28 Feb 1904
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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1904
Page
1
Michael Bros. Company showcases a wide array of Spring silks for dresses and waists including wash silks at 37.5 cents per yard Manila pongee printed mousselines crepe de madras and Dundee linens. The display highlights new season colors and fabrics with staff ready to inform customers.
A fashion column catalogs fabric types including Dotted Swiss Dimities French Lawns Piques Linen Lawns and Organdies highlighting light weaves and summer wardrobe options for readers seeking fabric variety and texture.
A catalog entry details a complete line of Voiles Mystral Etamines Grenadines Prunnellas and Henriettas. The listing specifies fabrics and yarns associated with high quality textiles and fashion applications.
The University of Georgia outlines a centennial style commencement with a bush arbor setting on the old site. The schedule spans Saturday drills, literary debates, a baccalaureate by Bishop Gailor, and speeches by Eckels and Brantley. The Peabody library dedication replaces some branch- institution talks with remarks by Dr. Francis G. Peabody. The week includes alumni events, pledges, and a Danemark Hall banquet.
Thursday night a thief entered the Lamkin residence area near Athens and took a harness and saddle. Local officers are actively pursuing the culprit. An advertisement notes guarantees with John L. Arnold’s goods including paints and drugs.
A freight train collision on the Sea board Air Line near Haddock's brick yard eight miles from Athens killed Engineer Gus Cox of Abbeville South Carolina. The crash demolished engines and cars. the fireman escaped with injuries. Cox was 30, married, with a child, and his death followed an oncoming failure to follow signals or orders on a steep Bogart to river grade. The wreck prompted delays to additional trains and a later burial arrangement in Abbeville.
The funeral of Hugh N. Willcox, formerly of the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, was held yesterday morning with Rev. Troy Beatty officiating. He died recently in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and was laid to rest beside his wife in Oconee cemetery. A separate report notes Isaac Whitlow, a young black man, arrested in connection with an assault on Miss Rosa Munday on Meigs Street. Police tracked him from Chicago to Athens and identified him by a distinctive overcoat. Whitlow is detained awaiting further investigation.
Peck's Bad Boy was presented at the opera house yesterday afternoon and last night. The show drew a popular price audience and drew positive reactions for its humor.
Col. S C Upson has been named as trustee in the bankruptcy proceedings of the Globe Racket Store. Garden seed is advertised with John L Arnold offering paints and drugs.
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