Silk Draperies and Dresses On Sale This Week
Prices cut this week on all silk draperies Fancy China silks and evening dresses at Davison and Lowe.
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Davison & Lowe
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Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1891
Page
1
Great Stock of Parasols and Fans in Athens Sale
A Athens exhibit offers 100 Silk Umbrellas at 95c this week and 500 Children's White Caps Bonnets and Straw Hats to be closed this week. Now is the time to get a bargain.
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Athens
Davison & Lowe
Dress Goods Week Sale for Robes and Combinations
All robes and combinations will go this week regardless of cost in a dress goods sale.
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Davison & Lowe
Davison and Lowe Offer 50 Pieces Fabrics on Sale
Fifty ginghams at 5 cents each with value 19 cents per yard, fifty pieces check muslin at 3 1-2 cents valued 7 cents, and fifty pieces white plaid lawn at 8 1-2 cents worth 12 1-2 cents. Sale advertised by Davison & Lowe.
Evening Wear and Fabrics Featured in Silk Line
Fabric houses present Evening Wear selections including Silk Mulls Fig Swiss French Organdies and Chiffons for evening dresses. Designers showcase varied textures suitable for formal attire and special events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Line
Mousland
Odesoir
This Week in Fashions for Fans and Fabrics
A brief shopping round up invites readers to explore parasols wind sor accessories handkerchiefs ruchings ribbons and laces with seasonal style picks and vendor highlights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor
Athens to Be Shown at World’s Fair by Davison & Lowes
Athens will appear at the Chicago World’s Fair with photographs of its institutions and notable buildings. Photographer W H Clancey of St Paul has visited Athens to capture views, promising perfect images of the town’s education and private sites for the exhibit.
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Athens
Chicago
Phopher
St. Paul
Inn
Clanesy
Meador touts Biggers Huckleberry Cordial for bowel trouble
T D Meador of Oglesby and Meador urges fortifying against sudden bowels trouble as he endorses Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial. He proclaims it a dead shot to bowel troubles and likens attacks to a robber invading the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Meador
Oglesby & Meador
Dr. Biggers
World's Columbian Exposition Progress and Delays
Illinois House committee approves a $1,000,000 appropriation for an Illinois exhibit at the World’s Columbian Exposition. A 25 member state commission will supervise, with two Illinois members of the national commission and two state women managers. Construction plans are advanced, with two years to opening, extensive building contracts, and foreign participation from France and England. Colonel Phoebe Couzins and Judge Waite push a court motion delaying removal of the secretary of the board of lady managers, with a postponement to tomorrow.
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Curiaco
Chicago
House
Springfield
Agreton
Illinois
National Commission
Potter Palmer
General Assembly
France
England
Lady Managere
Phebe Couzins
Waite
Tuley
Board of Lady Managers
Edwin Walker
St.Clair
George V. Massey
Bord of Control
White
Lee
Mr. Walker
Phoebe
Board of Control
Thesenand
Davis
Halsey C. Ives
St.Louis
National Commission Committee
Ives
Charles L Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Commission
Sims
Mr. Ives
St. Louis
Athens news notes steady growth and culture
A lively Athens scene shows fish markets thriving every Saturday and new houses rising amid street grading. The Augusta and Chattanooga line remains active, Georgia Midland is coming, and the Banjo Club gains solo status as the Yahoo Quartette inspires townsfolk. Professor Bocock’s likely Milledge avenue home nears completion, while W. O. Cooper recovers from illness. Hood’s Sarsaparilla advertised for appetite and headaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledge Avenue
A.L. Hull
Bocock
Banjo Club
W. O. Cooper
Lucy Cobb Pencilings and Notable Georgian Women
Monday at 1 p.m. in the School Hall Miss Paulin will illustrate mental arithmetic for teachers and clerks, with a French conversation exam for top pupils. Rosa Woodberry, a young writer featured in magazines and newspapers, is invited to speak on the Georgia Press Association work at the Kimball House in Atlanta. The piece also notes Defoe’s advocacy of insurance and women’s education, and advertises Bradycretine for headaches and a residence for Rev. Conaway bole.
