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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1914
Page
3
Athens ready to wear house offers spring suits coats dresses skirts and hats from $15 to $50 with advanced style ideas and the D N Co standard of quality. The store invites patrons to view the new spring assemblage and shop for fashionable outfits.
The store showcases a wide spring silk collection including Taftetas in multiple colors at 98c a yard, printed silks, Roman striped trims, printed poplins, gilt edge poplins, messaline satins, Coupe d Chines, crepes and foulards. Many shades available. sizes range from 27 to 42 inches in width, with prices from 85c to $2.25 per yard.
A sales list showcases discounted home goods including Ratines in several colors at 35 cents a yard, fast color Ginghams at 8 1 2 cents a yard, white quilts at 1.00, ladies embroidered handkerchiefs at 19 cents or 3 for 50 cents, bordered men s handkerchiefs, Fern Balls at 19 cents, Wizard mop with free polishing quart, sheets 72 by 90 at 50 cents, 10 yard bolts of nainsook at 2.48 and 1.69, a 10 cent needle book at 1 cent each, and cut glass bowls at 1.98 from 3.00.
The department unveils a larger 春 spring wash goods assortment with Slub Eponge in new shades, Novelty Ratine for skirts, Rice Cloth with floral patterns, Cotton Crepes in trendy shades, 40 inch New Cloth plaid at 39c, Russia Cord Crepe in small plaids, and Flowered Crepes from lc to 39c.
Distinctive designs showcase tunics boleros lingerie dresses and tuxedo blouses in the spring issue. Each copy offers any Butterick pattern of the reader’s choosing for a chic, smart wardrobe update.
You can avoid feeling the coat should stay buttoned with our new affordable waists. Wash silk waistlines range from $2.50 to $2.75, crepe de chine at $5.00, dainty lavender stripe wash silk at $3.50, habitai waists $4.00 to $5.00, messaline waists in multiple shades at $5.00, black net over white chiffon $10.00, black lace over white chiffon $5.00, and white tailored low neck waists at 89c from regular $1.50.
Lace Department Dame Fashion touts a wide selection unavailable in Athens stores. Flouncings priced 25 to 35 cents, 27 inch shadowed lace at 0.65 to 1.25 dollars. Silk shadow lace and linen laces offered in multiple colors and widths with novelties in embroideries and allovers.
Shop showcases a large selection of spring hats though stock is incomplete. Prices are described as reasonable despite ongoing display updates.
A monograph from the Asiatic Institute of New York warns of rampant vandalism against Chinese antiquities. It cites European museum systems, market demand, and international dealers as driving destruction from 1908 onward. Chinese protests urge repatriation and an end to indiscriminate buying to preserve China’s archaeological wealth.
Advertising copy touts Reznor heaters for bed bath and dining rooms with rapid warmth in chilly mornings. Heaters come in sizes from $1.50 and up, and readers are urged to ask neighbors.
Philadelphia, March 10. The Barber Asphalt Paving Company offers $100 prizes to graduating engineering students for papers on Asphaltic Materials for Highway Construction. The University of Georgia is among selected schools. Papers must be up to 3,000 words and received by June 1, 1914.
Between April 1 and December 1 each year it is unlawful for any resident firm or corporation in Athens to allow manure from horses or cows to remain on lots longer than one week. Violations will be docketed in the recorder's court with penalties per City Code section 299.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets for costive bowels and torpid liver. It claims a 10 cent box cleanses bowels overnight, improves digestion, and prevents misery from undigested food, urging use by adults and children alike.
Mrs David Moore of Saginaw Michigan credits Dr Kings New Discovery with curing a fifteen year cough in her husband and an eight year cough in her son. The ad promises relief from hacking coughs la grippe and lung ailments with a money back guarantee. Available from H E Bucklen Co Philadelphia or St Louis at 50 cents to 1.00.
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