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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1906
Page
1
The notice promotes a markdown on Shirt Waists Skirts Wash Dress Fabrics Dress Goods Silks White Goods Linens Millinery Matting Carpets Rugs Art Squares Lace Curtains Embroideries and Laces. It asserts the sale offers great value that no one can afford to miss.
Athens adds another fire insurance company aimed at cotton gins, promising rates about 40 percent below current gin insurance costs. The promoters list John D. Walker of Sparta as president and Wilson T. Dreger as vice president, with M. M. Stephenson as secretary and John J. Wilkins as treasurer, among other Georgia banking and insurance leaders, signaling strong regional backing.
Hon George Foster Peabody submits his view on the chancellorship at the University of Georgia Athens. He notes the strong candidacy of Capt J F Rucker and John Bostwick as directors, stressing the university’s growth and ties to agriculture and the South as he declines to serve himself due to existing commitments.
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