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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1916
Page
7
A detailed dressmaking tutorial describes cutting and assembling a striped blue challis dress with a blue faille cape. It covers layout on folds, placing waists and cuffs, neck cutting with small perforations, and patterns marked by triple TTT perforations.
Fabrics described as chine and crepe Georgette trimmed with silver braid and net.
The Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. asks Georgia regulators to test a two-number long distance system for one year around Atlanta and nearby cities. The plan cuts rates up to about 60 cents, connects via a number rather than a named party, and aims to reduce missed or failed calls, potentially expanding south if successful.
The Cobb Deloney Camp Confederate Veterans meets at city hall council room at 11 this morning. Member F K Freeman will deliver the address on The First Battle of Manassas, drawing on firsthand knowledge.
The Industrial Index notes a surge in Southeast development with 49 new corporations forming and 8600000 in capital across projects from a $900000 steel investment in Gadsden Alabama to new factories, rail ventures, hotels, banks and various construction projects in Georgia Florida South Carolina and Mississippi.
LaGrippe attacked F G Prevo of Bedford Ind causing severe cough. He credits two bottles of Fo Ley’s Honey and Tar for his recovery and return to normal weight. H R Palmer & I promote the remedy as a reliable cough and cold cure.
Tomorrow afternoon at the Elite theater the men's meeting of the Y M C A will be addressed by Rev Stanley R Grubb pastor of the Christian church in this city. His subject Christ is All and In All. The program opens at 3 30 with a chorus, then the meeting at 4. Boys meetings follow with Arthur Cox conductor on the Southern Railroad and Milton C Scott of the University of Georgia addressing younger boys.
The retiring board of the military department meets in Augusta Feb 10 to decide Major Abram Levy's fitness to keep his Augusta Battalion command. Captain Frank McIntyre acts as prosecutor. Levy may hire any state-licensed attorney. Colonel John Butler prosecutes at his request. Hearing could last two to three days as a mass of documents is prepared.
Judge A W Fite sits at the state capitol to hear the state seek a permanent injunction blocking the Louisville and Nashville from building a connecting branch from Marietta to Cartersville. The case centers on charter rights for the old A K and N and the anti paralleling act, with a decision expected soon.
Athens resident Mrs. M. Williams reports severe backache and sleepless nights ended after using Dean's Kidney Pills from Palmer & Sons Drug Store. She notes lasting relief with only one recurrence since taking the product. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY props.
A historian argues that Indian-Americans hold the true title to the label real Americans, asserting that Native peoples were among the earliest inhabitants after migration from the Old World, regardless of their origins.
Mrs. Ethel MacBaker of Spenceport New York writes that Chamberlains Tablets have done more for her than she dared hope. They not only cured me but also improved my general health and spirits.
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