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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1906
Page
5
Davison-Nicholson Co presents this week a feature on wool dress goods silks and linens. It highlights allover lace dresses embroidered robes laces and dress trimmings with ready to wear skirts and shirt waists offered.
This week offers include Percales at 12 1-2 cents, Ginghams 10 to 15 cents, Pique 10 cents, Worsted Suitings 11 cents, Madras 15 cents, Persian Lawn 12 1-2 cents, and Merce rized Persian Lawn Remnants 15 cents. Many items half to a third off value with ten thousand yards on sale. Also embroideries, Swiss edgings, lawns, Organdies, silk Ginghams, white linens, and a wide array of accessories. Footwear assortments, new toe styles, and children shoes featured.
The Georgia division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy offers a gold medal for the best essay on The Main Events of 1861 Their Importance and Influence. Prizes include $10 from Miss Mildred Rutherford and state book awards. entries open to white schools in Georgia with 1000 to 1500 words due by April 1.
Mrs. Alexander of Cary Maine says Dr King’s New Life Pills are the best remedy she ever tried for keeping the stomach liver and bowels in perfect order. The painless purifiers are guaranteed by W J Smith and Bro H R Palmer and Sons druggists.
A 281 year old man enters his brother’s home during a funeral visit and shoots nine people with a revolver and shotgun. He then sets the house on fire and dies from a gunshot wound or self-inflicted injury. Victims include a brother and brother-in-law. police and fire crews save the child’s body as the building is nearly gutted.
The moon is described as having an atmosphere enabling some life but not for humans. Electric Bitters is promoted as a cure for headaches biliousness malaria chills and fever jaundice dyspepsia dizziness and debility. It claims to aid sleep and vitality with guarantees from W J Smith & Bro and H R Palmer & Sons at 50 cents.
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