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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1904
Page
8
Davison and Lowe announce a three day millinery opening on March 23 to 25 in Athens. The largest display of fashionable hats will be shown and the public is invited to attend.
One week special sale features curtains draperies linens towels napkins quilts and sheets with discounts on linen towels napkins and white quilts. The display includes white goods fancies lawn chinas linens and shirt waists silk fabrics and a vast assortment of drapery hardware and mats.
Large sale on 50 pieces Irish linen for ladies and children's shirt waists at 40 per yard, now Te per yard. Also 390 dozen men and boys socks at low prices, 50 dozen suspenders at 15¢ and 50 dozen at 25¢, plus trunks dress cases telescopes and hand bags on display.
Catalog of yardage and fabrics with prices and value notes including Mercerized Waist Cloths Satindlaced Suitings Persian Lawns and Satin Liberty silk. Displays include Zephyr Cloths Chambrays Madras Pereales Etamine Voile Suitings Belts Wibbons Handkerchiefs and Hair Ribbons.
A broad display of dress fabrics including Woo fabrics Voiles Etamines and silk mixtures plus dress trimmings and collars. Featured are Mennen talcum 15c Colgate extract soaps and a wide range of handkerchiefs and linens with low sale prices. Also listed are collars tubs bags belts ribbons jewelry and new toilet articles with substantial discounts.
A St Louis hardware salesman extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as essential for travel. He cites frequent hotel meals and digestive troubles, saying fifty cents a month keeps his stomach in order and supports his work and health amid jabs from friends about patent medicines.
Mr N Overby of Macon has accepted a bookkeeper post with Bell & Little in Athens. He has received a warm welcome as a new citizen of the city.
Charles Arthur Barnard, Harvard alumnus and former four year guard, is set as the new line coach for the University of Georgia football team. Marvin Dickinson remains as backs coach as Georgia aims to strengthen line training and pursue a winning season.
Anbar looks to recruit an experienced coach to lead next season. The candidate would oversee a varied roster and aim to stabilize programs across multiple age groups while building a broad regional pipeline.
A local speaker proposed macadamizing Barber Street, noting its narrowness and offering a plan to widen it by taking ten to twelve feet from the western side. He suggested using earth from Cutting Hill to fill Bowrow Street over a ravine to Pulaski Street. Supporters see potential street and western-side property benefits.
The readable lines mention Peabody Building and a library milestone with planned events for completion. It notes doubt about a meteor or timing and that three ceremonies for the building's completion remain scheduled.
The Boy's meeting at the Y M G A in Athens this afternoon will be addressed by Engineer Ab Bailey of the Ga. R R on the topic Neglect. The session starts at 3 o'clock and all boys are urged to attend. Rev. Troy Beatty will address the Men's meeting at 4 o'clock and his talks are well enjoyed. Men are invited to attend these services.
Dr Walden delivers a Sabbath afternoon lecture series at the Presbyterian church in Eburel om, with today slated for a talk at 4:30 pm. The event emphasizes Israel in Bay pt. Vlas and appears to be part of a regular Despat lectures program.
Ladies invited to see demonstrations by Cape County Milling Company of Jackson Missouri promoting Gold Leaf Flour. Competent cooks will prepare biscuits cakes and pastries at Bowden’s College avenue store beginning 2 PM Monday for five days. The flyer touts Gold Leaf flour as the whitest flour from pure soft winter wheat and urges visitors to compare. The note also mentions plans for a new hotel and a union depot within a year.
General Clement A. Evans endorses Judge Joseph S. Turner for reelection as Georgia prison commissioner praising experience in humane criminal management law and court proceedings. Evans cites lengthy association and states Turner fits the role to oversee 509 convicts and related prison system operations.
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia suffered six months with a running leg sore and was cured in five days by Backlen's Arnica Salve. It claims to heal ulcers wounds piles and guarantees a cure. Priced at 25 cents and sold by H R Palmer and Sons and W J Smith and Bro druggists.
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