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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1903
Page
7
Fastidious men demand something special and we offer exclusive fabrics not found elsewhere. These goods carry elegance and good taste and guarantee style fit and material perfection for the well dressed man.
C. W. Motes promotes a photography studio on College avenue as the beat work house in Georgia with reasonable prices. Sittings offered in cloudy or fair weather and a phone contact provided.
Classified section notes requests for a second hand road cart and various ads for goods and services. Mentions Albert Davison, J. P. Morton's, Miss Annie Patman, and Miss Myra Cone. Includes ice delivery, an upright piano wanted, and a medicinal ad for August Flower.
An old advertisement touts Grape-Nuts as the right food for young women, claiming it strengthens nerves and digestion. A Brooklyn woman shares improved energy, weight gain, and better sleep after using Grape-Nuts with cream, praising the product and asking others to try it.
Weatherly Bros have opened an ice trade on Wall Street, securing one of the Souths largest ice factories to supply ice citywide. Merchants urge firms to compare before buying ice tickets.
In the sacred city of Durga, home to Media Buddhism, spinning prayer wheels bears precinct dedications to Buddha. Devout followers turn smaller wheels locally while a larger wheel features a prominent inscription. Curious rags and debris dot the site as pilgrims engage in ritual acts surrounding the wheels.
An election will be held on the first Saturday in June in Princeton district to elect a regular justice of the peace following grand jury action recommending W. J. Russell as notary public and ex officio JP. Incumbent J. Hemrick is likely candidate amid four docketed cases in two years.
A white man from Oconee County, after drinking, took a gun from Athens Hardware Co. He was detained by police but released when it was found he did not intend to steal. The gun had been covered and the owners chose not to prosecute. The man pledged to be more careful.
United Confederate Veterans reunion travel option announced by Seaboard Air Line. Tickets Athens to New Orleans and return offered at a reduced rate for attendees traveling to the reunion.
Solemn High Mass to be sung at 10 o clock by a special choir with Father Bazin of Atlanta officiating. All are cordially invited. Also a public notice on whooping cough features Jessie Pinkey Hall of Springfield, Alabama praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for preventing complications in her three children and a baby. Remedy sold by all druggists.
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