown. Sale begins Monday December 30 with 100 ladies white shirt waists priced 98 cents to 3 dollars and 50 cents.
A reader recalls George Stuart’s lecture on Lop-Sided Folks delivered in a Georgia city. The critic praises Stuart’s energy but warns against overemphasizing one attribute at the expense of others, citing three natures: business, social, and religious. The piece critiques extreme devotion to a single trait as a fault in modern character.
Denver society notes Miss Cora Marie Arnold wed Albion Chavarria a full blooded Indian in Santa Fe New Mexico. The ceremony conducted by Rev Rendon drew Miss Arnold and her sisters as witnesses after a five year romance sparked during a mountain and plain festival. Chavarria, chief of the Santa Clam Indians, faced initial family opposition before the Arnold sisters joined to approve the marriage.
In Portland Oregon December May 192? Harry K Lane told the National Guard Association that Japanese agents had obtained precise city maps and water pipeline details. Mayor Lane said the spies completed their work before he learned of it and notified Washington with full details of the operation.
Albany Ga December 28 Miss Jeannette Farkas suffers severe burns to neck and chin after a Roman candle fireball lodges in her fur neckpiece during Christmas night attack. The shooter is unnamed. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup advertised as a free gentle bowel action for colds, without opiates.
In Midville on December 28 John Major, an armed Black man who killed town marshal J W Brinson, was tracked to a house three miles out. A mob fired on Major, who killed a deputy with a shot through a hand wound, then the house was burned and Major was killed as he emerged, leaving the town quiet but tense with armed whites patrolling streets.
G H Williamson announces store closure next Tuesday December 31 to move stock to Clayton Street store room occupied by A H Talmage. Patrons asked to place Monday orders to cover Tuesday needs. All Monday purchases will be charged to January account. Also promotes DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills sold by druggists.
New York December 28 Floretta Whaley the eloped girl from April now possibly in Louisiana is indicated in a Nassau surrogates court letter. A woman in Emden La postmarked New Verda La signed W C Jones says the girl aged about seventeen or eighteen was brought last April by a man named Cooke who claimed the girl was his stepchild.
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