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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1914
Page
6
The store promotes a full stock of new silks including printed, solid, and woven flower goods in every shade. It emphasizes unique and out of the ordinary silks available only at Michael's, urging customers to choose from a complete range to meet daily and special needs.
A local store promotes a sale on brocaded petticoats priced at 98 cents each. The item is advertised as newer and cheaper than typical retailer prices of $1.25 to $1.50 elsewhere.
Governor John M. Slaton calls in Savannah for the National Drainage Congress to study scientific drainage of 2,700,000 idle acres. He argues drained acres could yield up to 50 per acre, boost tax values, curb malaria, and boost road building and local incomes, urging private effort to reclaim Southeast Georgia’s overflowed lands.
Michael's announces an almost half price sale on oriental rugs with discounts of 25 to 50 percent. The collection features Serebend Iran Hamedan Moussol Kurdistan Beloochistan and Cabistan. Readily available yesterday the rugs are described as beauties and bargains.
The feature highlights new dress styles with a mix of quirky looks and simple charm. It notes the influence of weaves and style as key to the era’s fashion, praising Michael's for its buying power and rapid access to the latest fashions. Prices range from four to fifteen dollars and up.
The season's waists emphasize charm of grace and beauty of coloring with fabrics such as chiffon taffeta laces nets crepe de Chine and novelty crepes. The collection features flowered silk sheer textiles and all materials suitable for spring and summer wear.
A vintage notice touts Parisian Sage as a universal hair tonic. It claims to remove dandruff, stop hair loss, and refresh the scalp after weekly then occasional use, with immediate effects and 50 cent bottles sold by H. R. Palmer & Sons with a refund guarantee.
Michael's presents an infinite array of coat suits in latest and conservative styles. Some designs use soft materials to flatter slender figures while others suit heavier frames. Prices start at $15.00 with several options at $17.50 $20.00 and $25.00 and up.
The shop promotes a wide array of hats with a comfortable wearer experience. It promises superior models at various price points with special emphasis on selections priced at 3.50 4.50 5.50 and 7.50 noted as remarkable for beauty and value.
This year features colored silk boot hose in navy blue purple emerald green and other shades. Good quality hosiery offered at a bargain price of 50 cents per pair.
The first Georgia tea is grown by James W. Camak of Athens from seed he bought years ago. A single surviving tea plant yielded the first tea leaves and a green tea of fine quality resembling Orange Pekoe. Camak also grows bamboo from various regions and urges farmers to consider tea as a future money crop amid boll weevil threats.
Odell Winfrey, a colored man, was bound over in justice court to answer in higher court for alleged larceny from a house. The charge relates to stealing an overcoat from the room of linotype operator L. J. Pemberton at the express office. This was Judge Carlisle Cobb’s first committal trial since being sworn in as justice of the peace.
The advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a trusted liver remedy backed by druggists who guarantee refunds if it fails to improve liver function. Priced at 50 cents per bottle, the product is promoted as safer than calomel for torpid liver, constipation, and biliousness, with a warning to avoid imitations.
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