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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1914
Page
6
Hundreds of pretty shirt waists moved on opening day at HALF PRICE with silk voiles chiffon crepe de chine and net on special sale tables. The stock remains plentiful and many styles remain for shoppers.
Voile crepe and lingerie waistwear in latest designs with low necks and short to 3 4 length sleeves. Prices range from 2.50 to 7.50 dollars, with half price offered on the lot.
Lace and net waists in about a dozen styles with combinations of lace and batiste priced from 2.98 to 6.50, now available at half price for selection.
Lot No 3 offers silk waists in taffeta tap and crepe d chine in white and colors. Regular prices ranged from 2.00 to 10.00, now offered at half price for the lot choice.
Lot No 4 offers fine chiffon and chiffon combinations in various colored effects. These beauties are priced regularly from 4.50 to 12.50 dollars, now available at half price for quick sale.
Tokio July 7. Baron Shibusawa and leading Japanese business figures plan a society to foster understanding among nations, focusing on Australia and New Zealand with aims to ease tensions and improve relations with the United States Canada and China. Yanai Yamamoto says fears in Australia and New Zealand are unfounded and urges exchange visits and publicity to bridge gaps.
In Berlin on July 7 Herr Seiferth of Weida has given 50 dollars to the city for investment with interest compounded for 340 years until 2254. In that year 70 percent of the accumulated interest will be at the municipality’s disposal while 30 percent is reinvested for 100 years and may vest as a gift. Projections place the sum in 2254 from 1.25 million to 15 million dollars. Demonstration of Domestic Science Fireless cookers advertised by Dorsey Furniture & Co.
Canal Zone Supreme Court justices prepare to leave public service. Chief Justice H A Gudger will join his son Herman in Asheville North Carolina to practice law after seventeen years on the isthmus. Associate Justice Thomas E Brown plans a return to the United States likely to practice in New York. The Canal Court will cease to exist as its work moves to the U S District Court established April 1.
James G. C. Mell operates a fire insurance office located in the Athens Savings Bank Building.
Berlin figures from 1912 show only 58.9 percent of farmer youths fit for service and 31.9 percent in Berlin proper. Wilmersdorf top among big cities with 48.2 of examined men recruited for duty, the lowest death rate in Germany.
Two hundred national figures back a public subscription to build a bronze statue of Count Okuma, Japan's premier, to be the largest such monument in the Orient. Honda Yoshinaki of the Tokyo Art School will supervise, with an estimated cost of 75000 dollars.
In Panama City the growing Italian community leads to the appointment of Carlo Raguzzi, formerly Italian consul at Berlin and Constantinople, as consular and diplomatic agent. Italians here largely drive coach teams competing with street cars.
Maplewood Inn promotes a pleasant summer retreat in Tallulah Falls with boating, bathing, fishing and hunting. It highlights plenty of chickens, Jersey butter and milk, reasonable rates, and special prices for families and weekend parties under Mr and Mrs John Bowden.
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