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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1916
Page
3
The text highlights witchery and charm of new designs with rich shimmering materials and lovely colorings. It claims dresses for this season are unusually attractive and that the showing in Athens is far ahead of others, with a large, beautiful display prepared for big demand.
The Electric Brand promotes House Dresses in ginghams percale chambray with fast colors priced from 1.00 to 2.50. The adjustable dress known as the handy dandy offers a dress and apron in one.
You can buy children’s dresses here for less than making them. Everyday dresses feature ginghams and percales in bright colors. Party and dress up outfits include white dresses with lace embroidery and ribbons, priced from 1.25 to 3.50 dollars.
The piece touts a spring line of suits and dresses with Gabaines Serges Silks and novelties. It highlights cape effects flare skirted jackets and new belt and button details with gay linings. Prices span from $75 to $1250.
Milliney introduces trimmed hats priced from 2.50 dollars and up for the season. The vendor markets styles featuring exclusive trims and varied headwear options for shoppers seeking distinctive millinery.
A local shop advertises a wide selection of Easter novelties. White rabbits in all sizes priced from 5 to 25 cents, fancy egg candy boxes, rabbit on a wagon centerpiece for 35 cents, and Easter lilies at 5 cents each. The store touts its extensive line of Easter favors and novelties.
Novelty item Floating Pond Lily grows in popularity and is sold as a bowl centerpiece. Special lot offered at 10 cents each. Also available full line of children and boys wash and straw hats.
Special Values in Undermuslin offers Batiste Camisoles in flesh and white 25c 50c 65c Crepe de Chine Camisoles lace trimmed flesh white 85c and 1.00 Beautiful flesh colored Teddys 1.00 1.25 Batiste Teddys 50c 65c Pink Batiste Petticoats embroidered in blue 1.00 white petticoats 50c to 2.50 Ladies' pants 25c to 1.00 Flesh hemstitched gowns 1.00 1.25 white gowns 50 to 2. Display in center of store.
Butterick Patterns are described as the lasting leader in paper patterns with simple easy-to-use designs for any garment. The text promises Butterick patterns available in every size and asserts worldwide dominance in pattern production.
A small industrial style ad promotes Soft Sole Shoes for infants at 25 cents a pair in various colors and sizes. It also lists Peroxide Soap at 5 cents per cake, indicating a bargain display for household essentials.
A range of silk hose novelties arrives with prices from 1 to 2 1 2 dollars per pair. New stock includes white and black striped and checked designs, embroidered options, and color mixes such as blue and black, old rose, gray, tan and blue.
Drs. R. S. Hill and L. L. Hill present the Laura Hill Sanitarium on South Lawrence Street to the city of Montgomery. The gift, accepted by city commissioners, preserves the hospital name and funds a 45 room facility with modern equipment and a 5 room operating suite including a top tier X-ray unit. The Hills vow to continue medical work and four days weekly charity care.
Local druggists report a drop in calomel sales as Dodson’s Liver Tone gains popularity. The vegetable remedy is touted as safe, pleasant tasting, and effective for liver sluggishness and constipation with a money back guarantee.
Colonel A R Lawton of Savannah leads the Georgia Drainage Association planning the May 4 5 1916 Monroe session to widen statewide drainage surveys begun by the state geological department Governor Harris invited to speak and likely to attend The association shifts its focus from southern towns to the upper state to benefit Georgia.
An advert-like notice touts General Tonic as a liver aid and whole system builder. It promises malaria relief and enriched energy, priced at 50 cents.
Among the attractive new waists we are showing flesh and white Georgette crepe waist crepe de chine and Georgette combinations silk Marquisette waists in all colors white Georgette crepe waists trimmed in colors Fibre lace and chiffon. Pretty cream lace waists at 2 1 2 wash silk waists all colors 2 1 2 crepe de chine all colors 2 1 2 wash silks in stripes 2 1 2 embroidered Marquesette or gandies and fancy voile waists at 2 1 2 Special 98c waists shown in wash silk voiles crepe and stripes worth 1 50. At 50c we offer waists worth 85c to 1 00 shown in check muslin lawns and stripes.
New middy blouses shown in solid white with optional side lacing and short or long sleeves. White middy blouses with red and blue collar stripes of pink and blue are among the popular new items. Prices are 50 cents and one dollar.
Niagara Silk Gloves reveal new spring assortments including white gloves with black stitching and black gloves with white stitching priced at 50 cents per pair. Niagara Maid Gloves shown in white and black in all lengths.
Hartwell Georgia March 21 enthusiasm rises for a trolley line linking Atlanta with Carolina towns and the interurban system across the state. Hart county subscriptions are over subscribed as surveyors study routes from Anderson to Hartwell aiming to traverse the Piedmont belt’s fertile farm area. I J Phillips is credited for untiring efforts and encouragement.
Special to the Banner reports that the Fourth National Bank of Atlanta shows deposits over eight million dollars in its March 7 submission to the Comptroller of the Currency. The bank thus becomes the state’s largest by deposits and the data signal broader southern prosperity.
The Court of Last Resort humorously notes that around small groceries the Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has faced and typically won verdicts, suggesting it rules over other remedies in rural shops.
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