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Mettais
Rosa Woodberry
Miss Woodbery
New York Daily
Mia Byington
Columbus Ger
Georgia Press Association
Association
Kimball House
Atlanta
Robinson Crusoe
de Foe
City Council weighs schools and court house plan
A council meeting will consider keeping the Washington Street School and securing a county court house. A councilman argues the city cannot afford to lose the school and urges a plan that provides sufficient schooling as Athens grows. The debate may include site swaps and using the court house as a school if acquired.
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Washington Street
Court House
Monany
Athens
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Safe Relief
A pharmacy ad claims Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption and lung ailments guarantees relief or purchase price back. It touts safety and pleasant taste with trial bottles at 10 cents from J Crawford & Co. Drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
J. Crawford & Co
Phi Kappa Minutes Date May 2 1891
Minutes of the Phi Kappa Society meeting dated May 2 1891 show President Johnson presiding. Inaugurations for Park and Kelly as president and first vice president noted. debate timing set for 10 30 a m May 16. dues enforcement motion carried with Denmark tasked to post notices. medal committee formed. debate on love topic debated with verdict for negative. adjournment noted. Baby carriages advertised by O Farrell & Fuckenstein Athens.
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Phi Kappa Society
Pai Kappa Society
Johnson
Messrs
Park and Kelly
Newell
Christie
Denmark
Horton
Barge
Demark
Frey E
Alker
Mation Society
Tallary
Ark
Athens News Roundup and Community Notices
Local column highlights a Boston shoe stock return and a big shop in Georgia. Reports cover a run away wagon near Hancock avenue, a Judge Cobb lecture at the M C A, revival meetings at the First Methodist church, and ads praising Davison & Lowe. Also features gas cooking benefits and household tips.
Vess VonDereau and Bickers Advertise in Athens
A historical notice praises the firm of Vess VonDereau and Bickers as prominent dry goods dealers in Athens. It extols their honest pricing, quality goods, and broad city and country trade, urging readers to visit their establishment to secure bargains through a large advertisement on the inside page.
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Vess
Vondereau& Bickers
Vess. Vondereau & Bickers
Athens
Athens Society Set For May Theatre and Teas
The Athens Dramatic Association prepares for May 22 staged play at the opera house as amateurs take the boards. Scott Thornton headlines the week with a serious comic performance drawing full houses. Kings Daughters host a sociable at the Manse with music, recitations, and refreshments, strengthening local social ties. Miss Douschka Holcombe and Lucy Cobb guests signal a busy social season ahead. A campus dance and Hill Street musical entertainments are planned, with university faculty home life and fashion notices rounding out the social scene.
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Athens
Opera House
Athens Dramatic Association
Cobbham
The
Dramatic Association
Ed. Brown
Mamie Lou ‘Hinton
Mr. George
JT. Hodgson
Jos Hodgson
E. H.hodgson
John
Hope Hull
God
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Davison & Lowe's
Wilson
Mies Couzins
Jackson Park
Department of Publicity and Promotion
South America
Pap
Lima
Safford
Augusta
Chattanooga
Georgia Midland
Yahoo
Sy Athens
Mr. Bloomfield
Clayton Street
Broad Street
Hood
Lucy Cobb
Jackson Street
Councilman Tales
PHI Kappa
O'Farrell & Fuckenstein
Classic
Si.i
Weil
M. C. W.baldwin
Boston
Georgia
Industrial Home Society
A. D. Flanigen
First Methodist Church
Stone Good
R. D. Clancy
Davison &Lowe
Sma Fitz
Gesfer
May
the Dramatic Association
Scott Thornton
Scott
George T. Hodgson
Anita
Louie Lane
King’s Daughters
King’s
Kings Daughters
Astor
Jackson
Macon
Horace Crawford
Mrs. Crawford
C. Q. ‘Adams
Ernie Richmond
Maudgeon
Douschka -Holcombe
May Burnett
Katie Louise DuBose
Hill Street
Fust
O'Farrell & Fankenstein’s
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