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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1916
Page
7
A description of stylish spring dresses featuring silk, taffeta, crepe de chine, georgette, and bengaline with high collars and tunic effects. The line includes peg top skirts, full color range with rose, aero grey, navy blues, and regualr shades. Emphasizes charm, attractive tailoring, and a pleasant visit for customers.
Silk buyers crowd in after the arrival of new stock including iridescent striped silks crepes de chine and moneyback silk with a money back promise. Exclusive pussy willow silks offered with a complete stock and attractive prices from 50c to 2.50.
Mercerized poplins silk finished fabric offered in white black navy capen linen and other colors. Measures 27 inches wide and 25 cents per yard. Suitable for broad uses in apparel and crafts.
Michaels presents a 1916 exhibit of women's spring suits marked by select taste and individuality. The collection features full ripple coats belted and trimmed, Norfolk suits with novelty revers, pockets in both skirt and coat, and stylish sleeves. Prices range from 15 to 25 dollars, highlighting a specialized, curated selection.
A spring waists showcase highlights wrist length sleeves approved for early spring and ongoing spring suit season. Longer sleeves may rival short ones in warmer weather. collars described as cape like. Georgette crepe radium taffeta crepe de chine waists in solid and rainbow stripes displayed in wide sizes.
Millinery at Michael's features hats from Phipps Morehead Jardine Castle and other leading American hatters. A corps of experienced milliners can design a hat to suit requirements if none is found. This week’s showing offers hats priced 2 3 4 5 6 50 and 7 50 with stylish models.
A promotional notice extols 98c waists from the March allotment. It claims selections exceed a thousand pieces and that prices are far below typical store pricing, urging readers to buy now for value and satisfaction. It contrasts 98c waists with higher priced items and emphasizes volume sales.
The report covers a quiet cotton market with May 11.66, July 11.86, and October 12.11 at midmorning, plus spot quotes from major cities. Liverpool and New York activity show mixed futures. the Empire District Electric Co reports record earnings for the year to January 31, 1916, with gross $1,136,350.81 and net $511,214.03, while noting rapid growth in electric demand across multiple states and upcoming turbine and note activity in Denver and Public Utility bonds.
Stocks have been influenced by a broad recession across markets with a late-week turn for the better. Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey offers a soothing remedy for children's coughs and colds with a pleasant taste. Priced at 25c at drugstores.
A pithy aphorism attributed to Sydney Smith notes that happiness bred in the present yields lasting joy, as people carry memories of contentment forward for decades, making the present state of happiness valuable beyond immediate pleasure.
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a time tested laxative. It claims the first dose clears sluggish bowels and purifies the body by stimulating the liver and removing wastes and impurities accumulated over winter. Sold by druggists.
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