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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1916
Page
3
The store promotes its ready to wear department as the largest and most complete in the state section, featuring the newest styles and best market offerings. Garments are transparently priced with suits shown from 10 to 50 dollars, emphasizing quality materials and no deceptive discounts.
A catalog lists washable tub skirts for women in fabrics from poplin and pique to waffle weave. Prices range from $1.00 for a large assortment to $2.00–$3.60 for corduroy and gabardine styles, with $5.00 skirts described as exceptionally pretty and of extra fine quality.
We offer a large stock of wash, house, afternoon, evening, street, and combination dresses. Summer time is dress time and we are prepared to supply any style, size, or price.
Now is the time to fix up your home with new view curtains and draperies for windows, grass rugs, porch swings, shades, and mops. The Athens house furnishing department offers nets, scrims, cretons, Kirsch rods, Vador porch furniture, Crex and Dixie rugs, hammocks, Columbia shades, and affordable glassware and china to make homes brighter and easier to care for.
A local ad promotes an oak porch swing priced at 2.19 with an adjustable back that folds to form a baby cradle and emphasizes the bargain appeal of the low price.
Athens announces its largest wash stock with hundreds of new materials in vivid colors at moderate prices. Specials include striped voiles 42 inches wide at 75 cents, various voiles and gabardines from 15 to 85 cents, andVelvet corduroy and plisse crepes at multiple low prices.
The May 2 report notes Monroe Georgia faces a busy week headlined by a county officers primary on Wednesday. The State Drainage Association convenes Thursday to Friday at the courthouse followed by the Eighth District High School Association convention at the high school auditorium Thursday night through Friday night. The Radcliffe Chautauqua opens Saturday May 6 with the Fifth District Agricultural School commencement also beginning. The drainage conference program spans sessions Thursday and Friday with speakers from state and federal offices, including Gov. Nat Harris and U.S. Department of Agriculture officials, plus a tour of drainage projects in Walton County.
The Southern Methodist college of bishops assigned Bishop Warren A. Candler to preside over the North and South Georgia conferences and the Upper Carolina conference this year. He relinquishes his Mexico duties to focus on Emory University work as chancellor. This marks the first time in years he oversees both Georgia conferences.
Claim that calomel damages health and worsens bilious symptoms. Promotes Dodson’s Liver Tone as a 50 cent vegetable remedy that cleanses the liver without salivation or stomach upset. Advertises as a safe, pleasant substitute for calomel for adults and children.
The New York and New Orleans cotton markets jumpTuesday morning with advances of 13 to 22 points from Friday. In Atlanta, middling spot cotton quotes 12 1 2 cents, up a quarter cent from Monday and marking the season's highest price. New York spots rise to 12.60 to 12.80 gain, New Orleans to 12.18. Gains are strongest in active months.
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