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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1914
Page
2
Poem titled The Men Who Try reflects on perseverance and honoring the man who tries. The page also lists a weekly calendar for S. N. S. with events including art exhibits, graduating exercises, a music concert, and alumnae activities.
The Manual Arts Department of the State Normal School hosts an exhibit June 4 5 6 from 10 AM to 1 PM and 4 to 6 PM in the Manual Art rooms. It features woodwork basketry drawing color work book-making and binding. The display aims to show a practical yet cultural course for teachers and schools nationwide advancing manual arts. Lucy Cobb Alumnae urging voters to mail June 16 coupons for a $2 000 Lucy Cobb drive. Eight Athens girls to present commissions today at Herty Field after dress parade for eight Georgia battalion companies.
The piece lists honorees Misses Callie Lumpkin Harriette Benedict Natalie Bocock Gyndolyn Griffith Elizabeth Smith Dorothy Dayes Marion Nicholson Josephine Wilkins and officers Majors Bantley Chappelle Turner Brewton Regimental Adjutant Pope Regimental Quartermaster Moss Captains Michael Patterson Cheney Whelchel Collins Short Conyers Battery and Lieutenants Myers J of A Haines D Davis J Blumenthal Owens J Bassett R Cocke E Battery Moise battalion adjutant. After commissions, refreshments at Costa's. Also notices of engagements marriages receptions and social events with names of families and venues around Athens in June 1914.
An old advertisement promotes ethina double strength for removing freckles. It claims users can apply a small amount at night and see the worst freckles fade while lighter ones disappear. The copy suggests only a fraction of an ounce is needed to achieve a clear complexion.
The article outlines distinctive touches for summer frocks, highlighting options like Japanese collars, chemisettes, frills, girdles, and sashes. It notes patterns 8353 8358 8365 8366 with sizes and fabric yardages, and lists price per pattern at 15 cents.
A reader is instructed to mail 15 cents to obtain a pattern by filling a coupon. The notice asks for the desired pattern number and size measured at the bust, and to address Pattern Department care of the newspaper. The remainder appears garbled.
The notice outlines bathing suit patterns featuring taffetas and Roman stripes with various waist and skirt styles. It lists pattern numbers 8348 and 8359 with sizes 32 to 42, each pattern priced at 15 cents and accompanied by fabric measurements and design details.
Frustrated pattern request seeks 15 centa coupon and full details enclosed in a letter to Pattern Department care of this paper. Address for responses provided. readers urged to follow instructions and send needed information.
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