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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1916
Page
3
Short coats and long coats in many styles present a problem for women choosing a season's wardrobe. Our coat suits are designed for living models, offering a wide fit and updated models daily. Silk suits appear strong this season with many models priced from $20 to $75, plus special offers at $15, $20, and $26.
A local retailer announces a new shipment of Holeproof hosiery for men women and children. The line features sheer fabrics in silk and cotton with six month guarantees for cotton and three months for silk.
Large stock of exclusive millinery copies from models and a broad range of affordable hats. Hats priced at 2.50 3.00 5.00 and 7.50 offer stylish options with color blending. Competent milliners can help find or create a suitable model and invite shoppers to visit the department for new arrivals.
Michael's Garments offers spring dresses in taffeta Georgette crepe de Chine and Latin styles for afternoon wear street dress and formal occasions. The shop highlights combinations of materials, Spanish inspired designs, juvenile and miss fashions, and urges visits to its dress department this week.
The retailer touts white goods and sheer fabrics with a double guarantee on hosiery. Scarcity in the market is offset by orders placed at old prices. Shown brands are McCallums Kaysers and Onyx with striped hose priced at $1.00.
Novel hand bags in all leathers with silk linings and mirrors. Leather vanity sets combine card case and puff. Many new bag novelties arrive. 98c waists offered against typical $1.50 to $2.00 pricing, with over a thousand pieces available.
Reports of rain in the southwest sparked selling in New York cotton with July easing to 12.03 and October to 12.12 as buyers and traders weigh drouth hopes and potential acreage gains. Liverpool prices eased and spot markets across U S locales showed steady or quiet activity with mixed near term outlook.
London reports from March 23 describe military service tribunals across England granting few complete exemptions and warning that delaying single men delays conscription of married men under the Derby plan. Employers seek exemptions citing indispensability, while tribunals push back with cases from a sign painter to a funeral undertaker.
The ad claims calomel damages the liver and causes cramping and nausea while Dodson's Liver Tone offers a harmless vegetable substitute. It promises quicker liver relief without sickness and urges refunds if not effective, noting it is safe for children.
A newspaper-style health note advises sleeping porches or open bedrooms plus a cold sponge bath each morning to ward off colds. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as helpful to speed recovery when a cold occurs and mentions availability from dealers.
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